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Are You Guilty of Making This Common Grocery Shopping Mistake?

November 21, 2008

You shop for the best values for your family – you check for sales, use double coupons, compare unit prices, and pick out the freshest produce.
But do you make this crucial mistake that could affect your pocket book, and even the health of your family?
Many shoppers simply fail to check the expiration dates of the [...]

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7 More Simple Ways to Slash Your Grocery Bill

November 14, 2008

In a previous post we listed seven simple ways to dramatically cut your grocery bill. With food prices expected to rise even further in 2009, its more important than ever to take steps to slash your grocery costs.
Here are 7 more simple ways to save money in tough economic times.
Shop with a list. Grocery stores [...]

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Discover How to Resist the Temptations of the Checkout Counter

November 10, 2008

Between 40% to 60% of our shopping purchases are impulse buys – purchases we had no intention of making when we first entered the grocery store. One of the most notorious impulse traps is the check-out counter.
Here grocery stores understand they have a captive audience as we patiently wait to pay for our purchases. It [...]

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The Theme Display – A Grocery Store Money Trap

October 31, 2008

Supermarkets have carefully refined their methods for making us spend more than we’d like. One of their most insidious money traps is the supermarket theme display. These displays usually take the form of tables, end aisles, or special shelves that display food items related around a central theme.
Theme displays are commonly focused around holidays, [...]

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The Supermarket Secret That Costs You Money

October 30, 2008

Supermarkets are marketing masters. They’ve studied your shopping behavior for decades.
As a result, they understand this simple fact – the longer a shopper stays in a store, the more that shopper will purchase. This explains why grocery stores have developed a variety of methods to keep you shopping longer.
Frozen Food Near the Back. Ever notice [...]

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Anatomy of a Sales Trap – Example 2

October 29, 2008

Anatomy of a Sales Trap – Example 2
In our previous Anatomy of a Sales Trap we discussed several methods stores use to increase impulse purchases. Today we analyze another supermarket sales trap – the stand-alone display. Lets take a quick look at how such a stand-alone display works.
The product – Quaker Oats Chewy Protein Bars.

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Anatomy of a Store Sales Trap

October 23, 2008

Stores have devised multiple techniques for getting us to spend more than we’d like to. In fact, greater than 40% of supermarket purchases are impulse buys. To encourage these impulse buys grocery stores employ a variety of sales traps. Below we take a closer look at one of these sales traps. The product [...]

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Why Your Grocery Cart Has Grown

October 21, 2008

I noticed something funny when I entered my local Dominick’s supermarket a month ago. At first I couldn’t put my finger on it. Then it quickly hit me – my grocery cart had been SUPER-SIZED!
Literally overnight all of the smaller grocery carts had been replaced with these new shiny behemoths on wheels. And yes [...]

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