Thousands of Walmart stores are about to receive a major technological upgrade.
Paper price tags will be replaced by digital screens at 2,300 stores, just under half of Walmart’s 4,700 locations, according to a report by Reuters.
Instead of the normal two-day process to update prices each week, the screens allow “prices [to] be updated within two minutes after a few clicks through its mobile app for workers,” the company told Reuters.
“The new labels are small square screens that look very much like the paper labels they will replace,” Reuters reports. “They will also enable workers to pick products for online order fulfillment faster, the company said in a statement.”
The company was clear, however, that surge or dynamic pricing will not be utilized with the new price screens.
Wendy’s CEO suggested earlier this year that the fast-food chain was considering implementing price changes based on demand.
Backlash forced the company to walk back that announcement.
