We need a standardized grocery store organization system. Like dewey decimal.
Every fucking time
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KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world 2 days ago
KindnessIsPunk@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
Hank Green gave a half joking presentation on this topic
binarytobis@lemmy.world 1 day ago
This was my favorite Smartypants segment.
takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
What makes you think stores would want that. The reason they reorganize stores to increase profits. They identified certain areas of the store that sell better and move product that they want to increase sales there.
teslekova@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Yeah, but fuck them. That’s why we have laws.
CascadianGiraffe@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
As someone who spent years working retail, it works and is necessary. Gotta sell stuff to stay in business. It’s not always a scam to force you to buy things you wouldn’t.
Doesn’t even need to be moved to a high traffic area. Sometimes just moving it a few feet makes a difference. People get ‘product blind’ when it just sits in the same place forever.
Poem_for_your_sprog@lemmy.world 1 day ago
How does this work? Do people not already know what they’re going to buy before going into the store? Does nobody make a list?!?!
cockmushroom@reddthat.com 10 hours ago
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
Yes it does. It wastes more time and is deliberately designed to make you stay in the store longer and hopefully spend more money.
hanrahan@slrpnk.net 15 hours ago
Romesh Ranganathan did a comedy skit on this saying this and shitty wifi is what would tip him over to join ISIS
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tv7QNtzUqbw
at about 5:20
whereitsat@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
i don’t get angry because they rearranged the store, i get angry because they ONLY rearranged the store so some worthless, nepo-baby dipshit can justify their existence at the company because they came to the conclusion–after 25 focus groups-- that it’d increase shareholder value by $0.0003 to move the pasta to aisle 3
jaybone@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
I figured they just do it regularly so customers have to look at more extra shit they might impulse buy, rather than based on some study of product location adjacency.
BrazenSigilos@ttrpg.network 1 day ago
Having worked stock in a grocery store, this is part of it. After asking alot of different people at different levels, the consensus is that shelf space is also paid for by many brands, and what space goes to who is decided way above the store level. So once in a while the stockers get paperwork that moves a ton of stuff around, and no one who works in that location has the authority to say no. Sure, sometimes a manager will do that anyway, but they always have a reason, and it’s usually something about the reality of the store configuration, like not putting too many cold items near warm areas, to keep humidity down and reduce spoil.
HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
I think you vastly overestimate the size of grocery store’s budgets
whereitsat@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
typical shareholder meeting in america:
ceo: i’ve come to a stunning conclusion, and i don’t want to ruffle too many feathers or cause a heart attack–we know what happened to MCfunky last week.
uneasy laughter
ceo: but i have a crazy ide–that i’m sure is going to shock everyone in the room, and i’m hesitant to even say this out loud, but, how about we cut one employee per store and raise the prices on ALL items by a nickel!
the room of shareholders went completely silent, until the oldest of the bunch cut a huge fart. what happened next was a raucous laughter that wasn’t heard since the first test screening of ‘a princess bride’ and a round of applause that was usually reserved for a barack obama speech @ $200k a seat (champagne optional).
the forbes editor who was deployed to the meeting immediately came in his pants and a rothschild graciously committed to buying him a new pair, despite the known frugality of the ultra-wealthy (they wouldn’t be rich if they didn’t know how to work a penny). she told him, ‘meet on rodeo drive next week and i got you covered’ but he missed the appointment because he was supposed to cover alysa liu’s birthday extravaganza. she was fat anyway, at least that what he told himself. she was kinda fat by european or asian standards but we were in america and the rules of the wild west apply.
psycho_driver@lemmy.world 2 days ago
You summed up one of the biggest problems in America pretty succinctly.
EvilFonzy@lemmy.world 2 days ago
The soft drinks and sports drinks used to be right next to each other, now they’re 3 aisles apart. What were they thinking?!
TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 2 days ago
sports drinks are a ‘health food’ now
Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 2 days ago
Marketing
SalamiDommie@lemmus.org 23 hours ago
I get mad because I know that they are using the physical space to manipulate shoppers and break down their decision fatigue.
I also know that these corporations specifically target and look to take the most advantage of women. Specifically low income or dependant ones.
Corporate psychology is a naaaasty place. And they specifically take the most advantage of single women and mothers.
Cassa@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
isn’t inability do deal with change one of the classic autism traits?
yermaw@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Yeah but also its incredibly normal to get mad when the shop changes layouts. They do it on purpose, creating extra work for the workers, extra time and effort for you, because they’ve pushed some bullshit charts around a table and have scientifically deduced that they can squeeze an extra couple of quid out of you.
Actually infuriating.
Kwdg@discuss.tchncs.de 2 days ago
Is that something that happens regulary in your place? Here in germany, I’ve only seen it after they renovated or replacex old fridges or something
I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Garron Noone wrote a song about it. Blame the English cunts.
TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 2 days ago
they do it because ti’s suppose to increase sales by optimizing something or other. luckily it’s only like every other year
TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 2 days ago
changing the grocery store aisles is annoying because you can’t shop from habit anymore and you have to figure out the new layout.
it has nothing to do with autism. normies get annoyed when they change it, and i was annoyed as a child when they changed it.
adarza@piefed.ca 2 days ago
it’s been almost a year here, i’m still going down (what my mind thinks is) the ‘correct’ aisle, only to be reminded when i get there that what i’m looking for i literally walked past a minute earlier, five rows back.
ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
It’s also normal to become less accepting of change as you age. I think this has to do with decreasing neural plasticity and the “crystalized” intelligence (accumulation of information) that comes with age even as “fluid” intelligence (processing speed, etc) declines.
Synaptic strengthening happens as you age - you will lose neuronal density, but the neuronal connections you still have are stronger and more efficient. The myelin sheaths around these neurons thicken well into middle age. The distracting neuronal channels, things that didn’t serve you over your years of experience, have died off leaving only the most effective connections.
So, you’re old, you know how stuff is supposed to be. You work well within that framework. When things change, it’s harder for you to keep up with it. It puts your brain under proportionally more load.
So you get mad when the bread aisle moves.
NottaLottaOcelot@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
I just don’t understand why the international foods are a separate aisle. Can those sauces not sit next to the other sauces? Can all types of noodles not co-exist in the same aisle? Why can’t masa flour live next to wheat flour?
The more I think about this, the more it annoys me.
scutiger@lemmy.world 2 days ago
There’s a lot of time and money spent analyzing where to put things to maximize customer spending. It’s why milk and eggs are usually at the back of the store, so that you have to walk through the entire store to get them, and you may find something else to buy on the way there. It’s also why “low-interest” items like international foods get put together in their own low-traffic aisle.
tiramichu@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
International foods might be “low interest” for many consumers, but for me it’s the most interesting aisle in the supermarket.
Nothing I like more than finding some new and interesting stuff, so I’m happy they put it all in the same place.
As far as price goes, it’s all over. You might find a bottle of Japanese Kewpie mayo for way more than speciality Asian supermarkets ask for, but on the other hand find a huge bag of pistachio nuts for way less money (by volume) than they’re charging for nuts in the ‘regular’ nuts section.
It’s genuinely like supermarkets know they need to sell this stuff but haven’t quite worked out what to do with it yet.
SaraTonin@lemmy.world 2 days ago
That’s also why they rearrange things - not to optimise the layout, but because they hope people will impulse-buy things while looking for the things which have moved
thorhop@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
You know the worst part of it? The reason why is to encourage the “hunter, gatherer” mode in your lizard brain. It’s basically a trick to get you to do impulse purchases.
Zephyr@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
I kinda miss grocery stores. Where I stay now there isn’t a single store like that, just many small shops. You get used to things maybe being there, maybe not.
DrPop@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
That was actually me job for a year. I was that asshole at Walmart that moved everything. Better than stocking shelves since it was full time M-F. I still hate it 10 years after i left since i can’t locate shit at my Walmart. They moved the pharmacy section all the way across the store.
Some nights my job was to really deep clean the shelves and move maybe a few items to make room for a new product.
The problems came when our sheets tell us how much goes on a shelf and it’seven on the la els but then they just move the tags because they don’t want the cereal to look empty at that section. They also doesn’t like me in the back room because i would bring back loads of overstock because you let an employee stock an 12 boxes of cherios family size on the shelf and I’m following corporate guidelines that say that size should have 2 facings, not 4.
I will say cap 3, mod team, or whatever they call it was still the best job i had at walmart.
ObviouslyASquid@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Am I the only one feeling super unconfortable seeing these types of memes when the next article in my feed is about how 25% of people worldwide don’t have access to clean water?
M137@lemmy.today 2 days ago
No, you are not. The vast majority of people here and anywhere else on the Internet live in a luxury bubble compared to most of the world and a disturbing amount of them will never realise that.
RamenJunkie@midwest.social 2 days ago
The new Aldi layout at mine is terrible. The vegetables are right at the entrance, which clogs things up because everyone browses vegetables. Plus basically all the regular groceries are in one aisle now, so its all crowded.
electric_nan@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
This is why I can’t fuck with Trader Joe’s.
Gerudo@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
I swear Trader Joes does this specifically to make you walk the whole store. It’s small enough that you’re probably walking the whole thing anyway, but I can never just run in and grab what I might need.
electric_nan@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
100%. I don’t know how people shop there. It’s like a place to wander around and find random stuff.
some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 1 day ago
The most accurate description of my pain. Thanks, family-grocery store that I loved.
