Gregory Morrow wrote:
>
> http://www.chicagotribune.com/busine...,3717069.story
>
> Grocery stores taking check use off shoppers' lists
>
> In a cost-cutting move, Whole Foods may emulate Fresh & Easy in accepting
> only cash and credit and debit cards at checkout.
>
> By Jerry Hirsch
>
> September 21, 2009
>
> "Long before banks started locating branches inside supermarkets, grocery
> stores acted as informal financial establishments, cashing payroll checks
> and personal checks to provide ready cash for their customers. That's
> starting to change.
>
> Whole Foods Market Inc. is considering banning the use of personal checks at
> its stores and this month stopped accepting checks at two stores in Los
> Angeles County and one in Arizona as a test.
(snippers)
>
> Copyright © 2009, The Los Angeles Times

It's when banks start refusing to 'honor' checks drawn on "their" own
funds/accounts when one needs to start worrying, and I don't mean "due
to insufficient" funds of the account holder, either! No business has
ever been 'required' to accept checks, at least that's how I understand
it.

Sky, who easily misunderstands

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