Could a grocery store feel expensive because it saves you time?
Convenience is a product hiding inside other products.
Price is easy to measure. Convenience is harder.
The hidden mechanism is effort substitution. Customers sometimes pay more not for better products but for shorter lines, familiar layouts, and faster decisions.
Imagine two stores selling identical products. One requires an hour to navigate. The other takes fifteen minutes.
A second-order effect develops because saved time changes habits. Customers begin returning not because the store is cheaper, but because life feels easier.
People often think expensive stores sell costly products. Some sell extra time disguised as groceries.
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