Weird, the information is out there and most manufacturers list ingredients about their products, why supermarket chains don’t list this stuff is a mystery, its the most important thing about the product. Currently I have to cross-reference everything with vegan sites like https://www.vegansociety.com/resources/lifestyle/shopping/lists-vegan-items-uk-supermarkets.
As a business model, selling groceries loose isn't a new- fangled approach. It's what market stalls have done for decades. Farm shops, food cooperatives and organic specialists in particular
ASDA almost nailed this idea, but you have to bag it all up for them. The point was that it would be easy for pensioners to just scan things on the shelf the get on the bus home.
The Home Connect Fridge has cameras that can recognize your food. Bosch partnered with Chefling -- the app for planning recipes -- to make managing your food inventory and deciding what to eat much easier.
These refrigerators can suggest meals to make, but don’t yet have the ability to cross-reference what ingredients are in the food from qr codes or barcodes, the time is coming though.
Samsung and LG face off with smart fridges that 'scan your food' and suggest meals
WE ALL know that frustrating feeling: You get home from work, and find yourself dumbstruck over what to have for dinner. Such gastric agony could soon be a thing of the past with the invention of &…
And worse is those who use their trolley to hold their place in the line while they go off for more shopping. So infuriating I just pushed a trolley out of the queue once and denied doing it when she came back. Silly cow.
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As a mother of three adult students who manage to consume several crates of bananas and many cartons of eggs on a daily basis, not to mention whole boxes of cereal in one sitting (my middle son can…
…. not likely, not when they get away with other known tricks…. “As you search for the milk and eggs that most people need to make a quick stop for, have you ever noticed that they are at the back of the store? This is no accident. “
theres a half-hearted attempt by Sainsbury’s here, but why no device to do it at the front of the store? Get with it, it would save people so much time and make you more sales via suggested items
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Not going to happen but good idea – they make sure you don’t have anywhere to off-load unwanted shopping near the tills. And staff know to give you a dirty look as if you are creating more work for someone. Bad manners in the UK, not sure if its the same everywhere.
Weird, the information is out there and most manufacturers list ingredients about their products, why supermarket chains don’t list this stuff is a mystery, its the most important thing about the product. Currently I have to cross-reference everything with vegan sites like https://www.vegansociety.com/resources/lifestyle/shopping/lists-vegan-items-uk-supermarkets.
More than 100 alternatives in the UK alone already.
Not sure if scoop shops are actually on the rise anymore, but I wish they were. I used to shop at them when I was a kid. can’t find many now.
….. and make the bags out of biodegradable plastic too.
Biodegradable baby shoes
(5 upvotes)Waterproof ‘plastic’ books
(5 upvotes)Pallet wrap that is biodegradable
(1 upvotes)Reusable bags made from vegetable starch
(3 upvotes)Supermarket bucket shopping to reduce packaging
(2 upvotes)Temprature indicator plastic cups
(-1 upvotes)Greenpeace charity shops
(20 upvotes)ASDA almost nailed this idea, but you have to bag it all up for them. The point was that it would be easy for pensioners to just scan things on the shelf the get on the bus home.
Don’t trust supermarkets to come up with solutions, rather than greenwash marketing. Put them out of business innit.
Someone should harras ASDA to get the queue pointing people to help with the cleanup.
I saw a single banana wrapped in plastic. funny old world.
Lol, this is mean, they need the work, but check this link – for covid times only I guess. https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/shopping/app-supermarket-queues-wait-time-18119606
and there’s this too – where will it end, is it gonna eat it for you too?
These refrigerators can suggest meals to make, but don’t yet have the ability to cross-reference what ingredients are in the food from qr codes or barcodes, the time is coming though.
And worse is those who use their trolley to hold their place in the line while they go off for more shopping. So infuriating I just pushed a trolley out of the queue once and denied doing it when she came back. Silly cow.
ahh, the art of trolley etiquette, now a long lost endeavour
These guys should partner with supermarkets and make the app.
..and use an AI trolly to boot.
…. not likely, not when they get away with other known tricks…. “As you search for the milk and eggs that most people need to make a quick stop for, have you ever noticed that they are at the back of the store? This is no accident. “
theres a half-hearted attempt by Sainsbury’s here, but why no device to do it at the front of the store? Get with it, it would save people so much time and make you more sales via suggested items
mentioned here but i only see these available in Argos stores, not sure why
Not going to happen but good idea – they make sure you don’t have anywhere to off-load unwanted shopping near the tills. And staff know to give you a dirty look as if you are creating more work for someone. Bad manners in the UK, not sure if its the same everywhere.