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[–]NonPermissive 643 points644 points ago

If you know where you're going, you'll spend less time in the store, and buy less. For the same reason you'll rarely see a clock in a supermarket or mall. Not to mention the ad space being used.

[–]LouSpudol 157 points158 points ago

Came here to say the same thing. I worked in a grocery store for 5 years when I was in high school. Everything is strategically placed to maximize your time in the store and to increase your spending. This is why Bakery, pizza or eatery sections are placed close to the entrance, so you can smell all the delicious food and thus increase your craving. Hungry shoppers = spending shoppers.

More important items, which people usually get on a regular basis tend to be in the back of the store (meats, etc.) because they want you to walk by everything else and stop along the way so you have a higher chance of buying something you really don't need that way.

How many times have you gone to the store for milk and bread and come out with 3 bags of chips, the new Dan Fogelberg album, and the complete 3rd season of Wings? probably never, but you get the point.

[–]Infymus 4 points5 points ago

Smiths in Utah is one of the worst. They put those boxes of crap at the check-out isle entrance. They angle them toward you. They make it so there is only enough room for you to get your cart through. I used to get ticked when they did that and pushed them aside so I could get into the isle to unload my cart. They also started putting them on the end of every single isle - so that you had to go around them. This causes shoppers to wait for each other to get around them so you can exit the isle.

Then like clockwork, they would move everything in the store around twice a year causing you to hunt all over. Saalsaa on the chips isle? Oh heck no, it's over with the taco shells. Taco seasoning with the taco shells? Nope, that's over on the canned goods isle. Next year taco seasoning is going to be next to the colon aids.

Don't even get me started about their stupid "loyalty" crap where without the "Fresh Values Card" you get charged as much as 30-50% higher prices - all so they can track you.

[–]angiebangieboo 7 points8 points ago

How many times have you gone to the store for milk and bread and come out with 3 bags of chips, the new Dan Fogelberg album, and the complete 3rd season of Wings? probably never, but you get the point.

RIP Dan Fogelberg, but this made me laugh way too hard...have an upvote

[–]my_name_isnt_clever 11 points12 points ago

Tip: If you put a > in front on your lines, you get

this, a quote.

[–]Pasaris 169 points170 points ago

This is also the reason that milk is always at the most inconvenient spot in the store, way at the back. Most people will need milk, and will have to travel through the store to get it.

[–]Heartzz 136 points137 points ago

And candy when you stand in line to pay.

[–]skillet42 112 points113 points ago

'Fuck it, I want candy'.

Has worked for me.

[–]HotRodLincoln 64 points65 points ago

It's Halloween now. 1/3 of the store is candy. I don't need a whole snicker's bar, but I definitely need 100 tiny snicker's bars.

[–]MrBody42 6 points7 points ago

Apparently, the stores near me thought Halloween season started 3 weeks ago. STOP TEMPTING ME, I'm weak

[–]IS_JOKE_COMRADE 29 points30 points ago

I always rationalize a candy bar purchase.

How, I do not know.

[–]Cygnus_X1 11 points12 points ago

I have a great rationalization for NOT buying one:

If I buy a candy bar at $2 now, it will open the floodgates to doing this every time. I do groceries once per week, so that's $100 in candy each year, which is enough to afford (start listing things I normally want but are the first things to get cut if we're tight on cash).

By the time I'm done it's my turn at the cash.

[–]mojowitchcraft 5 points6 points ago

Mine usually is rationalized by the fact that I get zits and I am trying to lose weight but this is a great way to do it...

Of course I buy chocolate chips in bulk for baking and then I eat a couple every day which is way more stupid but chocolate is one of my VICES OKAY.

[–]Afirejar 18 points19 points ago

In the store I go to, the milk is at a very convenient spot. They have no need for those kinds of tricks. They just put up a long line of shelves so that you have to go through the whole store because you literally can't go straight to the checkout.

[–]hothrous 56 points57 points ago

Are you saying you by milk at IKEA?

[–]Nickbou 27 points28 points ago

Läktös

[–]CerealK 30 points31 points ago

I have to pass trough either one alley full of cereals or one full of cookies to get my milk. Assholes, all of them.

[–]NanoGeek 5 points6 points ago

Aldi?

[–]pgrily 28 points29 points ago

Partially...

