An idea for
grocery stores
May/03/08 05:15
I was sitting next to the VP of marketing
for Albertson's grocery store on a flight
to Vegas a few days ago. While I was
sitting there, I thought of something I'd
like to see. I said to him, "You guys have
all of my purchasing information since I
got your preferred member card. You give me
“discounts” every time I purchase stuff,
which is fine, but what about targeted
coupons? I receive the bundle of ads every
week, but frankly, I just don't have time
to try and sift through all that. I
literally walk from my mailbox to my trash
and that's the extent of my involvement
with the weekly ads. Since you already have
my purchasing information, I'd be happy to
include my email address when signing up if
you would just email me coupons for stuff
that I've already bought, or similar items.
That way, your computers are doing the
filtering for me, you still get me to come
into your store instead of your
competitors, and I don't have to spend an
hour every week looking at stupid ads, when
only 5% of the stuff in the ads are
relevant to me." He sounded intrigued, but
I'm afraid that generational differences
may get in the way of him seeing how huge
this is for people my age and younger.