[UFO Chicago] Jewel/Albertson's uses Fedora Linux, but....

[Eric Ellington]

On 4/29/07, Brian Sobolak <brian at planetshwoop.com> wrote:
>
> Neil R. Ormos wrote:
> > Brian Sobolak wrote:
> >
> >
> >> So I went to Jewel at midnight to pickup tofu,
> >> ginger, and ramen and while browsing through the
> >> produce section I snapped this shot:
> >
> >> <http://www.planetshwoop.com/kernelpanic.jpg>
> >
> >> Yup, a kernel panic on the "Avenu" kiosk.  You
> >> can't see the uname, but in another photo I have
> >> it mentions Fedora core 2.6.9
> >
> > I'm not familiar with the "Avenu" kiosk.  What is
> > the purpose of the kiosk, and what would the
> > display have provided had it been working?
> >
>
> I've never used one, so I'm not entirely sure.  I believe the point is
> that you are able to print coupons based on a profile.
>
> Which reminds me of a business I've had since web 0.7:  I always thought
> that you could have a website where you could enter your grocery list.
> When you go to the store, it could print out your list and coupons based
>   upon what was on the list, and thus steer you towards products that
> they (the grocery) want you to buy.  Since your items are stored, it
> could keep a list of all the stuff you've picked in the past and suggest
> stuff too to get you to buy more things.


I have used one, that is exactly how it works. When you come in to the store
it wants you to scan your jewel card and prints out coupons that are "just
for you." It does a reasonable job of suggesting items you like at a lower
price. You don't have to have the coupons to give to the casher, it just
links that discount to your jewel card for the rest of the day. I always get
a coupon for beer and rice pudding, two things that I buy often at jewel. It
will also throw random crap on there that they think you might like.
It has saved me a few bucks when I was not paying attention. Whatever avenue
discounts you are offered are subtracted from the lowest price currently on
the item. So if soup is on sale for $1.50, and you have a $.50 off soup
avenue discount, your soup will be $1.00.

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Eric Ellington
e.ellington at gmail.com
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