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I mean.. this. Supermarkets aren't that big. If you're recording where everything is shelved (and that's a big IF, I doubt it's worth it), then a good old search will do the trick just fine.
But also, forget even asking. I would assume supermarkets want you to roam around the store looking for things, because... well, that's how you bump into crap you don't need and buy it anyway. Seems like a weird lose/lose.
About the “wanting” you to roam. I don’t know if it’s practice everywhere, but my old supermarket reshuffled their sections every year or so (not majorly, just a little but) to make you look again for the product you wanted and encourage you to try out new stuff you hadn’t noticed before. While I felt it was a hit manipulative, yes, supermarkets want to you search for items.
I did this job once long ago... but it has more to do with the companies and how much they paid to have a certain amount of space and at what level, and to add and remove new products... but yeah sometimes they just moved a whole section to another isle that wasn't fun...
Last summer my cousin worked the night shift stocking shelves at a local "superstore" and yeah, they have some database that printed out sheets telling them where a given pallet needs to be shelved. Dunno about smaller stores.