All the ways grocery stores trick you into spending more money
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Everyone has dealt with this scenario before: you’re supposed to take a quick trip to the grocery store and two hours later you come home with tons of grocery bags and hundreds of dollars gone from your bank account. It’s no mistake; grocery stores actually strategize gimmicks to make you spend more money. Instead of being another victim of supermarkets’ games, keep an eye out for these slick tactics and keep your money in your pocket. And before you hit the store, be sure to check out the 46 Best Supermarket Shopping Tips Ever to save cash and stay slim.
Free samples
Anything labeled “free” would make you think that you’re saving money, but that’s not true. These bite-sized samples give you just enough of a taste to cause you to buy the full-sized item instead of sticking to your shopping list. Also, these are usually samples of fattening, processed foods, so make sure you do your research and avoid one of the 150 Worst Packaged Foods in America the next time you try some of these sample-sized bites.
Beefing up your meat
You may have noticed that some of the meat in the grocery store have a note that says saline solution has been added. That means that the giant piece of steak you’re holding has actually been injected or soaked with water. It may seem harmless, but it actually gives the meat more weight, causing you to pay more for less meat.
"Cage-free" eggs
We hate to burst your cruelty-free bubble, but some of those cage-free eggs aren’t actually cage-free. Some factories just use bigger cages that can be considered a “cage-free” environment, which jacks up the price of those eggs at little cost to the farmer.
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