Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>> On the other hand, our local Tesco *never* seems to have any bread left
>>> on sale. Every single time I go there, only a couple of loaves left.
>>> Why?
>>
>> They order an amount they think will last for one day. Fresh bread won't
>> sell on another day, so every unselled bread is a loss.
> 
> And every customer who walks in to buy bread but can't is also a loss.
> 

Yes, but that can't be seen on the printed selling reports, 'cause the
system can't know if you would've bought bread if it was available.
Instead of that it's easy to print "bought 20 breads, sold 18".

Yes, they should learn from that kind of mistakes, but...

-Aero

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