Lib editorial: Our groc stores are too good, too plentiful

This most-queer person, who writes out his middle name, is all a'twitter at our wonderful grocery stores. My first thought, why does he not go to a small store that has less choices? Egg choices are pasture raised, organic, cage free, and normal, with 4 different sizes. He left the store when it was juuusssst toooo muuuuch. That he would even think to write about it is pitiful. A loser, everyone.

You people are such weenies in the eyes of us republicans, the big guys. https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2023/06/grocery-shopping-option-overload/674502/

" Overwhelmed by the choices on offer, I simply could not make one. I left the store without any orange juice."
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My guess, Joe, is, the dude is making all that up so he can have a basis for an article.

Just a guess 🙂

@earl-of-trumps said
" Overwhelmed by the choices on offer, I simply could not make one. I left the store without any orange juice."
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My guess, Joe, is, the dude is making all that up so he can have a basis for an article.

Just a guess 🙂

Why bother reading twitter?

Does one read twittee or does one look at it?
I don’t know. But like tiktok (and to a certain extent all social media) it gives the most incredible morons a platform to spew forth the most utter nonsense.

Just number the choices and roll a bloody die.

@shavixmir said
Why bother reading twitter?

Does one read twittee or does one look at it?
I don’t know. But like tiktok (and to a certain extent all social media) it gives the most incredible morons a platform to spew forth the most utter nonsense.

Just number the choices and roll a bloody die.

@averagejoe1 said
Personally I don't even know what Twitter is except that I want no part of it.....this is from a very important publication, the Atlantic. Had it been the usual raving of peon liberals on sites such as Twitter or Snap or Tik-Tok I would not have even given it a thought.
My thinking is along the lines of not mixing it up with people who want other people's stuff.

@wildgrass said
Can you clarify what your beef is with this article?

The author cites research showing that more options yield fewer decisions, and that alternative business model grocery stores like Aldi, which only offer one option for many items, are becoming popular and gaining market share.

@averagejoe1 said
You are correct about the business model, about plans to make a lot of money, mark-ups, the providing of choice, which I LOVE about America. I like going to the stores with 12 different types of Orange Juice, we all should love it. Its why the world wants to come here.
I am writing, though, that a man could write such an article. He appears oofffffeeennnnnnnnnde ...[text shortened]... n-a-wad type?
This guy indeed wears panties. "I could just scream!!" What do you figure... a Dem?

@wildgrass said
No. You're offended. The author is not. It's a well reasoned article that makes a good point about choices.

When you go to the store with 12 orange juices, do you always buy the same one or do you make an independent decision on the desired pulp level every time?

@averagejoe1 said
You are correct about the business model, about plans to make a lot of money, mark-ups, the providing of choice, which I LOVE about America. I like going to the stores with 12 different types of Orange Juice, we all should love it. Its why the world wants to come here.
I am writing, though, that a man could write such an article. He appears oofffffeeennnnnnnnnde ...[text shortened]... n-a-wad type?
This guy indeed wears panties. "I could just scream!!" What do you figure... a Dem?

@averagejoe1 said
Personally, I go for medium pulp each time, but,,but, if I am having folks over for a luncheon, calling for Mimosas, orange juice is one of the major ingredients. It cannot have pulp in it. So I will peruse this wonderful store's plethora of choices and find the one I want., with which to make Mimosas. No Pulp!! Then there is the 5-year old who does not like those 'thin ...[text shortened]... well-thought-out point of needing different pulps for the occasion at hand. Why do libs do that?"

@wildgrass said
Mimosas with pulp are great. But why 12 choices? Have you tried them all?

At no point in the article does the author seem offended to have too many choices. But from a marketing and sales point of view, a customer is more likely to buy orange juice if their choices are limited to only a few rather than 12.

It's bad for business. I think maybe the point missed by the a ...[text shortened]... decided what they want to buy before entering the store. In that case more options are a non issue.

@kevcvs57 said
You are such a freakin moron.
Minimalist chains like Aldi are GAINING market share because they keep costs down, they have a clever staffing policy too, they pay competitive rates but you won’t see any of the staff hanging around and you’ll see the manager stacking shelves and working tills when it gets busy. You do not even recognise a good business model when you see it.

@kevcvs57 said
I find the same with the tv now, by the time I’ve trawled through Sky, Netflix, Amazon, Disney and Apple TV it’s time to go to bed so I can get up in time for work, too much choice can definitely impede decision making.

@wildgrass said
Mimosas with pulp are great. But why 12 choices? Have you tried them all?

At no point in the article does the author seem offended to have too many choices. But from a marketing and sales point of view, a customer is more likely to buy orange juice if their choices are limited to only a few rather than 12.

It's bad for business. I think maybe the point missed by the a ...[text shortened]... decided what they want to buy before entering the store. In that case more options are a non issue.