Sunshine (she/her) to [email protected] • 5 days agoElectronic price tags are popping up in Canadian grocery stores. Here’s what it means for customersboredbat.commessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up137arrow-down11
arrow-up136arrow-down1external-linkElectronic price tags are popping up in Canadian grocery stores. Here’s what it means for customersboredbat.comSunshine (she/her) to [email protected] • 5 days agomessage-square36fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink8•5 days agoI used to work nights at a Loblaws grocery store Thursday was price update day and I would spend the whole shift printing stacks of paper labels then walk the aisles updating them. The digital tags would save a lot of money and paper.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•4 days agoAnd im perfectly fine with this use case. I’m not impressed with the idea of changing prices from day to day, and certainly not throughout the day.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•4 days agoI am too. As long as they’re held to a maximum frequency of updates this tech is net positive. With fliers that would be true because there’s just one weekly price per location.
I used to work nights at a Loblaws grocery store
Thursday was price update day and I would spend the whole shift printing stacks of paper labels then walk the aisles updating them.
The digital tags would save a lot of money and paper.
And im perfectly fine with this use case. I’m not impressed with the idea of changing prices from day to day, and certainly not throughout the day.
I am too.
As long as they’re held to a maximum frequency of updates this tech is net positive.
With fliers that would be true because there’s just one weekly price per location.