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Deliberate Deprivation

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JD Breen
May 28, 2022
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Atlanta, GA

May 28, 2022

We recently learned that Trader Joe’s is discontinuing a highly-desired cat food despite its enormous popularity. Stores can’t keep the shelves stocked. They’re being stripped from both sides of the demand-supply equation. 

Customers love the product, and clean it out whenever it arrives. But labor, material, and shipping constrain…

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