Beep@lemmus.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoDynamic pricing could be coming to your local supermarketwww.abc.net.auexternal-linkmessage-square213linkfedilinkarrow-up1583arrow-down110
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minus-squarechillpanzee@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 days agoYeah, Safeway has been shitty for a long time. I’m fortunate like you that we have a wealth of independent grocers and small ethnic markets that are so much better. They’re also a fair bit cheaper too.
minus-squareparody@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 days ago It is a subsidiary of Albertsons after being acquired by private equity investors led by Cerberus Capital Management in January 2015. Classic
minus-squareproudblond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoThat explains a lot. Private equity kills everything it touches.
minus-squarechillpanzee@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoAgreed, but Safeway was shitty before 2015. PE acquisition seems more like kindred spirits finding each other than something bad happening to Safeway.
minus-squareTollana1234567@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·3 days agoof course it was.
Yeah, Safeway has been shitty for a long time. I’m fortunate like you that we have a wealth of independent grocers and small ethnic markets that are so much better. They’re also a fair bit cheaper too.
Classic
That explains a lot. Private equity kills everything it touches.
Agreed, but Safeway was shitty before 2015.
PE acquisition seems more like kindred spirits finding each other than something bad happening to Safeway.
of course it was.