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SeaweedSorcerer t1_ixxoljw wrote

Our local store just dumped all of the shelf stable essentials together in consolidated displays. I thought that was genius.

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Not1random1enough t1_ixyv31v wrote

Big stores don't because they want you to walk passed other items

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PersonMan0326 t1_iy0aa84 wrote

Everyone wants you to walk passed items. Small stores still put milk and bread in the back, soda and candy by registers.

It's not as if small businesses aren't interested in making money. The difference between small and big is that you can only have so many customers walking around your small store before people just turn around and leave if they can't find what they need, if the aisles are too crowded and/or small, or if lines are long. Big stores can hold that same amount of people, and it looks empty, so they don't have to worry as much about capacity issues affecting sales.

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62pickup t1_ixza3ky wrote

Not from a sales and marketing perspective

In a store, you want customers to walk all over the place to increase additional sales.

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SeaweedSorcerer t1_iy11s1u wrote

Maybe, maybe not. It upsold me on those delicious fried onion toppers that I wouldn’t have hunted down in a random aisle.

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