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Would it kill you to keep consistant colors, H-E-B? (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I shop at HEB, and buy both salted and unsalted butter for their specific uses. I can confirm that I’ve used the wrong butter multiple times because of this, and I always curse them for it. That said I still love HEB

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Think of it like home/away colors on sports uniforms. Home = blue with orange accent, away = orange with blue accent.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

So after some googling, apparently this is a VERY widespread practice spanning multiple brands, multiple manufacturers, all around the US; but I can’t seem to find any explanation. It can’t just be industry-wide madness, right? …Right?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

accidentally buy wrong butter because of mis-labelling
get home and realise you got wrong butter, go buy another butter, one you actually wanted
???? (not really)
profit

It's always profit.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

"They won't buy both. They will never know."

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