tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post6058802183974062610..comments2024-02-23T04:39:49.329-05:00Comments on Conversations in Klal: See It, Don't Spend ItProfKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17954446826821665314noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-65190398312255632502010-06-22T17:42:06.828-04:002010-06-22T17:42:06.828-04:00Trudy, that's because those smorg plates are t...Trudy, that's because those smorg plates are too small. People are convinced that since they only had a little to eat they can go back for seconds and thirds and maybe then they'll have eaten the equivalent of a normal sized portion.Chananoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-88629871566833092732010-06-21T12:24:15.799-04:002010-06-21T12:24:15.799-04:00There's definitely a lot of psychology involve...There's definitely a lot of psychology involved in the shopping experience. Retailers put a lot of money into research and development of the stores and displays to make you spend, on average, more than you normally would. I saw a special (forget the channel) on coca cola in which they showed a mock store that coca cola has set up in their laboratories. It is a complete supermarket with aisles and everything. They try to discover subtle tweaks they can make to the aisle set up and bottle design to make people spend just a little bit more, on average. One of the head researchers said that a recent change to bottle design led to a 5% (or something similar) increase in purchases. Supermarkets do the same thing in the ways they lay out the aisles, not having clocks anywhere, making sure you have to go up and down many aisles to get what you need to increase impulse purchasing, etc.<br /><br />Also, shopping carts are much larger nowadays than they used to be. The supermarkets near me almost exclusively have the large carts. The only "normal" carts are the 4-5 that haven't been tossed yet.JSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-56544579526146659642010-06-21T09:41:48.365-04:002010-06-21T09:41:48.365-04:00Anonymous, I'm not sure those smaller plates w...Anonymous, I'm not sure those smaller plates would really help. Ever see people at a smorg at a wedding? They put out very small plates and everyone keeps going back and back and back for more. And then they sit down and eat a full dinner.Trudynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-81062631140778086322010-06-21T09:28:44.577-04:002010-06-21T09:28:44.577-04:00This also applies to how much food is on your plat...This also applies to how much food is on your plate. I've read about studies that show that people who use smaller plates eat less, so it's time to get rid of those over-sized fancy dinner plates.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-90105724461559135532010-06-21T08:36:08.367-04:002010-06-21T08:36:08.367-04:00Some truth in this. Even though I always take a wr...Some truth in this. Even though I always take a written list with me to the store I sometimes look at the wagon and ask myself what I've forgotten if that wagon looks kind of empty. Doesn't matter that I've gotten all the things on the list and that I don't need anything else.Raenoreply@blogger.com