James Silverton wrote:
> "Goomba" > wrote in message

>> seriously though, isn't one of the complaints against Walmart is that
>> it only stocks the top 5-7 items in any catagory? This in turn is
>> encouraging the boring, homogenation of the US marketplace.
>
> I wonder why my local Giant store had 6 yards of shelf space for
> Hellmann's mayonnaise and 1 yard for Kraft.....I checked! I protested to
> the central management who claimed that price was all but they promise
> improvement but I'll bet Hellman's gave them a better deal.
>
That is a little different as manufacturers have long been paying
grocers for their position and space on shelves.
But Walmart apparently is doing it so they can buy bigger quantities and
demand the deepest discounts. Apparently the way they demand price cuts
is quite ruthless and problematic for companies.