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Kroger insists that “any test of electronic shelf tags is to lower prices more for customers where it matters most. To suggest otherwise is not true.” For some reason, nobody trusts them.
Then I'm sure they'll be completely transparent about the criteria used for making the price changes and how the algorithm works, right? Because they're trustworthy, right?
You can absolutely depend on a publicly traded corporation that’s legally obligated to make decisions in the monetary interest of its shareholders—to behave in an altruistic fashion for the benefit of mankind.
ALL HAIL! 💲
If it is true, they just admitted to security fraud for not maximizing profits. I doubt it is true but would be interesting to see it in court if they decide to admit to lying in a public press release or security fraud not acting in the interest of shareholders...
Why not simply imprison the customers until they empty their wallets?
EDGE (enhanced display for environment)
did not even try
whoops! that was our error! It's actually "Enhanced Display for Grocery Environment" which is at least an acronym. Fixed.
as a consumer, I love to be delighted by a grocery environment that only makes prices lower (than a baseline price Kroger themselves set based on factors like: lying about the impact of shoplifting; intentionally creating food deserts; colluding with other supermarket chains to keep prices high; vibes)
maybe if I’m an extra good consumer they’ll replace all the freezer doors with pointless screens you can’t see through that are all constantly broken but still manage to waste a fuckton of energy
my consumer experience will really be improved when every one of those screens is recording my movements for the noble goal of knowing when to replace the animated ad for monster energy with an extremely inaccurate listing of the items contained in the freezer
motherfuckers
oh god these ghouls are going to roll out personalized ads on door-thin displays the moment they can afford to, aren't they?
Still 1/5 acronym.
Those e-ink screens were already trouble during the pandemic inflation period when so many item tags didn't match the price when rung up at the register.
Individual pricing is only going to cause more problems with register and shelf price mismatch.
The more we disrupt them, the harder time they’re gonna have
Some of us out here are gonna reveal our human powered Kroger gouger
Can’t wait to break em just bc 🔨 I wonder what it costs to replace those tags
not just no, but Makhno
Good thing I already don't shop there!
Between this and the Japanese grocery store with the Company Face, I'm wondering how much are we going to have to ~~bribe~~ pay Charles Stross to write the book where the good guys win
about as likely as getting Charlie Brooker to write a good ending
@o7___o7 (Checks …) you may like "A Conventional Boy" (coming next January 7th)? And if I ever get "Ghost Engine" (the space opera) done, that has a happy ending.
I wonder if it is possible to confuse the cameras. Figure out what criteria make a price lower (skin color? time of day? no idea), then dress up like that / wear a mask with a face printed on it or something.
