Have you had any experience that you ended up with spending more money and buying more foods than you needed when you went to a grocery store? I know I have and I sometimes can't help it.
Just other day, I went to a grocery store to get a bag of carrots and ended up with getting a box of apple turnovers, and I just didn't know why.
Their marketing techniques are so advanced that many of us just fall into them.
Everything we see and smell in the store makes us feel as if we needed to eat and buy more.
All the food items are very carefully displayed.
The hot items they want to promote are displayed at our eye levels and our kids' eye levels.
The smell from deli, the light settings and types of music are all selected carefully to make us buy more.
There are few tips on how to survive grocery shopping effectively.
First, you might think that those items displayed at the end of aisle are cheaper because they have a sale sign.
They are not always cheaper and you should check the aisles where they are usually stocked.
Don't go for grocery shopping when you are hungry.
It is easy to lose control and you end up with buying more foods than you need or eating those unhealthy samples.
If you have to take your kids with you, you need to feed them before leaving your home.
It is almost impossible for them to deal with the hunger.
One of the tactics used by the marketers is that they place most popular food items very far from the front door.
We are forced to see very temping food items on the way.
Next time you go to a grocery store, pay attention to how long you have to walk from the front door and how many kinds of foods you are forced to see before you get to a dairy section.
By knowing their tactics ahead of time, you will be ready for your next visit to a grocery store.