Comments on: Where is the Canola Oil? http://elyrosenstock.com/2008/05/28/where-is-the-canola-oil/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=where-is-the-canola-oil Formerly Crastinate.com Wed, 02 Nov 2011 19:23:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: james http://elyrosenstock.com/2008/05/28/where-is-the-canola-oil/#comment-26 james Sat, 02 Aug 2008 15:46:55 +0000 http://crastinate.wordpress.com/?p=44#comment-26 Supermarkets have many different methods of marketing their products. If it was all online it would also create a race to the bottom. I am going to punch in everything I want to buy at each store to find the cheapest. Don't get me wrong I am not saying its pure price. Service counts, but price is def. a majore factore. Supermarkets have many different methods of marketing their products. If it was all online it would also create a race to the bottom. I am going to punch in everything I want to buy at each store to find the cheapest. Don’t get me wrong I am not saying its pure price. Service counts, but price is def. a majore factore.

]]> By: kate http://elyrosenstock.com/2008/05/28/where-is-the-canola-oil/#comment-22 kate Fri, 30 May 2008 00:15:56 +0000 http://crastinate.wordpress.com/?p=44#comment-22 I was at Key Food today too! Even if I knew where everything I needed was (I will never get back those 10 minutes looking for apricot jam), I still would have been waiting behind a guy who insisted he was entering the correct PIN number despite it being rejected and then failing to understand that his card was locked. Not to mention the slow-as-molasses checkout kids (last week one made me wait while she bought minutes for her cellphone!). I was at Key Food today too! Even if I knew where everything I needed was (I will never get back those 10 minutes looking for apricot jam), I still would have been waiting behind a guy who insisted he was entering the correct PIN number despite it being rejected and then failing to understand that his card was locked. Not to mention the slow-as-molasses checkout kids (last week one made me wait while she bought minutes for her cellphone!).

]]> By: Ely Rosenstock http://elyrosenstock.com/2008/05/28/where-is-the-canola-oil/#comment-25 Ely Rosenstock Thu, 29 May 2008 15:03:46 +0000 http://crastinate.wordpress.com/?p=44#comment-25 Cobas, I went to a trade show five years ago where a mini supermarket was setup to showcase the future of food shopping. There were smart carts and all the items had RFID chips in them so knowing what you have, what you needed and where it was simple. That was five years ago. Nothing has changed. I think you're right when you say: "Supermarkets don’t want to optimize your visit. The longer you’re in their store, the more you buy which meanchurns they make more money. It is in their best interests to make you walk around as much as possible." Supermarkets think that if they keep us in the store longer, we'll buy more. According to them, there is no need to optimize. There is, however, something to say about the speed at which customers can shop. The quicker customers can get in and out, the more shoppers you can cater to in a given day. That could change the way stores are designed and the way we interact with our food stores. It could be very profitable if the numbers were crunched. Plus, you'd have happier customers so it would be a win-win. Cobas, I went to a trade show five years ago where a mini supermarket was setup to showcase the future of food shopping. There were smart carts and all the items had RFID chips in them so knowing what you have, what you needed and where it was simple. That was five years ago. Nothing has changed. I think you’re right when you say:

“Supermarkets don’t want to optimize your visit. The longer you’re in their store, the more you buy which meanchurns they make more money. It is in their best interests to make you walk around as much as possible.”

Supermarkets think that if they keep us in the store longer, we’ll buy more. According to them, there is no need to optimize. There is, however, something to say about the speed at which customers can shop. The quicker customers can get in and out, the more shoppers you can cater to in a given day. That could change the way stores are designed and the way we interact with our food stores. It could be very profitable if the numbers were crunched. Plus, you’d have happier customers so it would be a win-win.

]]> By: Cobas http://elyrosenstock.com/2008/05/28/where-is-the-canola-oil/#comment-24 Cobas Thu, 29 May 2008 13:27:22 +0000 http://crastinate.wordpress.com/?p=44#comment-24 Supermarkets don't want to optimize your visit. The longer you're in their store, the more you buy which means they make more money. It is in their best interests to make you walk around as much as possible. It is for that reason that all candy is at eye-level or lower: easier for you to see and easier for little kids to grab. Supermarkets don’t want to optimize your visit. The longer you’re in their store, the more you buy which means they make more money. It is in their best interests to make you walk around as much as possible.

It is for that reason that all candy is at eye-level or lower: easier for you to see and easier for little kids to grab.

]]> By: A Cobas Alias http://elyrosenstock.com/2008/05/28/where-is-the-canola-oil/#comment-23 A Cobas Alias Thu, 29 May 2008 13:10:26 +0000 http://crastinate.wordpress.com/?p=44#comment-23 I am unable to see the video at work so I am not sure if I am reiterating this. Stop and Shop will eventually roll out smart carts. Read this article about how they will have a "gps" unit on their carts . http://www.crmbuyer.com/story/38173.html You will be able to enter the items you need on your home pc and upload it to Stop and Shop. Then log in on the on board shopping cart gps and it will have your grocery list and where everything is located in the store. Another option is to just order from fresh direct or peapod and have someone else (who knows, maybe it is a robot) do the shopping for you. I am unable to see the video at work so I am not sure if I am reiterating this. Stop and Shop will eventually roll out smart carts. Read this article about how they will have a “gps” unit on their carts . http://www.crmbuyer.com/story/38173.html
You will be able to enter the items you need on your home pc and upload it to Stop and Shop. Then log in on the on board shopping cart gps and it will have your grocery list and where everything is located in the store.

Another option is to just order from fresh direct or peapod and have someone else (who knows, maybe it is a robot) do the shopping for you.

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