r/GroceryStores • u/Flimsy-Log-7605 • 1d ago

How do they know

I typically use the Acme app to clip coupons while sitting in my car. Today I forgot. I went in. Got grapes, bananas, a head of lettuce, tomatoes on a vine. Perdue chicken breasts. When I got to taco sauce I thought I should check the app for coupons. When I opened it there were deals for exactly the things I had already put in the cart: the exact grapes, the exact tomatoes, the brand of chicken. My phone had been in my pocket. It was creepy. How???

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u/RandomInternetG_uy 1d ago

If those items already had coupons, the app knows that. They probably took note of what people had been buying that day, and our them up front.

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u/kicker7744 1d ago

How often do you buy grapes, tomatoes, and Purdue chicken?
Quite frequently I bet.

Of course you could go to Grocery store X, but Acme already has what you're looking for on sale so why bother?

Oh and hey, since they saved you $3 on the items you already buy, live a little and pickup that shiny object next to the registers with a high markup/profit margin.