It does make it a lot easier for them to stock it when they can just slide it in from the back.

[–]kmoz 7 points8 points ago

Thats what I tell my girlfriend

[–]jambarama 15 points16 points ago

That and because putting fast moving refrigerated products between the store & stockroom, so they can be rotated properly, makes sense too.

Most stores I frequent also have a small milk display near checkout too.

[–]nopunchespulled 3 points4 points ago

Bread is in the front milk in the back because they are the two most purchased items and it requires you to walk through the entire store to get both. Increasing the chances you will buy something else

[–]skrimyr 29 points30 points ago

Additionally, supermarkets will change their layout every once in a while. Just happened at mine a couple years back. This is so that you won't know where anything is, and be forced to go down aisles you might normally skip.

[–]ch00f 33 points34 points ago

At the Whole Foods near my old apartment, the yogurt would move about a foot to the left without fail once every single week. Over the 12 months I lived there, it must have moved at least 20-30 feet.

I was afraid to say anything, because I didn't want to admit to the fact that my life was so monotonous and predictable that I could notice something like that.

[–]lambslaw 15 points16 points ago

It's called the Gruen transfer.

[–]biccy_muncher 5 points6 points ago

So that's where the name comes from...

[–]gvsteve 11 points12 points ago

Perhaps this is why Bloom got shut down by its owner Food Lion, and some converted into standard Food Lions.

[–]mattzildjian 39 points40 points ago

I thought it was a motherboard layout

[–]vitamin_water 9 points10 points ago

Same, I was like whoa look at all those PCI slots.

[–]dramamoose 3 points4 points ago

But only two ram slots? LAME.

[–]deja-vu-comment 739 points740 points ago

how am I supposed to get lost and spend all my money if there is a map telling me where I want to go?

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[–]kb_klash 271 points272 points ago

This is also the reason why they change where everything is every so often.

[–]ChristianGeek 195 points196 points ago

I would really like to know how the stores track the moment I truly fall in love with a particular product so they can choose that time to stop carrying it.

[–]1stLtObvious 31 points32 points ago

They just know. It's like a sixth sense.

[–]michigandalf 18 points19 points ago

It sort of sounds like you're saying that corporations are living things...

[–]AkwardTurtle 9 points10 points ago

If you have a jewel card, they can see anything you buy when you use the card. Same for other store cards most likely.

[–]Golden-Calf 16 points17 points ago

Yes, they monitor your purchases with those bonus cards. It mostly benefits you though, since they use that information to mail you discount coupons. Unless you're worried about the gubbmint knowing that you bought toothpaste last Wednesday, there's no reason not to use one.

[–]CivilCivillian 2 points3 points ago

I have this issue with Meijer in my my town. I'll find an energy bar. I'll start buying it everyday. After a week it will go on sale. I'll buy them out of stock. Meijer then refuses to stock them for 3 months even after multiple requests....

[–]ChristianGeek 2 points3 points ago

This! Happens all the time with vending machines, too...constantly sold out of a particular snack? Get rid of a poor seller and stock more of the sell-out, right? Nope, 9 times out of 10 the sold-out item gets replaced by some kind of flavorless, "baked" variation of crispy paper mâché.

[–]ChangeTheBuket 2 points3 points ago

I just HAD to fall in love with greek Manouri-cheese when their economy started to collapse...

[–]niklz 23 points24 points ago

I hate that this works so much :( It's basically saying hey we dun give a fuck about you or your time, just your wallet

If a large chain came out and said they'd stop doing it, I'd go out of my way to shop there.

[–]ineffable_internut 26 points27 points ago

But the thing is, then that chain wouldn't make money or they'd have to charge higher prices.

Why do you think the milk and eggs are always at the back of a grocery store? They want you to walk all the way through the store and splurge on random shit.

[–]standrightwalkleft 34 points35 points ago

Except for Wegmans, which has a convenience case of milk, eggs, and OJ right inside the front door.

Not that I ever use it, because Wegmans is such an awesome black hole of delicious, delicious food.

[–]Isvara 29 points30 points ago

Wegman's is great. They also have the best bathrooms if you have kids. Not only are they clean, but they have a free supply of diapers, wipes and lotion. And there's a fold-down footstool for older kids to be able to wash their hands. Now that's thinking about customers.

