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Grocery (I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Ice Cream)

Jul 04, 2017
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Margins for grocers are notoriously thin. So a few supermarkets in the UK are testing (partial firewall) electronic label technology that enables prices to fluctuate at the price of a button. In other words, surge pricing for food. 100 degrees out? Ice cream goes up in price. Freezing cold out? Ramen goes from 25 cents to 50 cents. High as a *%(&#*(#$? …

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