Supermarkets do some pretty shady stuff
right underneath the noses of their
customers everyone kind of knows
something is going on but the general
public is never really in the know of
what's really happening behind the
scenes at their local grocery store oh I
get it now it's a scam here we blow the
cover and expose ten sneaky ways grocery
stores are scamming you without you
knowing can you ring it up again I think
you overcharge me cage free eggs are
misleading at best you're not a bad
person you don't like the idea of a
chicken spending all of its life cooped
up in a cage that's why you always go
out of your way to buy cage free eggs
the idea of a chicken never being
allowed to roam freely makes you feel a
little uneasy the right thing to do is
to buy eggs where the chickens aren't
forced to live in cages all day and
night it makes you feel like a good
person when you put the carton of cage
free eggs in your cart I used to be a
good person you can't live without your
eggs so at the very least you try to eat
them without all of the guilt the
problem with those cage free eggs the
chickens aren't allowed to roam wherever
they want to know as a chicken this
concerns me
the chickens are still kept inside a
factory farm and are never allowed to
leave so cage free isn't exactly what
you think it is and that's troubling at
best the chickens have a tiny bit more
room to walk around but that's it if you
think the chicken is living its best
life wandering around while spending all
day outside that is not what's happening
with these cage free chickens if you
want real free-range cage free eggs try
to find a small-time farmer who lets
their chickens run free but are they way
more expensive than regular eggs way
more
you'll pay more for the eggs but at
least you'll know the chickens got to
experience a little freedom water is
added to meat to make it way more
everyone knows that meat is sold by
weight you used to be able to tell the
butcher how much of something you wanted
and he would wrap it up in paper and put
a cute little twine bow around it these
days everyone buys their meat from long
refrigerated units where we look at the
label to see how much it weighs what you
don't know is that meat is often slumped
up with water take a look at ham or
other products and you'll see something
called water solution there may be
different names for it but no matter
what it's called
you're still buying water yes that's
right you are buying water by the pound
you probably only thought that water was
sold in either gallon jugs or those cute
little glass bottles that come from a
country you can't find on a map
no you're also buying water and paying
for it by weight why do they add water
to the meet in the first place the meat
processing companies add water to the
meat so they can charge you more the
water or solution that they add makes
the meat heavier and then they can
charge you more for it save yourself
some money and stop paying for water
unless it comes in those jugs like milk
does try to find a trusted old-fashioned
butcher to buy your meat from items in
the bakery may not be baked in store
it's impossible to walk by the bakery
and not load up your cart full of baked
goods can you really leave the store
without a dozen donuts come on you know
that's not possible you're also going to
stock up on some pastries and that
artisanal bread they have I like the go
right right right I'm a right guy well
there's something you need to know about
that bread and everything else that the
bakery sells the so-called fresh-baked
items that the bakery sells might not be
as fresh as you think they are I found
this bag of stale hamburger buns I'm
sorry
the sad truth is the store may not even
have a bakery at all the baked goods the
store is trying to pass off as their own
might have been baked in a factory
there's no one in the back of the store
covered in flour as they bake your
favorite crusty bread it's all a hoax to
make you think there's someone back
there sweating up a storm next to a hot
oven waiting for the perfect moment to
pull out delicious doughy delights does
that mean you should skip the bakery
section altogether well probably not
just because the baked goods aren't
produced there doesn't mean they aren't
worthy of your hard earned money ask
some questions and see how fresh the
products are and use this information to
determine if you should buy the stuff if
you're in doubt find a local bakery and
have them
fulfill all your doughy needs impulse
items like candy are always next to the
register have you ever wondered why
there is so much candy right next to the
register if you pay attention you'll see
a whole lot of overpriced junk that you
would normally never consider buying the
grocery store puts that stuff there
because they know you can't walk away
from it do you really have what it takes
to pay for your groceries without
tossing a few candy bars in your cart
you might as well get one of those
celebrity rags while you're at it - how
are you ever going to live without
knowing who Jennifer Aniston is dating
nothing goes better with a Hershey bar
than the latest gossip about the rich
and famous
all of those impulse items are the
stores last-ditch effort to get you to
spend as much as possible the store
tries it's best to hit you with
everything that you can't possibly turn
down why else do you think they put
little bags of chips in front of you
instead of the big ones the store knows
that you aren't going to buy a big bag
of chips you would have already put the
big bag in your cart you ate all that
and a bag of potato chips but a small
bag of chips for the ride home might
sound tempting you see that's the logic
the store wants you to use when looking
at all of the impulse items you don't
need them but the store is trying its
best to get you to part ways with your
money
name of the game move the money from
your clients pocket into your pocket
sale prices may not be such a good deal
that's right ma'am are you the type that
goes up and down every aisle looking for
all the sale items if so then you need
to rethink what it means for a product
to be on sale stores do all kinds of
sketchy things to jack up the prices
before putting something on sale the
trickiest thing they do may be happening
right under your nose without you even
noticing it you go down the aisle
looking for those yellow tags and
immediately buy whatever is on sale what
is the one thing that you don't do you
never look to see how much the item cost
before it went on sale you might only be
saving a few pennies
