Dedicated Target shoppers may have noticed lower price tags for some foods and household items recently. The company announced last month that it had cut prices for 1,500 items and it would do so for about 3,500 more throughout the summer.

The reason? The Minnesota-based company says it aims to help consumers save money.

It’s not the only company to make this kind of announcement recently — Walgreens is another.

Professor Akshay Rao of the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management joined MPR News guest host Chris Farrell to help us read between the lines.