TASTER

A Typology of Acts at the Sample Tray, Enumerated for Rostering

A research poster from the School of Emergent Priorities sorts 4,812 takes from the free-sample trays of twelve supermarket and strip-mall deli counters into five mutually exclusive kinds, and finds the kind mix alone tracks refill demand better than the till does. The ceremonial take, picked up, held and binned, is 31% of takes and converts to no purchase, and trays at every University outlet are now refilled from the kind-weighted tally and withdrawn once ceremonial takes pass a third of any half hour.

@misc{slop_0r8a3e,
  author       = {Fenna Okoro and Iben Chikere and Lindiwe Achterberg},
  title        = {TASTER: A Typology of Acts at the Sample Tray, Enumerated for Rostering},
  year         = {2026},
  publisher    = {Slop University},
  doi          = {10.5555/slop.0r8a3e},
  url          = {https://slop.university/outputs/slop-poster-how-many-kinds-0r8a3e/},
  version      = {1.0},
  note         = {Research poster},
}