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says...
> On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 06:30:18 -0800, Sheldon wrote:
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> > "Jean B." wrote:
> >> MarieD wrote:
> >> > "Omelet" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Why not? =EF=BF=3D3FIf you take the empty bottle to the cashier and=
pay for
> >> >> it, what is the harm? =EF=BF=3D3FI usually hit the gator aid when I=
'm not
> >> >> feeling well...
> >>
> >> > I guess I would be worried about being accused of theft.
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> > You had a damaged childhood... Marie, probably raised strict Roman
> > Cathelic. GUILT!
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> > When I worked
> >> > at a grocery store I saw alot of that kind of thing going on, and th=
e
> >> > container or wrapper being left on a shelf, and it just turned me of=
f
> >> > of using anything before paying for it.
> >> > Marie
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> > Ridiculous... everyone using a credit card (especially with a running
> > balance), leasing a car, mortgaging a home is using before paying. I
> > very rarely see empty food wrappers left behind where I shop...
> > obviously you live in a ghetto where folks weren't even educated, or
> > they'd know something so very basic as "alot" is not a word. Most folk=
s
> > pay for opened packages at the register. Shopping can take a long
> > time, people need to travel to and from stores, more time, people can't
> > just leave a half filled cart of perishables in the aisle while they
> > take their kids for a pizza break. Food stores encourage snacking for
> > the same reason they now have installed restrooms, anything to lure
> > patrons into the store and to keep them there for as long as possible..=
.
> > many stores now even offer free child care. Businesses want your cash,
> > the free food is of no consequence because anyone who has ever run a
> > business, especially a food business, knows that the food stock is the
> > smallest expense... overhead, both fixed and variables are the vast
> > majority of expenses. Unless food is sold there is no income, and the
> > best way to encourage food sales is to encourage sampling. And large
> > food emporiums don't care if patrons eat till they bust, because they
> > laugh all the way to the bank. Food is cheap but has a huge markup.=20
> > The reason food stores operate on a small profit margin is attributed t=
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> > overhead, not food... there is no revenue when food sits and rots.
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> >> I see a lot of munching at Whole Foods and wonder what percentage of
> >> folks pay for the pastries etc. =EF=BF=3D3F(And these are WHOLE things=
they are
> >> eating, not samples.)
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> > Why does it matter to you, it obviously doesn't offend the store.... if
> > Whole Foods wanted they could very easily and inexpensively put safe
> > gurards in place that would prevent patron's noshing, but they know tha=
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> > even though some percentage are purely schnorring the vast majority mak=
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> > purchases they otherwise wouldn't, just the fact alone that free food
> > keeps folks in the store longer substantially increases Whole Food's
> > bottom line.
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> > When electronics stores have like 100+ operating large screen TVs
> > covering an entire wall what makes you think the people watching aren't
> > sampling... that's like $100,000 worth of TVs that are then worth only
> > $50,000 when sold as demos... how many demo pastries do you think have
> > to be sampled that compare to the TVs... and far more folks after
> > sampling will buy a package of pastries than the TV samplers that
> > actually buy a TV. Food store management worries when folks don't
> > sample product... they know that the more food folks eat while shopping
> > the aisles the more money they'll drop at the check out, that's just a
> > fact. Food stores are not in the business of hording food on the
> > shelves until it spoils. Only sales contribute to revenue... marketing
> > professionals know that nothing increases sales and therefore revenue
> > like capitalizing on human nature that has proven in market places
> > throughout all recorded history that patrons sampling substantially
> > increases sales. Even the world's oldest profession knows that
> > encouraging patrons to sample a little titty increases business. There
> > isn't a married woman on this planet who didn't give lotsa free samples
> > so she'd get walked down that aisle.
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> I'm new to this group but already you've struck me as a singularly=20
> strange poster, Sheldon.
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He is a bit strange but sometimes he's absolutely on the money. That's=20
why I haven't killfiled him yet.=20
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