I’m hearing that across the US. Many midsized customers will go warehouse in October. What’s the word out there?
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It pays 18-20 an hour here to start, nobody worth hiring is applying.
@w5 it’s probably because no one is applying
I'm down to 1 ftow on my territory. They still haven't hired anyone ....
When our RVP came out to walk stores last year, there was talk about dropping some accounts to warehouse. Targets being one of them especially since they refused to follow any sales programs completely across the board. There was even a mention of dropping smaller chains that end up costing more than than they actually generate in profit as a whole to deliver to and maintain. But all those things were still up in the air.. from a business standpoint, that does make sense and if you're a veteran of the company you will remember when we as a company cut ties with independent grocery chains. Even the ones that could generate more revenue than some of the bigger stores from bigger chains. I shop at alot of independent stores where I live and it looks like they do so much better after going warehouse. They have the same ads if not better, they always look full even when we have shortage issues and some even have actual Nabisco fixtures like our 3D endcaps in their stores.. there's no telling what our future in the industry holds but changes are coming and they are being very careful not to share those just yet.
Company is so focused on cutting labor , they don’t care about retail conditions , then pat them selves on the back and collect their bonus for being on labor budget , all the while the whole dsd is a sh-t show..
@OP when are all stores going warehouse? Who else is so shorthanded that quitting seems like the only solution.
I hope we lose Target. They’re the worst thing I’ve had to deal with in retail for the past twenty years. It’s like they want their shelves empty.
@jw we still have to.
@OP for sure target since we’re not required to use pitcher app there to sell, ha ha
After the new Target reset, I can completely see that 100% with them.
Define mid sized...like no supercenters?
It would make sense