State College McDonalds closed?
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Just saying she fills her cart with half things that weren’t on her list. After about 2 trips, apparently she has bought things she’s not going to eat. So her cabinets are full of stuff she doesn’t want
That’s largely not true, she just buys more than she wanted at the time. She, like others, is mostly making excuses for paying for convenience rather than doing something themselves. My kids try the same stuff on me.
That is, Until they started paying for it themselves.
Yeah, I still don't understand what you're trying to convey, but it's largely irrelevant. If you're trying to say that, after 2 trips of buying more than she had planned on buying, she's now out of room in her cabinets, that's just silly. It's not like she'd be buying hundreds of dollars of extra stuff every trip, and most people don't buy so much, or have such limited cabinet space, that they can't fit a few more items into them.
Yes, people buy stuff they weren't planning on buying when they go grocery shopping. Some of that goes unused. Some of it gets eaten (eating more than you planned on eating). Some of it gets tossed out when it goes bad.
This isn't a difficult concept. It's how grocery stores make a living. It's how almost all sales driven businesses make a living. They set up their stores to drive more sales ... why? I mean, if folks just bought what they "needed," it'd have no effect. But, of course, it does. The milk is all the way in the back, in the corner away from the entrance because it's a staple product ... and folks are going to walk past all the goodies and high margin stuff that they want you to buy while you go get it. They position things they want you to buy on the ends of aisles, or in other ways to attract attention. Produce is on one side of the store while bread, milk and frozen goods are on the other, so you have to travel the entire store just to "pick up a few things." Then you end up with 8 items instead of 5. Because "oh, those look good. Oh, I haven't had those in awhile! Oh, that's a new flavor, have to try it! I can eat those while I watch a movie tonight!" And so on. It's basic marketing and sales. Car salesman want you on the lot so they can point you to a more expensive option, or convince you to buy extras. Tech sales want you to see the latest, most expensive thing so you upgrade over what you planned to buy, or they put the accessories right next to the big thing that goes with it, so you throw this thing and that thing into your basket, and they rack up extra sales.
"I can't buy more food because my cabinets are full" is not a thing. Even with people overbuying on a regular basis.
