Self Checkout

One of the big changes with the remodel, as in pretty much any Fred Meyer remodel, was the addition of a ton of self checkouts, in this case replacing a huge bank of express checkouts. (Even in that picture you can see why they made the change -- there were tons of people lining up for self checkout! I really wish other grocery stores -- I'm looking at you, Safeway -- would figure this out and put in even half as many self checkouts as Fred Meyer does.) I guess someone at Fred Meyer back in the early 2010s thought that express checkouts would be the future -- now, you hardly ever see them in remodeled Fred Meyers, since they've pivoted fully to self checkouts! (Well, not exactly fully -- they do still have a good amount of regular checkout lanes in their stores, unlike Target and Walmart which both appear to be transitioning towards having only self checkouts!)

Oh, and as if this description wasn't already long enough, I do apologize for the blurry pictures throughout this set. I actually have an excuse this time, though! This was the very first set I took with my new phone earlier this year, and I hadn't quite gotten a hold on all of its camera's quirks, so a lot of the pictures didn't turn out as good as they should have.

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