Comment on Kroger’s plans to roll out facial recognition at its grocery stores is attracting criticism from lawmakers, who warn it could lead to surge pricing and put customers’ personal data at risk

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• Coreidan@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Thank fuck I haven’t heard of a single one of those stores and have never shopped in them

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  • littletoolshed@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That’s not surprising, if you live outside of the US. Otherwise, I do have a follow up query for you 😅

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    • Coreidan@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’m in the us. Must be a west coast thing.

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      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Kroger is big in the east, the others are bigger in the west IIRC. And OP missed Fred Meyer, which is big in the PNW.

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• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Missed Fred Meyer, which is huge in the PNW.

  I don’t shop at any of those, mostly because it’s not my closest grocery store. It is the biggest though, I just don’t want to drive the extra 10 min to go there vs my local one w/ competitive prices.

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  • abigscaryhobo@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Isn’t there a whole big deal about Fred Meyer merging with them and some anti monopoly bs going on?

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    • evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      They want to merge with Albertsons, who owns the other half of grocery stores: Acme, Safeway, jewel osco, and a bunch more.

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      • abigscaryhobo@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Ah that explains it

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  • HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Added

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• BallsandBayonets@lemmings.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  And now Safeway!

  But don’t worry, there’s still Walmart as an option.

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  • Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    May I introduce you to our lord and savior, Aldi?

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    • BallsandBayonets@lemmings.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I wish you would! The closest one to me is just under 1,000 miles away.

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  • helenslunch@feddit.nl ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    One of the great benefits of living in Texas is HEB.

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  • TheGalacticVoid@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I personally don’t understand why people would choose Kroger over Walmart

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    • atrielienz@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Fuck Walmart.

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      • nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        This is why. Kroger is terrible but Walmart is worse.

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• Assman@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  We switched from Kroger to a couple of international groceries. It’s hit and miss quality wise, but this way I’m only supporting at most a handful of greedy shitbags.

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