tinfins

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by tinfins 9y ago
That's exactly the reason for this policy. One of many reasons, actually. But it actually is meant for things on regular shelves, it doesn't apply to the produce department, which is what all the pictures in this terrible article
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by tinfins 9y ago
I jumped ahead there and left a step of my reasoning out. The article describes a lack of backstock, due to OTS, causing out-of-stocks when stores have to miss a delivery or two. But if you assume that the vast majority of these issues were
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by tinfins 9y ago
Yeah, I wonder. We definitely aren't used to all the media attention - honestly, I got a little carried away in the comments here. I wouldn't say I even particularly care about Whole Foods' reputation, it's more the fals
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by tinfins 9y ago
You wouldn't want backstock for produce of more than a day or two, because that's going to reduce freshness. You can't just constantly keep tons of backstock of everything year-round just in case there's a storm one week
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by tinfins 9y ago
OTS is really just a collection of pretty common-sense guidelines like don't have more than a certain percentage of inventory in backstock, don't have backstock of stuff that doesn't sell well, keep your backstock organized,
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by tinfins 9y ago
Not necessarily, I'm saying that even if there is, the article has no clue why.
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by tinfins 9y ago
Good point, but I'm not necessarily disagreeing that there were a few days with high out-of-stocks, just that the employees criticizing the OTS system in the article are being very misleading and exaggerating.
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by tinfins 9y ago
Most meat teams at WFM don't have overnight crews. The thing is too, it's a snapshot. We don't know how long it looked like that, what time of the day it was, whether someone called out sick, etc.
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by tinfins 9y ago
So you think stores should just keep a huge backstock of fresh produce just in case an extreme weather event or some other rare issue hits? That's going to lead to less fresh produce for the 350 days a year when everything goes smoothl
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by tinfins 9y ago
There's no centralized replenishment system yet at Whole Foods, OTS is just a collection of guidelines enforced by inspections. 99% of ordering is done manually at the store level for now.
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by tinfins 9y ago
I took another look at the pictures. Notice all those stores where whole sections are out are in the Northeast. Probably they missed a delivery or two because of the weather. Plus during extreme weather grocery stores get shopped hard. Ther
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by tinfins 9y ago
I don't find it hard to believe that a few stores ran out of bananas or whatever for a day. That's all it would take for a customer to snap a picture. The picture of a meat department cooler with empty slide racks was obviously in
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by tinfins 9y ago
I'll add some more info in a few hours.
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by tinfins 9y ago
I gave my opinion on the causes elsewhere in the comments.
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by tinfins 9y ago
Ah, I missed that, sorry.
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by tinfins 9y ago
There are a few things that happen every New Year that combine to contribute to shortages: - Distributors have changed delivery schedules to work around New Year's Eve and Day. - There's a large increase in demand for produce and
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by tinfins 9y ago
I'm a Whole Foods employee, having one of those rare (for me) moments where I can reasonably be considered very well-informed on the subject of a news article, and it's a little bit disturbing just how misinformed and one-sided th
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by tinfins 9y ago
My assertion is supported though. Google tank man video.
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by tinfins 9y ago
I was talking about tank man...
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by tinfins 9y ago
Your assumption was the correct one.
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by tinfins 9y ago
No, I just thought it was interesting that the man in that iconic photo wasn't actually crushed. I hadn't realized until I saw the video.
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by tinfins 9y ago
I mean, I guess they could have crushed him later. But you can watch the video - he wasn't crushed after standing in front of the tank in the iconic photo.
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by tinfins 9y ago
You're wrong. Look at the comments below - you're reacting emotionally and not doing your research properly. I apologize if I'm mistaken, but I'm guessing you're Chinese. I've seen a lot of Chinese people get d
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by tinfins 9y ago
How do you think they should do that, and why are you responding so defensively? It seems to me that the only way for them to build up credibility is to never repeat the mistake they made last decade - but you seem to think that they should
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by tinfins 9y ago
Tank man wasn't crushed, FYI.
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by tinfins 9y ago
Wow, that was incredibly well-written. It reads like good horror. I wasn't planning on reading any longer articles but couldn't help myself.
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by tinfins 9y ago
Yeah, I think one of the plastic containers of arugula was $.50 cheaper. But it's the organic one, so it depends on whether you normally buy that kind.
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by tinfins 9y ago
Vine-ripened tomatoes were cut by $1/lb at my store (from $2.99 to $1.99). The bulk rices all dropped, but I don't remember by how much. Canned beans were already pretty competitive, don't think any dried ones changed. No cha
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by tinfins 9y ago
That's not true at all - the price cuts were to staples like salmon, avocados, ground beef, milk, eggs, bananas, etc...

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