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minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·9 months agoDoubt it will happen around here until they replace all the price signs with digital ones. As it is right now, every time a price changes, an employee has to manually change that.
minus-squareikilledlaurapalmer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·9 months agoWhole Foods (by Amazon) already has e-ink price tags for everything. So not out of the realm of possibility.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 months agoIt’s a possibility for sure, but Amazon also is a technology company, so they have a big advantage on that end. Kroger has not seemed to embraced technology to that extent yet. I’m guessing not Aldi either, but I don’t shop there. Walmart would be the next logical company to do it.
minus-squareRGB3x3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoKroger has barely embraced self-checkout lanes. The one near me only just recently decided to put a couple in.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoThey’ve had them for quite some time here and have been expanding them, but I wouldn’t exactly call that cutting-edge technology.
Doubt it will happen around here until they replace all the price signs with digital ones. As it is right now, every time a price changes, an employee has to manually change that.
Whole Foods (by Amazon) already has e-ink price tags for everything. So not out of the realm of possibility.
It’s a possibility for sure, but Amazon also is a technology company, so they have a big advantage on that end.
Kroger has not seemed to embraced technology to that extent yet. I’m guessing not Aldi either, but I don’t shop there.
Walmart would be the next logical company to do it.
Kroger has barely embraced self-checkout lanes. The one near me only just recently decided to put a couple in.
They’ve had them for quite some time here and have been expanding them, but I wouldn’t exactly call that cutting-edge technology.