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On Wednesday, January 27, 2016 at 3:14:07 AM UTC-6, Bruce wrote:
> On 26/1/2016 02:44 John Kuthe wrote:
>
> > On Monday, January 25, 2016 at 7:12:07 AM UTC-6, Nancy Young wrote:
> >> On 1/25/2016 4:33 AM, Opinicus wrote:
> >> > Paraphrasing from the recent "Supermarkets: The tricks of the trade"
> >> > episode of "Tonight":
> >> >
> >> > A supermarket sells two kinds of wine, one for £ 3.79 (Brand A) and
> >> > another for £ 4.49 (Brand B), which differ only in quality. On
> >> > average, about two-thirds of customers buy Brand A and one-third buy
> >> > Brand B. Problem: Increase total turnover without cutting or raising
> >> > prices. Solution: Introduce a third and better kind of wine (Brand C)
> >> > selling at £ 9.99. It turns out that even though very few customers
> >> > will buy Brand C, about half of those who used to buy Brand A will
> >> > shift to Brand B, thereby increasing total turnover.
> >> >
> >> > http://www.itv.com/news/2016-01-21/s...trade-tonight/
> >>
> >> That is a tactic that is used for many things, I'm sure there is
> >> a name for it.
> >>
> >> nancy

> >
> > It's called marketing! Being sold to! Think for yourself. Some say "think outside the box", I say there in no box!! Retailers are trying to box you in to further their agenda! The only way to win this game is to not play their game!! I always feel like I'm in shackles in a grocery store! Chained to THEIR game!! **** that!! I'll buy what *I* want to buy!! And it's not most of what YOU are selling!!!

>
> So what do you buy in a supermarket?
>
> --
> Bruce


I buy what *I* am looking for, not what they are trying to sell me!

For example, my current shoping list (shopping tomorrow, Thurs 1/28)) is:

1. One XL sourdough loaf from STLBreadCo.
2. My weekly produce shopping from the Market In The Loop.
3. 5# ground beast from Straub's
4. From a grocer's: soap, razor blades, ScotchBrite sponge scrubbee's, 2 boxes (one for backup) of 1 qt. Ziplocks

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