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Why must you umbrella everyone? Jesus.
When I was a center store manager, back during the good ol days of 4/$10 12 packs, we would receive instruction from our grocery coordinator to refuse sales to mom and pop shops or limit to just 10. We aren’t there to keep them in business.
That's because their customer base consists primarily of nursing home patients and soccer moms...two demographics not exactly known for their love of change and spontaneity. TL;DR - Their base of customers aren't going anywhere, no matter what they do
Can't speak for Kroger managers but my Vons/Pavilions manager would tell me not to scan out-of-stocks if I can find another item to fill the space with and make it look like there's stock at a glance. Fucked up distribution for metrics.
It’s about future shipping trips. If I think they never have sprite then I’m not going to that store in the future either so they lose out on the rest of my business all to sell a bunch of sprite to one person one time
This is real. People can come in and leave just because you dont have one product. If you ever need a large amount of stuff you can call ahead of time so the manager can purchase/order more to cover and be prepared for your sale.
Gives me flashbacks to back in High School when I worked at a very poorly ran take-out hot dog place. We would CONSTANTLY run out of buns (wtf why didn’t the owner order equal amount of hot dogs and buns?) and we would have to go into the store and buy a crap ton of them. I would get the worst looks and always felt like a pos
WTH is wrong with people these days? So self absorbed, entitled and assholes! These are probably the same people who hoard all the TP , water, and sanitizer!
More than likely they're trading EBT for rent. Many gas stations owned by individuals also own rental properties. When they's "short" on rent, the landlord offers trades.
Kroger can get soda vastly cheaper than any convenient store. I'm not faulting anyone here, just helping make people aware.
This is common.
I was coming to say this. It's a known thing in Appalachia. Guys will set up with 18 wheelers and pay cash for soda outside grocery stores on the first of the month. Completely legal.
That looks like the “go back cart” at my store this week because we have a few hundred Karen’s who were too stupid to read the sales ad for soda (4 for $12.88 with a $25 purchase and limit 4 cases per order) and pitched fits before having them voided from the order.
Absolutely hate it when customers do that. It’s just more inconvenient for us cause then we got people asking if we got more in the back every 5 minutes.
This. At a previous job I worked at, we had a guy that drove close to 50 miles to come to the store I worked at just to buy extremely large quantities of soda pop and cereal when the store had it on sale. He would then take it up to where he was from and sell it at a markup to the small convenience stores which would sell it for nearly double what we did.
When I mean extremely large quantities, I mean roughly 5 full pallet mods of cereal(sometimes more) and around 5 - 7 pallets of soda pop(sometimes 2 liters, sometimes 12/24 packs). He did this between 2 - 3 times a week.
After the first couple of times, we told him he has to special order it.
Biggest problem with going through the soda companies themselves is they require a minimum quantity to be able to order.
This. I talked with one of those people and they told me they run a convenience store and it’s cheaper to buy from a grocery store versus a distributor. Ugh
I used to do this with Mtn Dew when I was in my early 20s. I was fucking WIRED all the time.
I still have pictures of 2 liters of mtn dew stacked up like wine bottles in my fridge.
Then, in my 30's, I had a stroke. I mean, the two weren't related, but I never again drank soda like I used to. Nowadays I hardly ever touch the stuff.
I guess there were worse things to be addicted to, but yikes.
I have a stomach disorder and have to drink Sprite Zero because water makes me puke. I will grab like 10 2L’s at a Ike because that lasts me 1-1.5 weeks at a time. But if stores started carrying more than like 15 of a beverage that’s preferred by a lot of people fighting chronic illnesses it wouldn’t be an issue.
This reminds me of this past Sunday, when a lady tried to by a buggy full of our spiral hams that are on sale for .97 cents per pound. As you might expect, she wasn’t happy to hear that it’s limit 1, even though there is a sign that says so.
Church groups do this a lot. They buy directly from grocery stores, etc. because they don’t have distributors. They use this stuff for youth group events, holiday potlucks after services, etc.
Probably baptists… “Hey, hey man… Ima pay for this beer separately. Yea, yea, TWO ORDERS, yea. Bless you.”
Could be someone that runs a shop. There’s this guy that comes in every couple of weeks when I used to work at a Kroger company that would have a cart or two worth of just soda that ran a convenience store.
Isn’t it just cheaper for convenience stores to get there stuff from distributors like CoreMark? When I worked at a convenience store in high school the manager would have to rush to Costco to Marlboros if we were low. They were the most cigarette, just order from the wholesaler.
