Stores where I am remind me of grocery stores in Mexico City: full-ish but the variety is heavily pared down from what I'm used to. And the shelves get filled with items that aren't typical for the region/time of year (eg. Easter hams and corned beef year-round)
Yes, this is definitely what I am seeing. They still have generally all the stuff you need, but then just random things are missing and yeah, lot of less choices.
I know I go into also a quick trip every day and they usually keep things pretty well stocked, but they I have just noticed a lot of things that when they DO run out of an item [say a type of m&ms for just random example] it takes LONG time of that spot being empty before they get a new one in. Not saying there is a rush on the m&ms for example, but eventually these items do run out and then it takes forever.
Yeah, stuff isn't restocking as quick, but that may also be that people have started buying prepper style again and it sells out fast. The shelves have all the necessities but less choices. But even the cereal shelves, with workers on strike, are still full, minus a few favorites. And I'm in a Blue City.
And the shelves get filled with items that aren't typical for the region/time of year
This is what I've seen a few times recently while shopping. Technically the shelves weren't empty, however seeing excess multipacks of confectionery in the fresh produce areas that were previously fridges is telling that the spots where fresh produce are missing are being filled with whatever is around.
Whether this is being done to hide a lack or products or taking advantage of the space, or both, it's still disguising the fact for many npcs who look at "full" shelves and don't see the forest for the trees.
It's definitely a trick stores do to make sure you see full shelves. Several years ago when I used to travel a lot to California, I'd go the local bevmo stores; and for whatever reason they always had a far better variety of stuff than they do where I live. So whereas the stores up here might have a few rows of the same product on the shelf, down there they'd have one row each of a much greater variety of products.
It's definitely a trick stores do to make sure you see full shelves
Went in to an Aldi store in the last few months [or Lidl, I never remember which one it is], and compared to a previous visit where there used to be an entire fridge/freezer not attached to the walls was instead some regular shelves packed with chocolates and other snack foods. So maybe they were lacking in frozen goods and didn't want it to appear so.
Stores where I am remind me of grocery stores in Mexico City: full-ish but the variety is heavily pared down from what I'm used to. And the shelves get filled with items that aren't typical for the region/time of year (eg. Easter hams and corned beef year-round)
Yes, this is definitely what I am seeing. They still have generally all the stuff you need, but then just random things are missing and yeah, lot of less choices.
I know I go into also a quick trip every day and they usually keep things pretty well stocked, but they I have just noticed a lot of things that when they DO run out of an item [say a type of m&ms for just random example] it takes LONG time of that spot being empty before they get a new one in. Not saying there is a rush on the m&ms for example, but eventually these items do run out and then it takes forever.
Yeah, stuff isn't restocking as quick, but that may also be that people have started buying prepper style again and it sells out fast. The shelves have all the necessities but less choices. But even the cereal shelves, with workers on strike, are still full, minus a few favorites. And I'm in a Blue City.
This is what I've seen a few times recently while shopping. Technically the shelves weren't empty, however seeing excess multipacks of confectionery in the fresh produce areas that were previously fridges is telling that the spots where fresh produce are missing are being filled with whatever is around.
Whether this is being done to hide a lack or products or taking advantage of the space, or both, it's still disguising the fact for many npcs who look at "full" shelves and don't see the forest for the trees.
It's definitely a trick stores do to make sure you see full shelves. Several years ago when I used to travel a lot to California, I'd go the local bevmo stores; and for whatever reason they always had a far better variety of stuff than they do where I live. So whereas the stores up here might have a few rows of the same product on the shelf, down there they'd have one row each of a much greater variety of products.
Went in to an Aldi store in the last few months [or Lidl, I never remember which one it is], and compared to a previous visit where there used to be an entire fridge/freezer not attached to the walls was instead some regular shelves packed with chocolates and other snack foods. So maybe they were lacking in frozen goods and didn't want it to appear so.