7 mistakes you make in supermarkets

Despite the fact that going to the supermarket is the simplest and most mundane thing, every time you make a number of mistakes and, as a result, overpay for the goods or bring home something of poor quality. Remember what exactly you are doing wrong so that stores do not profit from your carelessness.

Take the product closest to you from the shelf

This trick has been used for many years in all self-service stores - goods with expiration dates are placed closer to the front, and those that are fresher are hidden behind them. If you want to buy today’s bread and milk, not yesterday’s, which probably won’t separate into whey and cottage cheese during boiling, take the third or fourth package from the display case. But at the same time, still check the production date and the date by which the product should be consumed.

Buy packaged vegetables and fruits

Fruits and vegetables appear more attractive when they are placed on a polypropylene backing and wrapped in film. Plus, you feel like you're saving time when you take items that are already packaged and weighed. However, most often, store workers pack bruised or rotten fruits, thus hiding their defect.

Ignore products on lower shelves

As strange as it may sound, companies pay supermarkets to display their goods in the most advantageous places - that is, on shelves that are located at eye level.Accordingly, as you walk between the aisles and glance along the shelves, you notice the most expensive and “promoted” products. Always pay attention to the lower shelves. As a rule, there are cheaper, but equally high-quality goods from local manufacturers and no-name brands.

Buy sliced ​​cheese and sausage

If the cut is sealed in branded packaging, most likely it does not differ in anything (except for the cost) from a similar, but lumpy product. If the sausage and cheese were cut by supermarket employees, then in most cases this was done not for the convenience of the buyer, but for the sake of selling stale products that had been lying on the display case for a long time.

Don't read the information on the price tag

Retail chains often sin by posting price tags with discounts in advance. Formally, there is no deception in this, because at the bottom there is always a note where the validity period of the promotion is indicated in small print. But inattentive buyers rarely read the information on the price tag; instead, they try to quickly grab the product with a reserve before it is sold out.

There are also “lost” price tags. They are not located where the goods are displayed, but a little further away. Thus, thinking that you are buying poppy seed filling or sardines in oil for a hundred rubles, you can put into the cart an item with the same name, the cost of which is twice as high.

If you have enough time, always check the barcode on the packaging with the barcode on the price tag.

Focus on the name, not the ingredients

Marketers diligently come up with names for products that will stimulate consumer demand.

• When your hand reaches out to a cookie called “Diet”, don’t be too lazy to read the ingredients - most likely, you will find margarine, sugar, and harmful food additives in it.
• The same goes for chocolate: they can sell confectionery bars under its guise.
• There is a catch with dairy products too. “Homemade” sour cream is just a milk-containing product, just like “From Burenka with Love” butter, which is in fact a spread.

Packages with natural products should indicate the usual, and not diminutive, name: sour cream, butter.

Don't check the amount on the check

If you still count your change without leaving the cash register, then you probably don’t want to check the receipt - you’re tired, you’re in a hurry, and the line is pressing behind you with displeasure. But in the store they can deceive you:

• identify incorrect names or extra units of goods (take one pack of tea - pay for two, buy pasta - pay for a bottle of expensive wine);
• sell promotional items at full price;
• sell a product at a higher price than what was indicated on the price tag;
• show items that are not in your cart.

If it’s difficult for you to immediately remember all the nuances of grocery shopping, before going to the supermarket, make not only a shopping list, but also a kind of checklist (what you need to pay attention to in each department).