My biggest pet peeve while at the grocery
@NanaMc (644)
February 14, 2022 5:07pm CST
Do you ever go to the grocery store and know where is everything is? Like you could almost do your shopping while blind folded?
I love it when I can do that. You're good and comfortable with the store. It's all nice and easy.
Then BAM! Same store, same brands but the candy is now where the bread is. The bread is where the canned goods were yesterday.
Why do grocery stores do that?!?
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@kaylachan (57687)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
14 Feb 22
They have to do that because it's a marketing stradgity. Switch things up every so often, so that a person might buy something they weren't thinking about, while looking for the thing they were.
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@NanaMc (644)
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14 Feb 22
Well that back fires on me because I can never find anything! If I'm looking for peas and cookies are where they were last time I get aggravated and don't even think of picking up those cookies.
@ihasaquestion (8274)
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16 Feb 22
I don't understand why that happens too. Grocery stores like to rearrange products and then you have to start all over again searching for a specific item.
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@ihasaquestion (8274)
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17 Feb 22
@NanaMc LoL.. I know, right. They want the customers to buy.. or not.. ha..
@NanaMc (644)
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16 Feb 22
I know, it's one of the most aggravating things to deal with. I honestly think the manager sit's back in his chair and watches us from the monitor and laughing his head off as we scurry around searching for what we need.
It's like an easter egg hunt when they do that!
@NanaMc (644)
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15 Feb 22
It must be just to aggravate us. They probably sit back and giggle as they watch us on the cameras while we search the aisles.
@wolfgirl569 (95200)
• Marion, Ohio
15 Feb 22
They think it will get you to buy things. But for me it dont
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@sharonelton (25012)
• Lichfield, England
14 Feb 22
This is exactly what happens to us! You go into a shop and you know where everything is and then suddenly they've moved things around you have to start remembering where everything is again! I hate it when they do that!
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@sharonelton (25012)
• Lichfield, England
14 Feb 22
@NanaMc Yes, I know how you feel! It can be infuriating when they do that! And you have to go round searching for what you want! 
@1creekgirl (40523)
• United States
14 Feb 22
That is a big pet peeve of mine, too. I hate when they do that!
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@JESSY3236 (18923)
• United States
15 Feb 22
Yeah Just before I moved into my uncle's house, the grocery store I usually went to change the whole store around. At least they gave out a guide to where everything was. Now that I moved into my uncle's house, I have to get used to a new store. I couldn't find where the vitamins were, so I got them at another store. A few weeks later I found out where the vitamins were located at. lol
@LindaOHio (156276)
• United States
15 Feb 22
Kayla is right. It's a marketing strategy; but it does make shoppers crazy, especially when they're in a hurry.
@JudyEv (325818)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Feb 22
Maybe they do it to bring new products to your attention. But I agree it's annoying.
