Supermarkets have most definitely been reducing the amount of shelf space devoted to food since I first commented on this 2 ½ years ago. In some cases (most notably M&S) they have been filling up the space with bottles of wine & other drinks, presumably while they wait to see if the situation will recover.
Recently I have noticed that in some places this filling up has spread to the shelves which were devoted to snacks of the kind that people might drop in to buy for lunch or just when feeling peckish.
A recent American report showed that children now consume more calories from foods away from home than from school meals & that these contribute significantly to the obesity epidemic. I expect the same is true for adults too.
If people can no longer afford to snack the obesity problem ma solve itself.
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More Food, More Often, Being Eaten Away From Home By US Kids
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