I am noticing a lot more private label at Sam's Club, to the point where it is often the only choice, and in Wal Mart it seems to vary by category more but some categories are being literally overtaken by private label.pseudo3d wrote: ↑March 4th, 2020, 9:07 am Despite the fact that the local Walmart has pulled annoying things like receipt checks in the past, I walked out of my last Walmart run empty-handed because they have replaced Georgia Pacific printer paper and Avery plastic sleeves with their own house brand. I ended up finding the brand of plastic sleeves I wanted at H-E-B(!) but the printer paper was a real disappointment, used to be that Walmart reliably had GP, even when others (like Target) didn't.
Given Wal Mart has switched to a 90% self checkout model it seems like somehow the receipt checking is to deter theft. Thing is they look at your receipt and scan the receipt and then sometimes the handheld tells them to scan one of your items (same program Sam's Club uses). I don't see how this addresses the risk of unscanned merchandise.
The process of checking a receipt for unbagged merchandise, I suppose potentially does.
I actually bought a huge yard tool there and put a bag around it despite the bag covering like 20% of the thing, just to walk out with it "bagged" last year and not wait in line to get out of the place.
The receipt check is basically a deterrent that some people seem to think is actually mandatory/serious. Some retailers now don't even provide receipts to every customer to save on paper and reduce litter. Just a matter of time before this process will no longer work.