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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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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this is a good question, very off the wall though. ive worked in several grocery stores/reatil spaces and theres A L OT of waste/shrink. Id like to know to, maybe the profit they make on selling just enough of a few products (upselling) out ways or matches the expenses of the total in stock product and waste.