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SUPERMARKETS 'SELLING THINGS PEOPLE WANT TO BUY' |
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BRITAIN'S supermarkets were last night accused of stocking the products their customers want to buy.
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The NCC said that by stocking large numbers of these products, the customers are being encouraged to return to the stores, often on a weekly basis.
A spokesman said: "They stock more of the things that people want and a lot less of the things that people don't want. It's cynical and possibly illegal.
"For example, Asda are currently selling four Extra Special Beefburgers for £1.89 for the simple reason that everybody likes them.
"They put the burgers in cardboard boxes carrying a photograph which is clearly designed to make them look appetising and then place these boxes on easy-to-reach shelves.
"Meanwhile they go around filling their fruit and veg aisles with thousands of deadly scorpions. Probably."
A spokesman for Asda said: "The National Consumer Council seems to have confused us with something that is not a business."
He added: "Coco Pops Mega Munchers - £1.87"
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