Damoncord t1_ja8d3kv wrote on February 27, 2023 at 4:35 PM

Reply to comment by [deleted] in ELI5: why do grocery stores in the US keep such a large inventory? Aside from being prepared for episodic panic buying like toilet paper or bottled water, is there an economic reason to do this? How much of the food ends up going bad? by DrEverythingBAlright

I've worked at some grocery stores, one place would actually have us pull products a month before date so they could mark it for quick sale, marking it down again at a week before the best by date. We didn't end up throwing away much expired product.