Okay – fellow Savings Addicts if you are looking for something to watch on TV tonight, you might want to check out CNBC. CNBC will have a show called Supermarkets Inc. It will air at 9 pm EST and I am thinking that from watching this show, we may learn a few tricks as to how to save even more money! 😉 The description for Supermarkets Inc is: “The typical modern American supermarket stocks 48,000 items, each battling for precious shelf space. How do they get there? Why are they arranged the way they are? Did you know that some stores use heat maps to track which aisles you walk down — and which ones you don’t? Or that they put the milk at the end of the aisle so you’re forced to pass a hundred other items on your way to get it? It’s all done to gain an edge in a cutthroat business built on razor-thin margins.”
If you end up watching this, please leave a comment and let me know your thoughts! I will be DVRing it with the hopes that I can learn new tips to teach all of you! 🙂
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My name is Liza and I began my money-saving journey in the Spring of 2009 as a way to stretch a limited household income. I had lost my job and my hubby was self-employed. I launched Addicted to Saving in November of 2009 and it has grown by leaps and bounds. Since then, my hubby and I have struggled with the ups and downs of two failed adoptions and are now LOVING being parents to our little man Asher who we brought home from Ethiopia in August of 2013. I feel incredibly blessed to be able to help you save money. My goal is that you will have FUN and become empowered to save more and more money each week..
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I was reading about that this morning.
It seems that we as couponers, who like to stick to lists and budgets, are the antithesis of the goals supermarket planners.
The show was very interesting, but a bit disturbing in how people are viewed as cattle to be herded.