• BearOfaTime@lemm.ee
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    5 months ago

    They’ve been in use in the US in other retail outlets for about as long.

    I suppose there was little rationalization for them in grocery stores until recently. Keep in mind grocery stores are massive chains, largely stocked by vendors - the store doesn’t own a huge portion of the product, they rent out space to vendors.

    So there’s probably also the interaction between vendor and the chain - how the pricing update is managed.

    Maybe someone more knowledgeable about how grocery works could chime in. I only have a cursory understanding. I wonder what their It systems look like, how they integrate/communicate with vendor systems.