Kroger is really pushing these for some reason. It must be somebody's pet project. I don't know about other stores, but they simply don't sell all that well here. Despite that, they sent us probably 20 or more flats of strawberries. The other day I scanned out 16 packages of 4-count chocolate dipped strawberries. Regular price was $8.99. They were on sale for $5.99. They got marked down to $2.99 and people still didn't want them. Yesterday we scanned out overflowing bascarts of them. All that time wasted.
Kroger is really pushing these for some reason. It must be somebody's pet project. I don't know about other stores, but they simply don't sell all that well here. Despite that, they sent us probably 20 or more flats of strawberries. The other day I scanned out 16 packages of 4-count chocolate dipped strawberries. Regular price was $8.99. They were on sale for $5.99. They got marked down to $2.99 and people still didn't want them. Yesterday we scanned out two overflowing bascarts of them. All that time wasted.
Our's aren't selling either. Kroger has a huge ego problem with these kinds of items. They think they can just **** out anything and advertise it over the in store audio network or whatever it's called and dumb, rich customers will buy it. Kroger needs a reality check. Their "happy employees dedicated to only being slaves to the superior customers" **** needs to stop too. I am not here for begging for customers' satisfaction, I'm here for a ****ing paycheck.
Customers love the free samples of chocolate dipped strawberries. Paying for the actual product? Not nearly as much. The managers love to get on the intercom every fifteen or twenty minutes to tout how the chocolate dipped strawberries are "back by popular demand" (so... why don't they sell well, hmm?) and are "expertly dipped" (seriously... how do you expertly dip a strawberry!?). They make such a big deal out of ordinary strawberries dipped in ordinary chocolate. There isn't anything "special" about Kroger's chocolate dipped strawberries... although the price of even the smallest package might make you think that these are the sweetest strawberries dipped in the richest chocolate on the face of the planet.
Oh, and I feel terrible for produce and deli. Those departments have to listen to employees/management/district bigshots at the dipping station repeatedly yelling "CHOCOLATECOVERED STRAWBERRIES!!!" over and over from like ten in the morning to eight at night.
There are lots of reasons we don't get regular/decent raises at Kroger, folks. Wasteful, stupid ideas like this one is one of those reasons.
Oh yeah, they're pushing it hard. Sunday, today, and tomorrow are the big three selling days and we're live demoing all three days. They don't really sell all that well in my store (it's in a not so rich neighborhood) but my only goal is to beat last year, just because i'm new there and my coordinator wants to see how i can do.
Obviously there's no way that i can outdo some of these fancy pants marketplace stores. Not when the 4 count packs are like 5.99. I might buy a pack once we mark them down though.
Oh yeah, they're pushing it hard. Sunday, today, and tomorrow are the big three selling days and we're live demoing all three days. They don't really sell all that well in my store (it's in a not so rich neighborhood) but my only goal is to beat last year, just because i'm new there and my coordinator wants to see how i can do.
Obviously there's no way that i can outdo some of these fancy pants marketplace stores. Not when the 4 count packs are like 5.99. I might buy a pack once we mark them down though.
HA! I'm working in a marketplace and I doubt we are even going to make the projected $70,000 or so they are thinking about. But I do know for sure they are hounding the daylights out of our pastry chef. As even she was like, well how well did we do last year before we went to the new store. And don't think anybody has gotten back to her. Which, I honestly think they are avoiding her cause of the fact that we NEVER had a pastry chef at all at the last store. But since they have her now. I think they are putting a TON of expectations on her to really push the chocolate dipped everything really. As it's not just strawberries. We have bacon, cookies, etc. going on.
But honestly, I'll just be glad when it's behind us. Cause I'm over all this at the top of each hour "it's refresh time" and all associates have to be out of the floor filling stuff. Just ugh. >_< And of course the Dept. Head and back ups get witched at if everyone isn't out there. Was hearing about that yesterday when one person didn't go out to the floor.
But honestly, I'll just be glad when it's behind us. Cause I'm over all this at the top of each hour "it's refresh time" and all associates have to be out of the floor filling stuff. Just ugh. >_< And of course the Dept. Head and back ups get witched at if everyone isn't out there. Was hearing about that yesterday when one person didn't go out to the floor.
We quit doing that refresh at the top of the hour garbage a long time ago when they finally realized we were constantly refreshing throughout the entire day anyway.
We actually were running low. We got 30 flats sent out to us plus about 100 6 count packages from fresh kitchen. We couldn't keep up with them the last three days. And we are not a marketplace but the store is in the process of becoming one. But I remember last year we didn't sell very many. The ones that needed marked down, we just scanned as samples and used those to sample. When I left today at noon there were maybe 10 of the 6 count packages plus maybe 2 flats that needed dipped. There was only one store that beat us in sales yesterday in my area.
All the ones we made from Sunday sold, we didn't mark down ANY which surprised me since my store is definitely not a money-maker. but hey i'll take it. I did strawberries for 6 hours today. I'll see how many's left tomorrow.
But honestly, I'll just be glad when it's behind us. Cause I'm over all this at the top of each hour "it's refresh time" and all associates have to be out of the floor filling stuff. Just ugh. >_< And of course the Dept. Head and back ups get witched at if everyone isn't out there. Was hearing about that yesterday when one person didn't go out to the floor.
We quit doing that refresh at the top of the hour garbage a long time ago when they finally realized we were constantly refreshing throughout the entire day anyway.
I think they were loving that idea for us. Cause cause they don't think we are on top of our holes as much. But it's like dude, when you are majorly understaffed and it takes time to get particular things out. Not to mention as soon as you put something down and Clicklist cleans it out more or less. What can you do?
Oh and can't forget the last minute online orders we get most often...just ugh.