M137@lemmy.today 2 days ago
Never gotten mad or irritated about this. The only times where it happens, at least here in Sweden, is when they renovate/expand the store (which very much isn’t often). It only happens when it’s a good thing. And I like walking around and discovering the new layout and see what they did with the space and modernised tech.
dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
In the states it can happen several times a year for many stores
Toneswirly@beehaw.org 2 days ago
Bruh, i just experienced this yesterday. I had my kid with me too, so I was on edge and distracted and couldnt find the goddamn cauliflower
nimpnin@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
I have ADHD and don’t notice nor remember where the things used to be :^)
danekrae@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Must be frustrating to always search for the items you use every day.
And how TF do I get to the supermarket I’ve been using for 15 years?!
PoliteDudeInTheMood@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
I have AuDHD and I can’t remember a damn thing. Unless it happened 30 years ago, then it’s photographic with built in zoom.
But I tend to build muscle memory about stores I frequent. My Walmart redesigned twice in 6 months. And now I just do Walmart delivery because I can’t deal with how it’s now laid out
Mpatch@lemmy.world 2 days ago
They moved my princess auto to a new location… it’s only like 5 min up the road, but all the layouts are different. Fucking shit fuck shit on you for this. I couldn’t have been more angry about something. Can’t find shit. The selection of hydraulics I need is significantly reduced. Everything that is related is now in complete other sections of the damn store.
PoliteDudeInTheMood@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
The tools are usually in the center still, so that’s all I care about. But the outside aisles change depending on store size. I wish they would get rid of the cheap crap nobody buys at the back of the store and expand the important aisles with stuff we do buy.
Mpatch@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Man in the old store they, had npt,jic,metric,orfs,orb,code 62 and adapters in between most of them or a way to get from one to another. Now it’s just jic and npt and only up to 1". They sell a damn 1.5" tank truck hose, but only 1.25’barbs and hose clamps.
Yeah alot of the stuff in the surplus is just shelf filler. Feels like they are just praying on hoarders and guys that are like “I’ll use that one day”
HCSOThrowaway@lemmy.world 1 day ago
The older you get, the less excited and more annoyed at New for New’s Sake; the yoots either find it normal (everything is new when you’re brand new) or thrilling and exclusive (“Look, something changed! Wow! I bet fewer (older) people understand this!”)
When I go to the grocery store I’m not looking for an adventure, I just want to buy the things and leave. But that’s not as profitable.
InvalidName2@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
The things that irk me are: Narrowed aisles / space between the shelves and reduced selection.
The local Wally World was the worst about all of the above, but the grocery store in town also remodeled recently and seems to have done the same thing.
I think one of the reasons it irritates me is because it makes no logical sense to me, they’ve moved the shelves closer together and reduced aisle space so they can fit in more shelves, wouldn’t that theoretically mean there’s room for a bigger selection of items? How is it even possible that the aisles are smaller and yet so many of the brands/items I bought regularly are no longer available?
Actually, in the case of Walmart, I think I know the answer. The main aisles used to be wide enough for 6 - 8+ shopping carts minimum, except from September through early January when all the displays of holiday junk would be placed out. Now, they’ve placed a mix of seasonal and non-seasonal displays in the center of all the main aisles year round, using all that space people could use to traverse the store more quickly.
Most of the year, those displays are filled with the exact same brands and products that are also sitting and taking up regular shelf space as well. Heaven forbid if I want some Marie Sharp’s hot sauce. They’ve got 8 types of Texas Pete, and a display of Texas Pete hot sauce in the main aisle, and a smaller display on an end cap near the meats. If I want some Dolly Parton cake mix and icing, there are 4 places in the store that they keep it. Suppose that’s also why they stopped carrying my preferred flavor/brand of gum.
YELLING AT CLOUDS
mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 2 days ago
Not mad. Quietly dissapointed, heavy sigh, start searching.
Agent641@lemmy.world 2 days ago
My brain rearranges the grocery store shelves just fine. It’s a dystopian adventure every time I go shopping. Maybe I have alcoholic dementia from my drinking days.
slickgoat@lemmy.world 1 day ago
That’s my life.
heliotrope@retrofed.com 1 day ago
Welcome to autism, more like.
psycho_driver@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I’ve ended my relationship with stores for this reason.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 days ago
they moved the electric kettles ONE SHELF OVER. that’s all. i was just waiting for the pharmacy, i wasn’t even buying anything. hold on i just got myself worked up i need to make some tea. ELECTRIC KETTLES AAAA IT’S GONNA BE LIKE THIS ALL WEEK
Don_alForno@feddit.org 11 hours ago
It’s because they keep doing it wrong!
Eheran@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Nah, but known layout is better than unknown.