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		vkou 3 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Kroger acknowledges that its bet on robotics went ... You've reinvented the Soviet grocery store, but with robots instead of people and with a $7 cup of coffee.

markus_zhang 3 days ago [–]

I remember those stores as I came from a similar background. One vital difference is that they all have workers who have a straight face and don’t give it a fuck about customer service.

Then in the 90s they were all washed away by the new ones.

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