This confuses and infuriates me, lots of Food vans/stalls where i live have special niche’s such as selling croissants etc, and these places make an absolute KILLING and run out of stock so very early in the day, yet they never seem to decide to just have more ready for the day?
It doesnt make sense to me, it would increase profit, only difficulty i see is that its a risk that they dont need to take.
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A variety of reasons. Here are a few.
One: food trucks and small shops have very limited space. Things like croissants have to be prepared waaaay in advance and have an appropriate place to rest for hours before they are baked. The owner may be prepping as much as they possibly can in the space they have.
Two: If their profit margin per croissant is pretty small, it makes more sense to always sell out than have their profit destroyed by a dozen unsold croissants.
Three: scarcity increases demand. If people have to be one ofn the first few hundred customers in order to get one, then it makes it seem more valuable and desirable.
Four: if they were up late prepping croissants and up early baking them, the owner probably very much wants the afternoon off. Sticking around to make money in the afternoon doesn’t seem worth it if you work late into the night and start super early. People need time to themselves.
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