Beep@lemmus.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoDynamic pricing could be coming to your local supermarketwww.abc.net.auexternal-linkmessage-square201fedilinkarrow-up1570arrow-down111
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minus-squarechillpanzee@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months 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-up6·2 months ago It is a subsidiary of Albertsons after being acquired by private equity investors led by Cerberus Capital Management in January 2015. Classic
minus-squareTollana1234567@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoof course it was.
minus-squareproudblond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoThat explains a lot. Private equity kills everything it touches.
minus-squarechillpanzee@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoAgreed, but Safeway was shitty before 2015. PE acquisition seems more like kindred spirits finding each other than something bad happening to Safeway.
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
of course it was.
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.