Just when I get used to the new product layout at Costco, they change it again!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

Bastards! 🤬

[greymattermom]

1. The one I usually go to

seems to be about half furniture now. Really? I go for certain groceries and TP.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

6. Bastards! 🤬

[True Dough]

12. Just curious

Do you wake from your slumber shouting "Bastards!"???

[Floyd R. Turbo]

14. It's a reflex! 🤬

[True Dough]

2. Wait until they move the entrance

and you walk into a wall. That's painful!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

7. Bastards! 🤬

[mahatmakanejeeves]

3. They did that at my local Aldi.

I still wander around the store aimlessly. But I always do that.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

8. Bastards! 🤬

[Delmette2.0]

4. I hear you.

It's so we have to go down another aisle to find what we want. They hope we will find something new to try, mostly on staples. My Costco moved around some of their refrigerated items, some of the canned goods and paper products.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

9. Bastards! 🤬

[dem4decades]

5. I'm in the parking lot now. I'm ready for them and their tricks.

I think.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

10. Bastards! 🤬

[dem4decades]

19. I taught them a lesson. Dog food, tomatoes, spinach and a box of Kirkland Cabernet.

Not a penny more.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

22. Bastards! 🤬

[pandr32]

11. What I hate is when they discontinue a product I love

[Floyd R. Turbo]

15. Bastards! 🤬

[Wellstone ruled]

13. Ah ha,

you noticed. When you shop Costco,beware they track your every movement as well as every item you touch or buy. There are retail advisory firms that track buying trends as well as a Retail Stores Demographics to enhance that Stores bottom Line.

And the changing up of the product layouts,well they spend millions on Human behavioral actions and buying habits. The overnight Stock Crews will change the whole store up in twelve hours or less.

Notice how the High Margin Items are placed,they know more about a neighborhoods buying habits than we think.

Their Secret Shopper program is Second to none. Fun to watch them in action.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

16. Bastards! 🤬

[Jane Austin]

17. What is a secret shopper program?

Thanks.

[Wellstone ruled]

18. Person pretenting to be

a shopper only collecting data as to who,what,and where on what is happening within a Retail Store. Yes,they come with a shopping list of what would be the typical family of four would buy at that Store. And they are sampling the interactions of the Employees as well as doing some Q&A of a few employees as to product availability and location. If the Employee takes you to the Aisle or directs you in a positive manner,that scores that operation a few notches higher.

So much info one gathers as a Secret Shopper and it is all used in a positive manner.

[Jane Austin]

20. Thanks.

I didn't know they had those.

[Wellstone ruled]

21. Most Retail Chain Stores

employ some type of snoop service on their competitors as well as their own operations.