with the item on sale what you think of
as a good deal might not be such a big
savings at all free of charge
one never pays here not with money it's
even less of a savings if the store
jacked up the price before putting it on
sale if you're concerned about prices
then you've got to comparison shop that
means you go online or walk through the
aisles and take note of how much
everything costs you will probably find
that one store has better prices on
certain items than another some people
shop at multiple stores so they can save
the most money possible if you have the
time then this is a good idea many
people don't have the time so you might
consider only shopping at stores that
have the best overall prices sometimes
the price isn't the only factor in
determining a grocery stores value the
availability of produce closeness to
your home and the quality of customer
service should also be factors that help
you decide which supermarket to do all
of your shopping at buy these already
cut produce is a total ripoff everyone
these days is looking for a way to save
some precious time you spend all day
working and being the best parent that
you can be you also want your family to
eat fresh fruits and vegetables it seems
like a good idea to skip the whole
preparation process by letting someone
else clean peel and cut up your fruits
and vegetables there are multiple
reasons why this is a bad idea
first off you're paying way more for
that salad someone prepared for you so
much more that it becomes a big-time
ripoff another reason why you don't want
to buy peeled and cut produce is because
it can make people sick you see
sometimes the hygiene methods of the
employees or the packaging facility
itself can be called into question it
seems that every month someone is
getting sick by eating prepackaged salad
and food recalls soon follow by your
produce fresh and sure
your knife skills you'll not only save
money but your health will be better in
the long run eating healthy is expensive
as it is don't add to the cost by paying
someone else to cut up your food and in
turn end up giving you food poisoning
excuse me just for a second some grocers
mislabel meat and charge more for it
you're not a butcher how are you
supposed to know one cut of meat from
the next the average person doesn't know
and that leaves us ripe to be taken
advantage of you think you're getting a
nice juicy steak but what you're getting
is anything but steak you might be
surprised how often grocery stores play
this game where they label a piece of
meat one thing and sell it as another
sure sometimes people make mistakes and
that's bound to happen we don't make
mistakes we have happy accidents the
problem is more often than not it's by
no means a mistake the supermarket is
trying to rob you blind and there's no
way for the average person to know
what's going on there are two things
that you can do to protect yourself from
being scammed at the meat counter and
one of them is exceptionally simple
learn all about the cuts of meat that
you regularly buy and discover how to
spot fakes beyond that you should only
buy meat from a trusted butcher it's an
old-timey way to buy meat but there's a
reason why you should make a special
stop at the butcher shop the best place
to buy meat is from someone who
specializes in nothing else the most
expensive items are at eye level the
next time you're at the store pay
attention to the items that are at eye
level you will quickly notice that
everything at eye level is expensive the
store wants to make sure that the most
easily accessible products are the ones
within reach there is a sucker born
every minute
the people running the store know that
most of us aren't going to look down to
the floor when it comes to seeing if
they have the expensive stuff you're
after
if the cheaper products are within arm's
reach then that's what you're going to
grab off of the shelf be aware when
buying anything that is sold at I love
at the very least look around to make
sure there is not a better deal for a
similar item sure that coffee for 20
bucks a pound might be great but you
don't want to mortgage the house for a
cup of java in the morning use a little
common sense and don't fall prey to one
of the easiest cons in the grocery store
game organic food may not be organic
after all you want the best of the best
for your family
who doesn't that's why you always go
straight to the organic section of the
store you know better than anyone else
that the food you're buying is loaded
with pesticides and all kinds of harmful
chemicals it only makes sense that you
would go the organic route and keep your
family away from all of those terrible
things the problem is the food you're
buying might not actually be organic
what sometimes labels get messed up but
worse some farmers are lying to the
public you really think someone would do
that just go on the internet and tell
lies yes some of those seemingly
good-natured farmers could be a bunch of
con artists it's sad to say but some of
them are up to no good do you want to
feed your family high-quality organic
food if so then the best way to do it is
by buying locally raised fruits and
vegetables it's also possible to find
organic meat dairy and eggs you'll have
to go out of your way to buy organic but
it's so worth it don't allow farmers and
stores to con you into buying something
that is anything other than what they
claim you're paying crazy high prices to
begin with be sure you're not spending
so much for something that isn't what
they claim it is the chips are next to
the salsa for a reason do you know why
because people like to say salsa you
make a mad dash to the chip aisle
because you almost forgot to get
tortilla chips for the big game while
you're grabbing the chips you notice
some
and you can't take your eyes off of it
there's a jar of salsa screaming at you
right underneath the chips how can you
ever buy a bag of chips and not get the
salsa you can't buy chips without salsa
and no one knows this like the grocery
store does you never think why do they
keep the salsa near the chips it has
never crossed your mind until now did
you just double dip that shit you can't
walk out of the store without at least
one jar of salsa
if the salsa was located with all the
other condiments like mustard and
ketchup it might just be an afterthought
having the salsa next to the chips means
there is a much better chance that a jar
ends up in your basket along with the
bag of chips since this is a combination
that's more addictive than anything on
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