primitives whine about grocery store layouts

[franksolich]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=236x73298

Oh my.

Phentex  (1000+ posts)        Sun Jan-03-10 11:12 AM
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Why do they change everything around in grocery stores?

Every few years, the stores do a major overhaul. I know they do extensive research about food placement, but why do they keep changing it? Is it just so we'll go down every aisle again? It can be so annoying!

It's annoying because primitives are reactionaries; primitives want everything to stay the same as it is, forever and ever.  That relieves the primitives of having to open their eyes and look around.

The primitives don't like change.

BarbaRosa  (1000+ posts)      Sun Jan-03-10 12:18 PM
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1. A distraction from rising prices?

I don't know, but yes it is annoying.

livetohike  (1000+ posts)      Sun Jan-03-10 12:38 PM
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2. It's to keep the customers in the store longer so the customer will impulse buy something they see that they may not have seen otherwise. The endcap displays at the end of aisles are always changing for that purpose.

My b-i-l retired from Trader Joe's so I have the inside track on the psychology of store set up

The "psychology of grocery store set-up" goes way back to the 1920s, if not before, with the advent of the now-defunct Piggly Wiggly chain.

It's very simple; one doesn't have to have a relative in the business to understand it.

Items that are going to be purchased anyway are put way back in the far corner of the store, so as to encourage "impulse buying" on the way back there, and back up to the cash register.

This is why franksolich does not patronize mega-grocery stores.

Items that are going to be purchased anyway are put on the lower shelves, where one has to bend down, so as to give prime space to "impulse buying" offerings.

Endcaps never have items that are gong to be purchased anyway.

It's all very simple.....excepting possibly to primitives.

[thundley4]

The major brands, for such things as cereals, chips, cookies and whatever else also pay stores to have their products placed close to eye level.

[Carl]

It is very simple..once accustomed to a stores layout we tend to make a lot quicker route through it knowing where what we want is.

Move everything from one side to another and it forces a person to search for stuff.
When looking one is more likely to see things that had gone invisible and therefore may be tempted to buy when before they wouldn`t have paid any attention.

I hate it too when they do it as I shop with a list rather then a roaming up and down the aisles method.

[Lord Undies]

It's Hope & Change.  They hope you will shop longer and leave with little change.

You Little Goons should be all about it!

[thundley4]

Most stores here always go and place a flyer with a map when they rearrange.

[DefiantSix]

Most stores here always go and place a flyer with a map when they rearrange.

And coupons, there are usually coupons attached to flyers like that.

Capitalist PIGS!!! [/DUmp mode]

[Oceander]

It is very simple..once accustomed to a stores layout we tend to make a lot quicker route through it knowing where what we want is.

Move everything from one side to another and it forces a person to search for stuff.
When looking one is more likely to see things that had gone invisible and therefore may be tempted to buy when before they wouldn`t have paid any attention.

I hate it too when they do it as I shop with a list rather then a roaming up and down the aisles method.

Exactly the way I grocery-shop, too.  The local store I use just re-arranged everything 6 months ago and it's only now that I finally have a new mental map for where everything should be.  That being said, the new layout is much better than the old in a number of ways, so the grief of the change was worth putting up with.

[Crazy Horse]

the now-defunct Piggly Wiggly chain.

That's news to me...........when did the wobbly hog become defunct 

I thought that's where I bought some real yellow grits friday morning

[franksolich]

That's news to me...........when did the wobbly hog become defunct 

I thought that's where I bought some real yellow grits friday morning

You got to be kidding, sir.

Piggly-Wiggly still exists?

Next you're going to tell me that RCA Victrola, with the dog peering inside that cone, is still around.

[GOBUCKS]

You got to be kidding, sir.

Piggly-Wiggly still exists?

Next you're going to tell me that RCA Victrola, with the dog peering inside that cone, is still around.

http://www.weeklyadcirculars.com/piggly_wiggly_weekly_ad.html

[franksolich]

http://www.weeklyadcirculars.com/piggly_wiggly_weekly_ad.html

Oh.

[ColonialMarine0431]

Whiners. Millions of people around the world would love to even have access to a well stocked grocery store.

[franksolich]

Whiners. Millions of people around the world would love to even have access to a well stocked grocery store.

My thoughts exactly.

But the cooking and baking primitives are notorious for their decadence.

