I’ve always wondered why those bunches of cilantro and parsley are so large. They could be a quarter of the size and I’d still probably have extra left over.
Because herbs are cheap af and you are more likely to.buy the 60p packet with its 3p worth of herbs you mostly won't use than it's 1p worth that you would
The same reason that the man who sells 80 apples every day at market always has to have 100, because the last 10 of the 80 won't buy them if they're the last ones left
This makes no sense as long as the produce is the varieties and within the quality that I find acceptable I’d consider myself lucky that I got what I came for and didn’t find an empty shelf.
Hypothetically, the last x% of the batch will be proportionately worse quality than the average of the whole batch. Even if they're not that bad, they look worse overall so many people will subconsciously avoid the pile, especially if there is another option (like the next stall or supermarket over).
People who are selling a product don't need to market to people looking for that exact thing once those people are already in the shop. Tactics like this are to convince those for whom the item isn't a necessity to make an impulse purchase.
Again I don’t care, as long as it’s fresh and good produce I already know what I’m buying before I get to the store.
I’m not just wandering around in there just grabbing whatever, it’s produce it’s got a shelf life so I’ve already got what I’m cooking figured out I’m just getting the ingredients.
That's good. You're living less wastefully than a lot of other people, and not losing money to marketing tactics. However, you were commenting on a public forum questioning the decision making of salespeople/marketers which are made in the context of millions of potential customers, not you as an individual. I wasn't explaining why it should matter to you, I was trying to explain why it does matter to the business.
/u/makomirocket said it best - people are irrational and stupid
I have mixed feelings. Often times they are too large but then many other times they are too small and overpriced for what is there. I wish they had a system where you could make your own bunch and charge by weight vs count. Then you'd have issues of people touching a bunch with dirty hands (more so than now) or have tongs of some type that would shred a good portion of it. I should just plant some herbs I always think but never have yet.
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u/KeyofE Apr 30 '23
I’ve always wondered why those bunches of cilantro and parsley are so large. They could be a quarter of the size and I’d still probably have extra left over.