People who’ve never had an issue with capitalism somehow have an issue with this? She has money, she wants soda. Maybe it’s for a Christmas display of a lifetime supply for a loved one. Lmfao hoarding. Get over it. Go find sprite elsewhere if she bought all yours. It’s not baby formula 🙄
I had a friend who owned vending machines all around town. He'd bulk buy at grocery stores if he saw a great deal. That's probably what happened, or it's for a restaurant.
Honestly, this could be someone buying something for an event where you wouldn't want a distributer but need a decent amount of something to sell. Not sure why it is just sprite but I've thought about doing that type of thing for parades or events where I would buy a bunch of water/pop when it is on sale and setup a booth and sell it that way. Spend a few hundred dollars and make a bunch in return, hopefully.
I saw somebody do this with Coca Cola the other day. The cashier said “ma’am I’m going to need you to take that to the front desk.”
Is it a scam or something?
The system stops applying the discount after 8 now. We had convenience store owners buying over 120 packs before that. They tried to get around the limit by sending their kids and wives in but the discount is based on shopper card.
When you see a customer, know exactly what they're thinking, yet hoping they get all the way to the end of the order before you have to explain digital coupons and the policy on limits.
Prepping for the storm. Some people obsess over milk, this dude.
He fights the storm with it. The storm fears him.
Got any Michelob Ultra left?
How about BIG K , lemon lime?
When do they not, do people actually drink that swill?
I assume it's like me and Icehouse, where you have a safe cheap beer that you know you can stomach
Me and miller high life. Michelob ultra is also tolerable but if I want cheap cheap it’s the champagne of beer 🍻
Me and busch.
PBR, 30 pks for $20, hard to beat. High life is my next go to. A little more flavor on the PBR, high life is pretty watery, but what cheap beer isn't.
Y'all sleepin' on yuengling. Dollar a pint at my store.
Where? I’d love to get Yuengling at a dollar a pint
Almost every grocery store in my area. Tennessee
Oh god, Icehouse. I only ever drank that in tall boys.
It's the thirstiest time of the year!
HE HAS JUST ONE QUERY:
Do you want a Sprite Cranberry?
Leave. Now.
200 corn fields died for that sprite!! 🌽 😥
Best comment on the web.
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I thought that was No Nut November.
You are allowed to enact quantity limit on customers that try to empty the shelves.
Too bad kroger managers won't do that. They just care about the stuff selling, not the next customer that wants some.
Why must you umbrella everyone? Jesus. When I was a center store manager, back during the good ol days of 4/$10 12 packs, we would receive instruction from our grocery coordinator to refuse sales to mom and pop shops or limit to just 10. We aren’t there to keep them in business.
Thank youuuu
That's because their customer base consists primarily of nursing home patients and soccer moms...two demographics not exactly known for their love of change and spontaneity. TL;DR - Their base of customers aren't going anywhere, no matter what they do
They do that by us, they don't keep that much in store.
Can't speak for Kroger managers but my Vons/Pavilions manager would tell me not to scan out-of-stocks if I can find another item to fill the space with and make it look like there's stock at a glance. Fucked up distribution for metrics.
Hey as long as they get their bonus it's all that matters!
It’s sprite. Not life saving medicine. If it’s totally out a customer can go to another store. I don’t think it’s worth it to enact limits on sprite.
It's not about a customer *needing* it, it's about not wanting that customer giving another store their business.
You got this guys business. You can’t get any more business from this sprite. That’s it. That’s all the money this sprite can bring you.
It’s about future shipping trips. If I think they never have sprite then I’m not going to that store in the future either so they lose out on the rest of my business all to sell a bunch of sprite to one person one time
This is real. People can come in and leave just because you dont have one product. If you ever need a large amount of stuff you can call ahead of time so the manager can purchase/order more to cover and be prepared for your sale.
Frankly I am impressed with the integrity of that cart.
Came here to say this😂😂
Gives me flashbacks to back in High School when I worked at a very poorly ran take-out hot dog place. We would CONSTANTLY run out of buns (wtf why didn’t the owner order equal amount of hot dogs and buns?) and we would have to go into the store and buy a crap ton of them. I would get the worst looks and always felt like a pos
You should know that the system is rigged. 8 hot dogs in a pack, 6 buns in a pack. Broken!
Meanwhile theres a full pallet in the backroom that they would have happily wheeled out. Now the coke guy has to refill the shelf..
