Fifteen minutes. That’s the maximum time 80 percent of consumers are willing to wait in checkout lines before abandoning their purchases, according to Waitwhile’s The State of Waiting in Line (2024).

Grocery stores are preparing for a new kind of checkout problem: the register saying “no” to everyday foods, and making the line behind it pay the price. It rarely looks dramatic in the moment. A ...

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. (TMX) - A Florida man is facing charges for allegedly attacking a couple with bug spray outside a Publix supermarket after a checkout line dispute, authorities said. The Charlotte ...