Public Figures 7: #7 | Grocery Stores
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Mar 18, 2026 Comedians swap travel and backstage stories before diving into grocery store tactics. They unpack parking lot and cart designs, discuss produce display tricks and loss‑leader rotisserie chickens. Conversation covers loyalty cards, shopper profiling, and which supermarkets earn fan devotion.
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Hotel Geese Blocked Our Path In Lexington
- Brian and Dusty encountered aggressive geese at a Lexington hotel and used goldfish crackers to distract them.
- He recounts geese waiting by the door and the team throwing snack goldfish to clear a path to the club entrance.
Bigger Carts Drive Bigger Spending
- Shopping cart size grew substantially and influences spending: larger carts give psychological permission to buy more.
- Aaron notes carts doubled over 20 years and tripled since 1975, associating bigger carts with a ~40% spending increase.
Wobbly Carts Are Neglect Not Conspiracy
- Wobbly or drifting cart wheels likely reflect neglect, not deliberate manipulation.
- Aaron and Dusty conclude stores often delay cart repairs because it's low priority, not a conspiracy to slow shoppers.