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[โ€“] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

there are no such APIs

Yes there are. You can obtain access to the Kroger API, the Meijer API, the Walmart API, and I'm sure others that I didn't bother to Google. Failing getting access to the actual APIs, there are tons of web scraper projects that just parse those stores' websites for product information, and web scrapers are still orders of magnitude more efficient than LLMs.

[โ€“] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 1 points 5 months ago

Instacart has prices for all of these stores and more. Obviously they're not updating them by hand...