California Grocery Stores Use Facial Recognition Technology To Combat Theft

California Grocery Stores Use Facial Recognition Technology To Combat Theft Via American Greatness, Faced with a shoplifting epidemic that has battered California retailers for years, Grocery Outlet is fighting back with technology. Customers are not thrilled about it. The Emeryville-based discount grocery chain has begun installing facial recognition software called SAFR at a handful of Bay Area stores, including its Pleasant Hill “Bargain Market” location, CBS News San Francisco reported. Customers walking through the doors will find signs warning them the system is in use, a disclosure the company says is meant to keep...