Talk:Discount sticker

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 12:51, 26 July 2023 (UTC)

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Yellow stickers on bread

• ... that in some British supermarkets, workers surround themselves with barriers to prevent a rush when applying yellow discount stickers to food? Source: https://metro.co.uk/2022/11/01/tesco-uses-barriers-to-stop-shoppers-snatching-yellow-sticker-items-17679230/
  • Reviewed: The Redfield Hoard
  • Comment: Still working on it. Note, they are universally known as "yellow stickers" but I added "discount" in the hook for clarity.

Created by Philafrenzy (talk) and Edwardx (talk). Nominated by Philafrenzy (talk) at 21:42, 7 July 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Yellow sticker; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

• Reviewing... New enough, long enough, image free and clear, hook interesting and in article followed by citation to reference containing hook. QPQ required. Will complete when finished working on it. FYI.. I saw the barriers set up recently. Adding "discount" in the link is a good idea. Whispyhistory (talk) 07:51, 9 July 2023 (UTC)

Thank you. I have also seen the barriers. I was surprised. Wish I had taken a photo. Will look out but they don't use them where I generally shop. Philafrenzy (talk) 08:12, 9 July 2023 (UTC)

• Maybe it should be: ALT1 ... that in some British supermarkets, workers applying yellow discount stickers to food, surround themselves with barriers to prevent a rush of customers? Philafrenzy (talk) 11:33, 9 July 2023 (UTC)

Philafrenzy, it is over a week since the original review and the request for a QPQ, and one week is the grace period you have after such a reminder. Please supply one right away if you wish to continue the nomination. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 04:23, 18 July 2023 (UTC)

@Whispyhistory: QPQ done. Philafrenzy (talk) 21:25, 18 July 2023 (UTC)

... Thank you. QPQ provided, no copyvio issues. Hook says some supermarkets, article cites only Tesco. Inline reference also cites only Tesco. ALT1 is 151 characters. Did you deliberately wish to call Aldi's discount sticker a red yellow sticker? The image is free and clear. Otherwise nice work.Whispyhistory (talk) 03:59, 19 July 2023 (UTC)

ALT2 ... that a British supermarket uses barriers to prevent shoppers grabbing food with yellow discount stickers out of the hands of staff? Other points also dealt with. Philafrenzy (talk) 20:50, 19 July 2023 (UTC)

... ALT2 is in the article with an inline citation to a reference containing the hook. Other issues sorted. Thank you. Whispyhistory (talk) 03:06, 20 July 2023 (UTC)

These seem quite widespread

These are pretty common at Wallmart (at least the one near where I live). GnuAintUnix (talk) 07:52, 4 August 2023 (UTC)

I was coming here to say something like that, I think the scope of the article is kind of weird and arbitrarily narrow to the "yellow sticker" which appears to be a cultural meme/franework for specific retailers in the UK, to describe what is a common retail practice. It would be far better to zoom up a level to "old food discounting" or "food markdowns" or something similar -- it's an important tactic for reducing food waste and getting some financial return from perishable inventory in a wide range of spaces (i.e. sale of day old bread for crotons and french toast, etc.). Sadads (talk) 18:18, 4 August 2023 (UTC)

Actually now that I am looking at it, the scholarly literature seems to use "mark down food" or "food mark down policy" pretty widely (see the Google Scholar search), Sadads (talk) 18:21, 4 August 2023 (UTC)

I would tend to agree that "yellow sticker" is not how discount/clearance price stickers would be described in other locales or in general. It should be discussed whether this article is intended to refer to the specific Britishism (and perhaps its most recent implementation) or the concept of amending the price of a retail good with a sticker. And then secondarily, especially if British (or other region-specific) use is agreed upon, is the yellowness of the sticker essential, or is the article concerned with the concept itself (whether or not the sticker is, in fact, yellow)? TheFeds 00:04, 5 August 2023 (UTC)

Title: yellow sticker → discount sticker

Let's think this through...

The title "yellow sticker" seems too ambiguous for the concept. I'm long used to looking out for such stickers at Waitrose where they were commonly red rather than yellow. And there are lots of other types of yellow sticker such as Post-it notes and warning stickers for dangerous materials such as oxidizers or radioactive items. The key concept here is the discount rather than the colour and so I have boldly moved the title. Andrew🐉(talk) 09:44, 5 August 2023 (UTC)

For potential use in article

Interesting BBC website article published today, with context and potential future developments. Hassocks5489 (Floreat Hova!) 10:54, 30 November 2023 (UTC)