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I like it because it means no annoying checkout/self-checkout line

There is also just not self checkout lines here. I have never seen the store have htem

they are always fast enough, and with enough available, that there is never a line, and if there is a wait it is usually a minute at most

Pika, I'm going to call bullshit, when we went to a grocery store to buy Regi a cake

there were self-checkouts

Toronto does not apply to what I am saying

Toronto is a different place than the rest of Canada

also that is not what I am saying

ohhhhh

ok I re-read that

that makes more sense

I thought you were saying Canada didn't have self-checkouts

which would be wild

No, if anything we have a lot of them

they are very popular

since it is just objectively faster

I wonder if Canada is adopting the new US barcodes

I assume so

Mexico is

I have not noticed any change in our barcodes

whats the difference

you are

they're moving to QR codes

I've never seen a QR code one

I see, that makes sense then

I think 2027 is only mandatory for companies above a certain size, the full switchover deadline is 2029

the rules are annoying for packaging, everything will look messy for a couple years

Canadian packaging will be funny

since they are legally required to be dual french and english already anyways

Grocery stores have some of the lowest margins of all business types.

I am sure, also the Canadian grocery store monopolies post record profit year over year

So I don't care how thin the margins are

2% prior to the pandemic, 4% since. If they don't do something, they'll end up closing shop due to theft, spoilage, and damage.

Doesn't even beat inflation to own a grocery store.

Sure, but also loblaws makes record profits so I don't care

I can care about their plight when they are breaking even

That's record profits?

Yeah, their profit went up

They're up like 2.5% over 2.5+ years

so I don't care

Again you, as a store owner, might as well stay home and put your money in a savings account.

In small communities that happens.

then they should

if you want to run a store, accept that the people who need to buy food will complain if you keep raising prices

Prices will improve when there's only one store in town, or better when the store is an hour away and you can't justify not leaving with a cart full.

All well and good, still don't care about the plight of loblaws

I wonder if this is the furthest left position you hold Pika

I doubt it