Bare shelves at the grocery store!

Sunny said:
The crazy thing is that there's no consistency. Going food shopping is a new kind of adventure. Will there be food on the shelves this week? Will there only be shortages of certain brands, or types of food? Who knows?

Last week, my local supermarket, the Giant (huge food chain in these parts) was out of practically everything. Mostly I didn't care, but I was out of milk, and they had absolutely nothing in their dairy aisle. But another Giant, a few miles away, had plenty of dairy products, including milk. And I was told that Safeway had full shelves.

So, what gives with that?
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I'm beginning to think that how good the manager of the store is has a lot to do with it like calculating customer need and ordering well ahead of time on items that are consistently in demand, etc. We have two Kroger's in my town and one constantly has empty shelves and the other is always well stocked. I believe it just comes down to management, dealing with and anticipating the current supply chain problems.
 

caroln said:
I'm beginning to think that how good the manager of the store is has a lot to do with it like calculating customer need and ordering well ahead of time on items that are consistently in demand, etc. We have two Kroger's in my town and one constantly has empty shelves and the other is always well stocked. I believe it just comes down to management, dealing with and anticipating the current supply chain problems.
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I agree.

I'm also beginning to believe that the large chains are allocating the existing supply to upmarket stores in more affluent areas.

I've noticed the selection is pretty thin in my local inner-city Tops market compared to their more modern suburban locations.
 

caroln said:
I'm beginning to think that how good the manager of the store is has a lot to do with it like calculating customer need and ordering well ahead of time on items that are consistently in demand, etc. We have two Kroger's in my town and one constantly has empty shelves and the other is always well stocked. I believe it just comes down to management, dealing with and anticipating the current supply chain problems.
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I agree with you, I was thinking this exact thing the other day
 
I asked at Trader Joe's today about the meatless meatballs they were out of. They said they are only getting about 2/3 of their frozen orders and the meatless balls should be back by the first of the Feb. There were no empty places in the frozen section that I noted and they had oat milk so I hoarded 3

We need to get those 18 year olds behind the wheels of those trucks. Fast!
 
As well as the empty shelves, I noticed something else. All the stores which used to be open 24 hours are still at the restricted hours...Local grocery stores went to 6AM-11PM and have not yet resumed the 24 hours.
I wonder if they will ever go back. I know, initially it was so workers could clean and sanitize the stores overnight, as well as the usual restocking of shelves.
 
caroln said:
I'm beginning to think that how good the manager of the store is has a lot to do with it like calculating customer need and ordering well ahead of time on items that are consistently in demand, etc. We have two Kroger's in my town and one constantly has empty shelves and the other is always well stocked. I believe it just comes down to management, dealing with and anticipating the current supply chain problems.
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Most large chains including Kroger have automated order systems when items go through the register it signals to order when the inventory falls below a certain level.
Items that can interrupt this is shoplifting or items are in back stock and that is not being worked to shelves.
It is a manager issue but most hands are tied in making many adjustments per store...
i will agree with other poster that some chains do make sure that certain stores are stocked before others

Think many store saw that the 24 hour open feature was not really worth it.
 
Jeni said:
Think many store saw that the 24 hour open feature was not really worth it.
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I agree. But I remember back when I used to work 2nd shift (2-11) And often enjoyed the convenience of being able to run into a store after work to pick up a few things. But others have mentioned that the stores are looking at the bottom line and seeing that it may not be worth going back to the 24 hour service
 
Got a delivery from Walmart and noticed that the 2 bags of English Muffins I ordered had 2 different prices charged. I called and got a credit to my credit card. They also emailed me a promo code worth $10.00 on my next order if I use it by May 30th. No problem as I have already started a list for another order in 2 weeks. The delivery person also came 30 minutes earlier than expected which was nice!
 
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