Just like elevators, grocery stores are notorious for playing dull music. But as it turns out, there’s actually a reason behind grocery stores’ poor taste in tunes. Matt Gresia, a money and shopping ...

While browsing the aisles of most grocery stores in the United States, shoppers can enjoy a steady stream of tunes played at a moderate volume over the radio system. From classical melodies to Top 40 ...

There’s proof a business’s music choices have a significant impact on the customer experience. In his iconic song, American Pie, writer and singer Don McLean asks, “Can music save your mortal soul?” ...

What kind of music should grocers play? When should they play it? Will it have an impact on the bottom line? A Swedish grocer, who also works as a professor at University of Bath’s School of ...

The fact that grocery stores play music to entice you to spend more is established psychological science. That is, mellow, familiar tunes tend to relax shoppers and put us in the right headspace to ...