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So your premise is that somebody is listening in on your conversations and then using that information to insert stock items into your local grocery store?
Not me specifically - generally where you are and what you're taking about (phone location and general conversation).
I don't think anyone specifically is actually listening to me. I think it's automated marketing gone wild.
I don't think you are as important as you think you are.
Consider the sheer cost of this. Shipping, especially overnight shipping, is incredibly expensive. Stores get stock on on or two regular days of the week and have a crew dedicated to just unloading that truck and getting everything on shelves, a process that takes days.
Stores could not profit enough to put items in your path in the hope that you might buy them in this way.