Fake Food Covers Empty Grocery Store Shelves to Hide Shortages

Stores are doing their best not to draw customers’ attention to the fact that shelves are much emptier than they usually are. Some stores are filling shelves with large, out of season items like camping chairs, or “decoys” of real products. One store went so far as to cover the shelves with a sheet that had a photo of fully stocked shelves printed on it. Shopping expert Phil Lempert says that there’s a method to the deception, as empty shelves can spark panic and cause people to start hoarding.

[@arlynnm9835]

“They don’t want to scare consumers at all” Okay because a bunch of random giant bottles aren’t scary. Totally normal.

[@EmilioLopezFlores]

😂😂😂

[@jak6744]

Lmaooooooo god that funny

[@hiinsanity]

Oh boy 😭😭😭

[@kayb8211]

My exact thoughts as he said it! 🤣

[@stopminormutilation]

I was really like “Ok so they’re trying to basically scare us.”

[@GirliePop_Z]

Grocery stores: "We don't want to cause panic." Inside Edition: *Causes panic*

[@oomma5]

I just laughed out loud to your comment

[@SanjitT]

Thank Jo Bden!!

[@NikoPeludo]

LMFAO

[@LotsofLisa]

Well yeah because I totally wouldn’t notice I picked up a lawn chair instead of Frosted Flakes…. WTF!

[@c.jjohns6758]

Sensationalism is all the journalism left on tv,or just right out lying to tho

[@nspring06]

"moving cartons of milk to the front of the shelf to make it seem full" Ummm that's called front facing and every store has done that throughout history.

[@PETERJOHN101]

The point is that pulling the product forward looks nice until you realize there isn't enough product to meet demand going forward.

[@omr7991]

@@PETERJOHN101 no. It's is done even when there is no shortage... but news Channels need every points they can find to cover their stories.

[@DeletedDevilDeletedAngel]

@@omr7991 wait did I just see a reply 33 seconds ago? Damn what luck

[@x1disc999]

yeah just rotating stock haha

[@jaakf1503]

I heard they had to much stuff now there saying they can’t get stuff in

[@LemonCrush007]

Did they just say that “fronting” items, like milk, was a ploy??? I was a stocker in 2003 and we did this as a routine task to make the shelves look neater! 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@fortunamajor7239]

literally ive worked various retail jobs over the past decade and it's common practice lol

[@dayd7420]

dude thats like 20 years ago

[@LemonCrush007]

@@dayd7420 I mean, I’m glad you can count… but what’s your point?

[@erin22222]

@@dayd7420 that’s the point. It’s nothing new.

[@dayd7420]

@@LemonCrush007 that was a long time ago bud take another birth control pill and youll feel better lmfao

[@StarTropicsKing]

Worked at Target for years. This is not a new tactic at all. We called it “flexing”. Basically, they never wanted to see empties. Ever. It’s just never been this severe. Glad I got out when I did.

[@LaeDragon]

Exactly! My store calls this "spread to fill" so that the shelves look full and orderly

[@christinsongbird]

Lmao@ glad I got out when I did. Because ??? 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

[@connorg.8994]

@@christinsongbird because retail is hell right now

[@kenzchan2650]

Worked for the disney parks for years and we call it fixing a hole. Since a shelf is empty it creates a hole of product so we fill it with something else

[@ferdinandiofbulgaria9485]

@@christinsongbird retail is always hell, but it has gotten significantly worse in recent years with karens, shortages, anti maskers, pandemic, and inflation but no wage changes. I am still in retail, have been for the last 7 years, but it has never gotten this bad. BTW I dont care of your an anti masker, it is store policy. I am not allowed to do anything about it, just put on a mask for the 30 minutes your in a store and then leave. Tou guys follow the no shirt no shoes no service policy, despite it not being a law. What is so different about this? Stores have the right to refuse service so just dont make it a big deal. Protest on your own time, dont waste barely paid people's times.

[@nathanjamesbaker]

Customer: "On which aisle can I find Coke bottle piggy banks?" Store employee: "Yes."

[@kitttenxo1148]

I love the humor. It helps during such a scary time.

[@jerkycam]

"I'll take the entire stock"

[@jerkycam]

What if they just went into a giant dollhouse.

[@cljoe35]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@cljoe35]

You win the comment section

[@AegisAuras]

I think the giant printouts of food scare me more than the empty shelves.

[@CHAOS_6E]

This isn’t new. It’s called zoning in Walmart. Just pushing everything to the front. We’ve had some instances where we have had shortages so we just spread out the products to make the shelves full.

[@Kjk_808]

Yea, we do this at my store except we call it “facing”

[@jimb.7523]

*Won't the fake pictures just annoy people that think the shelves actually have the product(s) they're looking for?*

[@audreyampora1833]

It might annoy them but they might not freak out at first. They'll just look for food elsewhere.

[@AwesomeAlexAdam]

@@audreyampora1833 Look for it where?!

