> The incremental cost of labor is not going to slow the arrival of a robotic Aldi. No but it could speed it up. I'm certain plenty of big enough retail operat

> The incremental cost of labor is not going to slow the arrival of a robotic Aldi. No but it could speed it up. I'm certain plenty of big enough retail operation has a spreadsheet somewhere tracking the ROI on potential automation endeavors. > Fortunately, I have other grocery stores in the area and can spend my money at the one with the best quality AND service. Agreed, but are you in the majority with that? There's people who don't care about the long term impacts of, say, buying from an online retailer versus a local bike shop, but there's also a decent portion who's incomes mean it's either take the choice that's a little destructive to society, or not have any even-close-to-nice things for yourself.