Other day the grocery store clerk sold me 2 boxes of ice cream for half the price of one. They don't expire soon. How do you logic this?

[mrjamegumb@lemmy.world]

It sounds like it was in sale. It may be a sale offered by the manufacturer, or one the store is offering directly. Getting rid of old stock is not the only reason things go on sale.

[hootinnhollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Big Diabetus

[notyou@sopuli.xyz]

You can find discounts sometimes like that with dairy. A farm might produce a lot of milk and before it goes bad they have to turn it into to something. Some companies can make the product in bulk and then sell it at a discount because supply and demand.

I've seen crazy deals with shredded cheese. Like buy 2 bags get 3 free at my grocery store. That's sooo much cheese, but they would get more profit selling it at a discount then letting the dairy expire.

[dumbass@leminal.space]

They're the deals that get you back in the building. take a loss on one product and you can drive up sales of others.

[ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com]

Buy one get one is super common. Just a step above!

[professorowl_phd@hexbear.net]

It's pretty simple - they don't give a fuck. They have no incentive to do anything but the bare minimum. And the other day, the bare minimum meant you got a box and a half of free ice-cream.

[davel@lemmy.ml]

Maybe they had a glut of inventory and needed to clear out space.

[daggermoon@lemmy.world]

As a cashier, we don't care. Sometimes "i forget" to scan an item or two. If the item doesn't scan I'll ask the customer what they'd like to pay for it. For me it's companies aren't people, customers are.

[kindenough@kbin.earth]

Slotting fees. They got a better deal for the shelve space.

[lojcs@lemm.ee]

Huh, never thought of that

[bonesofthemoon@lemmy.world]

At my old grocery store they had a clerk who had a movement disorder of some sort, so she was sort of like the Chicken Lady. She was all done with figuring out what an unusual piece of produce was codes as, and she'd just toss it past the scanner and not charge you, bobbing and weaving away.