As someone that absolutely despises self-checkout I'd be happy if this was the case, but I don't believe this. I've had stores open up near me this year that only have self-checkout options.

I'm not doing labour for a company where I'm not getting a discount for it. I'd rather wait longer in line for a person to do it than to go through self-checkout out of principle. Plus all self-checkouts I've ever used are designed end up pissing me off because they are designed to be user hostile.