[@TheHaughtyOsprey]

Anyone who didn't know this was coming probably needs to be brought inside when it rains so they don't drown from looking up. I got kicked 9ff facebook in April of last year for spelling this all out sequentially. Want to know what's coming next? The books I read 30 years ago that got me out on "lists" have all been right up to this point..... Hope you got a generator and a years fuel.

[@Carlos-ui5dx]

@@TheHaughtyOsprey which books?

[@chrishealy7126]

@@AwesomeAlexAdam in your own yards, where we "crazy preppers" have been mocked for warning you to grow it. I've been warning of this "unrest"/civil war/ww/fakealien sequence for 12 years, and offered farmsteads in hawai'i... still doing everything myself. Everybody gets what they deserve except the victims of your stupidity trusting govt & willful historical ignorance...the children you people indoctrinated thus. I'll feed them, having been preparing for plenty orphans of this war.

[@michelleaguirre6382]

They "don't want to scare customers." They "don't want people hoarding." Scares people into hoarding by reporting on it 😂

[@adingdingdiiing6740]

Inside was like: THEY don't want that. But WE do.🤣

[@herbertmartinez1735]

Right

[@damiandavis4831]

As though "they" have the right to dictate whether we "hoard" or not

[@herbertmartinez1735]

@@damiandavis4831 it's an addiction hoarding

[@damiandavis4831]

@@herbertmartinez1735 im not talking about hoarding the illness, im talking about having a stockpile of water, nonperishable food, & supplies for emergency situations, which shareholders of big companies like to brand "hoarding" to give it negative connotation.

[@user-ic1ii7ky8p]

It’s called “facing”. Putting stuff at the front of the shelf. Just makes everything look nice and organized

[@johnmatejcik2379]

Yes.... Every store everywhere since stores existed have been doing this. That's not new.

[@theWEITNA]

The moving milk to the front of the shelf had me laughing. That's how people actually stock milk. 😂

[@alexanderb2193]

“This drink fridge sure looks full!” *shows an obviously fake and printed picture of a “stocked” refrigerator taped to the inside*

[@skinnybuddha8988]

It's those annoying digital ones they got too

[@JamilKhan-hk1wl]

The digital screen on the fridge is for advertisement. Dont think its to hide the empty fridge tho

[@halcyongrey2576]

It's not fake, it's a digital machine that displays images and ads.

[@GregNixon]

yea, this is done at Walgreens. I guess so you don't open the fridge for ten minutes looking through food. Oh, and more importantly, advertising space...

[@angelseliteautodetailing]

Stop saying that your making my head hurt.

[@loganleblanc694]

“They don’t want to scare customers” Inside edition- don’t worry we got that

[@jonesnow4232]

lol🤣

[@kahponeboneruthlessrecords356]

Lol

[@AStri-zg5xc]

Exactly

[@ambersgrace1]

My thoughts exactly.

[@edchaos2679]

That part

[@ghostccc8089]

Glad people didn’t get scared, seems everything has been fine. Shout-out to the truckers!!!

[@jonbiz6223]

Wow. I must have missed all this!! I never even knew there was a shortage tbh… none of the places where I live missed a beat. 🙌🏼 Go Utah

[@voidovert6517]

This video is old

[@voidovert6517]

@@jessicanielsen3332 this video is old

[@CarlosG2288]

“So we’re gonna expose them so that everyone watching can go panic buy asap!” Lol

[@blang8127]

💯✔

[@vicandsam7576]

Devils

[@ms4687]

That’s the media for ya..

[@c.jjohns6758]

Now you get it!!

[@Mr20west]

Grocery stores made bank at the beginning of the pandemic wouldn't be hard to pay a new station to report a panic story to run up sales again...

[@shuichisaihope398]

"Moving milk to the front to make it look full" what thats a normal retail practice

[@appathelastskybison]

You had visual context

[@tryme9914]

Yup, I used to be an overnight grocery stocker.

[@mistyize]

Commonly known as facing, or zoning. Stocking empty shelves with large product has always been a thing too, but it's a little more evident now. Usually it's because you're about to rework that whole aisle or something, but now it's because stuff is just missing.

[@ChronicleDrew]

@@mistyize nothing is missing. If trump didn’t start problems with half the world and one of our biggest suppliers which is china we wouldn’t even be in a goods shortage.

[@lauralewis9980]

It’s called flexing

[@ScaryEnding]

They don't want customers to panic yet they go viral about it on social media themselves.

[@Brandtyboy1]

It's so weird seeing these empty shelves. I live in a relatively small town and while the stores haven't been empty they can at times have less variety in options. On the other hand I can also go straight to a farm and buy what I want direct.

[@jenchrollin6035]

Thank everyone that voted for Biden

[@jakobwhaley5641]

@@jenchrollin6035I don't remember which president it was (my memory is just failing by this point) but we got a letter thanking or grandma for voting for him... my grandma, who's been dead for 6 and a half years.

