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Re:Shops return to rural Sweden but are now staff-free by 14 on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @09:46AM (#26399257)
I like your sentiment but you are here on HN so assuming you are somewhere with food and an internet connection. Life is good. I see people around me begging on Facebook from the public library internet connection for cans to return so they can eat. They won’t care for one second about a human in the store they only care about getting the cheapest food they can. These automated stores I can really see being a hit especially if they can cut the costs of a regular store even by a small percentage.
Re:Shops return to rural Sweden but are now staff-free by JoeAltmaier on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @11:56AM (#26400715)
I seriously doubt they are cost-saving. Small volume, expensive electronics, remote location == higher prices, not lower?