You know the feeling well. You plan to cook a specific dinner, but you realize you are missing a single ingredient. To cope, you decide to make a quick trip to the local supermarket to grab a jar of pasta sauce. You walk through the doors and immediately fall into a retail trap as you wander down the snack aisle and grab a box of cookies. While there, you notice a bright display of seasonal drinks. You walk to the register to pay for your pasta sauce and realize your total is 45 dollars. These frequent, unplanned trips drain your checking account. Frugal shoppers use a specific behavioral trick to combat this exact problem. Here is why the 4-day grocery pause stops impulse spending.
