Silver-Ad8136 t1_ja8rz9t wrote on February 27, 2023 at 6:09 PM

Reply to comment by OwnInitiative1521 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

Your citations don't say what you think they do, that businesses over-order by half, fully expecting the majority of product to be wasted...so to make? More money? Because...science?

OwnInitiative1521 t1_ja8sij0 wrote on February 27, 2023 at 6:12 PM

You’re right. Inference is bad. Anyways….the corporations that own grocery stores do care about you. They love the planet and want to throw out 30% of their food just so you feel happy. You’re right. I’m wrong. There you go. Have a nice day. I’m going to go enjoy it. Hope you do too.

Silver-Ad8136 t1_ja8srjf wrote on February 27, 2023 at 6:14 PM

They don't want to throw out 30% of their product.