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The bhumphrys 80:20:10 rule states:
"20% of the things you are looking for in the supermarket take 80% of the time, and also furthermore 10% of these 20% take 90% of the time"
Cut out all the fruitless roaming accompanied by the background music of 'Sounds like Abba'. A search app connected into
the location data of the supermarket. I know they have it themselves because I have seen them using it in Tesco.
To find your pickled rhubarb leaves: "Go to aisle 10, second shelf on the left", or, "Footstools? We don't stock that, you fool! This is not that kind of a shop" .
Ps while researching for this slightly crappy idea, I happened across the hilarious Xenzag idea in the link which is now one of my favourites.
Badly needed
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[bhumphrys, Nov 29 2024]
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// I know they have it themselves // |
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... and the reason they won't give it to you is, they want you to wander around until your declining blood-sugar motivates you to impulse-buy something you didn't go in there for. I'm simplifying slightly, but only slightly. |
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Damn [pert] beat me to it. |
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Why d'you think they change the locations of the popular products every so often? |
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I suppose if they had business savvy they could have it as a paid-for subscription service. And to stop people free-loading on the ones who had paid, instead of paying for the app up front, a tracker is fitted to your trolley which measures how directly your track around the shop targets only the items that you have purchased (with a quality / value for money filter so that the crap impulse purchases on the way round are not counted). The more direct your route around the shop is, the higher % premium is added onto your final bill. |
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Go in, walk directly to the bog roll display, grab one, walk directly to the milk fridge, grab a pint, walk directly to the checkout nearest the door, Kerching! That is a 180% "efficiency premium" added to your total to pay. Have a nice day! |
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[poc] and [pert]. Question answered. Thanks. |
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I completely forgot about the hive cartel mind of clever capitalists. |
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My local grocery store has an app that will let you search and show you the aisle and fairly precise location in that aisle. By number, not graphically. |
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Wonderful. Are there any houses available to buy or rent near you, [Voice]? I'm moving there right away. |
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