The names on the outside are different, but most grocery stores are owned by the same companies — yet CTV News shopped around and found they charge significantly different prices for the same items.
Couldn’t this just be used as an avoidance tactic?
Like saying, “see we are trying to keep the prices low, by offering competitive prices in different stores”. All the while raising the base price of the item in all stores to trick people into thinking they are getting a good deal.
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Couldn’t this just be used as an avoidance tactic? Like saying, “see we are trying to keep the prices low, by offering competitive prices in different stores”. All the while raising the base price of the item in all stores to trick people into thinking they are getting a good deal.