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In the US (mid-Atlantic states) the supermarkets have tried this for years with very little success. Giant (Ahold) in particular persists with this, perhaps bec
by kjellsbells 3y ago
In the US (mid-Atlantic states) the supermarkets have tried this for years with very little success. Giant (Ahold) in particular persists with this, perhaps because they have a unionized workforce and would like nothing more than to slash their employee count.
- throwanem 3y agoIs that why they're pushing it so hard? That's good to know.
- CaptainFever 3y agoIt's a piece of speculation on HN, not fact.
- throwanem 3y agoI would credit it much less if it corresponded less well with my observations over more than 20 years shopping weekly at grocery stores, mostly Giant and its predecessors, in Maryland. My current local grocery store has been my local grocery store for most of those 20-plus years. I remember when it was still a Super Fresh. It was a better place to shop then, and had about twice the current staff, despite at that time being quite a bit smaller. That Giant has hollowed out the workforce is not in question. The question has been why; I didn't know grocery workers here were unionized, but if the union here is as effective as the one I hoped to join in my own high-school summer job days bagging groceries, then this frankly makes a lot of sense as a reason.