Aldi, a brutally efficient grocery chain, is upending America's supermarkets

Re:Aldi, a brutally efficient grocery chain, is upending Ame... by dragonwriter on Friday May 17, 2019 @11:47PM (#19945472)

> Parmesan Garlic is more popular than every other flavor, and Safeway should stock more of that flavor than they do of other flavors

Or they should increase the sale price relative to other flavors, so that it still sells out, but near the end of the sale period, maximizing profits.

Or, they are doing the right thing, and you aren't the only person who has noticed it, and the sales drive people to the store at the early part of the sale, which is why the Garlic Parmesan sells out, and Safeway has other means of taking advantage of that, like merchandising high margin complementary products in conjunction with it.

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Re:Aldi, a brutally efficient grocery chain, is upending Ame... by kkarakk on Saturday May 18, 2019 @02:25AM (#19946010)

or people just goto amazon/online retailer that does stock it and order the product there. although infuriatingly companies seem to have caught onto this and don't sell some products online, in which case my contrarian brain just rejects the product entirely instead of accepting the artificial scarcity

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