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whoops! that was our error! It's actually "Enhanced Display for Grocery Environment" which is at least an acronym. Fixed.
as a consumer, I love to be delighted by a grocery environment that only makes prices lower (than a baseline price Kroger themselves set based on factors like: lying about the impact of shoplifting; intentionally creating food deserts; colluding with other supermarket chains to keep prices high; vibes)
maybe if I’m an extra good consumer they’ll replace all the freezer doors with pointless screens you can’t see through that are all constantly broken but still manage to waste a fuckton of energy
my consumer experience will really be improved when every one of those screens is recording my movements for the noble goal of knowing when to replace the animated ad for monster energy with an extremely inaccurate listing of the items contained in the freezer
motherfuckers
oh god these ghouls are going to roll out personalized ads on door-thin displays the moment they can afford to, aren't they?
Still 1/5 acronym.