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Peter "Poly" Paterson

Tuesday 04:53
It's early o'clock, and I have been up for a while.
I did go to bed at 22:00, so I did try for a whole night.

Plans for today:
> Make #Coffee and a breakfast sandwich.
> Finish my #MissionAssist designated chapters and submit them to my Team Lead.
> Go to work at the #FoodBank. I have been informed that we now have enough Disaster Relief Food to get us through the crisis, so I am taking my foot off the ordering accelerator.

A friend told me yesterday that they were donating money to God's Pantry Food Bank, which of course I thanked them, and wrote this:
"I know I joke around about a Scotsman being in charge of spending, which is true, but we really can extend your money.
As well as purchasing wholesale, we accept truckload donations of food and product from National Donors (Conagra, Campbells, Nestle, Kellogg, etc) and still need to pay for the freight. You do the maths there as to how much we end up paying per LB, to give to our food insecure neighbours."
https://www.godspantry.org/
Thanks to all who have supported us during the Flood Crisis and ongoing with our Mission.

> Hope to go to Villainous after work. If anyone would like to join me 17:00 onwards please inform me. #Villainous https://villainous.club/
> Stop by #Kroger to purchase a meal snack for tomorrow evening's Church Growth Group, that Arianna & I shall be attending.

I hope you have a most excellent day.
Peter //O\

www.godspantry.orgGod's Pantry Food Bank | Making hunger visibleFood is a human right. We empower food pantries across Central and Eastern Kentucky, championing better access to nutritious food.
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Daniel Dvorkin

cbsnews.com/colorado/news/unio

Friends in the #Denver metro area, and along the Front Range from #Cheyenne to #Pueblo, take note. Please don't cross the #picket line.

Many of my friends have worked at #KingSoopers over the decades. It used to be completely unionized, and a good place to work. #Kroger bought it out in the 1980s, and has steadily ground down the #unions ever since. I honestly don't know how much of a difference this #strike will make.

I do know the battle is worth fighting, and those who fight it are worth supporting. As convenient as King Soopers is around here, there are other places to shop. Do what you can, when you can, and maybe things will get better someday.

CBS Colorado · Unionized Colorado grocery store workers to begin two-week strike on ThursdayBy Jennifer McRae
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Jenny

👉 More companies* that (so far) are rejecting FOTUS’s hateful anti-#DEI directives:

#Kroger
#ELF
#Walgreens
#BenAndJerrys
#Ulta
#OldNavy
#Macys
#Nordstrom
#JPMorgan
#Apple
#TJMaxx
#Delta
#Nike
#Microsoft
#Adobe
#Pinterest

👉 Companies that are COMPLYING with anti-DEI directives:

#Target
#Walmart
#Meta
#McDonalds
#Amazon
#HarleyDavidson
#Lowes
#HomeDepot
#JohnDeere

(sources in comment below)

*yes I know some of these companies suck for other reasons. That’s not the point of this post.

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Chuck Darwin

Representative Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and 13 colleagues wrote to the CEO of the supermarket behemoth #Kroger in November about electronic price tags (often called #electronic #shelf #labels or #ESLs ).
These digital displays allow companies to change prices automatically from a mobile app.
Tlaib warned that this so-called “#dynamic #pricing” permits retailers to adjust prices based on their whims.
Just as #Uber raises prices during storms or rush hour, retailers like Kroger use ESLs to adjust prices based on factors like time of day or the weather.
Supermarkets could conceivably mine a shopper’s personal data to set prices as high as possible.
“My concern is that these tools will be abused in the pursuit of profit, surging prices on essential goods in areas with fewer and fewer grocery stores,” Tlaib wrote.
In August, Senators Elizabeth #Warren and Bob #Casey wrote to Kroger raising similar concerns about #price #gouging.
Noting that the company has already implemented the technology in hundreds of stores across the county, they warned that
“ESLs may help Kroger extract maximum profits from consumers at a time when…high grocery prices are a leading concern among Americans who are concerned about inflation.”
Warren and Casey also voiced concern about Kroger’s partnership with Microsoft to install #facial-#recognition technology in stores,
which could be used to identify individual customers:
When a shopper approaches the shelf, she would see a price calibrated specifically for her.
The next shopper might pay a different amount based on their profile.
Retailers could use shopper data to charge higher prices to those who can afford to pay more, but since stores do not have to disclose who is making pricing decisions or why,
the senators worry that shoppers on a budget are particularly vulnerable.
“It is outrageous that, as families continue to struggle to pay to put food on the table, grocery giants like Kroger continue to roll out #surge #pricing and other corporate #profiteering schemes,” they wrote

thenation.com/article/society/

The Nation · Automation in Retail Is Even Worse Than You ThoughtNew technology is not just making shopping more challenging for workers and consumers—it’s poised to rip off the most vulnerable.
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Miguel Afonso Caetano

"It’s unclear whether Kroger will respond to the lawmakers. The company ignored a prior letter from Representative Tlaib and previously dismissed concerns about ESLs, saying that the negative effects of the technology have been exaggerated. Meanwhile, other chains are moving swiftly to install dynamic pricing technology. Walmart plans to install the tags in 2,300 stores by 2026. The nation’s largest retailer emphasized the benefit to shoppers: “This efficiency means we can spend more time assisting customers.”

The experiences of workers cast doubt on such claims. I spoke to William Knight, a 10-year veteran of the grocery industry who spends their off hours crafting cyberpunk stories inspired by the novel Neuromancer. (Knight’s latest is a dystopian tale about an America ruled by just three corporations.) On the job, the 31-year-old has often found themselves on the other side of the crisis that Bagley described. Working as a cashier and maintenance person in a Utah chain, Knight was regularly conscripted to work in e-commerce, which put them behind on their official duties. “I’m not necessarily against [automation], but a new technology should be regulated. It’s too young to be pushed to everyone and should stay in Silicon Valley,” they said."

thenation.com/article/society/

The Nation · Automation in Retail Is Even Worse Than You ThoughtNew technology is not just making shopping more challenging for workers and consumers—it’s poised to rip off the most vulnerable.
#USA#Automation#Retail
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J. Steven York RESISTS

Since this merger was going to mean that pretty much every major chain grocery store within about 40 miles of my little town would have become Kroger, I'm thrilled to see it falling apart. At least now I still have some choice in WHICH devil I decide to deal with. There are small chain and indie choices, but they all have limitations. I do shop there, but to fit my restricted diet, compromises are made.

#kroger #albertsons #groceries #merger
apnews.com/article/kroger-albe

AP News · Albertsons gives up on Kroger merger and sues the grocery chain for failing to secure dealBy DEE-ANN DURBIN
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