I Guess We Prefer Food Over Drugs

It has been argued that Americans are driven nuts by the excess of choice confronting them when they shop at a supermarket. That idea gets no support from a Harris Poll that asks whether various industries do a good or bad job of serving their consumers. As you can see from the chart, people are nearly unanimous in saying supermarkets do just fine. And supermarkets’ co-conspirators, the packaged-food companies, are close to the top of the standings, whether because of or despite the proliferation of choices they offer.