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I've worked in the grocery store industry for a measly 5 years now. Used it for side cash as I attended college and just to provide some income. I've been in a very high end grocery store that just opened a two smaller, even more premium outlets. It feels like a neighboorhood market place, where the entire town goes to shop - at ridiculously high prices, but they still shop there because the experience is worth it. I digress...
Among many pain points that stick out to me in this sector, one is beyond tedious and repetitive and could easily be fixed with today's technology. The reason why I mentioned that I'm in such a high end, premium grocery store is that I've noticed even here, the technology in many aspects is not up to date. They are nail on the head when it comes to brick and mortar, but anything else is beyond their scope.
The problem I see? Tags. Item tags. You know, the kind that says "Poland Springs $3.99. 0 25908-25928 1". The tag located right on the shelf. With item code, price, sometimes vendor ID, price per weight, etc. Changing these things are a pain in the a$$. And its tedious. And hard. Takes a few people for a full shift every time the sales ad changes over week to week, or item prices change. What they do is give you a big bag full of tags/labels and you have to go change them. It really sucks.
Simple solution? Make it electronic. Where the labels are, have an electric computerized strip that can easily change the price for any manager with access to the computer. Also can be changed by corporate office, which can control multiple stores and change all prices at once.
So this would require the shelving which is placed in to have special wiring/computer systems built in. Or it could be a stand alon...
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I just wrote all that and then Googled "electronic price tags". I guess some company named Altierre already developed the technology, raised $80 million, and is or has implemented it. Nevermind, fast laners. I guess I'll post this anyways.
I've worked in the grocery store industry for a measly 5 years now. Used it for side cash as I attended college and just to provide some income. I've been in a very high end grocery store that just opened a two smaller, even more premium outlets. It feels like a neighboorhood market place, where the entire town goes to shop - at ridiculously high prices, but they still shop there because the experience is worth it. I digress...
Among many pain points that stick out to me in this sector, one is beyond tedious and repetitive and could easily be fixed with today's technology. The reason why I mentioned that I'm in such a high end, premium grocery store is that I've noticed even here, the technology in many aspects is not up to date. They are nail on the head when it comes to brick and mortar, but anything else is beyond their scope.
The problem I see? Tags. Item tags. You know, the kind that says "Poland Springs $3.99. 0 25908-25928 1". The tag located right on the shelf. With item code, price, sometimes vendor ID, price per weight, etc. Changing these things are a pain in the a$$. And its tedious. And hard. Takes a few people for a full shift every time the sales ad changes over week to week, or item prices change. What they do is give you a big bag full of tags/labels and you have to go change them. It really sucks.
Simple solution? Make it electronic. Where the labels are, have an electric computerized strip that can easily change the price for any manager with access to the computer. Also can be changed by corporate office, which can control multiple stores and change all prices at once.
So this would require the shelving which is placed in to have special wiring/computer systems built in. Or it could be a stand alon...
.........................
I just wrote all that and then Googled "electronic price tags". I guess some company named Altierre already developed the technology, raised $80 million, and is or has implemented it. Nevermind, fast laners. I guess I'll post this anyways.
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