Adult Children by Stephen Beals for May 31, 2022

They could do the same thing that the sports arenas did during Covid to replace fans in the stands. Have cardboard cut-outs with pictures of products to fill in the gaps.

Our store calls it flex stocking

There appears to be a cracker shortage but no one told the folks who make cheez-its because we have plenty of those,just not all the flavors

We cover the tags in the empty spots and fill with what we have

Empty spot? Fill the slot! The motto for the old soft drink delivery company I worked for back in 1979.

Fill in the gaps……but the gaps get wider…and wider!

Put Berle on the shelf. If you’re lucky someone might buy him for a lawn ornament.

I think it’s a sad commentary on the United States, what with the horrors going on in so many parts of the world (and, yes, in the U.S. too) that we consider it having to “make do” with fewer cracker choices……

I love the idea of filling in the holes on the shelves with products that don’t match the shelf tags.

I saw pretzel rods at one store that expired in December 2019. That was in January 2022!

“And it must match the planogram exactly!”