"Wait 30 seconds to open bin of ($FRUIT)"
or
"Pay 10 cents to "unlock bin" early"
Time is money. Convenience is money. Money greases the wheel of time.
dtagames · 4h ago
These are all over Europe. It would be cool to see them here in the US.
The most logical use case, as the paper points out, is for discounting expiring or unsold merch, not marking things up.
With the proliferation of apps and websites with everyone's prices, stores are falling all over themselves trying to show they have a low price, not a higher one.
Besides, printing and throwing away millions of shelf tags is just wasteful.
UltraSane · 46m ago
They are all over the US too. Hy-Vee, Kwik-Trip, Aldi, Walmart, Kroger use them.
Time is money. Convenience is money. Money greases the wheel of time.
The most logical use case, as the paper points out, is for discounting expiring or unsold merch, not marking things up.
With the proliferation of apps and websites with everyone's prices, stores are falling all over themselves trying to show they have a low price, not a higher one.
Besides, printing and throwing away millions of shelf tags is just wasteful.