Makeitstop , 7 hours ago

The article makes it sound like they are doing this to speed up check out, and also to stop people from abusing the cheap hot dogs.

The only other thing I can think of is the possibility that people are getting in with expired cards to bypass the single guest per member limit, and then pooling their purchases once they’re inside at the self checkout. Seems like a bit of a stretch, but it could happen.