Dollar General is pulling back on self-checkout as it tries to curtail retail theft across its stores.  The company will remove self-checkout registers from 300 stores that have the biggest issue with shrink – an industry term referring to lost or stolen merchandise – during the first half of the year, CEO Todd Vasos told analysts on a Thursday earnings call. Currently, the company has self-checkout options available in more than 14,000 stores. However, it is deploying three initiatives to change its self-c ...