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<blockquote data-quote="vvvvvvv" data-source="post: 1348426" data-attributes="member: 5151"><p>If you grab a car or handbasket, you are VERY likely to fill it. It's a psychological thing.</p><p></p><p>When I was there, they upgraded the handbaskets to be about 1.5" deeper. That raised the average value from $30 to $51. They also changed to longer, wider, and deeper shopping carts. Those went from $96 to $240. At least those are what they were telling us. By the way, the carts are designed to make it easier for you to catch a glimpse of what someone else has in theirs so you can keep up with the joneses.</p><p></p><p>You'll also notice the the newer carts have a narrower "grip" on them (the piece of plastic on the handle that always gets broken). It pulls your elbows in so the store feels less crowded.</p><p></p><p>Except for candy and toys, most of the highest markup items are at eye level for a 5'5" woman. Candy and toys are located on the bottom shelves so that walking 3 year old of yours will notice them better.</p><p></p><p>Coke, beer, bread, milk, eggs, and chips are in the back so you walk past the whole grocery department. Freezer stuff is near the front so you do your shopping on your way back.</p><p></p><p>Those cameras? Their primary purpose isn't loss prevention, although they do come in handy when you have a known thief in the store. They are for patterning the behavior of shoppers.</p><p></p><p>I've found that if I don't get a cart when I only have a couple of things to get, then that's all I get. When grocery shopping, I take a list. That list is ordered by aisle from the back to the front. If it's not on the list (and on most items, if it doesn't also have a coupon), I don't get it. It's gotten me in trouble a time or two ("you should have known we were almost out of that"), but the grocery line-item on our budget dropped nearly 60% by sticking to the list.</p><p></p><p>I get very focused when I go shopping at Wal-Mart. I try to make it in and out as fast as possible. I choose my parking spot based on what I will be shopping that day, and proximity to likely places for people to just leave shopping carts. I then enter the store with a plan of attack, and follow that plan to the letter. I know that if I stray from that plan, the mission will fail.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vvvvvvv, post: 1348426, member: 5151"] If you grab a car or handbasket, you are VERY likely to fill it. It's a psychological thing. When I was there, they upgraded the handbaskets to be about 1.5" deeper. That raised the average value from $30 to $51. They also changed to longer, wider, and deeper shopping carts. Those went from $96 to $240. At least those are what they were telling us. By the way, the carts are designed to make it easier for you to catch a glimpse of what someone else has in theirs so you can keep up with the joneses. You'll also notice the the newer carts have a narrower "grip" on them (the piece of plastic on the handle that always gets broken). It pulls your elbows in so the store feels less crowded. Except for candy and toys, most of the highest markup items are at eye level for a 5'5" woman. Candy and toys are located on the bottom shelves so that walking 3 year old of yours will notice them better. Coke, beer, bread, milk, eggs, and chips are in the back so you walk past the whole grocery department. Freezer stuff is near the front so you do your shopping on your way back. Those cameras? Their primary purpose isn't loss prevention, although they do come in handy when you have a known thief in the store. They are for patterning the behavior of shoppers. I've found that if I don't get a cart when I only have a couple of things to get, then that's all I get. When grocery shopping, I take a list. That list is ordered by aisle from the back to the front. If it's not on the list (and on most items, if it doesn't also have a coupon), I don't get it. It's gotten me in trouble a time or two ("you should have known we were almost out of that"), but the grocery line-item on our budget dropped nearly 60% by sticking to the list. I get very focused when I go shopping at Wal-Mart. I try to make it in and out as fast as possible. I choose my parking spot based on what I will be shopping that day, and proximity to likely places for people to just leave shopping carts. I then enter the store with a plan of attack, and follow that plan to the letter. I know that if I stray from that plan, the mission will fail. [/QUOTE]
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