For
It increases sales and keeps businesses running.
Against
It targets impulse buying, especially in children.
Anonymous excerpts, translated where noted.
“Healthy food has razor-thin margins. Candy and soda are basically liquid profit.”
“Grocers make A LOT of money off of these things. The mark up is huge!”
“literal gauntlet of candy bars, energy drinks, and impulse snacks. they put it right at kid eye-level too.”
“the whole checkout lane is built to catch you at peak decision fatigue”