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> Trader Joe's stores are always full, even at times when "regular" supermarkets are mostly empty. They actually employ a neat UX trick to make it appear this

> Trader Joe's stores are always full, even at times when "regular" supermarkets are mostly empty. They actually employ a neat UX trick to make it appear this way! When a product is sold out, they'll remove the sign for it and rearrange the existing products to fill the space, making it seem like there's nothing missing. I realized this when I visited once and the entire spice shelf consisted of one spice (onion salt), spread across like 5 shelves.

djmips 5y ago
I thought many stores did that. I've noticed that in plenty of other establishments.
Spivak 5y ago
This must be location dependent because my TJ’s always runs out of cauliflower gnocchi and meatless meatballs and they never bother to fill in the space. Another nice thing about TJ’s is if they’re out of something you can have a manager reserve it for you and call you when it’s ready.
- Nyra 5y ago
  The frozen items are restocked daily in the afternoons so it would be a waste of time to reorganize unless they know there’s a shortage for a specific item. Usually they do if that’s the case.
- bombcar 5y ago
  Many stores give the manager leeway in ordering (even Walmart) - so if theres something you want you can often get them to order extra for you. Can be fun to get a load of soemthing still in the shipping crates.
zemvpferreira 5y ago
Not that you don't make a fine point but I believe the original comment was referring to stores being full or empty of customers. Still, learned something new!
geoduck14 5y ago
>the entire spice shelf consisted of one spice (onion salt), spread across like 5 shelves. Oh good! They have plenty of onion salt for my famous ...(looks through recipe book)... meat loaf
purplecats 5y ago
pretty severe extrapolation of one minuscule data point to the behavior of a massive conglomerate. could have just been a bored child that set those spices that way

djmips 5y ago

I thought many stores did that. I've noticed that in plenty of other establishments.

Spivak 5y ago

This must be location dependent because my TJ’s always runs out of cauliflower gnocchi and meatless meatballs and they never bother to fill in the space. Another nice thing about TJ’s is if they’re out of something you can have a manager reserve it for you and call you when it’s ready.

Nyra 5y ago
The frozen items are restocked daily in the afternoons so it would be a waste of time to reorganize unless they know there’s a shortage for a specific item. Usually they do if that’s the case.
bombcar 5y ago
Many stores give the manager leeway in ordering (even Walmart) - so if theres something you want you can often get them to order extra for you. Can be fun to get a load of soemthing still in the shipping crates.

zemvpferreira 5y ago

Not that you don't make a fine point but I believe the original comment was referring to stores being full or empty of customers. Still, learned something new!

geoduck14 5y ago

>the entire spice shelf consisted of one spice (onion salt), spread across like 5 shelves. Oh good! They have plenty of onion salt for my famous ...(looks through recipe book)... meat loaf

purplecats 5y ago

pretty severe extrapolation of one minuscule data point to the behavior of a massive conglomerate. could have just been a bored child that set those spices that way