[@rootadmin7668]

@@jakobwhaley5641 lol thats illegal

[@jakobwhaley5641]

@@rootadmin7668yeah, it confused the hell outta all of us and I don't know anything about politics but all I know is I hate whoever that person was

[@jakobwhaley5641]

@@jenchrollin6035 the major clip shown was in the UK, not the US, so your point is kinda flimsy, but screw biden, that I agree with you on.

[@sircasm6578]

Three rows of plastic piggy banks in a grocery store is going to scare everybody 🤣

[@muhammaduwaismuhsinmuaz4385]

Peppa's gonna scare them, beware

[@SockTeamStudios_Official]

They're useful to pour alcoholic drinks then jug it

[@someguy9778]

It was walmart...

[@andrjsjan4231]

Aren't piggy banks where you put your coins, money? Aren't these just simple water bottles, sorry for my bad English grammar by the way.

[@muhammaduwaismuhsinmuaz4385]

@@andrjsjan4231 I usually throw my coins away, I haven't use my piggy banks for 2 years now

[@abe365]

I think media should not sensationalize this issue... It only causes panic buying and makes the situation even worse.

[@AiSHAisasingleladyAb]

American media do that’s all the time when it’s comes to the rest of the world!

[@robd1329]

...exactly...Fake news!

[@lasttry99]

I dont think you know how the media actually works

[@blnunya6689]

Thats all the media is nowadays. If you believe half of what they say we should all be dead from covid or murder hornets. God help us if they crossbreed with those deadly killer bees from the 1970's!

[@universenerdd]

@@robd1329 this isn’t fake news.

[@rheathesecond]

Yes, I can understand how disappointed people can be at empty shelves, but covering it with fake products is a very stupid idea.

[@lindzexposure530]

Well, it kinda works. I mean, sure, you might notice somethings up… but then your mind will be on the fake pictures of food and all the big coke bottles instead of primarily thinking about the food storage. Any attempt to prevent hysteria is a good effort.

[@rustyshakleford5230]

This will stop and prices will come back down when the US invades Russia and throws Putin out of office. He is responsible for the high gas prices and for my crippling student loan debt. It's also Trump's fault.

[@Fifth_Entertainment]

So the store is trying thir best to stop people from panicking while the news trying to make people panicking. Good job!!!

[@arielm1374]

As a retail worker, I get told "well maybe you should be ordering more!" At least 15 times a day. People have been pretty terrible lately.

[@justind.6780]

Stay safe and hopefully get through this with your sanity comrade 🙏

[@Juanitojtc]

im like yeah imma go order more right after we done here😂

[@iguardwisconsinberry8830]

Or you can't order more because the warehouse is out and the customers still don't understand or care

[@user-dc9oq2pr6v]

Capitalism is failing

[@coriemcphearson6137]

Just say would if I could but I can't

[@TearYouApart360]

I worked in a grocery store for 2 years I can attest to having to spread out merchandise to give the illusion of packed shelves. This is quite common even before the pandemic.

[@cherylcogan3542]

Yes, exactly what I was thinking, same thing at store where I worked. It's always been like that, only now it seems to be worse...

[@niubilities]

My friend runs two and they always stock up less of the expensive and hard to sell stuff. Less waste and cost.

[@anonymous111delta4]

@@cherylcogan3542 I think me u and Josh worked at the same store 🤣

[@petzouqi76]

Seen it plenty before

[@cherylcogan3542]

@@petzouqi76 Yes, but now it's being taken to an extreme...

[@nicklowery2680]

This guy was on point when he said everything was about to go up...

[@stlcardinals380]

Pulling things to the front is called “facing” or “zoning” and it’s been around way longer than these shortages have.

[@speechless4033]

Store: Runs out of antibiotics *Puts Tic-Tacs in the supplement bottles

[@youtubesucks4115]

This made me giggle

[@caitlincunningham8354]

Do NOT give them any ideas!

[@l3gtk1la3]

* Laughs in British *

[@calliecat1191]

Oh lord almighty 🙏 😫

[@ahr7660]

@@youtubesucks4115 the

[@BigHughJazz]

This is like putting a towel over the bird cage so the bird thinks it’s night

[@susannadzejachok3230]

Doesn't work, bird stays up.

[@xeii1r906]

@@susannadzejachok3230 that's the point

[@susannadzejachok3230]

@@xeii1r906 Birdless people might not get it.

[@thenoah8123]

OMG 😱 so does that mean I have wings and I could fly and and and I’m a 🦅!!

[@johnred8938]

@@susannadzejachok3230 lmao

[@Hello-hx7vg]

There is one problem with this tactic. There is still no food available for visiting, desperate customers, only wasted gas.

[@KuariThunderclaw]

Honestly there's one Walmart near me that people have been screaming about lately. I worked there before covid though and know for a fact that their shelves have always had massive empties half the time while a bunch of stock was stuffed in the backroom because they could never get the staffing. They'd always hire stockers and then move them to the front registers when things got busy without ever properly training them as cashiers. Most new hires never lasted long... which makes sense, if they wanted the cashier job, they'd apply for the cashier job. (and no one applied for the cashier jobs in part because they were paid less for much higher stress)

[@GooblyWoobly69]

Moving the milk to the front isn’t them trying to hide anything. That’s just how to stock shelves

[@lovescarguitar]

I'll take your facts and I'll spin it so it makes it look like you're just hiding something anyway.

