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by hedora 956 days ago
> Is your grocery store colluding with CocaCola to display their products right at the front of the store while putting healthy items like milk far away!!??

Of course they are.

I can’t tell if you’re being sarcastic, but Coca Cola exists precisely because of those sorts of distribution and product placement deals.

Grocery stores are paid a ton of money to place products in favorable spots on the shelves and end caps. That and the consumer surveillance loyalty cards are a huge fraction of their profits.

(I’d ban both practices if I were supreme dictator. Sadly, I am not.)