Why “supermarkets” is being discussed
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If that’s the case, then supermarkets (who are not in the cybersecurity business) should feel good about filing a claim with their insurance. The insurance company can decide wh…
by enoint · Oct 12, 2026
Cyberattack Disrupts Refrigeration Systems at French Supermarkets
by CGMthrowaway · Oct 12, 2026 · 3 points
Choose your own number, but it has to be large enough that supermarkets decided the CapEx was worth it, and also large enough that once one did it, the rest followed suit.
by petesergeant · Oct 12, 2026
Supermarkets very efficiently drive down the cost of food so that food is abundant - basically everyone in developed counties has access to low cost food. Part of that process i…
by ianm218 · Oct 12, 2026
It’s worth noting that it’s not “paperbacks” in general but the mass-market paperbacks in particular (despite the headline). The print book market (excluding technical books and…
by dhosek · Oct 12, 2026
I worked in the field of control systems for supermarkets back in 2008. These systems are internet connected and remotely controllable because the managers need to be able to se…
by chromaton · Oct 12, 2026
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A supermarket is a self-service shop offering a wide variety of food, beverages and household products, organized into sections under one roof. The supermarket retail format first appeared around 1930 in the United States as the culmination of almost two decades of retail innovations to the grocery store, and began to spread to other countries after extensive worldwide publicity in 1956. In everyday American English usage, "grocery store" is often used interchangeably with "supermarket", while in other regions a supermarket is larger and has a wider selection, but is smaller and more limited in the range of merchandise than a hypermarket or megastore, which developed decades later. Read more on Wikipedia