scott wrote:
>> Grocery stores have facilities for storing enough tea to sink a ship.
> 
> Except they don't, they have the absolute minimum storage to keep the 
> shops in-stock.  Any additional storage is wasted money, not just 
> because of the building costs, but because the product could be cash 
> instead, earning money in the bank.  Ever heard of Just In Time business?
> 
> Where I used to work, even if a truck turned up an hour early to deliver 
> stuff (which they knew they couldn't, they usually waited in the street) 
> it sometimes wouldn't even be possible to unload because there would be 
> no empty slots in the warehouse.

What a remarkably inefficient way to do business...

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