Bargaining and Supermarket

A negotiating situation is often seen in a supermarket in the evening. When you go near the area with uncooked food such as meat or raw fish, after around 5:00pm, you can find the clerk sealing tiny circular seals on the goods. The seals show a discount rate like “50% OFF”. So, buyers put the food that became cheaper into their baskets. Of course, it is getting worse to eat, less delicious as time goes by. But it’s possible to buy lower prices than in the daytime. That may be an original habit in Japan. But it helps many people who want to save money.


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