Shopping the Supermarkets - Shop Smart

2014-05-03

There are few guarantees in life- birth, death and tax. Today we can add a couple more- social networks and shopping! Online shopping is of course the new big thing, but traditional shopping is still reigning supreme in many countries, especially for the “weekly shop”!

I would consider myself a savvy shopper, maybe even a bargain hunter, but sometimes it doesn’t matter how much we try to keep to a budget or avoid impulse buys we still slip up. Why is that?

Check out this video to find out more and how we can potentially avoid making the same mistakes in the future. Happy shopping. Ohhppps sorry… I mean happy viewing ;)

Video link: http://youtu.be/xcvAhrnhMt8

Questions:

1) What do these expressions from the video mean?
•Keeping up with the Jones’
•Whistle stop tour
•I don’t give a monkey's

2) What are the “tricks of the trade” for getting shoppers to spend more?

3) In what ways can we avoiding some of the traps set by supermarkets in order that we “shop smart”?

4) What is pester power and do you think supermarkets exploit it unfairly?

5) Are you a clever customer or supermarket sucker?

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