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"It's what Haitians eat" - conservatives, ~~probably~~ actually

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Algorithmic pricing in grocery stores has been a thing for at least a few decades, though the specific name it went by has changed a lot.

I'd say it began with data collection via those club/loyalty cards, which offered extremely granular transaction data. Around the mid 2010s, "analytics" for FMCG (fast moving consumer goods) were already commonplace to not only track, but to "nudge" you into purchases you wouldn't otherwise, e.g. via notifications or coupons.

This infrastructure which harvests and influences people on such a large scale is arguably the most valuable asset of retailers. It's basically what Big Tech does, after all.

Algorithmic pricing in supermarkets is newer, but Consumer reports has already caught InstaAI pricing fixing for months now.

Exclusive: Instacart’s AI Pricing May Be Inflating Your Grocery Bill - Consumer Reports - https://www.consumerreports.org/money/questionable-business-practices/instacart-ai-pricing-experiment-inflating-grocery-bills-a1142182490/

Ribbed for their pleasure

Invest in an electric one, which are ~10USD online. Electric ones have the foam mechanism near the electric motor, which is much further away from the actual soap, and hence avoids the design flaws in manual dispensers the other comments have already explained.

All the manual dispensers I've had, no matter how fancy, have consistently died before 10 or so refills.

Same energy as "this is not who I am"

Damn we really got Grok transvestigating JD Vance/Erika Kirk

That's exactly how it works.

Discounted cash flow - Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discounted_cash_flow

Aren't you afraid that you'll regret having them?

Queen Anne style homes do give witchy vibes

Clearly never been to a gay bar

I think you misunderstand what the Bank of Japan is. It is a central bank, so it does not take deposits from households, and buys government debt by controlling money supply (i.e. printing money). It holds around 46% of Japanese government debt, far more than domestic insurance companies and domestic banks (~15% each).