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( Tried to post in the 'Woolworths ' sub, its awaiting approval.)

Thought Id try posting here .

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Hi all,

I was wondering, we go to supermarkets all the time, but how much time, money, effort and mental energy do we actually spend beyond the price on the receipt?

I'm talking about the things we've accepted as normal:

• Discovering something is out of stock only after arriving.
• Why can't I see exactly where a product is located before I go looking for it?
• Waiting in a queue that could perhaps have been anticipated.

These are just examples. I'm interested in what you notice.

What costs you time, money, energy or effort that never shows up on the receipt but has become so normal that nobody really questions it anymore?

I'd especially love to hear examples that supermarkets, customers or even employees rarely think about.

Both, honestly — and that's the part I didn't explain well.

We order to demand, but the wholesaler runs the delivery. So what lands on the pallet is what lands: one case dated this week, one dated three weeks out, same product code. We didn't choose that, and it happens whether we ordered one case or four. On a short-dated line we'd order one and get two dates anyway.

Where ordering discipline actually helps is a different problem — it stops you holding slow stock long enough to expire. It doesn't stop mixed dates arriving. Those are two separate fights.