What, exactly, are people buying?
I am really baffled as to what exactly people are buying at Kmart these days. Our Pantry section (which was getting regular shipments from C&S Wholesalers before the Coronavirus) has been obliterated and they just aren’t restocking it. Whole aisles where Best Yet soda, chips, water, food were stocked are completely empty. We have no paper products except ~10 boxes of Best Yet tissues. Now our cleaning supply aisles are also wiped out. We don’t even have any dish detergent left! (Laundry detergent is still about 40% full)
Most of the Home section in my store has been gone for months and now last week we just have moved all the clearance Easter into 4 aisles which used to house towels and sheets. (We have almost none of those left). There is still Valentines, St Patty’s and Christmas c-ap everywhere.
HABA is still being replenished with a new brand TopCare—also from C&S, but the shelves are a joke and we just have 1 selection for most categories. Our HABA manager was laid off and it is now managed under Pantry.
Apparel, Toys and Seasonal are about the only categories that come on the truck anymore, along with random Craftsman and small appliance pallets.
Yet there are still lines at the registers most days. Last night I looked at what people were buying—Frozen merchandise and a clearance blanket. Why the heck are we even still open?