Prior to covid, supermarkets always tended to stack shelves towards the front to create an impression of abundance. A few weeks before the the panic buying started in early 2020, it was clear that certain shelves (e.g. vitamin supplements) where only stacked one item deep as some people quietly began to stock up, but most shoppers didn't notice the shortages since the items were lined up at the front (or different items from nearby put in as placeholders) to keep the shelves looking 'full'.
Then the supermarkets dropped the charade and gave up on lining up items at the front of each shelf, so that shelves took on that half-empty look we've grown used to since then.
Now it looks like they're moving back to pre-covid shelf stacking practice, and people have such short memories that they've published a dumb article about what a great new thing it is.
Prior to covid, supermarkets always tended to stack shelves towards the front to create an impression of abundance. A few weeks before the the panic buying started in early 2020, it was clear that certain shelves (e.g. vitamin supplements) where only stacked one item deep as some people quietly began to stock up, but most shoppers didn't notice the shortages since the items were lined up at the front (or different items from nearby put in as placeholders) to keep the shelves looking 'full'.
Then the supermarkets dropped the charade and gave up on lining up items at the front of each shelf, so that shelves took on that half-empty look we've grown used to since then.
Now it looks like they're moving back to pre-covid shelf stacking practice, and people have such short memories that they've published a dumb article about what a great new thing it is.
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