My experience from Tesco, Sainsburys, ASDA, Waitrose and M&S show that in every single store the format is always different. Either completely mirrored, flipped on itself, some products coupled with others in a different way, and freezer/fridge aisles sometimes together sometimes apart, sometimes by the entrance, sometimes in the middle. Why is that if there are now defined principles in what you should place where, and even if each company believed in different principles, why doesnt each company at least standardise their own stores?
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Numerous factors-
1 Store size. Different stores are different sizes, and shapes depending on the area they are situated and the availble space/ planned market.. What works for one floor plan doesn’t neccesarily work for another.
2 customers. Customers in different areas like different things, so different branches carry different products, and or different stock levels. This means certain types of product need more space in some stores then others.
3 There’s more then one possible arrangement that works well.
4 They do tend to have LOTS of things in common. Walk into any supermarket. Fresh Fruit and Veg is almost always the first thing you come to. Dairy products are always kept together. Dental and medical supplies are in the same isle, sweets biscuits and crisps are next to one another. And so on.
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