14 Tricks Grocery Stores Use To Con You Into Buying More

6. The maze effect

Stores will often adjust aspects of their layout, forcing customers to wander around more than they initially intended. The arrangement of different types of products also isn’t as logical as you’d assume, leaving customers disorientated and more at the mercy of their whims. (So that’s why they put the canned beans with the cooking oil, and separate the ketchup from the other sauces!)