[@ArariaKAgelessTraveller]

It's actually common practice So not only it gives the idea that stock always full, it also gives better reach for customer But the staff need to maintain that regularly

[@Depths17]

Not necessarily? Aren't there supposed to be different varieties of milk brands in each row? If it's all the same kind of milk the whole way through then that's usually not right

[@naviirysplays3549]

@@Depths17 it depends on the brand.

[@PETERJOHN101]

The point is that pulling the product forward looks nice until you realize there isn't enough product to meet demand going forward.

[@brianakl]

Just block of a section and have the items in a more confined space and put a “under construction” sign up 🤣🤣🤣

[@Royalsprincess1]

honestly that's what I thought. Stores should just put a part of the store "under construction".

[@uncleartax]

There it is

[@erinschnaedter6172]

They could also try taking out some of their shelves and turning them into a display of some sort. Christmas is coming after all; a fancy display would just make it seem like they're trying to brighten up the store for the holidays.

[@caronstout354]

Or just post a sign- "Pardon Our Mess"- and remove a few shelves...

[@l3gtk1la3]

* Laughs in British *

[@SatoshiAR]

I remember during the height of the pandemic my local grocery store had a section entirely occupied with just cabbages. Nothing else.

[@Girorofan]

I work at Walmart right now, and my shift is from 2 to 11pm. And from 5pm to the end of my shift I have to go through every aisle, pull product to the front and make it appear neater and fuller. They call it "zoning" or "flexing". The shelves will be full again by morning but in that time in the evening when people get off work and need to shop, they want the store to look full. I havent seen a shortage of products though. The store is always full again by the time the night shift is done stocking the store. And they restock again around the time my shift starts.

[@MajesticAfterlife]

Look if I saw a bunch of piggy banks in every single shelf I would be more scared than if it was just empty

[@Camibug]

Same!

[@yaddii90]

Forsure

[@SplashyMagikarpEatsTomNook]

@Censorship Is always wrong dont put politics into everything

[@linazarate8390]

😅

[@jax597]

Ya damn right, like a horror movie expescially if they were dolls

[@khrp7174]

Spreading merchandise out and bringing it to the front of shelves isn't new. This was common practice way before the pandemic.

[@rexman971]

Exactly if your out of something they want you to cover up the empty holes with back stock. Just so the store looks nice. I mean if your out of something just leave it empty.

[@AStri-zg5xc]

Yes but back then we always assumed there'd be more. Not now.

[@binbin7760]

It's called facing. Closers and Pre-Closers have to face several aisles if not the whole store before Close. Then Night crew does too.

[@thatkidmingming7390]

@@binbin7760 nah its conditioning

[@nozty]

It's called pushing the product.

[@samchu5890]

I work at Walmart. We have to move items to the front everyday. It's not because of shortage. We get deliveries everyday. We do it to make the products easier for the customers to see and reach.

[@osha3859]

As a former Walmart associate we were taught how to "ZONE" that's when you take existing product on the shelf pull everything to the very front to make the shelf look more robust and full. When there was nothing to put on the shelves we were told to put giant totes to line the shelves there would be at least six rows.

[@jordanzinger3066]

*DIZ MAN WENT THROUGH YEARS OR COLLEGE ONLY FOR INSIDE EDITION TO CALL HIM A ‘SHOPPING EXPERT’* 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@MannoulaZ]

Lmao

[@hankwatt]

He's a legend in the grocery industry. If you have a consumer packaged good, you know Phil

[@santiagogonzalezbenjumea9880]

Lol

[@mrpeanutbutter6094]

I been watching porn for almost 20 years. So now I’m a porn expert.

[@BrankAnt]

Did him wrong right there

[@community1949]

How can those plastic piggy banks and chairs hide the fact that your hot chocolate and raisin brand cereal is not on the shelf? That is just crazy.

[@kittycat8222]

Exactly. We’re not animals distracted by camouflage.

[@blnunya6689]

Makes us look like North Korea. They've got grocery stores filled with nothing but fake plastic food.

[@rrboss33]

@@blnunya6689 only difference is north Korea does have shortages and we don't they forget to mention that it is because no one is unloading at the ports not because there is no merchandise

[@Ooxxls]

At my Walmart one whole isle is nothing but Christmas cakes. Boxes lined up and stacked. And when I saw it I was extremely confused because I've never seen anything like that there. This makes it make sense. That's so crazy.

[@blnunya6689]

@@rrboss33 I agree, this is a problem of mandates and government interference.

[@DescendDab]

"Another example: putting products at the front of the shelf to make it seem full" What the hell do you mean? Literally every store ever does that.

[@katrinavivianne]

Thought this is just how it works. It's been done way back. And yes it's better to see these than empty shelves.

[@JennieMaeJune]

The food curtains concealing the empty shelves is pure art.

