• ThenThreeMore@startrek.website
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    1 year ago

    Programming aside electric self edge labels are the future. Where I work we do paper labels for about 50 pretty small stores and use best part of 30,000 sheets of paper a week.

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      1 year ago

      I imagine with inflation causing an increased frequency of relabeling and relabeling costs causing an increased rate of inflation, it’s only a matter of time before I become too lazy to finish this joke.

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      1 year ago

      600 labels per store per week. Seems like a big chunk of the inventory changes price every week, not just some tens of articles for a temporary sale.

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        1 year ago

        It’s more. Each a4 sheet has considerably more than 1 label on it. Most weeks there’s 90-100 pages of weekly limited offer specials alone. Then every day there’s large amounts of regular stock coming onto and off of special offer. Then produce is constantly being adjusted based on seasonality, the current weather (better prices on salad when it’s hot etc), and to help sell through (warehouse has accepted some stock with reduced shelf life etc).

        Then there’s the fact the country I’m from has been experiencing food price inflation at almost 20% this year.

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      1 year ago

      Wait these are new for most people? They’ve been around for years where I live