Two Walmart stores remove self-checkout machines as retailers re-think the self checkout

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Retailers such as Target, Dollar General and Five Below have reduced their self-service check out machines

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Walmart is scaling back on its self-checkout machines at two stores, as more retail giants are reducing the self-service option at their stores, citing an effort to combat theft. 

A Walmart in a suburb of St. Louis, Mo, recently began removing self-checkout machines, CBS News reported on Friday. Another location in Cleveland also did earlier this month.

The retail giant pointed Fox News Digital to a statement to the media.

"As part of our announced plans for additional investments and improvements to facilities across the country, we’ve decided to remove self-checkout lanes and replace them with staffed lanes at select locations including at our Shrewsbury, Missouri, store," the statement said. 

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The managing director for retail at GlobalData, Neil Saunders, told CBS that stores wanted to see how pulling back on self-checkout would play out. 

"Self-checkout is an area of the store people can steal things," Saunders said. "Retailers are very actively trying to reduce it, or in Target's case, put more restrictions around self-checkout to try to reduce the losses they incur from it."

Dollar General is also pulling back on self-checkout machines, Fox News Digital previously reported.

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The company announced last month it is set to remove the self-checkout option from 300 stores experiencing the biggest loss of merchandise. 

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