Hunting for bargains is becoming a highly competitive sport at the local supermarket. In the past, you could casually stroll into the store after work at 5 PM and find a few yellow sticker markdowns in the meat cooler. That dynamic shifted completely over the past year. High grocery prices forced a large demographic of shoppers to hunt for clearance deals. The demand for discounted food is higher than ever before. Regular shoppers notice a distinct change in the retail environment. They report that clearance items disappear significantly earlier in the day.
