Comment on A supermarket trip may soon look different, thanks to electronic shelf labels
BCsven@lemmy.ca 5 months agoI would think the price changes happen overnight. With their system each RFID type price label can be flipped when the push the pricing to the register system.
I’m sure the old way was a deterrwnt in changeing prices because they had to call staff in to swap labels. Now it is computerized, so on a whim they can adjust.
We had an oat drink we liked one day 4.99 go back to grab another the next day 7.99. Few days later 3.50…we said screw this company and just got it at Walmart where price was consitent every time.
blindsight@beehaw.org 5 months ago
Yeah, fair. It’s frustrating when prices fluctuate; I’m lucky that we don’t have many “must have” items on our shipping lists, and I’m very price sensitive, so I just don’t buy things that are expensive. And I only used to go to Superstore at most weekly, so I’d never have noticed daily fluctuations.