Grocery Stores Make The Big Bucks With Hot Food Displays
- By Art Gib
- Published 10/19/2011
- Food and Drink
- Unrated
When it comes to grocery store owners knowing how to get you to spend some extra money, they know exactly what they are doing. Have you ever walked in to a grocery store, smelled the food in the deli and decided that you needed to take some fried chicken or egg rolls home with you?
Those attractive hot food displays conveniently located near the entrances and exits of grocery stores are the perfect ticket to convince all kinds of exhausted shoppers that they would rather have some ready made food than worry about preparing dinner when they go home.
Think about it. How many times have you left work feeling tired and lazy, but knowing that you needed to stop by the grocery store if you wanted to have anything for dinner that night? That's a pretty regular occurrence for the average shopper.
For many of these shoppers, the grocery store deli is the perfect solution to avoid having to walk around the whole store. They run in, they grab their popcorn chicken, they run out, and they don't have to worry about dinner until the next day.
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hink about how torturous it can be on those days when you have the discipline to actually do all the grocery shopping that you needed to get done after work. First off, if this is the case, you deserve a hearty congratulation and a pat on the back just for getting your shopping done.
What I'm about to say probably won't be too much of a surprise unless you are really extremely dedicated to good home cooking.
Even after many of the disciplined shoppers like you finish doing their grocery shopping, the deli still ends up winning many of them over, because after a long day at work and all that walking around the store, they just don't want to bother with preparing a meal anymore. They want to go home, relax, and enjoy some time with their families, or sit on the couch and enjoy some Wheel of Fortune.
That's where the grocery stores are really savvy when it comes to making as much money as possible. It's good for them if you grab something from the deli on your way in. On the other hand, if you've already done all of your grocery shopping, they can make even more money if they have an attractive hot food display to catch you on your way out.
Those attractive hot food displays conveniently located near the entrances and exits of grocery stores are the perfect ticket to convince all kinds of exhausted shoppers that they would rather have some ready made food than worry about preparing dinner when they go home.
Think about it. How many times have you left work feeling tired and lazy, but knowing that you needed to stop by the grocery store if you wanted to have anything for dinner that night? That's a pretty regular occurrence for the average shopper.
For many of these shoppers, the grocery store deli is the perfect solution to avoid having to walk around the whole store. They run in, they grab their popcorn chicken, they run out, and they don't have to worry about dinner until the next day.
Now t
What I'm about to say probably won't be too much of a surprise unless you are really extremely dedicated to good home cooking.
Even after many of the disciplined shoppers like you finish doing their grocery shopping, the deli still ends up winning many of them over, because after a long day at work and all that walking around the store, they just don't want to bother with preparing a meal anymore. They want to go home, relax, and enjoy some time with their families, or sit on the couch and enjoy some Wheel of Fortune.
That's where the grocery stores are really savvy when it comes to making as much money as possible. It's good for them if you grab something from the deli on your way in. On the other hand, if you've already done all of your grocery shopping, they can make even more money if they have an attractive hot food display to catch you on your way out.
Art Gib
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