Supermarkets are sneaky and dishonest(both)

Something I have noticed a lot of lately is shelving at the end of aisles. 3 brands of products, the middle one has a "Special" price tag. The products either side have no price.
Sneaky in that elderly people with not good eyesight might think everything on that shelf is the "Special" price.
Some people would be caught out, thinking they are getting the special price, when in fact they will pay full price.

"Buy 2 for $8" single price $5.20. You buy 2 and spend $2.80 more than you really intended.

Any sneaky tactics you notice at your supermarkets?

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cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

Yes it seems they’ll have certain flavors or varieties of the products on sale but the most popular of those will not be on sale and people will assume that they are also sale-priced and grab them. Won’t catch it at the register, might catch it when they look at the receipt at home.

Gusman · 61-69, M

@cherokeepatti Yes, my point exactly. Dishonest in the extreme. Preying on the elderly.
I find large corporations despicable.
Across the board, the public are being screwed. I bought a packet of cream biscuits, the filling was always about 3mm, this latest packet had filling that was about half that thickness, and more expensive.
I honestly believe that these crooks should be kneecapped, and I am a very passive person.

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@Gusman someone on another website wrote last year about watching Walmart’s Good Value line of products. Said she was buying boxes of pasta and weighing them and was getting shorted on weight. So I bought some and found the same thing, weighted them on my food scales. They weighed less even with the cardboard box than what the weight was supposed to be, like at least 2 ounces short on those products. The next time I went to the store I picked up a box and weighed it on their produce scales, those scales are calibrated regularly so they should be accurate. Still coming up short on the weight. This is a huge corporation and I’m pretty sure they know about this, no telling what else in their line of products is falling short.

This is part of the reason I’m shopping at discount stores several times a month and stocking up on items that I use regularly. It saves me from buying those things at Walmart or other large corporations.

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hunkalove · 61-69, M

I buy the same stuff all the time and I don't pay much attention to the prices. And I'm going blind. I bought beer at the big liquor store last week and the clerk didn't ask for my membership number. I asked why. She said because it's on sale. I didn't notice that and it's the same beer I always buy. I said, "Even better!"

SunshineGirl · 36-40, F

Not so much sneaky, but plain illogical. A supermarket will put a special offer on butter in a small pack, but not adjust the prices on other sized packs. So it is cheaper to buy four small packs of butter (with lots of extra packaging) thsn one big pack that cost less to produce, package and transport.

Iwillwait · M

Our grocery stores have digital coupon pricing posted on their shelves, but you must download a coupon on an App a minimum of hour before it hits your account to be honoured, thus, you never get the price as advertised on the Shelves, but it propmted to buy the item.

Pitchblue

The grocery stores here show a sales price but only if you buy the multiple of the product. Like $1.99 sales price if you buy 3 otherwise $2.49 a piece. What stands out is a sales tag for $1.99.

Roundandroundwego · 61-69

Consolidation of the grocery market cost US consumers about 13 percent more on food in 2022!
Go illegal capitalism! Our laws are nothing.

Spoiledbrat · F

Walmart never updates the prices on their shelves. You can't count on the price to be correct.

Gusman · 61-69, M

@Spoiledbrat Is it the Regulatory Authorities that allow this to happen?
They are not proactive and only act on consumer complaints?

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