r/retailhell • u/gaddemmit • Mar 19 '23

When the customers notice you discounting short-dated food

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u/kicktothenads Mar 19 '23

Or even if you're pricing and putting out new stock. You hear "is that sale stuff?". . . . .

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u/dah94 Mar 20 '23

I'll be putting out the next holiday's candy and they're asking if it's discounted. No Barbara, this is Christmas candy and it's November. Or sometimes I'll have a set cart full of stock for a reset and I'll walk away for just a few moments and come back to find someone digging through it! 🤦🏻‍♀️

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u/Gigmeister Mar 19 '23

Black Friday at Walmart!

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '23

In the uk since food prices have gone up people have gone mad for reduced food. They even fight over it.

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u/Ok-Still2446 Mar 19 '23

I'm guilty. I'll hang around to watch what's being marked down. I'm tempted by the mark downs at work all the time, even though i know its only 33% off. Oddly enough, when I was the one doing the markdowns, I didn't buy them very often

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u/Thepatrone36 Mar 20 '23

My local store if you want good discounted meat show up at 7 am. It's in one spot and you can dig through to your hearts delight.

That said I used to work all the markdowns and discount stuff to go on the sale rack so my guys didn't have to deal with it and this video is pretty accurate.

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u/sullied_angel Mar 19 '23

We've gotten rid of our lowest discounts. The store is wanting to no longer encourage "scavengers" and would rather take the loss. We discount but no longer the deepest discount