[–]Exavion 17 points18 points ago

I agree with your reasoning re: milk and eggs, but also the refrigeration shelving units must be cheaper to operate and maintain fresh stock in the sides and back of the store, which is usually how these are configured in my area groceries. Most mix produce, poultry, deli, seafood, eggs, dairy (etc) and frozen food items close to the sides/back.

[–]Alinosburns 2 points3 points ago

Yup. the primary reason that the milk and that are at the back of the store is because it's the most cost effective place to have the fridges/freezers.

Especially when customers complain if the store isn't a reasonable temperature. The space behind the freezers has no heating. The store in front of it does.

Coupled with the fact that part of it harkens back to when freezers and fridges were filled from behind in the first place.(Since doing so would see the oldest stock pushed to the front to avoid stuff hiting their useby. As opposed to rotating the stock as needs to be done now.

One other reason is that milk sells fast. It's inplausible to drag milk from the coolrooms out the back all the way to the front of the store when the shelves need to be refilled. Store I work at goes through 12 pallets of Milk crates a day and we're a smaller store compared to others.

And it makes the edges of the store look far tidier

[–]ChrisCipher 9 points10 points ago

But you wouldn't, because your grocery bill would probably be around 15% higher. You'd say, "I really want to shop there, but it's too expensive!"

The moral of the story is that people don't know what they want, but they certainly act based on what they want. In any capitalist society, spending is voting.

[–]caltheon 4 points5 points ago

Bullshit. There is a reason I shop at Publix over Kroger (and the others in my area). The prices are a bit higher, but they treat their employees well and it shows. A friendly shopping trip, no expired moldy food sitting out, they haven't changed their layout in the 5 years I've been going there, etc.

[–]ChrisCipher 2 points3 points ago

Call bullshit all you want, but that's out of the ordinary. Yes, there are going to be counterexamples, but generally speaking, the model that's the most common is the most profitable. The market (not the supermarket, the economic market) is efficient enough that they would know if people (on a large scale) actually valued a better shopping experience over a lower cost, and would adjust accordingly.

[–]kb_klash 3 points4 points ago

Companies really only give a fuck about your wallet though. Even suggesting something otherwise would make people think you're a communist.

[–]mcqueeb 46 points47 points ago

Deja vu is the watcher in the night, protecting reddit from karmawhores.

[–]RobinTheBrave 28 points29 points ago

So if our content is reposted by bots, and the top comment is posted by a bot, how long before reddit is entirely automated?

[–]flume 2 points3 points ago

Reddit is just someone's wildly successful attempt to crowd-source the categorization of the Internet for free. Sure, maybe at they outset they expected us to categorize a bunch of websites into the default subreddits and it would be fun to watch us act like minions for a while as the the heavily-trafficked sites around the web were sorted into little buckets called 'sub-reddits.' Never in their wildest dream were we going to create our own categories when something didn't quite fit, and cross-post them between multiple categories when they needed to, and now!--now we're actually automating the whole thing! And we did it all for a few meaningless points.

[–]sirisaacnuton 2 points3 points ago

I think it's probably a little too subtle considering all the people who just respond to the comment.

But I always expect it to be there any time I see a post from someone that I've given a large number of downvotes to in the past. See a negative number beside their name, must be a chronic reposter, look at comments, sure enough, there's deja-vu-comment at the top and a lot of people responding without noticing it's basically just a bot designed to do the same thing that made Trapped_in_Reddit so hated.

[–]TheyreEatingHer 17 points18 points ago

Why are we upvoting a bot?

[–]Ninja_Surgeon 20 points21 points ago

Actually people are upvoting a bot and I'm 98% certain OP is reposting this submission as well (I have him tagged as a chronic reposter). Aah what people will do for imaginary internet points...

[–]CivilCivillian 2 points3 points ago

Fucking gold man. I'd kill a man for karma.

[–]Nonstopx 2 points3 points ago

Yup I have him tagged as reposting cunt.

[–]MaeveningErnsmau 0 points1 point ago

Because that bot does what OhHai never could: out a reposter in a clever way.

[–]I_DRINK_WHOLE_MILK 26 points27 points ago

Honestly, marketers would never do this if they were good at their job. They want you to wander around and see end-caps and what not. They want you to follow the patterns on the carpet. They play music with different tempos at different times of they day to make you shop faster or slower. I got my degree in marketing and if I had got my career in marketing, I would not do this as much as I would like it as a consumer. Not to mention, every time they change the aisles, they would need to change the map. If a store did do this, it's probably a local store trying to be courteous not knowing it's streamlining people in and out of their store with less products in their carts.

