When a food company discontinues a product, it seems to vanish from the face of the earth. In reality, the process is not that simple. A huge amount of the now-obsolete product is often still sitting in the vast and complex supply chain of a major retail chain. While most of this stock is eventually sent to liquidators, some of it can get lost in the system. It can sit for years in the deep corners of a warehouse or a store backroom, a forgotten relic of a bygone era.
