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| 18 NOV 2005 at 3:37am |
AndromusGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Cadbury's milk chocolate and cream eggs are favorites of mine too, but I only seem to be able to find them regularly around Easter.
Grew up a big fan of Hershey's, particularly their peanut butter cups -- probably living so close to Hershey, PA had influence there.
But recently I developed the habit of picking up a Godiva bar whenever I visit my local Barnes and Noble (they keep them right at the checkout). And I discovered they're GOOD! Makes it hard to go back to Hershey's after that.
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| 18 NOV 2005 at 4:39am |
Lady KestrelGuild Master
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Location: US, NJ
Status : Offline | We have a local candy shop that has a scrumptious selection of chocolates handmade right there. My favorite is their dark chocolate almond bark, and they also have to-die-for truffles. My sister-in-law usually gives us a big box of Godiva for Christmas, but I've also been known to pick up a bar or a small box (or both) while waiting in line at Barnes and Noble. Other than that, I like most candy bars with nuts.
"Where is the fountain that throws up these flowers in a ceaseless outbreak of ecstasy?"
-Rabindranath Tagore
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| 18 NOV 2005 at 4:43am |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
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Location: AU
Status : Offline | One of our holiday programs featured Hersey - the town last week. id you know the street lamps are brown and shaped like a Hersey chocolate kiss? So cute...
When I get to Tasmania, I'm definitely going to visit the Cadburys factory there.
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| 18 NOV 2005 at 9:11am |
SarahJourneyman
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By chris156 (17 NOV 2005 10:58pm)
I don't like cheap chocolate.
Ugh, I've tasted cheap chocolate before and it's HORRIBLE!! >
I've worked in a candy shop before and mainly it sells Willy Wonka sweets and all imported super expensive candies. Kids tend to spend a HUGE amount of money on candies that I've never seen before and when weekend comes, they come there with their parents and buy even more candies!
There were even questions like "How do you eat this candy?" [smiley=laughing.gif]
Candbury and Hersheys, those are the only chocolate bars/candy that I usually buy other than Mars Bars.
Still busy being a mom &&
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| 18 NOV 2005 at 1:15pm |
Chris.Schattenjger
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Andromus (18 NOV 2005 3:36am)
But recently I developed the habit of picking up a Godiva bar whenever I visit my local Barnes and Noble (they keep them right at the checkout). And I discovered they're GOOD! Makes it hard to go back to Hershey's after that.
They sell chocolate in bookshops?
...not to be confused with Keira Knightley
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| 18 NOV 2005 at 5:50pm |
SusanGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Similar to grocery stars, some marketing genius figured that if you put easy-to-grab candy by the registers, customers are more likely to buy it.
I miss my Bubba: 1986 - 2006.
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| 18 NOV 2005 at 6:45pm |
Terry PenrodGrand Inquisitor
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Location: US, Texas
Status : Offline | .
Yep, retailers figured that out years ago. Now most of them automatically display certain smaller items at or near check-out aisles to promote additional, last-second impulse buying.
This began in super markets several decades ago when the first large regional and national chains emerged. They provided what in effect was (for the first time) a whole series of coordinated, real-world marketing research test labs where consumer behavior could be observed, measured and analyzed continually.
Of course, smaller independent retailers had long since learned to place certain items in high visibility locations around their stores including the main ingress / egress points, end aisles and the POS / POP (Point of Sale / Point of Purchase). But those terms didn't exist and no large scale formal research had been done yet. Chain stores offered them the ability to do so en masse and one of the very first things they confirmed is that impulse buying was a common human tendancy. So naturally, they encouraged it.
Cheers, Terry
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| 18 NOV 2005 at 9:42pm |
Lady KestrelGuild Master
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Location: US, NJ
Status : Offline | Magazines and candy are definitely impulse items, as well as small toys. Mommy, mommy, please can I have it?) I don't need any encouragement to buy chocolate, however, as the impulse is always there.
"Where is the fountain that throws up these flowers in a ceaseless outbreak of ecstasy?"
-Rabindranath Tagore
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| 18 NOV 2005 at 9:52pm |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
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Location: AU
Status : Offline | Our supermarkets have signs indicating which is the confectionary free checkout ~ especially for those over-stressed mothers!
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| 18 NOV 2005 at 10:07pm |
snowtimeJourneyman
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Status : Online | Many supermarkets in the UK removed sweets and chocolate from the checkouts after pressure from parents. Now you just get leaflets for insurance and credit cards. Sod the parents, bring back the chocolate!
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