[@simp2234]

How much it sell for

[@gmr2gnr]

It would make a nice wallpaper

[@OpinionFactChecker]

Standard practice in North Korea.

[@coleernest8421]

@@OpinionFactChecker not kim aka rocket mans shelves

[@OpinionFactChecker]

@@coleernest8421 Rocket man has never seen the inside of a kitchen pantry!

[@omi8015]

The shelves in Florida have stayed fairly full. We’re all out of pink paint though!

[@MM_FarmAndExotics]

I was about to say the same thing. Where I am in Florida don't have a issue, we haven't run out of anything.

[@buddybuddy7049]

My buddy told me over where he is they have a underware shortage n he has had to wear the same one for two weeks..

[@alexandergarcia6588]

@@MM_FarmAndExotics out here in Cali we haven’t had an issue either we run out of things but they restock I wonder where this is at

[@aetrole4060]

We good here in West Palm!

[@larissajajajajaja376]

Arkansas is having no issues either.... 🤔

[@Whurbere]

Spreading the stuff and filling the front is called shelf dressing. I used to have to do it when I worked a Saturday job back in the mid 90’s.

[@mirandaperry5245]

Wow yeah that picture on the cooler sure had me fooled. Lol

[@Eric-ro8bw]

Good job politicians. As long as you don’t go without is all that matters.

[@suzannalytle2758]

They never go without.

[@wilhoroshak6253]

Lining their own pockets

[@melichyoshioamraw9333]

Images of Nancy pelosi's $4 million dollar kitchen with 19 flavors of ice cream during her little mock quarantine

[@Jenny-tm3cm]

The people who decide minimum wage should make minimum wage!!!

[@s.a.8548]

@@Jenny-tm3cm I always say pay politicians what the average citizen makes.

[@ChurchChannel777]

I was in Walmart yesterday with very few empty shelves. 95% well stocked. One thing I’ve learned is when the media says something don’t believe it.

[@fishstick4031]

Well, that's only one example of one store. Thing is, media makes this a big thing because it usually covers more than one place. However, the likelihood of you actually experiencing this in your immediate area is less likely. But yes, always be skeptical when it comes to the media.

[@fgstech4857]

🎯🎯🎯

[@jessicaaudate]

Same.

[@Chika_83]

👏🏽👏🏽🙏🏽 He will provide 🙌🏽

[@annamorgan6765]

@@fishstick4031 yes i agree, always be skeptical when it comes to the media, you couldn’t have said that better

[@brianb4390]

@ 0:19 seconds tho when the mailman comes thru like a Banshee jumping speed bumps, looking like he's "hitting switches" 😂😂😂💀☠️⚰️

[@jeffmunroe8210]

I do that at my store. But I work at a convenience store and that's when we haven't gotten supplies that day. We usually stock up within a few days.

[@EricCartman2024]

Grocery stores: We need to conceal the shortages Inside Edition: GUYS THERES NO FOOD, ITS ALL AN ILLUSION Grocery Stores: *bruh*

[@autumnfall8829]

Lol

[@mikeywestside8509]

Welcome to Joke biden's America

[@thelmadunn7598]

And GOOD on Inside Edition for actually having the balls to do this.

[@Mallenaudrix]

@@mikeywestside8509 Yeah we never saw this in ANY OTHER administration

[@jadenwracing8176]

@@mikeywestside8509 this started during trumps administration

[@salpine]

We don't have groceries, but we have large vessels for you to save the pennies you can't spend on food and soap.

[@2late4me2care]

We have a national coin shortage so buy some large vessels to hoard your coins.........Only in America.

[@ci8158]

Real reason for inflation: Somebody manipulating markets! Price Gouging

[@chrishealy7126]

@@ronal8824 yes. Far better to know what lurks in the hearts&minds than to repress into silent resentment at those enemies of freedom if speech. Demanding the right to not be offended nor annoyed is to demand to remain stupid, thinking you know everything already.

[@RayRaeTV]

I feel like using posters of items is wayy more panic inducing

[@Sozzzled]

I worked in a market, quit a month ago because we got so few shipments that i had nothing to do lol. We also spread out all of our items to make it look abundant. We would buy a large quantity of whatever was in stock and hide all the out of stock items.

[@lalakuma9]

I agree that the sight of empty shelves spark panic. But this is some surreal stuff that would probably also spark panic when you realize it.

[@AiraCamille]

This is how America depends on cargoes from overseas. Shout out to those working long hours in the ports.

[@h.f6364]

remember when a ship got closed in a canal and crippled global trade

[@fuukgoogle9177]

@@h.f6364 remember when America used to manufacturer goods?

[@yourlocalbluntfriend4136]

@@h.f6364 let’s go Brandon

[@SmokelessMeme]

@@yourlocalbluntfriend4136 let's go Brandon

[@Vincent-ds3kc]

This is what you get when a nation runs on other people’s labor. Americans don’t wanna do manual labor to feed themselves

[@idiot20037]

These look like the stores in video games that you can’t enter but can see inside

[@texanimal4033]

Got to love the fact I live 5 miles away from the port of Houston so we don’t have to deal with this problem.

