Originally posted by Rupert Prices are great, the layout is good from a merchandising standpoint....all the treats and goodies are on that long first aisle....and when you come in hungry, they've got you!
Poor people take advantage.....smart wealthy people do the same. I see plenty of both at my Aldis....more poor, but still plenty of very upper class. A look in the parking lot at the Mercedes and BMWs, Cadillacs and Lincolns, Lexus and Audis can tell you who is inside.
Good place to shop......the selection is not the largest by far, but for basics and a few specialty items it is superb. I miss it already!
Regards!
Merchandising - the art of parting punters from their loot.
Something I find annoying with shops I go to is the differences between branches - spread the stuff out differently, as well as not having all of exactly the same things there. Went to Costco in Leicester (pronounced Lester) on Wednesday. Stuff laid out completely differently, so really hard to find things I normally buy, and some things on the list I wanted were not there at all. The best of the Costcos I have been to in UK is Milton Keynes, the one I go to most often is Reading, and have been to Birmingham and Coventry and Bristol. Bristol is hard to find using the GPS (Satnav here), and the three north of M40 are not so good. That may be to follow the housing up there which looks quite a bit lower quality. I get to these places when I go somewhere nearby for work.
Wednesday went to Nottingham. Made me wonder, when will England put a picture of Robin Hood on one of their bank notes? I can imagine it being not too long till Australia will have a note with a picture of Ned Kelly.