EDIT: spelling

[–]claptonman 2 points3 points ago

I see what you did there.

[–]teamramrod456 0 points1 point ago

I'm not a marketing expert, but this seems like an excellent way to lure people away from the big chain stores and into your local store.

[–]Atersed 2 points3 points ago

Me neither, but MOST people won´t really notice it and always go for the cheaper option, which is the big chain stores.

[–]keten 2 points3 points ago

Better to design the store like a hedge maze.

[–]Wrickwrock 6 points7 points ago

Bloom was specifically targeting high-income people, whereas Food Lion targets middle-income, and Bottom Dollar targets low-income. I was around the company during the "ReNewAll" process when they changed a bunch of stores.

The logic was that Blooms would mark up prices substantially, provide insane amounts of customer service, and have an enormous selection, and rich people would come and spend all their money, since there would be very few lower income people.

DelHaize (who owns Food Lion) thought that it would work. It didn't, at all.

Bottom Dollar on the other hand works great. They can cut product costs because many have no deli or meat department which is low profit-high cost.

[–]jmewhite1 207 points208 points ago

darkreef2 is just reposting other peoples old pictures for karma whoring

[–]IslaGirl 10 points11 points ago

I thought so. Food Lion eliminated the Bloom stores a while ago. They were very cool stores, but didn't draw enough traffic.

[–]LeoSloane 10 points11 points ago

In a previous thread someone RES tagged him as "Reposting Fagtron" and I have followed in suit. I suggest you all do the same. In fuchsia too.

[–]wyattz 19 points20 points ago

"reposting fuckwad" per RES tag.

[–]oppandadardar 15 points16 points ago

I actually have him labelled as "reposting bum". As he is quite notorious in doing so.

[–]BigEddie 53 points54 points ago

he pisses me off each time I see him since I have him tagged as a reposting whore.

[–]Austin116 55 points56 points ago

I have him tagged as "Might as well work for 9Gag."

so you know, same thing.

[–]jmewhite1 8 points9 points ago

everyone should just post the top comments from the old post

[–]Reedfrost 17 points18 points ago

I've got him tagged as "Reposting Cum Bucket". I got angry before I even saw the picture.

[–]GeorgeTaylorG 5 points6 points ago

Dat submission history.

[–]iUsedtoHadHerpes 4 points5 points ago

He didn't even minimize the chances of being caught. He used the same exact title, except for capitalization, which makes it even easier to catch a repost.

[–]Ninja_Surgeon 7 points8 points ago

Yeah I have him tagged as a reposting faggot. When I saw that on frontpage I downvote and move on now.

[–]kDubya 1 point2 points ago

Well, this is reddit...

[–]marky_sparky 41 points42 points ago

I'd prefer something with some reminders on how not to be an inconsiderate asshole at the grocery store. For example:

  1. Walk on the same side of the aisle as your country's traffic drives on.
  2. Move your shit out if the way when you are sitting there trying to decide if you want regular or double stuf oreos.
  3. Keep your brood from fucking with other people and their stuff.
  4. Proper hygiene in public (e.g. cover your mouth when you sneeze.)
  5. Stay out of the quick check out when you have a cart full of shit.

[–]diyeiogt 21 points22 points ago

Also, don't poop in the aisle and casually walk out.

[–]dramamoose 14 points15 points ago

Be sure to draw attention to your accomplishment, skipping and getting as many high fives as possible.

[–]topdawg290 11 points12 points ago

Welcome to a more expensive grocery store. Enjoy your map.

[–]Menouille 40 points41 points ago

Well, for starter, my grocery shop could start by not changing the layout every two months. That would be nice.

[–]mikes595 6 points7 points ago

It's even more frustrating from the delivery driver's side of things.

[–]StewieBanana 22 points23 points ago

Wut? Delivery drivers stock the shelves?

[–]SicDigital 21 points22 points ago

I believe only certain vendors stock their particular sections (bread companies, the Frito-Lays, Coke/Pepsi vendors, etc.) whilst common stock items are warehoused by the grocery store and the grocery store employees stock that as needed.

