As a cashier, we don’t care. Sometimes “i forget” to scan an item or two. If the item doesn’t scan I’ll ask the customer what they’d like to pay for it. For me it’s companies aren’t people, customers are.
It sounds like it was in sale. It may be a sale offered by the manufacturer, or one the store is offering directly. Getting rid of old stock is not the only reason things go on sale.
Slotting fees. They got a better deal for the shelve space.
Huh, never thought of that
At my old grocery store they had a clerk who had a movement disorder of some sort, so she was sort of like the Chicken Lady. She was all done with figuring out what an unusual piece of produce was coded as, and she’d just toss it past the scanner and not charge you, bobbing and weaving away.
The clerk sold you them at a discount, but not the grocery store? Like they were fully priced before checkout, but then discounted at the point of purchase?
I wasn’t going to buy any ice cream but the clerk told me about the deal at checkout so I did. Another clerk was like “wow you sold another one?”
Well then it sounds like the ice cream was on promotion and then he upsold the product. The sales are probably tracked and the clerk was working harder so it would reflect well on his performance review.
Never seen a discount that deep. Felt weird
Sometimes a store will discount a certain product way below its value in order to attract customers to visit the store (and buy other things at regular price along with their bargain item). It’s called a “loss leader”.
If it wasn’t this, then the manufacturer could be discontinuing the flavor or the store could be trying to get rid of their stock of this brand because they want to switch to another one.
It’s working too. OP has ice cream and this store on his mind way after purchase.
You can find discounts sometimes like that with dairy. A farm might produce a lot of milk and before it goes bad they have to turn it into to something. Some companies can make the product in bulk and then sell it at a discount because supply and demand.
I’ve seen crazy deals with shredded cheese. Like buy 2 bags get 3 free at my grocery store. That’s sooo much cheese, but they would get more profit selling it at a discount then letting the dairy expire.
Buy one get one is super common. Just a step above!
They’re the deals that get you back in the building. take a loss on one product and you can drive up sales of others.
🤷 Maybe they had a glut of inventory and needed to clear out space.
It’s pretty simple - they don’t give a fuck. They have no incentive to do anything but the bare minimum. And the other day, the bare minimum meant you got a box and a half of free ice-cream.
Big Diabetus
