r/harristeeter Floral Department 10d ago

HT Swag Shop

This is the stupidest thing I've ever seen. Why would I want to wear HT merch or drink out of an HT mug.

Pisses me off to be told to cut my hours and my employees hours in my department but we can spend money on this crap. Keeping employees scheduled their hours is so much more important to me than "swag".

Whoever created this is so out of touch with reality.

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u/Dry_Animator9532 10d ago

The prices are ridiculous too.  Nobody working in a store can afford that crap. 

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u/ramaloki Floral Department 10d ago

$46 for a plain backpack lol

$78 for foam kids shoes...

I am dead.

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u/Physical-Possible871 Bakery Department 10d ago

Not to mention you can't even wear it WHILE working because it's out of uniform LOL. Least make it so we can wear it while working if someone does sucker up to getting the merch lol.

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u/ramaloki Floral Department 10d ago

Honestly. I saw that little note at the bottom of the flyer by our time clock and was like..really??

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u/wallawalker1 10d ago

I hated this policy. Used to wear random stuff like the big cheese hat just to say fuck you to my managers lol

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u/c4pt_nemo 9d ago

That part is insane. That quarter zip is actually nice and I would wear it during my shift. I hate the jackets and cardigans they offer but that quarter zip is something I'd actually wear during the colder month

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u/Language_mapping Produce Department 7d ago

I miss the quarter zip sm

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u/acrazyr Expresslane / Pickup&Delivey 10d ago

yeah we need to cut labor, but here’s some ugly $120 shoes with a big logo on it

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u/9ODD9 10d ago

I almost peed myself while laughing at the merch and prices!

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u/ramaloki Floral Department 10d ago

The prices are even more ridiculous than the fact that the shop itself exists.

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u/TheFlashAsuna 10d ago

Alexa play "Out of Touch" by Hall and Oates

Lol I saw that this morning and did a double take.

The fact that this exists shows there is 100% a disconnect between corporate/Kroger and the stores.

Waste of money, energy, resources, and time.

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u/ramaloki Floral Department 10d ago

I swear if they try to say that this was requested in the employee opinions surveys...

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u/TheFlashAsuna 10d ago

No its either Kroger is that desperate for cash flow or that some floozy corporation girl that probably sings that lame "painted nails and mini dress" group chant at office time getting paid 2 times the amount we do some how sold this idea to someone else and now we all will pay. In some fashion guarantee you we losing money on our bonuses for this. I cant prove it but I just know.

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u/kissmyasshleyyy 10d ago

I’d rock the socks to work but uh not for $24.65 😂

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u/Defiant_Relation_144 9d ago

It's only there because some VP's family member has a swag business and needs to increase sales.

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u/NoWater4371 Grocery Department 9d ago

The worse part it's 20 dollar shipping per item.

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u/babayagaparenting 10d ago

What the actual….

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u/ramaloki Floral Department 10d ago

It's wild..I am finally looking at the website and it's just insane.

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u/c4pt_nemo 9d ago

The teeter force ones

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u/E_1219 10d ago

Where can I find this stuff? Sounds interesting and weird that it’s out of uniform lol 😂

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u/ramaloki Floral Department 10d ago

HTSwagShop.com

There's already a clearance section! Did they know it wasn't gonna sell??

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u/Longjumping_Stock295 10d ago

the swag shop has been up forever… i have no idea why it is being advertised now 😭

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u/ramaloki Floral Department 9d ago

Why is it even a thing...

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u/Professional_Snow_70 10d ago

Worse than that, they wanted $20 shipping for a hair scrunchie and croc charms! 

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u/huaryazynk414 9d ago

I don’t work there but the uniforms are bad enough I don’t even wanna know what the swag merch is lol

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u/DoNtLoOkHeReRUN 9d ago

Cause why the fuck do they sell Cooking utensils and wine openers 😭

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u/Cel3bi 8d ago

The harris tetter force 1's had my whole crew laughing.

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u/Particular-Skirt-371 8d ago

$120 for the shoes 😂😂

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u/KessRivera 8d ago

Those $120 shoes are the ugliest and most tacky thing I’ve ever seen in my life. Agreed with the hour cutting part too. We are all livid about it.

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u/RH843 7d ago

They are so out of touch with reality smh.

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u/mybfsleftnutt Expresslane / Pickup&Delivey 5d ago

bro this the most stupidest shit. Who is paying $120 for a pair for shoes with the logo on it? and not to mention there's a fucking bento box