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And what some of us might not have the context for, is that grocery stores at the time were usually clerk-serviced; Just like you don't pump your own gas in New
by mapt 10mo ago
And what some of us might not have the context for, is that grocery stores at the time were usually clerk-serviced; Just like you don't pump your own gas in New Jersey, at the time the norm was that you handed the clerk a list of products and they fetched them from the shelves for you.
Arguably this model has a great deal of compatibility with robotic compact storage, especially in high-land-value areas.
- l72 10mo agoAnd surprisingly, it was actually Piggly Wiggly that was the first grocery store to open up their warehouse and allow customers to self-service! [1] > Piggly Wiggly was the first self-service grocery store. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piggly_Wiggly#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piggly_Wiggly#History
- dredmorbius 10mo agoAnd both PW and Keedoozle were launched by Clarence Saunders (touched on in the history link you give, more under his bio page): <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Saunders https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Saunders>