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Why Grocery Stores Don’t Carry Everything You Want (Even When There’s Demand)

Why Grocery Stores Don’t Carry Everything You Want (Even When There’s Demand) Ever wonder why your grocery store doesn't carry that specific brand you love, even though you know other people want it too? The answer lies in a ruthless economic battlefield hidden behind those perfectly organized aisles. While 31,795 products compete for your attention in the average grocery store, thousands more are locked in an invisible war just to earn shelf space, where demand doesn't guarantee availability and missing products aren't accidents. What you see represents the winners of an economic system most shoppers never realize exists. With profit margins hovering at just 1.6% in 2023, grocery stores can't afford to take risks on unproven products or waste valuable real estate on items that might not sell. Every square inch of shelf space must generate profit in this high-volume, low-margin business model that prioritizes guaranteed sellers over customer variety. This creates a fascinating paradox where stores often make more money deciding what to sell than actually selling it, revealing the complex economics that determine whether your favorite product makes it to the shelf or gets lost in the battle for retail supremacy. Sources & References: 1. U.S. Department of Justice - The Economics of Slotting Contracts https://www.justice.gov/archives/atr/... 2. Trax Retail - Shelf Space Costs Guide https://traxretail.com/blog/quick-gui... 3. NPR - The Indicator from Planet Money https://www.npr.org/transcripts/11979... 4. Wikipedia - Slotting Fee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slottin... 5. Federal Trade Commission - Slotting Allowances Report https://www.ftc.gov/sites/default/fil... 6. CBS News - How Grocers Wring Extra Cash Out of Shelf Space https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-groc... 7. Salon - Inside the Grocery Store Agreements https://www.salon.com/2024/09/23/insi... 8. Food Dive - Less is More, Fewer Products in Stores https://www.fooddive.com/news/less-is... 9. Centric Software - Grocery Category Management https://www.centricsoftware.com/blog/... 10. Marketplace - How Grocery Stores Make Money https://www.marketplace.org/story/202... 11. Grocery Dive - Profit Margins Fall to Pre-Pandemic Levels https://www.grocerydive.com/news/groc... 12. Umbrex - How Retail Grocery Industry Works https://umbrex.com/resources/how-indu... 13. Supermarket News - The New Category Captain https://www.supermarketnews.com/groce... 14. Supermarket News - Vendors Paying High Price for Category Captains https://www.supermarketnews.com/groce... 15. UT Dallas - Understanding Category Captain Arrangements https://personal.utdallas.edu/~uxs092... 16. Food Navigator - Most New Products Fail https://www.foodnavigator.com/Article... 17. MIT Professional Education - Why 95% of New Products Miss the Mark https://professionalprograms.mit.edu/... 18. FMI - Food Industry Facts https://www.fmi.org/our-research/food... 19. Bureau of Labor Statistics - Productivity in Grocery Stores https://www.bls.gov/opub/btn/volume-8... 20. Chowhound - How Grocery Stores Decide Products https://www.chowhound.com/1818320/how... 21. Grocery Dive - 8 Trends Shaping Grocery Industry 2024 https://www.grocerydive.com/news/8-tr... 22. Grocery Dive - Grading 2024 Grocery Forecasts https://www.grocerydive.com/news/grad... 23. InContext Solutions - Category Captains and Their Changing Role https://incontextsolutions.com/blog/t... Disclaimer: Content on this channel is for general informational purposes only and is based on publicly available sources. It does not constitute professional, legal, or regulatory advice.