Shoppers rage against supermarket’s scan-receipt-to-exit policy

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A number of Sainsbury’s customers have taken to social media to criticise the British supermarket for introducing a scheme in some stores requiring shoppers to scan their receipt before exiting self-checkout areas.

The proof-of-purchase barriers are not new, according to Sainsbury’s, but some shoppers appear to have only recently noticed and taken to Twitter and Reddit to express their fury.