In this blog we will discuss about healthy grocery shopping tips and the ways how these stores promote unhealthy food habits.
Have you ever wondered that whenever you go to grocery store for buying some basic items like Milk, Eggs and Butter but ended up buying Chocolate, Chips and Soda while returning to home. Or when you at the billing counter and your total rises couple of $100 because of these unhealthy items at the shelf near the counter. It doesn’t matter how many times we insist ourselves for not buying these items but the story comes to the same end as the grocery stores make us to choose the unhealthy food in the easiest ways. A lot of researchers claimed that half of our grocery purchases are unintended. Even though we try to blame ourselves for buying these unusual items, but believe it or not its the supermarket who play tricks and create an setup to promote these kinds of purchases. Eating Healthy items also results in saving money. Let’s discuss about the most common shopping mistakes and tips to prevent them.
The Ways in Grocery Stores Promotes Unhealthy Foods
The next time you’re going for grocery shopping be aware of the following things and see how minor changes can lead to healthy lifestyle and can save you from getting tricked.
While Entering the Store –
Let’s start with a beginning for your grocery shopping, whenever you enter the store – Normally there is a one way gate or entrance, and one way exit to the store, it looks like more because of security reasons but its a way to engage you within the store for longer but unfortunately you are trapped in the store. The music in the store also seems like calm slow and inviting and to give the customer a welcome feel, all this is for making the customer and he should not rush while shopping. The reason behind this is that no rush to shop results in longer time in the store according to the grocery store.
Shopping Carts
Studies reveal that whenever an individuals have large space or quantity. They do mindless things things for less satisfaction. The results from this study explains that people eat more or buy more without even realizing it. This concept is also applied to shopping carts in comparison to baskets. When people have baskets they do not put a lot things in it and they know what to buy but when they have a shopping cart they try to fill it or desire to fill it an empty looking cart with unusual items. At last the bigger the shopping cart the endless items the customer will buy to fill it.
Bakery Section
Whenever the individuals enter this doors they never return without shopping from a grocery store. The first section is always a bakery and floral section in the store. By this the store show sense of fresh healthy and delicious products. In my experience whenever i enter the grocery store i can smell the fresh bread and cannot stop myself from buying one. All of this encourages you to buy more.
Healthy Grocery Shopping Tips-
Now i will list the secrets to navigate you to become a professional grocery buyer by following the things below :
- Follow the perimeter of the store – All of this ensures that you are less likely to get attracted towards the packaged and processed goods within the shelves, you should do a quick trip in the store before going.
- Make a list – Although it makes a little inconvenient to make a list before going shopping but it acts like a reminder which reminds you about you actual reason for entrance in the store.
- Eat before you shop – It is true that shopping while hungry takes you towards the ready-made foods which makes you fat so my suggestion is to have a quick munch before going to a grocery store.
- Be aware of distractions in store – This is the most challenging part when you are in a long queue waiting for your checkout between stacks of chocolates and chips. Although its easy to say that anyone can avoid looking at it but mostly people lets to buy it. If all the try fails try to grab a gossip magazine and spend time to watch different pictures in it or use keep engaged in your device.
- Buy in Moderation Only – Don’t Buy excess.
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