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Kroger seems to follow the same playbook from what I can see. Locally, they are often sold out of common produce such as lettuce. Even dry and canned goods are

Kroger seems to follow the same playbook from what I can see. Locally, they are often sold out of common produce such as lettuce. Even dry and canned goods are a crap shot. The other night I was looking for canned white beans and the entire shelf section was empty. It's frustrating. They are basically the only grocery option in the area and they do enough business to carry a little extra inventory. As it is now, if I happen to be in an area with another option I'll shop there. This is costing them some amount of business.

batbomb 9y ago
Ordering is basically based on velocity and grocery items usually come in 3 times a week. You can tell the manager though. Sometimes the issue is actually that they do have some backstock that hasn't come out, it widely varies from store to store. In fact, they are encouraged to have zero backstock for this exact reason, because the more you have that you haven't gone through, the more likely it is that your shelf count is off. In any case, if you wrote to Kroger they're likely to fix the issue. Unfortunately, they tend to be a bit harsh in punishment for this sort of thing, it depends.
dawnerd 9y ago
I have noticed they’ve been pretty bad about keeping certain things in stock. Their soda isle is probably the worst, almost always picked clean.
- sjg007 9y ago
  It seems strange not to have a back stock of soda.. that stuff never spoils. Maybe it’s a space issue. Same with dry or canned goods. Produce should be cheap enough at wholesale to have some spoilage and they also have these seconds supermarkets that take not quite perfect fresh food and close to expiration date foods. I’d open another store selling those.
  - dawnerd 9y ago
    Problem is the stores here at least don’t seem to restock unless you ask - instead waiting for the coke/Pepsi person to do it. What’s interesting is the increased bottle fee doesn’t seem to have affected sales.

batbomb 9y ago

Ordering is basically based on velocity and grocery items usually come in 3 times a week. You can tell the manager though. Sometimes the issue is actually that they do have some backstock that hasn't come out, it widely varies from store to store. In fact, they are encouraged to have zero backstock for this exact reason, because the more you have that you haven't gone through, the more likely it is that your shelf count is off. In any case, if you wrote to Kroger they're likely to fix the issue. Unfortunately, they tend to be a bit harsh in punishment for this sort of thing, it depends.

dawnerd 9y ago

I have noticed they’ve been pretty bad about keeping certain things in stock. Their soda isle is probably the worst, almost always picked clean.

sjg007 9y ago
It seems strange not to have a back stock of soda.. that stuff never spoils. Maybe it’s a space issue. Same with dry or canned goods. Produce should be cheap enough at wholesale to have some spoilage and they also have these seconds supermarkets that take not quite perfect fresh food and close to expiration date foods. I’d open another store selling those.
- dawnerd 9y ago
  Problem is the stores here at least don’t seem to restock unless you ask - instead waiting for the coke/Pepsi person to do it. What’s interesting is the increased bottle fee doesn’t seem to have affected sales.