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Electronic shelf labels likely to cost jobs and drive up grocery prices, US report warns
AFL-CIO calls for ban on such labels to protect consumers and #workers from surveillance pricing and job cuts
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/09/electronic-shelf-labels-groceryManufacturers have hailed the labels as a way to collect huge amounts of personal data from customers, increase profits and cut #labor costs.
The report argues that electronic shelf labels use the same pricing systems that allow dynamic pricing – price changes such as increasing allergy medication prices when pollen counts are high – to surveillance pricing, changing prices based on personal data.
These technologies are being implemented across the US retail industry at a time when food prices have surpassed inflation and wage gains, increasing 33% over the past seven years.
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