[@PourTheYa]

"We dont want people to start stocking up on food making the shortage worse" *INSIDE EDITION* : interesting (makes video)

[@Morgan.Madsen]

You: *watches video*

[@chloeskute]

Right.. they want everyone to go crazy... wth we need them to tell us what we already see? Because they want everyone to go crazy!

[@dempleon4791]

Supermarkets: Doesn’t want to scare people Media: “You haven’t seen anything yet. Be afraid!”

[@dancearoundtheworld5360]

Inside look into reporters heads

[@arichalevas2298]

They didn't even say be afraid just showed use what is going on in some stores and areas and I'm glad they do rather than hide

[@krissykrissy76]

Rest in peace to those people their time is coming

[@BadWolfSilence]

Would you rather keep your head buried in the sand? We need to change things quickly while we can.

[@shake2572]

well that is there job is to public get attention

[@dumbchildren2134]

My Walmart is NOT hiding it at all, like there’s nothing on the shelves at all 😭

[@octocreeper8182]

0:56 I thought for sure that drinks fridge was full! Turns out it was just a picture! Wow 😲

[@elizabethacosta1667]

I find it suspicious that this is happening right before the holidays, the time when stores make the most sales. Feels scammy.

[@jamesmedina6015]

It’s Communism or Build Back Better which ever you prefer. 😂

[@Keaton0801]

@@jamesmedina6015 what’s the difference between the two? There is no difference. And trust me, the people who want a communist government, will regret it hours later. No freedom, no rights, the rich get richer, and the poor get poorer. That’s exactly what happens.

[@jamesmedina6015]

@@Keaton0801 TRUE 100% Everyone will be equal. Equally miserable! We will not stand by and watch the commies take over our beloved nation. NOT on my watch!

[@ttc958]

@@Keaton0801 no one wants communism. Social democracy is communism.

[@ttc958]

@@Keaton0801 you're describing our current situation aka capitalism

[@JohnsonKayla12]

When they report like this, won’t people just panic and run to the store to stock on groceries which will make the shelves actually empty and send a spread of panic to everyone else? Walmart is always out of groceries so I’ve seen empty shelves there but everywhere else (food lion, Whole Foods, etc) I haven’t seen an issue.

[@ReeseL4D]

China smart. In China, we not allow free press. Freedom very dangerous.

[@AmandaLovesOldFords]

Exactly. Media-spread panic.

[@ItsMaha]

I’ve seen it with my small stores Aldi’s and heb

[@honeyy1787]

This is all they want. Panic, but this isn't all stores.

[@WillBlindYouWithLight]

YES

[@karami8844]

In retail, the rule is to never have empty shelves, tables or clothing racks. It must always be filled with something.

[@horrorghoul]

We called it front facing at the stores I have worked at. Stores hate empty shelves.

[@dudarjita]

I'll go there buy some groceries with fake money and tell them I use it to hide the shortage in my wallet

[@Sunsetschano]

Bwahahaha

[@Marlene-lf4iv]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@GooinBoots]

U hide the shortage in ur pants

[@kaylalaskey641]

Hehehe

[@dudarjita]

@@GooinBoots that's what she said

[@littleredhen3354]

Anyone who isn't concerned about the global drops in crop production over the past few years hasn't been paying attention to the correct data.

[@gamingdreams2142]

Has nothing to do with that.

[@tristananvilcaster]

@@gamingdreams2142 LET'S GO BRANDON ☠️

[@americanpatriot3746]

I feel sorry for Australia. They're going to feel it, when our economy isn't doing well, neither will theirs. And China has already declined on buying their goods, and we won't have the money to buy theirs. Their economy is going to get really bad!

[@littleredhen3354]

@@gamingdreams2142 Crop yields dropping and a burgeoning global population have nothing to do with food shortages? Good luck with that.

[@karenhill9495]

Winter crops

[@papar1c357]

Everything isn’t normal besides moving the milk up. Moving the milk up is to keep the oldest milk in the front and new milk in the back so there isn’t a issue of bad milk being sold. Now they will spread that milk onto multiple shelf to cover up.

[@aleetee2003]

Inside Edition: "Empty shelves sparks panic" Also Inside Edition: Empty Shelves Everywhere!

[@HPC206]

Exactly lol

[@metasprite5648]

Lmao

[@roses2385]

I'd rather know the truth.

[@rogeliosalinas3217]

Don’t forget that the expert said this will be the new norm and every thing will be pricier So much for not wanting to start panic

[@mindiseverything5036]

😆

[@bingbangboom9614]

Every store I’ve been to is fully stocked. I feel bad for anyone who is going without. I’m a little confused though because I haven’t seen any shortages at all.

[@RickyCespedes]

Neither have I.

[@randihigginbotham5070]

Same. Like, WTHeck!

