What to stock

The two absolute essentials:

Duct Tape

WD-40

Lots of good ideas, here are a couple I didn't see listed that I have needed in the past.

Disposable razors and shaving cream, small packets 1 to 5, be surprised how many places have the large packs that I don't want to haul. Found a place that carried 5 packs and bought and later found a place that repacked the large packs into one packs.

An assortment of nuts. bolts and screws - always something to fix.

Ball bungees and regular buggies.

double post sorry :S

ice, beer, tackle, bug spray, sunscreen, fuses. Most RV stuff I have with me.

X 2 above posts. Our last trip wife found an unusual cast iron Lodge frying pan that we've never seen before. Had a square hanger thingie at the end opposite handle. Had to have it and we haven't seen any like it at local stores. I really like local history books written by locals.

So maybe some specialty items that people can't get in town.

Fishing supplies, including live bait.

If there is WalMart nearby, visit their RV section and write down what they stock.

WalMart is the world's best in stocking only what sells.

x2 on patterns. Things can be different. In my experience (and this duplicates above entries), there are some items which are essential, and can't hurt to have on hand in addition to what was mentioned above:

1: Quoting Hank Hill, "propane and propane accessories." It would be nice to have propane and someone DOT certified to fill it, as well as a cage of 20# cylinders to exchange. It can't hurt to have some new 30# cylinders for sale as well as pigtails, regulators, and other items that may need replacing and when they do, the vacation stops until they are fixed, especially in winter.

2: Basic key copying. Sounds crazy, but sometimes keys are needing to be copied, and you will be the only shopkeeper that can for miles around. If you get a Hillman Axxess key duplicator that uses cartridges, that can do the most popular keys. One can also expand to automotive keys (ones that are cloned) as well, if there isn't anyone else nearby that makes those.

Those are the main additions I can think of, as most was covered. Keys and propane stuff are the main things that come to mind that tend to be hard to find.

If it were me, I would wait a bit and see what my customers start asking for. When patterns arise,it may be time to stock it.

First of all, what are the CG's store selling? No sense in doubling up.
Don't buy too many things that sit around unsold, as the inventory will hurt you.