That describes none of the grocers I shop at. Most of them have the cheese up front with the deli. The trend seems to be various cheeses at the deli you can get sliced, and then a separate display of a bunch of other block cheeses you can browse. As I said, they like to locate the deli up front.
Milk varies. At Safeway it is directly back from the deli. You have deli, liquor, bakery, milk heading back in a straight line. At Sprouts it is at the other corner of the store, as far away from the deli as it could be. At Target, it is in the front, along with the other refrigerated foods (meats, produce, cheese, etc).
Most places seem to lay their stores out based on themed isles. A given isle will be devoted to like items. So you walk along the isles until you find what you are after, then walk down one to find the item you want.
Many groceries now have a"quick grab" section by the checkouts for things like a gallon of milk or a dozen eggs.
The big refrigerators are in the back for efficiency. They can be stocked from inside so stock automatically rotates and the chillers are all in one spot on the roof.
Yes, to get to them you have to traverse the whole store but they are also the items you will pickup last anyway.
Most of them have the cheese up front with the deli. The trend seems to be various cheeses at the deli you can get sliced, and then a separate display of a bunch of other block cheeses you can browse. As I said, they like to locate the deli up front.
That's because the cheeses available up front in the deli are much more expensive than the ones at the back in the dairy case.
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Have you ever been to a grocery store? (Score:3)
Milk, cheese, and eggs WAAAAAAY at the back. And you have to walk past candy and general merchandise (the high profit stuff).
Have you? (Score:2)
That describes none of the grocers I shop at. Most of them have the cheese up front with the deli. The trend seems to be various cheeses at the deli you can get sliced, and then a separate display of a bunch of other block cheeses you can browse. As I said, they like to locate the deli up front.
Milk varies. At Safeway it is directly back from the deli. You have deli, liquor, bakery, milk heading back in a straight line. At Sprouts it is at the other corner of the store, as far away from the deli as it could be. At Target, it is in the front, along with the other refrigerated foods (meats, produce, cheese, etc).
Most places seem to lay their stores out based on themed isles. A given isle will be devoted to like items. So you walk along the isles until you find what you are after, then walk down one to find the item you want.
Re: Have you? (Score:0)
Many groceries now have a"quick grab" section by the checkouts for things like a gallon of milk or a dozen eggs.
The big refrigerators are in the back for efficiency. They can be stocked from inside so stock automatically rotates and the chillers are all in one spot on the roof.
Yes, to get to them you have to traverse the whole store but they are also the items you will pickup last anyway.
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That's because the cheeses available up front in the deli are much more expensive than the ones at the back in the dairy case.