When stores do inventory, do they find they have more or less stock than the paperwork says?

I bought 2 packs of frozen hamburger patties, and the kid at checkout saw I had 2, so he scanned the first one twice, then absent-mindedly scanned the 2nd one. Does this happen more often than shoplifting?

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AcidBurn

Grocery stores keep track of the dollar amount of the product, not how much of each product they should have on hand.

ImperialAerosolKidFromEP · 46-50, M

@AcidBurn: so... the question should have been "is the revenue they collected more or less than the amount they predicted based on how much they spent wholesale"?

AcidBurn

@ImperialAerosolKidFromEP: Honestly, nobody will ever find out about that mistake occured. For every plus mistake there is also a minus mistake or theft. Stores also end up throwing away a lot of product that's damaged or out dated.