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California Grocery Stores Push to Legalize Alcohol Sales at Self-Checkout Stations
Senate Bill 442 aims to improve worker conditions by mandating staffed lanes, limiting self-checkout items, and banning certain products, backed by major labor unions.
- California lawmakers are considering SB-442, a bill by Sen. Lola Smallwood-Cuevas, aiming to regulate self-checkout and expand bans on certain items like alcohol and tobacco.
- This bill follows a 2011 California law banning all alcohol sales at self-checkouts, a policy defended by State Treasurer Fiona Ma as working as intended and not warranting repeal.
- SB-442 requires stores to have at least one clerk monitoring self-checkout, limits items per transaction, and mandates traditional staffed checkout lanes, with opponents warning it will increase costs.
- Daniel Conway of the California Grocers Association said customers dislike being unable to buy alcohol at self-checkout, while opponents fear raised labor costs will raise grocery prices.
- After legislators resume sessions following their summer break on August 18, the bill is scheduled for review by the Assembly Appropriations Committee, where opponents caution that varying local regulations and increased compliance expenses could impose significant challenges.
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Could California begin allowing alcohol at self-checkout?
(KRON) -- A new bill could block stores from using self-checkout unless they follow new rules, including having enough staff, having clear signage, and limiting what you can buy. Alcohol could also be a factor.Senate Bill 442 (SB 442), introduced by State Sen. Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D-CA), is designed to improve working conditions for store employees. But grocery stores say these rules could drive up their costs — and that could mean higher pric…
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