I’ve accidentially knocked over some of those aisle obstacles. I just leave them scattered on the floor. They are annoying and a hazard. Kroger is the worst for it. They also have hanging advertising everywhere every few feet. It’s like shopping a flea market anymore. I go to Safeway now and they store near us is new, clean, and much better. They don’t have very many aisle obstacles and no haning ads.
I spoke to a Kroger manager about the cluttered aisles, and he said that it was a corporate decision. They had done studies and that when they put out lots of displays, people bought more on impulse. So the notion is they increase revenues from the same consumer base. I told him that if he was ever in one of those meetings, to tell them that a customer had asked “how much do you make when I start shopping at Walmart?” I’m about ready to start putting packs of chicken and fish in those wire displays that clog the aisles. One lady told me she knocks them over on purpose.