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thats certainly a false claim. no supermarket would be in business if they were throwing everything away.

• kcplate 4y ago
  Not necessarily, supermarkets have a built in expectation of some loss to spoilage already. A lot of those fake meat products have a pretty long shelf life since they are highly processed/frozen products and tend to be marketed in a very small footprint within the store. They are also priced to counter any spoilage expectation. So low stock requirements, small footprint, and consumer expectation that it’s an expensive product doesn’t really make that a false claim. They also could be considered a loss leader to attract vegan and vegetarians to buy the other vegetarian friendly foods they sell.
  • ekianjo 4y ago
    > expectation of some loss to spoilage already. some is the key word here. You can bet that anyone who's managing a supermarket is optimizing to reduce this kind of loss.
    • kcplate 4y ago
      Sure…and also incorporating what they can’t optimize into the price for the item.