1.   All nine checkout counters are backed up with huge lines of people pushing loaded carts.

2.   Anyway, I finally found the right stockings and took them to the checkout counter.

3.   But Giant shoppers are using an increasing number of coupons generated by scanners at the checkout counter, Scher says.

4.   She was sounding unexpectedly urgent as they approached the empty checkout counter.

5.   As a result, the retailer may redesign its racks and signs, plus add centralized checkout counters, he said.

6.   As some grocery stores, shoppers stood nine to ten deep behind checkout counters, while gasoline stations had lines of five to six vehicles.

7.   At the checkout counter, fruits and vegetables are placed inside a small chamber adjacent to the cash register.

8.   At the checkout counter, a card reader deducts the amount of the purchase from the stored value on the card, by reading the microchip.

9.   At the checkout counters of many supermarkets in Peru, for example, the bills given to shoppers are calculated both in U.S. dollars and Peruvian soles.

10.   Ban candy racks at checkout counters at supermarkets and levy taxes on grocers who give more space to snacks than vegetables.