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Council asks staff to study staffing rules for grocery self-checkout after industry pushback
Summary
After a caller from the California Grocers Association urged delay, the Glendale City Council voted to agendize a staff report to study a proposed ordinance on staffing levels at grocery-store self-checkout stations; Council member Kasakian proposed a model of one employee per three to four stations.
The Glendale City Council voted to direct staff to prepare a study and potential draft ordinance examining staffing requirements for grocery-store self-checkout stations after hearing industry comments and council discussion.
Tim James, representing the California Grocers Association, asked the council to pause and engage local grocers before moving forward. "We were surprised to see the issue of self checkout regulation listed on this agenda without any prior outreach," James said, urging the council to hold off until…
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