That's not necessarily true-- in fact, two similarly packaged items that are otherwise different might actually be harder to tell apart when packaged.

[–] whenyellowstonehasitsday@fedia.io 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

which is why just walk out also had rfid tokens on all their products

you can't do that with a strawberry unless you like your fruit crunchy

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

They had RFID? Yeah that seems like a superior option in most cases (some produce being an obvious exception)

[–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Could be or could be the berries are put in the same arrangement each day and it's just tracking which black blob disappears.

[–] whenyellowstonehasitsday@fedia.io 1 points 2 months ago

pretty sure items on a shop shelf are in the same arrangement each day