Being primitives, they allege themselves to be concerned about the plight of those less fortunate than themselves, but once they go into the cooking and baking forum, their attitude is "**** everybody else; I'm going to be as gluttonous as I can be."

Decent and civilized people who like fining dining are exempt from the above criticism, because decent and civilized people don't wear their charity and compassion on their sleeves, while the primitives do.

[kenth]

You got to be kidding, sir.

Piggly-Wiggly still exists?

Next you're going to tell me that RCA Victrola, with the dog peering inside that cone, is still around.

http://www.pigglywiggly.com/

[franksolich]

http://www.pigglywiggly.com/

Well, push me over with a stack of primitives.

I thought Piggly-Wiggly was extinct because when I lived in the northeastern part of the country, and all those times I just visited there, I never saw one--and Piggly-Wiggly got started there, in New York or something.

Apparently they moved south.

It's kind of like Safeway, which used to be a big deal, but is hardly around any more.

[franksolich]

Okay, I stand corrected.

Piggly-Wiggly got started in Memphis, Tennessee, not in New York.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piggly_Wiggly

But in books about "popular culture" in the American northeastern states, Piggy-Wiggly once predominated there.

[franksolich]

Well, Hell, I guess I need to update my knowledge of supermarket chains.

Safeway's still around, although not as big as it used to be.

Hinky-Dinky isn't around any more, though.

[The Village Idiot]

Well often the endcap displays do have items that are 'bought anyway'. Dr. Pepper, for instance, almost always sells out down here in Texas where neither Coke nor Pepsi won the Cola wars. You will see endcaps of canned beans, Lay's potato chips etc etc. Around certain Holidays you will see BBQ briquettes, aluminum foil and paper/foam plates etc. I have helped build these displays and while I was never good enough to build an igloo of Coca-Cola 12-packs I can drop a pallet as good as anyone.

The back is usually where the milk and meat items are, because it makes sense to put them in the back. It would be odd to have them far away from their cool storage areas. why would you want to block the middle of the store when it is time to unload pallets? I also remember helping to rewax the store floor once. That was a PAIN. I worked in dairy/frozen foods and I often had to do the work of the baggers because they were all too young or something to use a floor buffer. I use to have to sweep, mop, sweep, buff and sweep the whole floor right around closing time, then check my departments before clocking out around midnight. I didn't want to work mornings anyway.

Only a DUmmie would complain about something as stupid as the arrangement of a store. Could you imagine how a DUmmie would do it?  It would boggle the mind.

[thundley4]

Only a DUmmie would complain about something as stupid as the arrangement of a store. Could you imagine how a DUmmie would do it?  It would boggle the mind.

The munchies would be right next to the pot display.

[GOBUCKS]

Well, Hell, I guess I need to update my knowledge of supermarket chains.

Safeway's still around, although not as big as it used to be.

Hinky-Dinky isn't around any more, though.

I didn't realize A&P was still in the grocery business. They used to be everywhere, but it's been many years since I've seen one.
Now I see they still have a bunch of stores up in the northeast peoples' republics.

[Traveshamockery]

Well, Hell, I guess I need to update my knowledge of supermarket chains.

Safeway's still around, although not as big as it used to be.

Hinky-Dinky isn't around any more, though.

We have Safeway stores here in Texas but they are called Randall's and they are rather expensive.  How I'd love to have a Kroger's or Publix here but we don't. 

[The Village Idiot]

We have Safeway stores here in Texas but they are called Randall's and they are rather expensive.  How I'd love to have a Kroger's or Publix here but we don't. 

Krogers are everywhere in DFW, don't think I have seen a Randalls, everyone seems to shop at Wal-Mart though.

[franksolich]

Krogers are everywhere in DFW, don't think I have seen a Randalls, everyone seems to shop at Wal-Mart though.

The first time I saw a primitive, from Florida but he was talking about Georgia, mention Kroger's, I thought he was describing a plumbing supplies chain.

[Chris]

The area of town I grew up in, the closest grocery store was about five miles away and it was a Kroger.  Its still there, but that strip mall is really run down.  I doubt they've made any improvements to the store. 

[The Village Idiot]

The first time I saw a primitive, from Florida but he was talking about Georgia, mention Kroger's, I thought he was describing a plumbing supplies chain.

Um... I don't get it. Was there a plumbing supply business with a similar name in Nebraska?