Online Shopping: Hazardous To Junk Food's Health

Rambo Tribble writes "Reuters is reporting that the trend toward online shopping is reducing the sales of impulse-purchase items, most notably candy and snacks often displayed at the checkout counter. As even grocery shopping shifts online, junk food producers are feeling the squeeze. From the article: 'Anthony Hopper, chief executive of advertising agency Lowe Open, said brands need to change how people buy chocolate, but acknowledges that it won't be easy. "If you're somebody who on average buys one bar of Cadbury Dairy Milk on impulse once a week, can I encourage you that it's actually better value to buy a pack of four when you're doing your next online shop? It's a long-term strategy," he said.'"

Comments

Re:will it help against impluse eating?

[citizenr]

besides, you could plan to buy one at a time.

if I'd buy four candybars and they would come in the mail I would eat them all! ALL! excuse me while I go raid the fridge for some kitkat.

You just discovered why Americans are fat, yay for you.
Sad fat low income American goes to walmart, buys huge box of vegetable oil labeled as chocolate and immediately eats it all.

Re:Or, maybe

[AlphaWolf_HK]

Let me tell you a joke I once heard.

A guy goes to a doctor's office once after watching Dr. Oz and asks if reducing the sodium, trans fats, msg, and sugars in his diet would I live longer. The doctor thinks for a second and replies "Hmm...well, it'll certainly seem longer."