OwnInitiative1521

OwnInitiative1521 t1_ja8sij0 wrote

Reply to comment by Silver-Ad8136 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

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.

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OwnInitiative1521 t1_ja8gu4z wrote

Reply to comment by Silver-Ad8136 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

Yes, thank you for telling me you can’t research or read. Here, I’ll help you.

Research on how limited options reduce consumer spending; https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1509/jm.11.0495?journalCode=jmxa Page 10; https://www.ccrrc.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/03/wasted-food-IP.pdf

Research on the amount of food wasted by grocery stores per year; https://www.usda.gov/foodwaste/faqs

https://www.feedingamerica.org/our-work/reduce-food-waste

Next time before you gloat over an “I gotchya moment”, you might want to step back and ask yourself if you really know what you’re talking about.ask yourself, “have I actually read anything on this subject or am I just a lame keyboard warrior who’s angry at the world”.

Have a nice day.

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OwnInitiative1521 t1_ja8chl3 wrote

Reply to 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

30% of all that food you see is going in the garbage. That’s 16 billion pounds a year.

Despite what people are saying about forecasting that’s actually not the reason stores overstock. Stores know they throw the majority of their food away however, having the shelves full is a marketing strategy to get people to buy more. More options means people buy more. Simple as that. Supermarkets are a way for someone to make money. They don’t care about your health or saving the planet, they want more money so the owners can invest more into stocks, buy a rental property and take vacations. It’s just for money.

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