I mentioned to the manager of my favorite chain grocery that lots of people were using their phones to "price compare" and he said it's killing his business.
I've been doing the majority of the food shopping in my family for over thirty years. A few years ago, maybe 5 or so, I noticed a change in how most folks shopped. More couples shopping together. More people checking labels, doing price comparisons, using coupons, and referencing sales information. Most importantly, more terse expressions on peoples faces.
As most of us have noticed, the price of food gets jacked up at every excuse, like fuel costs, but never drop back down when fuel costs fall.
The latest trick seems to be using the same size packaging, but putting less inside.
So who can blame people for comparison shopping?
And maybe this is one of the reasons people have less time/money for trains.
It takes time to comparison shop and go to multiple stores.
