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Supermarket Secrets

  • Most supermarkets now have ATM Machines and most supermarkets also let you pay for your order using ATM cards. What alot of people still don't know that instead of paying the fee for withdrawing money from your bank account using the ATM you can simply purchase something from the store, use your debit card to purchase it and ask for cash back. In the supermarket I worked for you could have the store charge your debit card for $200.00 over the amount of your bill and they will give you $200 cash back. They do not charge any fee for this so your saving the fee that you would be charged if using the atm machine.

  • Returns: Alot of returns and other items accumulate through out the store in a given day. The cashiers usually are the ones to put these away when there is down-time. With perishables most clerks would just do the "feel test" if it feels cold then they put it back on the shelf if it feels warm they will mark it damaged and it will not put it back. Well what I am trying to tell you is you could be purchasing perishables that have been defrosted. The best hint I can tell you is look at the package for signs of soggyness.

  • "The Savings Card" : What a lot of people do not know is that when you have a discount card for a store that this card is being used to track your buying habits. Everytime your cards is swiped the supermarket keeps a record of what you bought. They use this information to for market research. If you are interested in this topic you can find more about it at: http://www.nocards.org/

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  • Most supermarkets have all the registers linked to one main computer. This main computer is usually located in the courtesy office. From the main computer the manager or other supermarket employees can call up past orders, look at current orders taking place and many other things. This means say you want to return something say a video tape but do not have a reciept. You go in and tell them the story "I already had this video but I do not have the reciept" Well the manager can look up in the computer by using the upc of the video to see whether it had been purchased when you said it was. Other uses of the computer include seeing if cashiers are ringing items up correctly. The manager can view current orders at a specific register with the computer and make sure everything that the customer had was scanned.

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Nocards.com-about those "saving" cards
Netgrocer.com-online shopping
Purity Supermarket-Shopping Tips Supermarket Guru
Family Circle-an article on how to save money at the supermarket.
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