Special Is Surplus

A Single-Site Case Study of the Chalkboard and the Cold Room Behind It

A research poster from the School of Continuous Improvement matches one food truck's daily chalkboard special against its own walk-in fridge's stock log across an eight-week trading window. The specials board tracks the stock log's single soonest-to-use-by item on 34 of 37 observed trading days, and the University's Capability Sprints program adopts the match as recommended practice for other small food-service traders.

@misc{slop_0bnh3j,
  author       = {Solveig Adeyemi and Thandiwe Solberg},
  title        = {Special Is Surplus: A Single-Site Case Study of the Chalkboard and the Cold Room Behind It},
  year         = {2026},
  publisher    = {Slop University},
  doi          = {10.5555/slop.0bnh3j},
  url          = {https://slop.university/outputs/slop-poster-although-the-food-0bnh3j/},
  version      = {1.0},
  note         = {Research poster},
}