The next time you go grocery shopping and stock up on canned goods make sure and check your receipt. i myself have fallen into that trap more than once where the shelf price said one thing and the receipt said another.
i did a study and the worst store for this is Walmart, and only on their brand of canned goods. Any of the other brands checked out as they should have.
On average the Walmart brand checked out at 8 cents higher than the shelf price. This happened more than once and even after bring it to their attention nothing changed. i have checked this out at 4 different Walmarts thinking maybe it was just one store doing it but all of the ones i checked out were the same.
i find this sad.Many go for store brand as its cheaper and lets face it with how our economy is many pinch pennies wherever they can, only to unknowingly really be spending more. im on a very fixed income so when the shelf says its a certain price i expect it to be that price, as do many other consumers. The problem lies when the consumer doesnt check their receipt and assumes that the price on the shelf is what they are charged.
Now think about it, if on average i buy 10 cans a month and pay an extra 8 cents a can that may only be 80 cents a month but if each consumer is doing this think of the profit they make without the consumer realizing it. When you do the numbers its scary, they are making a hell of a profit from those who dont look at the receipt.
My advice is to always check your receipt no matter where you go as even though Walmart seems to be the wort at this im sure there are others out there doing the same.
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