BehindBlueI's
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- Oct 3, 2012
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My daughter grocery shops exclusively at Meijer, and every week for the last few months, Meijer didn’t have toilet paper, they didn’t have any pasta of any kind, they didn’t have potatoes and on and on and on, this past week it was applesauce pouches (she has a toddler). Every week we go to Kroger and they have everything, nothing is noticeably out of stock, so I’m wondering if it’s not just a matter of Kroger having more buying power?
All that being said, we always stay well stocked on things, and rarely ever need anything we don’t have on hand, I’m trying to convince the kids to do the same.
It may be purchasing power, but I bet it's also strength of logistics. There's a lot of steps between purchase orders and stocked shelves.