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Dynamic Pricing at Major Grocery Chain Can Vary Prices Depending on Your Income

by pmx on 8/14/24, 11:38 AM with 27 comments

  • by jerlam on 8/14/24, 6:04 PM

    Title: Major Grocery Chain

    Kroger, the largest supermarket chain in the US. (excludes department stores, drugstores, and general retail)

    Kroger, which is considering a significant expansion through a $24.6 billion acquisition of Albertsons

    Albertsons is the second largest supermarket chain in the US.

  • by andrewstuart on 8/14/24, 6:13 PM

    Oh no, the rich might pay more relative to their income! Disaster!

    But seriously this will punish the salary rich but not the asset rich - the real type of rich.

  • by hnburnsy on 8/14/24, 6:24 PM

    This article is conflating digital pricing labels with dynamic pricing. Not saying dynamic pricing could never happen, but it is not happeing now as the article says.

  • by thebiss on 8/14/24, 9:54 PM

    So many questions...

    - What happens when shopping is done by a delivery service? Does everything bought by a door-dasher get priced higher (because they might spend $5000/week at a store doing grocery runs) or lower (because their W-2 is lower?)

    - What happens if I'm buy groceries for my grandmother? She's aged, has poor mobility, and on a fixed income. Are you going to charge me, and therefore her, more?

  • by pmx on 8/14/24, 11:39 AM

  • by more_corn on 8/17/24, 4:28 AM

    Good to know which stores to never go into again. Setting price based on identity is the dystopian future nobody wants. Vote with your feet. Never, ever, ever tolerate this shit.