Is this Real Life? (A Market vent thread)

Current PA is becoming cafe TL, apparently the CTL is putting in his 2 weeks, they haven't even started all my other PA training. This should be an interesting time...:confused:
 
Guests came in asking to see my corned beef I had to politely explain to them that it is only at super targets which the closest one is on the opposite side of the state about a 8 hour drive. They argued with me that the ad says at targets with fresh groceries. Oh well I did try to order it but it didn't go through on the pda.

If we sell the cook's bone in ham why can't we sell the cook"s corned beef brisket ?
 
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Guest: I can't find the _________
Me: I'm sorry, we stopped carrying that recently
Guest: Why?
Me: I wish I knew but unfortunately, we aren't consulted regarding these decisions
Guest: I'll have to get it at ______ from now on

This has been happening a lot lately. Things we sell a lot of too. Stupid stupid Target.
 
RetailWorld said:
You do that for ALL pallets? Even produce/meat? I can't imagine sitting on product for 24 hours when some of that product comes in with a 5-7 day shelf life.
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Yep...Sunday and Thursday we get the trucks that have everything...tuesday is only produce and dairy items, no freezer
 
daninnj said:
I'm looking at next week's ad and it says the corned beef is only available at ST. Thank god.
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This week is just starting though, and it says fresh grocery. ;-)

Bought my first of the season last night and made it after work. Delicious as usual.
 
How often do y'all change counts and do instock-type things? I talked to the PA (we have no CTL) and she said that she basically never does, but it's hard staring at outs that never get shot week after week for whatever reason.

For example, there's some specific type of snack pack cheezit that never gets shot because some flow TM believes its their god-given duty to flex over it. Every time I zone snacks I move the box over, but the struggle is never-ending.
 
zoned2deep said:
How often do y'all change counts and do instock-type things? I talked to the PA (we have no CTL) and she said that she basically never does, but it's hard staring at outs that never get shot week after week for whatever reason.

For example, there's some specific type of snack pack cheezit that never gets shot because some flow TM believes its their god-given duty to flex over it. Every time I zone snacks I move the box over, but the struggle is never-ending.
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My instocks team is amazing. if I notice a section with lots of outs I ask them to hit it on their market day.

For your chez-it example, it's a vendor item. My vendor brings what he wants and flexes like a crazy man. Sometimes he can't get something that's supposed to be on pog.
 
coolerqueen said:
My instocks team is amazing. if I notice a section with lots of outs I ask them to hit it on their market day.

For your chez-it example, it's a vendor item. My vendor brings what he wants and flexes like a crazy man. Sometimes he can't get something that's supposed to be on pog.
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OHHHHH, god, why didn't I think of that. Okay, so then how do vendor items work? Does instocks ignore them? Do our counts actually influence what we are given by the vendor?
 
The insocks team in usually does a half ass scan in dairy and frozen....they will make comments like its sooo cold. Really? you are just opening the door and scanning it...not like you have to pull it...push it or bs it . Usually, I ( I am backroom tm) have to do mini purges every day ( that I am there) in the cooler and freezer ...if not there would be no room to bs the new merchandise. There are outs galore that I fill on the floor every day...with merchandise that was located in backroom. I have to do all this with no extra hours or even a thank you.
 
Organic tends to cost more....which means if people buy veggies at Spot they will have to spend more. Most people are still watching every penny they spend. Would be nice if everyone could afford the organic produce and wouldn't have to worry about the chemicals etc.
 
organic is coming not sure how soon, but I will post when i get any organic produce in. I'm sure it will go bad more often then the non-organic only cause of price will be higher.
 
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tgtguy said:
The insocks team in usually does a half ass scan in dairy and frozen....they will make comments like its sooo cold. Really? you are just opening the door and scanning it...not like you have to pull it...push it or bs it . Usually, I ( I am backroom tm) have to do mini purges every day ( that I am there) in the cooler and freezer ...if not there would be no room to bs the new merchandise. There are outs galore that I fill on the floor every day...with merchandise that was located in backroom. I have to do all this with no extra hours or even a thank you.
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Hey, what's purging?
 
