Supermarkets place produce at the entrance to make you feel healthy, then hide milk and eggs in the back so you walk past everything else. Bigger carts, eye-level products, and checkout candy all push you to spend more than you planned.
They have grown three times in size in the past decade.
Here's the sickening secret supermarkets are hiding from you. Ever wonder why fruit and veggies greet you at the entrance? Here we go. What's this? It's a psychological hack that triggers the health halo effect, tricking you into filling your cart. Ever notice where they put the milk and the eggs all the way at the back, forcing you to walk through the aisles of tempting junk food. So you end up buying unplanned trash. Shopping carts have grown three times in size in the past decade. High price items are at eye level, eye level is bi level, and they hide the cheapest stuff down low, out of sight. The checkout is the ultimate trap. They prey on your decision fatigue and force you to look at chocolate bars. Insane, right? Will you hack their system and be more mindful, or will they keep printing money.
