Kroger says it has no plans to use facial recognition after uproar about surge pricing in grocery st

On Tuesday, Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib took to X with a letter directed at Rodney McMullen, the CEO of Kroger. In it, she expressed her concern about Kroger’s electronic shelving labels (ESLs), as well as the grocery chain’s alleged plans to use facial recognition technology at its digital displays—both tools, she wrote, have the potential to be “abused in the pursuit of profit.” Tlaib isn’t the first U.S. official to voice her trepidation at Kroger’s ESL tech, either. Back in...