Bonzi777 t1_ja8iwa9 wrote on February 27, 2023 at 5:12 PM

Reply to comment by mdchaney 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

Yeah, I’ve worked in the grocery business for 20+ years doing everything from stocking shelves to building planograms to sales analysis. If I’ve ever seen a store with stuff in the back it was sitting on a pallet waiting to be stocked and nobody was going to be able to locate it until that happened.

Silver-Ad8136 t1_jabt0jv wrote on February 28, 2023 at 8:12 AM

Some people sure have some strange ideas about how businesses do business. I worked at a Corningware store, and while we did have a fair bit of merch in the back, it was the same stuff we had up front, not like...super secret extra good stuff we kept hidden because...idk? We hate money?