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duskwufftoday at 5:48 AM0 repliesview on HN

I have a collection of photos from a trip I took to a Fry's shortly before its demise. Some of the things I saw on display were:

- Multiple aisles of nothing but cheap, no-name hand sanitizer (all the same kind, too - not a broad selection)

- Another entire aisle of pepper spray (again, a single item, just spread out really thin)

- Cheap LED bulbs (the screw-in kind, not components)

- Portable fans

- Bluetooth party speakers (really big ones that looked like oversized roll-aboard luggage)

I don't remember seeing any fidget spinners - but I wouldn't be surprised if some of the shelf-filler items were stocked on a store-by-store basis. It certainly didn't give me the impression of a carefully planned operation.