Its when you locu whole shelves and or wacos in the backroom and send the merchandise out to the floor to be pushed....then what will not go out gets re-backstocked .
 
Oh, huh. I guess I've been doing something similar in dairy without being asked -- scanning a bunch of items and pulling the ones that don't have backroom locations.
 
coolerqueen said:
On another note...anyone hear the rumor about organic produce in all stores in next two years?
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My store has organic produce: one four foot section in the refrigerated section (bagged veggies from Taylor Farms: broccoli, cauliflower, broccoli/cauliflower mix, veg medley, green beans; clamshell berries from Driscoll: raspberries, blueberries, strawberries; Earthbound wrapped fruits/veggies green/red peppers, grapefruit, oranges, lemons, limes, lettuce, romaine hearts, broccoli, green onions, celery; Taylor Farms veggie plate; tofu) and a dry table (bagged red/russet potatoes, bagged/single avocados, bagged/single apples [Fuji, red delicious, pink lady, gala], bagged onions, bananas in bunches, two-pack of tomatoes, clamshell cherry tomatoes, garlic in a jar)... It sells fairly well -- we have to do orders for them items once a week -- bananas every order.

Was I thorough enough? :rolleyes:
 
compostguy said:
My store has organic produce: one four foot section in the refrigerated section (bagged veggies from Taylor Farms: broccoli, cauliflower, broccoli/cauliflower mix, veg medley, green beans; clamshell berries from Driscoll: raspberries, blueberries, strawberries; Earthbound wrapped fruits/veggies green/red peppers, grapefruit, oranges, lemons, limes, lettuce, romaine hearts, broccoli, green onions, celery; Taylor Farms veggie plate; tofu) and a dry table (bagged red/russet potatoes, bagged/single avocados, bagged/single apples [Fuji, red delicious, pink lady, gala], bagged onions, bananas in bunches, two-pack of tomatoes, clamshell cherry tomatoes, garlic in a jar)... It sells fairly well -- we have to do orders for them items once a week -- bananas every order.

Was I thorough enough? :rolleyes:
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http://www.forbes.com/sites/lauraheller/2015/03/03/target-plans-to-win-back-shoppers-naturally/
 
coolerqueen said:
We have salad now. it lasts a couple days less than conventional salad.
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Eta: http://consumerist.com/2015/02/20/target-will-double-organic-sustainable-offerings-in-2015/
compostguy said:
My store has organic produce: one four foot section in the refrigerated section (bagged veggies from Taylor Farms: broccoli, cauliflower, broccoli/cauliflower mix, veg medley, green beans; clamshell berries from Driscoll: raspberries, blueberries, strawberries; Earthbound wrapped fruits/veggies green/red peppers, grapefruit, oranges, lemons, limes, lettuce, romaine hearts, broccoli, green onions, celery; Taylor Farms veggie plate; tofu) and a dry table (bagged red/russet potatoes, bagged/single avocados, bagged/single apples [Fuji, red delicious, pink lady, gala], bagged onions, bananas in bunches, two-pack of tomatoes, clamshell cherry tomatoes, garlic in a jar)... It sells fairly well -- we have to do orders for them items once a week -- bananas every order.

Was I thorough enough? :rolleyes:
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Yes thanks, but it sounds like you are a super not a pfresh. I'm wondering more of how they will integrate it into our current small area. My fellow pa said he heard all organic, but that's unlikely...
 
coolerqueen said:
Eta: http://consumerist.com/2015/02/20/target-will-double-organic-sustainable-offerings-in-2015/

Yes thanks, but it sounds like you are a super not a pfresh. I'm wondering more of how they will integrate it into our current small area. My fellow pa said he heard all organic, but that's unlikely...
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Actually we are a pfresh and not a super (no super for several hundred miles). My store was one of the original test stores when they rolled out the organic produce -- which reminds me, I forgot to mention the bagged carrots/baby carrots. :p

Guests will buy organic when the regular produce sells out. And vice versa.
 
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