Originally Posted by kane

I was out at some stores today getting some stuff for my Super Bowl party. At one grocery store the cashier knew my buddy and they were talking. She told him that the store has seen a huge uptick in people buying the store brand stuff and less sales of the name brand food. She also said that thing like their hot deli were hurting bad from it because people aren't spending $5.99 for a pound of fruit salad or $6.99 for a pound of lunch meat instead they are buying cheap bologna.

I also went to Costco and was shocked at two things. First was the sheer number of people. The place was packed. Second was the amount of free samples. They always have a few free samples, but today they must have had 10 or more booths. When I asked why there were so many they said they had been doing that for a few months now to help promote some products.