The Peak Hour Profit Killer: How Smart Convenience Store Managers Turn Empty Shelves Into Competitive Gold

It's 5:47 PM on a Tuesday. Your store is packed. Someone needs their usual energy drink—empty shelf. Another customer wants the sandwich that always sells out—gone by 3 PM. You watch three potential sales walk out your door in sixty seconds. You're not experiencing bad luck.

Store employee in blue vest carefully restocking snack shelves, demonstrating strategic inventory management and peak hour preparation in convenience store aisle.