News tagged with supermarket

Supermarket robot to help the elderly (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Robovie-II, a retail-assistant robot designed to help elderly and disabled people shop in supermarkets, is being tested in Kyoto, in Japan.

Electronics / Robotics

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 1 weblog

Simulation models offer clarity with regard to energy transition decisions

As a way of eliminating energy-guzzling incandescent light bulbs from our supermarket shelves, a tax on incandescent light bulbs would be just as effective as an outright ban. Subsidising new technology, such as Led lighting, ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 4

What's a little mold? Why consumers have different freshness standards at home

Why is it acceptable for someone who would never purchase "expired" milk at the store to pour "expired" milk into a cup of coffee at breakfast? A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research explores the reasons consumers are mo ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jan 26, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 4

Location tracking on cell phones raises privacy concerns

I love the location-based features on my iPhone. But after talking with privacy advocates last week, I'm concerned about who's keeping track of my location -- and what they're doing with that data.

Technology / Internet

created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Whole Foods to stop sale of unsustainable seafood

(AP) -- Whole Foods Market said Friday that it will stop selling fish caught from depleted waters or through ecologically damaging methods, a move that comes as supermarkets nationwide try to make their seafood ...

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Australian study: Store brands battle quality perceptions

Store brands now account for more than 22 per cent of supermarket sales in Australia yet consumers are still wary about their quality, new research has found.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Mar 19, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Consumers more likely to identify healthy food using traffic light nutrition labels

Consumers are five times more likely to identify healthy food when they see colour-coded traffic light nutrition labels than when labels present the information numerically by showing what percentage of the recommended daily ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 07, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0