Food & Drink

Is too much choice an issue and how do you decide what to buy?

Food & Drink

Posted by: looklively

22nd Mar 2017 11:05am

Coles and Woolies are following Aldi's lead and cutting the number of product lines they stock as a result of customers finding that too much choice is stressful. So what do you think? - How do you feel about having less choice in the supermarket? What would you do if your usual brand was no longer available? Would you prefer more or fewer brands to choose from? Does having too many brands to choose from make it harder to decide? When you are faced with a wide range of products to choose from, how you make your decision?

lynneeime
  • 23rd Mar 2017 07:40pm

I can't believe that Coles and Woolworths are taking product lines off the shelves because there is too much choice. What a load of rot. I and some of my friends have noticed that some of our favourite lines are not being restocked and we wondered why. Now I know why. Why do they need to stop stocking these lines because they were popular. I don't like this new way of shopping. I prefer to have a choice of all products than just a few. I have noticed there are more of the Coles and Woolworths brands on the shelves now than there was before. Are they telling us to buy their products because we are getting rid of the named brands. I like a few of the Coles and Wo olworths products but not all of them. I still prefer my brand named products. It does not make it harder to choose having more brands because you haveyour favourites and not everyone likes the same ones, that is why we need a wide range of products. When faced with a wide range of products, I like to a choice and I like to try different brands, that way I get to taste a wide variety of products and then make up my mind on which one I like. When one product I like is taken off the shelf then I have to choose another brand and that is not always the Coles or Woolworths brand.


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