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Originally Posted by johngwms

I want to be able to display the current stock level of each product.

This is stock. If it is not showing then it has been suppressed in your theme. See the demo store - https://demostore.x-cart.com/perfect-snacks

Originally Posted by johngwms

I also want to display some custom text (per product) which indicates the lead time for shipping out of stock items.

You can use https://market.x-cart.com/addons/backorder-preorder.html