[@user-mt5zl4rp5h]

Where you live? I live in utah and no shortages here just rape high gas prices

[@amandagreen1974]

I Door Dash and product unavailability has been a "annoyance" but not prevalent. Im not panicking yet.

[@user-mt5zl4rp5h]

@@amandagreen1974 eyyy fellow dasher

[@Antassium]

"Moving milk cartons to the front of the shelf to make it seem full!!!" ...sir.. to those of us who've actually worked retail before, that's just called "facing the merchandise"... 😂

[@daniellesve5595]

I worked at ShopRite years ago and we did that pretty regularly. I just don't think it's ever been this noticeable.

[@DaDroolMonkeYT]

Store: low on supplies Owner: *“im gonna do whats called a Pro Gamer Move.”*

[@nicktechnubyte1184]

More like a pro-scammer move

[@thebrownhound1343]

Yup, only in Biden's America! Lets go Brandon!

[@poalima6527]

@@licorice5001 jojo siwa jojo siwa jojo siwa

[@thebrownhound1343]

@@licorice5001 I live in New York

[@aralyngoldsmith1574]

@@thebrownhound1343 like this is bidens fault lmao, this is a result of crazies over hoarding and being paranoid.

[@cloebloss]

Stores: “We want to prevent hoarding” Also stores: “buy as much as you like “

[@wyett123]

Least make it a per visit type deal. Like you have to go outside then come back in and then get back in line. Tired just thinking about it 🥵

[@kendrickmelendez8185]

Its the employees scared to say no to someone

[@chaddy9303]

?

[@loonie2113]

@@kendrickmelendez8185 It’s definitely not the employees being scared, it’s the employees being told by corporate they’ll loose they’re jobs if they say otherwise.

[@loonie2113]

For the big companies, if you remember in the beginning of Covid there was limit in most major retailers limiting the purchase of many items from meat to paper products. The real demand in most areas this video doesn’t show is not as high as that time was, but there still is no control and with fewer products being produced there’s nothing a store can do until they do start taking the same procedures they did with Covid.

[@daynonweaver292]

I'd rather scare then anyway with the truth: "out of stock," left and right!

[@oliveryt7168]

Customer is scared of shortages -> customer wants to horde and buy more products Sounds like something a supermarket would want.

[@Jazzyjay111]

I was told a lot of stores do this when getting ready for big holiday shopping. They put easy to move items in locations where all the Black Friday and Christmas items will get stocked just so they aren't empty.

[@tombreault1096]

Yes, exactly

[@kristingallo2158]

This is exactly what is happening

[@GY-hd4br]

Nope never seen this before during November or December especially in the food department lol

[@maneatingtiger8676]

Thanks hope people read this so they don't go panic shopping

[@kristingallo2158]

@@GY-hd4br have you actually seen cardboard food in your grocery store. Because I haven't

[@versacechang1521]

That’s literally something North Korea does and something 10 years ago we called them corrupt for. Strange seeing America become like this, Americans have a dark future ahead.

[@MargauxNeedler]

Yes that is the first thing I thought of

[@springsnapped5435]

Indeed

[@carmichaelmoritz8662]

We deserve this

[@sigspearthumb3249]

Elect corrupt Leftists, and this will always be the result.

[@ax3792]

@@sigspearthumb3249 We didn’t elect Biden, trust me 😂

[@allen.9]

I worked at a retail store and I felt so embarrassed when people would ask if we have their size, and we never did. we would be left with only 3xl after two days of new product, so there would literally be piles of 3xl clothes to make the store look full

[@sagebeer]

Worked for walmart for 7 years, its a common practice because home office has to be pleased with every store in their region or else the store manager will lose their job until they cant hide it anymore, very common and its nothing new.

[@born2win262]

CONDITIONING. calm down everyone. Don’t go crazy on the toilet paper again.

[@walden6272]

Agreed. The Dollars can eventually be use as toilet paper anyways.

[@FollowerofJesusChristmySavior]

@@walden6272 I’m too poor for that

[@IAGoose]

Get a bidet attachment for your toilet. No need for paper. If you got dog $hit on your hand would you just wipe it off? Nah, you would wash - hopefully.

[@Blatgotyahatty]

@@FollowerofJesusChristmySavior get rich then

[@foobarmaximus3506]

@@FollowerofJesusChristmySavior Use your hand then.

[@GhostGhost-]

trying to prevent panic and hoarding. but inside edition exposes them thus probably causing panic. great job

[@brandonmcginnis5407]

I did this way back in my college days. We called it, facing the store

[@jackrogers3657]

The images of food's got me thinking I'm in a videogame

[@chef7415]

Shopping expert: They hide the fact they're experiencing shortage and hide it to not scare consumers. INSIDE: Wow, I could scare millions of people on KZbin

[@frozennipples9054]

Joe Biden caused it

[@thisgame2]

Fear porn

[@rrboss33]

There is no shortage there is no one unloading the containers at the ports

[@bg9255]

Los Angeles Port has processed almost 30% of what was behind and still keeping up those long hours. FOR YOU.. Thank You ALL PORT WORKERS!!!!