[–]CCCPSpy 10 points11 points ago

Depends. The store I worked at was fairly big and vendors from Frito Lay and Keebler for example would delivery the food and stock it themselves. Pepsi and Coke had a truck driver just drop off the pallets and a different person would show up and stock it.

[–]chipguy32 1 point2 points ago

Venders; ie: Frito Lay, Coke, Pepsi, Bread salesmen, ect are responsible to stock their sections, maintain them, order the product ect. In some cases they stock private brand products for the store as well, but that is rare.

[–]iadtyjwu 7 points8 points ago

Why is the wine so far away from the beer? That just seems annoying.

[–]ViralMisnomer 6 points7 points ago

You need a whole aisle for frozen pizza??

[–]string97bean 26 points27 points ago

Beer in a grocery store? Being from New Jersey, I cannot comprehend this.

[–]EndlessAutumn 29 points30 points ago

Beer and wine in a grocery store is normal for me. What really blew my mind was the hard liquor they sell in San Diego supermarkets! I can grab a box of Velveeta mac n cheese and a bottle of Jack all in one trip!

[–]Outlulz 12 points13 points ago

Living in California I guess I take the two islesaisles of liquor in every supermarket for granted. The supermarket is the only place I shop for booze unless I need to go to BevMo for something more exotic.

[–]4chanscaresme 2 points3 points ago

Won't make a joke about how you have isles of liquor, but I will politely say you mean aisles not isles.

[–]cmiller1 3 points4 points ago

[–]Afirejar 41 points42 points ago

As a European, that whole discussion is hilarious.

[–]blubloblu 27 points28 points ago

I see you're not Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian, or Icelandic

[–]Afirejar 12 points13 points ago

Well, the Nordic countries are suddenly a lot less appealing.

[–]unclerummy 2 points3 points ago

Alko is a pretty awesome name for a liquor store. They should have a place called Holic next door, selling aspirin and Gatorade.

[–]0_0_0 2 points3 points ago

The original Finnish (proper noun) name was Alkoholiliike. If you split to individual words it almost becomes: Alkohol i like. :)

[–]my_dogs_tits 4 points5 points ago

It amazes me that in some ares in the land of the free and the home of the brave you can't buy a beer in a supermarket

[–]hahnemannpa 25 points26 points ago

That is because PA and NJ suck about those kind of things

[–]thrush77 6 points7 points ago

RI too. I wish we had beer in the grocery store.

[–]The_Director 5 points6 points ago

Is there any kind of law that prohibits it?

Seems pretty weird to me. I can get any kind of alcohol in my grocery store, from cheap shit beer to the most expensive Russian Vodka.

[–]alcoholland 2 points3 points ago

No OP just hasn't been in the NJ grocery stores that have a license. They are really expensive in NJ as they are limited by town population thus making the cost of your average off premise license a few hundred grand.

[–]b1ackcat 15 points16 points ago

<3 the midwest. Beer is in most grocery stores. The good ones even have liquor. One-stop-shop baby!

[–]akatherder 7 points8 points ago

In Michigan you can buy beer, liquor, and wine at the grocery store. All 7-11's, corner stores, and "party" stores have beer. About half of them have liquor. I'd say about 75% of gas stations have beer now.

We used to have a rule about buying alcohol before noon on Sundays, but they got rid of that a year or two ago.

[–]b1ackcat 4 points5 points ago

Yup yup. Michigan is awesome at least in this regard.

I didn't even know about the no-before-noon rule going away, that's even cooler. I used to have to enforce it when I worked in a convenience store, it was such a pain. My shop was near a lake so we'd have people come in to get a pack of beer before going out fishing for the day, and have to stand off to the side for 10 minutes if they came in before noon. Seemed silly, but my register was literally programmed to not let me ring those items up before noon if the day of the week was sunday.

[–]stoneybologne 3 points4 points ago

Lets not forget about MD either.

[–]alcoholland 2 points3 points ago

Grocery stores are allowed to have beer wine and liquor in NJ. The trick is all corporations are only allowed 2 licenses so your local store is either not as much of a focus or it doesn't feel that the investment in a license is worth it.

[–]say_whuuuut 4 points5 points ago

But the eggs!! Where are the eggs?! WHY CAN I NEVER FIND THE FUCKING EGGS

[–]dbeta 3 points4 points ago

Near the milk.

