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This is a privacy intrusion that should be banned nationally.
The US government should already be breaking up Kroger for its monopolistic practices.
I expect most of the C Suite is simply waiting for whatever they see as the peak of their share price to sell off everything and move on to their next parasitic host.
US government enables oligopolies, why would they stop now?
...attracting criticism from lawmakers, who warn it could...
Oh my, if only there were someone with the resources and authority to do something about it.
Kroger is one of the more expensive grocery stores in my area. Less reason to go now. Aldi is the way
This is appalling.
So nice to live in the Balkans where prices are still on paper, and in some stores you can still barter depending on the quantity you're buying. 😄
A Kroger spokesperson said in a statement that the company’s business model is built on a “foundation of lowering prices to attract more customers.” “To be clear, Kroger does not and has never engaged in ‘surge pricing,’” the statement said. “Any test of electronic shelf tags is designed to lower prices for more customers where it matters most.”
I know these PR people get paid a lot to tell bald-faced lies, but I just don't understand how they live with themselves.
Because they're high-functioning sociopaths. About 1 in 100 people are, and they tend to gravitate into executive, sales, legal, marketing, "law" enforcement, and other careers where having little to no empathy or conscience is a distinct advantage.
And people who own shit prefer to hire them for this "talent"
I think they are absolutely, positively, going to breach their face database and everyone's purchase history all over the Internet.
I've been watching for an event like this with popcorn ready.
I've got a good/bad/terrible feeling that they're playing for keeps in the race to be the biggest consumer privacy headline public relations disaster.
Purchase histories are already traded online i thought
Mask mandates may not be in effect but I can wear one to the grocery store. This is stupid and I will not participate.
“To be clear, Kroger does not and has never engaged in ‘surge pricing,’” the statement said. “Any test of electronic shelf tags is designed to lower prices for more customers where it matters most.”
Isn't that the same thing? It doesn't matter if you raise prices on demand or lower them, the outcome is the same - different pricing at different times.
"No, no, it's totally different to lower prices when fixed income people are shopping and at all other times leave them the same, our lawyers were very certain of that."
Yeah see it's not surge pricing! We actually lower prices whentheresnobodyintheaisle so that the discounts are passed on to you! Also we list the lowered price in the ads and apps so when you come in you can be surprised by power of our tech! and the updated price
This is all a misunderstanding! The high price IS the regular price. We lower the prices at certain times to benefit our customers, who we love so very much. This is totally not surge pricing!
"Well, you see, 'surge pricing' means raising prices during the most high-traffic times. Here at Kroger, we pride ourselves in raising prices slightly before and after the peak times, and that's technically not surge pricing! It's just dynamic pricing with surge characteristics."
"Alright you chucklefuckers. Here's the new law. You are required to have paper tags, the only discount you can offer is paper coupons sent through the mail to everyone in an area, and you're never allowed to alter your prices more than once per week."
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Oh no, I accidentally smudged a little bit of paint over the facial recognition camera lens... Oops!
Going to be hard to do when it's under a little black dome 45 feet up in the air. Also there's dozens of them...
sounds like a sombrero situation
Oh no, I accidentally put paint in a super soaker and it squirted upwards on the camera! Silly me, I'm such a klutz!
Be careful to never shine a 20mW green laser into the lens of a camera!!
Go on....
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We need a law in the US banning the use of computer assistance for identifying humans. Hands down. It's not accurate, and it only emboldens people controlling resources.
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This is how you end up with laws mandating paper cards with pricing information.
If companies can't protect the information they collect now, (a large portion of it gathered without consent), how are they going to protect even more information; and where can I opt out?....smh
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And it definitely won't negatively affect people of color, at all, will it?
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