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Today you learn about why you overspend at the grocery store and how to avoid it,

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adding physical activity to the classroom could help kids learn more

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Have you ever spent more money than you meant to at the grocery store?

Well, you're not alone. In fact, according to one expert, 60% of what's in the average shopper's basket isn't what they intended to buy. 60%! So we're going to talk about why

this happens and then give you some tricks to help you save yourself so you don't

shop till your wallet drops. Long story short the grocery store is set up to specifically lure you into buying more than you meant to.

The produce and bakery sections are usually the first sections you'll hit up,

and they tend to be lit theatrically so everything tends to look better than it ever will when you get home.

You might also notice that the most popular products are in the middle of the aisle and that's to get around something called the

boomerang effect. That's when you go buy something you want and then just leave the same way you came.

Putting the most popular items in the middle of the aisle means that on the way to finding what you actually want,

you walk by more other stuff, which means you're tempted to buy more other stuff.

That's one of the same reasons milk is usually stored in the back of the store and on the way there

kid-friendly snacks are stored lower on the shelves so toddlers will easily spot

them. How convenient! All this adds up to the fact that roughly 60% or more of what you buy at the supermarket wasn't on your list.

But aside from the setup of the store, there's a psychological factor that comes into play if you spend too long in the store.

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