Scientific paper ID 2717 : 2025/3

In their hectic everyday life, the population trusts ready-made or semi-finished food products. Individual societies are increasingly moving away from the personal production of the foods they consume. We expect to purchase as many different types of goods as possible within a single retail outlet.

In order for consumer desires to be satisfied in a retail outlet, it is necessary to maintain the appropriate nomenclature of goods. Unfortunately, the producer and the end consumer are not always in close proximity. This in turn leads to the need for them to be transported from the producer to the end consumer, with one or more transport units with possible overloading in intermediate logistics terminals.

A basic principle in the consumption of food products is the expiration date. The expiration date is an indicator of safe consumption of various food products, without health concerns. The ments for the preparation of food products, from their production to their consumption and methods for their labeling are examined. Three main methods are applied in logistics: Fi-Fo, Li-Fo and Fe-Fo. In individual distribution channels, all three systems can be used, but only one of them can be used, depending on the specifics of the products we handle. In a logistics chain, it is possible for the same product to be applied to two different labeling systems or a combination of them at different stages of transportation and storage.

This article examines the distribution of a large chain of grocery stores.