stock rotation

In most food stores, shelf life is controlled by using stock rotation.

Stock Rotation is the practice of changing the way inventory is displayed on a regular basis.

Stock should be handled carefully and put away immediately it has been checked in (using stock rotation methods - see below).

Stock rotation simply means that goods are moved so that older stocks are sold before new supplies.

Reliable stock rotation means that goods with a close sell-by date will be sold before goods with a longer life-span.

Stock rotation also operates on the shop floor - the shelf-stacker moves older products to the front of the display or shelf, and adds new supplies behind them.

Only if you can demonstrate that stock losses and stock surpluses are related (for example, the product is similar but stock rotations differ), can you request off-setting.

It holds 216 packets of food in a freezer unit fitted with a first-in-first-out stock rotation system and an alarm, which will shut down operations if the temperature gets too high.

In most food stores, waste is minimized by using stock rotation, which involves moving products with the earliest sell by date from the warehouse to the sales area, and then to the front of the shelf, so that most shoppers will pick them up first and thus they are likely to be sold before the end of their shelf life.