Eli5 How do grocery stores around the world afford to be fully/half stocked in a product 24/7 simultaneously even in small towns where not everything’s bought?
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Every single store I’ve worked at ran at or near a loss. The last one I was lead in the dairy department so I had full access to the shrinkage data. Just my department was losing thousands a week from damaged product, spoilage, and theft. Quite often there would be damaged stuff on the pallets and it went straight into a bin to be thrown away. The store ate the cost of all of it. They manage by selling a lot of stuff and cutting costs everywhere they can. Part time employees, minimal benefits if any, maintenance was always just bare minimum. Also never enough of those part time employees and the job always felt stressful. Never enough time in the day. Which drove a lot of people out before they could get many raises. Hire new teenagers at lower rates and keep on burning through them.
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