As part of a health initiative, Berkeley is getting ready to become the first city in the United States to require large grocery stores to stop selling junk food and candy in checkout aisles.

Berkeley, California, is getting ready to become the first city in the U.S. to require large grocery stores to stop selling junk food and candy in checkout aisles.

The Berkeley City Council has passed an ordinance that bars grocery stores from selling candy and soda at checkout lines and instead encourages the sale of healthy snacks such as fruit, nuts and ...

So a shopper may resist soda and candy in the rest of the store, but by the time they reach checkout, their willpower has eroded, Almy said, and they breakdown to reach for that Snickers.

The checkout aisle of Babies R Us displays Jelly Bellies next to pacifiers.Many non-food retailers have followed the lead of grocery stores and carry large inventories of soda, candy, chips and ...