I think Walter’s point is that if you’re the supermarket and you know that you’re always out of stock in on a certain item at a particular time of the day, it’s not difficult to place a larger order to ensure you’re always in stock.

Because of the razor thin margins for produce, assuring timely deliveries of sufficient quantities mean profits. Retailer wins, customer wins.

Fresh produces are usually delivered in a group and batches.

Unless your POS is linked to a teleportation device, it would be quite difficult for the lemongrass to appear once stock has run out.

If you have worked in a supermarket environment, you would understand the constraints.