[–]ba_rt 4 points5 points ago

But where is the "You are here" animated icon?

[–]morthor 7 points8 points ago

That would defeat the marketing purpose of leading your throw aisles of stuff you don't need but will make you do an "impulse buy".

Plus, big comercial areas tend to change their scheme according to seasons, so they would also have to do this every few months.

[–]i_like_tuttles 3 points4 points ago

You mean a gluten-free center? I couldn't agree more!!

[–]SparrowOS 1 point2 points ago

casinos don't have clocks.

[–]RapeYouInTheFace 3 points4 points ago

A dog aisle and a cat aisle? What is this madness?

[–]bovinejumpsuit 3 points4 points ago

Why do they have wine and beer on opposite sides? Madness.

[–]Demgar 3 points4 points ago

brilliant and simple. Reminds me of the first time I saw a trail map on a ski lift safety bar, such a simple but useful idea.

[–]alcaron 1 point2 points ago

Or you could stop being a fag and go to the store more than once and use your useless brain to remember something for a change rather than expecting it to be drip fed to you.

Cunt.

/I hate mondays.

[–]Keiichi81 4 points5 points ago

Or you could just look up at those signs hanging overhead with clear discriptions of what's in each aisle. I can't count the number of times working in a grocery store that someone would ask me "Where's the [insert food here]" while literally standing directly under the sign indicating it.

[–]zombiecyborghitler 2 points3 points ago

All the wasted years!

[–]vaelroth 2 points3 points ago

In addition to what NonPermissive has to say, stores are often paid by suppliers to place certain products in certain places. Those contracts change seasonally so new or seasonal items can be promoted on end caps. Large grocers are required to place so many facings of x product by their contract with their supplier. If they do not do so, then they are in breach of contract and could face a lawsuit at most, or have the entire product stripped from their stores.

[–]mikem4a1 2 points3 points ago

I, personally, wouldn't like reposts in my shopping cart.

[–]Saulace 0 points1 point ago

Why the hell are the beer and wine so far apart? Why I never!

[–]7719 2 points3 points ago

I'm surprised even that one has a map. It's a total marketing no-no. They want you to wander around lost, because it means you're more likely to make impulse purchases.

Some market chains will rotate the inventory to confuse the people who take the time to learn the layout.

One thing that will never change though - fresh and good for you will always be along the walls. Junk will always be on the interior shelves. Utility items tend to be sprinkled throughout, as a last ditch effort to draw in the strong resistors.

[–]orlum 3 points4 points ago

All supermarkets should have beer and wine. Stupid Pennsylvania...

[–]yayforwaffles 2 points3 points ago

How the hell does frozen pizza get its own entire aisle?!?!?!

[–]sirbruce 0 points1 point ago

DAE think it looks like a motherboard?

[–]redhousebythebog 1 point2 points ago

I like how the cart icon is aimed at the beer aisle.

[–]NotGreg 0 points1 point ago

Essentially, this is how all super markets are set up. Some minor variances, but this is how the Kroger and Busch's I go to is set up.

[–]rangerbrew 1 point2 points ago

and this chain is now gone . . .

[–]Dudew0 0 points1 point ago

That's Bloomin' smart.

[–]GoogleBeforeGoogle 1 point2 points ago

These work great, unless your store isn't a rectangle.

Or if they move stuff around. The supermarket near me changes their aisles almost every week. I hate going there. It feels like I'm Indiana Jones in the Store of Wasn't-this-just-there?

[–]tuckmyjunksofast 0 points1 point ago

New name same crappy Food Lion.

[–]borgie 1 point2 points ago

Evidently frozen pizza is not frozen food.

[–]mrdeadsniper 1 point2 points ago

I would be happy if my cart had working wheels..

[–]Warden72 1 point2 points ago

By the thumbnail, I thought it was a toddler's xylophone. I looked at the title and envisioned myself punching the OP. Then I clicked and was relieved.

[–]I_love_subway 0 points1 point ago

Bloom is awesome

[–]Kendown 1 point2 points ago

Never seen a grocery with such a small produce section... Vegetarians need not apply.

[–]sebkul 0 points1 point ago

The Stop And Stop near me changes the layout every year. When I get used to where things are, they change it on me... The only stuff that stays the same is meat, vegetables and frozen foods...

