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You forgot about the manufacturers who pay for specific product placement. Sometimes the store workers will only have a vague idea because the supplier has bee
by mark-r 7y ago
You forgot about the manufacturers who pay for specific product placement. Sometimes the store workers will only have a vague idea because the supplier has been given full responsibility for shelf layout.
- barbecue_sauce 6y agoThis usually only applies to certain categories and depends on the pricing model of the supermarket (and the supplier/purchaser power dynamics that depend mostly on the size of the retailer). Soda, chips, crackers and cookies are the most prominent categories that have any significant amount of placement power, and that's mostly because the big players use a direct store delivery model that helps alleviate labor costs at the store level.