My wife works for Essilor here in the states at one of their distribution centers as an industrial engineer and the scope of how they operate is mindblowing som

My wife works for Essilor here in the states at one of their distribution centers as an industrial engineer and the scope of how they operate is mindblowing sometimes considering how much space they have. In a building the size of a Costco, they have over a million SKUs of lenses ans contacts. I don’t really have much to add except for I agree the prices are a ripoff. Luckily, I get a new pair for free once a year since my wife works there, which is nice because I’m pretty hard on my glasses. We also have access to an on-site optometrist and her pay is decent for our location and her experience. Not much has changed since the merger except some corporate types coming around doing inspections but from what I understand, Essilor and Luxottica were about the same size before the merger, and now the have the benefit of a larger supply and distribution chain for both companies. I’m more surprised that the EU hasn’t broken them up, but maybe they will in the next year or two.