checkout divider

{{Multiple issues|{{notability|date=February 2022}}

{{update|date=March 2020}}

{{biblio|date=March 2020}}}}

File:Customer divider bar 1.jpg

A checkout divider is a small sign or bar meant for placement between items on a conveyor belt at a checkout in a supermarket or other retail store. Its purpose is to separate one customer’s items from another’s.[http://www.motiondisplay.com/news/motion-display-launches-a-one-of-a-kind-checkout-divider.html Motion Display launches a one-of-a-kind checkout divider] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129021639/http://www.motiondisplay.com/news/motion-display-launches-a-one-of-a-kind-checkout-divider.html |date=2014-11-29 }}, August 29, 2014

Checkout dividers are usually next to the conveyor belt on the side where the cashier is sitting or standing. Most checkout dividers display the store's name or some advertising.

Checkout dividers have been the subject of numerous internet debates, mainly regarding who is responsible for placing the checkout dividers.{{Cite web|url=https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/supermarket-checkout-divider-debate|title=The Supermarket Checkout Divider Is Actually Super-Divisive|date=2019-05-08|website=MEL Magazine|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-08}}