From the monthly archives:

February 2009

Do Supermarkets Price Discriminate?

February 25, 2009

Dominick’s is one of the major grocery chains here in Chicago. I may be naive, but I thought that if I went into one Dominick’s supermarket in the Chicago area that I would pay the same price for a jug of milk, or bag of apples, or box of cookies as I would at any [...]

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The Sneakiest Grocery Store Trick Yet?

February 16, 2009

I’ve been writing about how supermarkets are masters of using consumer psychology to get us to buy more than we need to. They frequently use our own assumptions against us.
Take the bulk size version of many products. We assume that we save more when we buy larger sized packages. Yet, grocery stores sometimes use this [...]

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Save Money By Putting A Fast Food Restaurant in Your Freezer

February 4, 2009

In a recent post I talked about how the rush to provide dinner in the mist of hectic lifestyles leads to expensive restaurant meals, overpriced take-out, and pricey processed frozen dinners. Our budgets take a severe beating as a result of these last minute dinner options.
One method people successfully use to provide great home [...]

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