[@robertburns9113]

God bless them for sure

[@JM-wx5nm]

Need a little bit more than port workers to solve this crisis

[@acamera367]

@@JM-wx5nm Yeah like reversing mandates so the truck drivers who deliver this stuff will work again.

[@cynthiakeller5954]

Those ships came from the very country that gave us c and destroyed our economy. Don't buy from them. Buy US products.

[@mrthomaslaux1]

They bring food? Not just normal goods?

[@JohnDoe-vq8sd]

This is how I feel as a balding man trying to arrange my last remaining hairs to cover the top of my head

[@tylork8025]

Lol inside edition causes food shortages. Now let's all run to the store and grab as much as we can. Thanks Media!

[@kassie5779]

Why not just stick to limiting how many items people can buy? That was why we had issues the first time -- people rushed in and hoarded everything before there were item limits.

[@tishsharay7509]

This part ‼️‼️‼️‼️❕❕❕❕❗️❗️🗣🙄 I’m a couponer and I feel this damn way

[@isaachurtado-contreras1808]

People can come in at different times and also send in someone else. That won’t do anything but prolong the inevitable

[@Vert0313]

Not every grocery store is small so ensuring people don't buy groceries, put them in the car and return for more is not ideal. People won't even listen to wearing a mask, let alone letting their greed show so blatantly.

[@kingtigercrownestate9102]

It wouldn't matter a lot of people need food and home supplies everyday so everything would still eventually start running out. Rationing a limited amount of stuff only works for so long when that limited amount of stuff is still needed everyday more and more...it's all going to run eventually out no matter how you try to save it especially among a lot of people who all need more of it everyday. If someone can only buy one carton of milk at a time well as soon as that carton runs out at home they will be RIGHT BACK for another carton now apply that same principal to everybody who come in and out of a grocery store everyday for what they need AS OFTEN as they need it again and again and trying to ration everything doesn't work when something runs out at home everyone is just coming RIGHT BACK to buy more of what they need your store is still going to run out.

[@shellyveley9515]

Hard to put a limit on things they don't have.

[@JB21-]

There’s not a shortage of food🙄 there’s a shortage of transportation getting it here. So it’s not like food is running out so don’t y’all go panicking. Just do your holiday shopping as usual and don’t let them scare you

[@guacolea]

Shortage of food in stores is what they meant bruh.

[@guacolea]

Not that hard to see.

[@guacolea]

Besides in my area this isn't even a problem, so yeah they should be more specific on that as well.

[@deputyc1895]

This is a really small analysis...what good is food if you can't procure it. So No, it is not holiday shopping as normal bonehead.

[@JOEL00111]

@@deputyc1895 the tribulation is here. Those without God in their lives poor you!

[@maddenross26]

they really got a expert for everything

[@danielessex2162]

Actually those covers have been around awhile and used to show what the display could look like. I know. Super market that uses such a cover when it's after hours. So you can know what beers they sell but can't get to the beer itself. We also used some in a supermarket I worked in whenever they rearranged entire sections of the store so stockers would know where what product go. Those over sized clear bottles with no labels could be decorative nonsense. Kinda hard to hide a shortage but I do question it as where I live I have yet to meet someone who can't get food. No shortages have been enough to the point where any store has had to have bare shelves.

[@IvisH23]

The milk carton trick is not new. It's basic retail rules.

[@kenlompart9905]

Yeah but there is usually a new batch of milk behind the old ones they moved to the front.

[@annahollifield2859]

OoOOo this store front faced could you imagine! Lol

[@Parahelion]

Yeah ive worked in retail and we've used this technique everywhere in the store. Especially during the beginning of the year when everything was bare. we would simply spread out and pull product forward that we already had and filled up empty spots to make it seem full, even though it wasn't.

[@user-nw4cl3lv2f]

It's called "face up" right?

[@SakReliGious]

@@user-nw4cl3lv2f facing

[@lizardchosimbastedanko5195]

Literally every store I’ve been to has a full stock lol

[@claytonhawk8512]

I feel like reporters find the most desolate towns to make stories like this

[@A00784]

That’s what I’m saying where I live it’s full 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@kiabeetv9784]

right same this must be a different state cuz where im at im able to get everything i need

[@cocomo3141]

the paper on the shelves 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@luckideadbou4449]

“They don’t wanna scare us at all” proceeds to make a whole video on it 😂😂😂

[@nevergiveup9560]

There is no shortage there is a government problem. Funny how they say there is a wood shortage I work at a couple saw mills and there stacked to the brim .

[@Gnarnia.]

Right❗I bet its the all the owners just forcefully inflating the price to get in on the inflation

[@conspiracystacker]

Manufactured crisis

[@Vyxsin69]

Wood is ridiculously overpriced right now. I bought a $200 table back in April and now its priced at $600. It wasn't even worth the $200 when I bought it.

[@foobarmaximus3506]

Not a government issue. It's a business scam.

[@MF-qy9kt]

@@foobarmaximus3506 yes its a government problem, Lets Go Brandon!