The company says the policy is intended to make sure it complies with all state and local regulations, but it says the barcode scanner is optional.
PORTLAND, Ore. — A Fred Meyer customer recently reached out to KGW about his experience with the grocery chain’s new carding policy for alcohol purchases. He went to buy beer at a Fred Meyer in Beaverton and was asked to show his ID. That part wasn’t too unusual, he said, but what came next was a surprise.
The clerk asked to scan the barcode on his driver’s license at the register, a practice which he hadn’t encountered before, and he
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