Shelf/Product Organization

[emmstiers]

This is kinda trivial, but I'm curious as to how you all organize your shelves and how many you allot for one product? Does it depend on how popular it is? Or do you try to expand your store and just give your shoppers more options to choose from? For the products that tend to run out quickly, I have been using more shelf space to keep up with the demand, but I'm wondering if anyone else has another strategy they use?

[random smile]

throw things on shelves where ever there is space.. get frustrated running around looking for the things i need that i swear i have somewhere.. get frustrated wondering what products i need and what I don't .. get stressed because customers cant find things and i hate running around looking at every shelf seeing what needs restocking .. thank god for mods .. they aren't perfect but that make the game far more enjoyable ... now if only there was a mod to make restockers keep up with shoppers ... shoppers empty your shelves too quick for the restockers to keep them stocked.. urghh

[Maria]

I organize a lot. One section for booze, one for pasta/rice/dinner stuff, one for breakfast, one for cleaning etc. I may be damaged from working retail for 20 years.... ;)
Typically do two shelves/half a rack per product except for those who sell a lot, like coffee, pasta, flour.
Then of course plenty of space for toiletpaper.
Storage is organized into same sections.

[Kreepie]

I went a bit OCD and looked up my local grocery store aisles and am planning to organise the shelves like that once we expand.

As for amounts on shelves, some items I found don't run out as quickly, so those get less space. Generally, however, I've seen 1 product/shelf used and it works pretty well. Less chance of the stock guys being unable to keep up.

Storage I'm still trying to figure out because something like salt can take up one shelf and last for weeks but some items only fit 2 boxes per space. I'm guessing I'll need to allocate more storage for those items in the future if I want to bulk buy and make a decent profit.

[emmstiers]

Right now I am alotting one set of shelves for the more popular products and two shelves for the not-so-popular products. I also have a large cooler for eggs and have split coolers between cheese, milk, and bottled water. Once I get more money, I will definitely be buying more shelves. Just curious to see what other people are doing!

[StormySynapse]

There's no right nor wrong answer. I don't play games the way they're supposed to be played....but i've pretty much gone with the rules in this one for quite a few hours.

You could decide that your shelves should be in order in which you make morning orders every day on the computer. That's quite literally in the same order which you unlock licenses to sell different things.

You could decide to go the complete opposite direction and set your shelves up by the size of the boxes. After you've figured out where everything is on the ordering screen, It's a snap to look at the shelves and see empty holes that need filling based on the size of the boxes on those shelves.

In the end...it's whatever is right for you. You don't have to store anything in freezers or fridges. Put things where they make logical sense to you. :)

[Ghost Souls]

Here is My store. I have it mostly organized. I got one more rendition to do after I buy the last corner of the store. https://youtu.be/Xvd-gtobGGQ