[–]crystalmyst 1 point2 points ago

I really hope the fresh fruit and veg section isnt as small as it looks :(

[–]draivaden 0 points1 point ago

And when the carts from the various stores gets mixed up and the map is no longer accurate?

[–]hghg5 0 points1 point ago

That's a lot of money every time they move a shelf.

[–]Logg420 0 points1 point ago

Nothing stays in the same place long enough (or is no longer stocked) that this map would be out of date within 24 hrs at minimum

[–]icrapoften 0 points1 point ago

This should be law!

[–]horriblemonkey 1 point2 points ago

Isn't this how all supermarkets are laid out?

[–]cumfarts 0 points1 point ago

the giant signs hanging from the ceiling aren't good enough?

[–]ChrisCipher 1 point2 points ago

They don't want you to know exactly where to go. Grocery stores are meticulously set up so that you walk the longest possible distance to buy the common essentials. That's why the vegetables, milk/eggs, and meat are all in very different areas, the most common of which (milk/eggs) is almost always farthest from the door, but also far from the checkout. They want you exposed to as many products as possible so you buy on impulse. This is why they put high profit items in displays at the end of aisles.

I'm willing to bet if they got rid of this map, they'd make a lot more money, but it's possible that they're targeting a niche that is willing to pay more for a fast shopping experience (by raising their profit margins to compensate for reduced sales)

[–]fotoman 0 points1 point ago

why? The real food is on the outside aisles of the store: bread, cheese, fruit, veggies, milk, eggs.

Only venture into the "innerlands" on occasional trips for oils, flour, spices, everything else you can pretty much make from the real food from the outside of the store.

Also, depending on the store, the bulk section might be in the middle or near the outside

[–]mememellie 0 points1 point ago

The world is never this efficient.

[–]bloco 0 points1 point ago

How can we make this happen Reddit?

[–]bbenja4 -1 points0 points ago

[–]special2plumsfor1 0 points1 point ago

It seems like someone could create an app to crowdsource layouts of stores, which we could share and then know where things are immediately.

[–]littlescamp 0 points1 point ago

I'd rather shop at a store small enough that you'd never need one of these.

[–]SMLXL 1 point2 points ago

There should be an app for this

[–]favela_astrobleme 1 point2 points ago

hey, i don't wanna remember things either.

[–]ObviouslySubtle 0 points1 point ago

So where on earth are all the fresh fruit and vegetables?

[–]zelladolphia 0 points1 point ago

I used work for Wild Oats Markets and the head of the Health and Wellness Department said in a meeting once that if you wanted to lose weight or live a healthy life only shop the outer walls of the store for food, don't go down the aisles. Makes sense looking at this, fruit, veggies,beer, meat... all the essentials.

[–]millerswiller 0 points1 point ago

But my grocery story has a different layout than that.

[–]Necrix[!] 0 points1 point ago

Retail stores like to move stuff around to make things seem fresh. The cost of creating new maps for each cart every time a change is made is to high.

[–]dickyweiners 0 points1 point ago

I am jealous of your Gluten Free section.

[–]ZeroThroughNine 0 points1 point ago

What grocery stores really need is simply check out lines. You browse the list of products on a digital screen, and they come down a conveyor belt from the storage so you don't have to walk around the crowded store then wait in line to check out.

[–]this_is_a_recording0 0 points1 point ago

this is only really a problem at megastores like walmart and if you shop there you deserve to have a little pain in your life anyway

(i shop there)

[–]WeekendWarrior25 0 points1 point ago

As someone who works in retail in a large store this would be great. It gets annoying when you have to stop everything you are doing to answer the same question 20 times a day every single day

[–]orangecaramelyum 1 point2 points ago

It's a grocery store, not a DOOM Map.

Wait a second....can someone do GROCERY SHOPPING DONE QUICK speedrun?

[–]IrlBlue 1 point2 points ago

why are beer and wine so far away from each other?

[–]balsamicpork 0 points1 point ago

This reduces the chance for impulse buys.

Also, what's the point of tilting your head down if you can't tilt your head head up to see where you need to go.

[–]sometimesijustdont 0 points1 point ago

I remember more than 10 years ago, new grocery stores came with electronic grocery carts installed with sensors and onscreen maps. They would even print coupons when you walked past certain items. They used to exist.

