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mangodrunkyesterday at 6:25 PM2 repliesview on HN

Can you share some examples in gaps of staples?


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0xffff2yesterday at 7:15 PM

In my experience, it's less gaps and more lack of mainstream brands. The example that comes to mind is ketchup. At Whole Foods I can get generic store brand ketchup or a variety of fancy ketchups that cost 3-10x as much, but they don't have any variety of basic Heinz on the shelf. This "mid-market" gap is common for virtually every product category.

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ceejayozyesterday at 6:55 PM

I'm not OP, but don't go to WF looking for stuff like ibuprophen or sudafed.

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