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Word: schnucks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1992-1992
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...Orlando, he would be truly astounded by some of the technology found in state-of-the-art supermarkets like the Food Emporium. At Vons, a 283-store chain based in Arcadia, Calif., "talking" aisles are equipped with computerized voices that explain products to shoppers. At St. Louis-based Schnuck Markets, electronic "price tags" have replaced paper shelf labels. These new digital labels are linked to a central computer that changes shelf prices for 2,000 to 4,000 items a week and coordinates them with check-out registers. And at Safeway, the nation's third largest chain (after American Stores...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Supermarkets Grocery-Cart Wars | 3/30/1992 | See Source »

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