Because at the bakery, you might get a free raisin bread for free, if you place an order of let's say 100 Euros. At the butcher, you might get a free salami sausage, when you place a similar order. While these gifts are very valuable to you (their regular price), for the shop it's just the cost. That's why the butcher won't offer you any raisin bread, and the bakery won't offer you a sausage.

And to be exact: the Windows bakery will only let you taste their raisin bread for a short while...

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