Self checkout could be making Americans lonelier

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People wearing coats and other cold-weather clothing scan and pay for groceries at a supermarket in New York City. Lighted signs that read
Self-checkout stations are one example of technology making Americans lonelier.

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Kroger's secret weapon in the battle for your dining-out dollars is ... sushi

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Sushi is proving popular with shoppers at supermarkets like Kroger.

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An Instacart customer was charged $2,783.25 for a Kroger order of $282 she never received. 'My heart stopped.'

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A Kroger shopper in Ohio said that she was charged $2,783.25, about 10 times what she should've been, for an order of groceries for delivery.

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A German grocery store charged customers the 'true price' of their food, and one cheese was almost twice as expensive

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A supermarket experimented with AI to generate meal ideas for leftovers. It suggested drinking bleach and eating ant-poison sandwiches.

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Instacart just slashed pay for delivery drivers — from a minimum of $7 per order to $4. Now they're more reliant on your tips.

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A woman wears sunglasses and a face mask while loading plastic bags full of groceries into the trunk of a car.
Instacart cut the minimum base pay that its gig-worker delivery drivers are paid, and many say the lower pay is making it harder to earn money on the app.

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I shopped at a Dollar General food 'market' for the first time. I wouldn't go back unless it was my only choice.

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The reporter in front of a DG Market in Maryland.

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Workers returning to offices could mean more trouble for Instacart and other grocery delivery services

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A man wearing a face mask and sunglasses backwards on his head looks at a receipt while standing in front of a shopping cart at a Giant grocery store in Washington DC in 2020.
Grocery delivery companies like Instacart are increasingly catering to upper-income workers who can do their jobs from home, a survey from Morning Consult shows.

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A New York grocery store is using biometrics including eye scanners and voice prints to identify repeat shoplifters. Some shoppers say that's creepy — even if it deters theft.

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A delivery worker wearing a face mask rides by a Fairway supermarket in Kips Bay in March 2021. The grocer's yellow sign and dark green awnings are visible.
New York City grocer Fairway is using facial recognition technology at a Manhattan store in a move to catch shoplifters.

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Eggs are so expensive that Dollar Tree has just given up stocking them

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This Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, photo shows a woman leaving a Dollar Tree store in Urbandale, Iowa.
Dollar Tree said Tuesday that it will halt egg sales until later this year as avian flu keeps egg prices near historic highs.

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