[–]chipilona 1 point2 points ago

Am I the only one whose grocery stores don't change the locations of products?? So confused by these comments O.o

[–]psychroclasm 0 points1 point ago

But the people who need it most (simply because everyone wants them out as fast as possible) won't get it because it'll be obscured by baby butt.

[–]joecooool418 0 points1 point ago

That layout is probably accurate for 90% of the stores in the US.

[–]SmokeyTheRobot 0 points1 point ago

You had me until 'gluten free center'

[–]iceph03nix 0 points1 point ago

I agree, though there was once that I went into a store that had these, but the map was out of date. Took me a bit to figure out what was going on.

[–]justagrrl 1 point2 points ago

I've been using Aisle411 to make my grocery list. You tell it which store you're shopping at, and it arranges your list by aisles. I print up my list - but it's also a smart phone app.

[–]springboks 0 points1 point ago

Jesus, where's your sense of adventure? You're still going to walk to the back of the store for milk (most grocery stores keep milk in the far back) and other essentials. Therefore no need for a map.

[–]practicalize 1 point2 points ago

You can look up an in-store map on your iPhone or Android using an app called Aisle411. Doesn't work with every store, but they've mapped ~9,000 so far.

[–]jmarks7448 0 points1 point ago

Theres an app for that

[–]DNAsly 1 point2 points ago

What is this???? A STORE FOR ANTS?!?!?!

[–]djEdible 1 point2 points ago

Oh god yes! It always takes me 1½ hours to do grocery shopping and approximately 1 hour 15 minutes of that is trying to remember in which shop were the cleaning products near the batteries and whether I'm in that particular store or not.

[–]minimission 0 points1 point ago

I just go along each aisle in turn to make sure I don't forget anything, but then again I imagine supermarkets in America are much, much larger than in the UK.

[–]duchovny 1 point2 points ago

If you buy groceries on a regular basis then you shouldn't need a map. Plus all the aisles are labelled.

Also, downvoted for caring so much about karma that you made it your full-time job to spam reddit with submissions.

[–]reagan2016 -1 points0 points ago

They don't want you to be able to find what you're looking for. They want you to spend a lot of time finding what you're looking for, giving you time to see other things to put in your cart.

[–]amberlmag 1 point2 points ago

And a calculator. They'll never do it though because they want all of our money and not realize how much we are spending till we already are through the register.... It's a TRAP

[–]StarCass 2 points3 points ago

I remember shopping carts having calculators on them when I was little. That was in the early 90's, when it was OK for consumer's to be money-smart.

[–]Say_what_you_see 0 points1 point ago

Why is wine and beer so far away?

[–]obrysii 0 points1 point ago

Just another thing for the customers to complain about - either because "the map is confusing!" or because something is slightly out-of-date or has changed locations to one aisle over.

[–]noprotein 0 points1 point ago

More like all grocery stores should keep products in the same place or similar.

[–]supersweettees 1 point2 points ago

RIP Bloom. You were an awesomely innovative store run by a company with no imagination.

[–]DeFex 1 point2 points ago

It would be nice if someone made a phone app where people could get updated maps of stores, and users could change them every time the store changed them. (if a user enters BS they are no longer allowed to change anything)

Oh yeah, stores. Keep the fucken tomato paste next to the pasta or canned tomatoes, not some completely different spot!

[–]Zakumene 0 points1 point ago

Not really necessary, this is almost the exact layout of every grocery store, ever.

[–]alex95 1 point2 points ago

GPS would be an extra bonus, too. Imagine how fun it would be to have a "You are here" marker on your cart!

[–]Passion_of_the_rice 1 point2 points ago

Based on my experience working retail, the cost with actually keeping these up to date would be pretty significant.

[–]ConkersPlayer 0 points1 point ago

So people can say they are sexist? We all know women cannot read those...

[–]Fraymond 0 points1 point ago

TIL the Frozen Food isles will support SLI/Crossfire.

[–]tristanisneat 0 points1 point ago

I've always thought that shopping carts should have a price scanner in them, so you can total up your purchase before you make it to the checkout. I suppose stores wouldn't want you being able to do that though.

[–]sj_user1 0 points1 point ago

Most stores don't want you to know where anything is so you wander around an make impulse buys.