I was thinking the other day as I found these chocolate nuts on sale for fifty cents at a supermarket. Unless I am reading it wrong it mentions that the product\u2019s expiry date was last year. While granted they say a lot of food products are actually perfectly edible after the expiry date it made me think if having products like these in a store would substantially drop your reputation in terms of the quality you offer.<\/p>\n
It reminded me of a story I read of a grocery store where they decided to take a chance and simply sell some produce that weren\u2019t of the highest quality at a lower price. What ended up happening for them is that their customers started to go to other places which was a huge financial hit for them. Afterwards they started to only carry quality produce and the customer base began to develop again.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s kind of interesting too as some stores do offer the lower quality items and are very successful at it. I guess it come down to really understanding your demographic. Some people are willing to pay like one dollar for a single apple as an example as long as it is \u201cperfect\u201d I guess you can say. But in this specific case it was dumped in a specific section that clearly looks like the products are discounted for a reason. Would that make a difference though in terms of a company\u2019s image for you? It makes me wonder how the bigger companies will do when they start to have things like ugly fruit sections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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