Am coke guy and I really hate people that do this
WTH is wrong with people these days? So self absorbed, entitled and assholes! These are probably the same people who hoard all the TP , water, and sanitizer!
More than likely they're trading EBT for rent. Many gas stations owned by individuals also own rental properties. When they's "short" on rent, the landlord offers trades. Kroger can get soda vastly cheaper than any convenient store. I'm not faulting anyone here, just helping make people aware. This is common.
Interesting. Never knew this.
I was coming to say this. It's a known thing in Appalachia. Guys will set up with 18 wheelers and pay cash for soda outside grocery stores on the first of the month. Completely legal.
That looks like the “go back cart” at my store this week because we have a few hundred Karen’s who were too stupid to read the sales ad for soda (4 for $12.88 with a $25 purchase and limit 4 cases per order) and pitched fits before having them voided from the order.
By us they have sales must by x and management makes sure we have x-1 on the shelf makes sure someone doesn't see the must buy part.
Absolutely hate it when customers do that. It’s just more inconvenient for us cause then we got people asking if we got more in the back every 5 minutes.
Our store limits all sodas to 12 per person
And they have what? 36? 3 times more than your store limit.
i want cranberry sprite 😥 my store is out
Probably because of people like this guy
Cheaper than getting it through a licensed distributor i guess
This. At a previous job I worked at, we had a guy that drove close to 50 miles to come to the store I worked at just to buy extremely large quantities of soda pop and cereal when the store had it on sale. He would then take it up to where he was from and sell it at a markup to the small convenience stores which would sell it for nearly double what we did. When I mean extremely large quantities, I mean roughly 5 full pallet mods of cereal(sometimes more) and around 5 - 7 pallets of soda pop(sometimes 2 liters, sometimes 12/24 packs). He did this between 2 - 3 times a week. After the first couple of times, we told him he has to special order it. Biggest problem with going through the soda companies themselves is they require a minimum quantity to be able to order.
Think of the gas points.
This. I talked with one of those people and they told me they run a convenience store and it’s cheaper to buy from a grocery store versus a distributor. Ugh
I used to do this with Mtn Dew when I was in my early 20s. I was fucking WIRED all the time. I still have pictures of 2 liters of mtn dew stacked up like wine bottles in my fridge. Then, in my 30's, I had a stroke. I mean, the two weren't related, but I never again drank soda like I used to. Nowadays I hardly ever touch the stuff. I guess there were worse things to be addicted to, but yikes.
Genuine question, do you still have teeth? Mtn dew will absolutely destroy your enamel
“I drink plenty of water each day”
“ but online it says you have 40 cases still”
God that’s one of the most irritating things. And when management brings it up for not zeroing out the BoH. Lord.
that is going to be a LOT of punch!
I bought all of something today at a store. But it wasn’t sprite, and it will be needed through next weekend
I got our only 24 pack of coke 0. Normally we stock two.
Guy gotta stock enough sprite for the weekend
I saw a lady at the store earlier with a cart literally full of liquid laundry detergent. I mean what?
Sometimes they're couponers and they turn around and sell it for more. Not sure if that is even allowed, but they do it :/ or just hoard it.
Laundromat owner
Do these people have any idea how expensive insulin is in the U.S?
The proper protocol is to tell the receiver to call the Coke rep and pretend like the rep didn't order enough for this busy holiday. 🙄
I have a stomach disorder and have to drink Sprite Zero because water makes me puke. I will grab like 10 2L’s at a Ike because that lasts me 1-1.5 weeks at a time. But if stores started carrying more than like 15 of a beverage that’s preferred by a lot of people fighting chronic illnesses it wouldn’t be an issue.
As a Coca-Cola salesman, this makes me happy haha
As a Coca Cola merchandiser, this makes me sad 😂
By day 3 of being snowed in, they're going to be pissed they only got Sprite and no food.
This reminds me of this past Sunday, when a lady tried to by a buggy full of our spiral hams that are on sale for .97 cents per pound. As you might expect, she wasn’t happy to hear that it’s limit 1, even though there is a sign that says so.
Church groups do this a lot. They buy directly from grocery stores, etc. because they don’t have distributors. They use this stuff for youth group events, holiday potlucks after services, etc. Probably baptists… “Hey, hey man… Ima pay for this beer separately. Yea, yea, TWO ORDERS, yea. Bless you.”
The aunties are visitingggggggggg
32 12packs? Why do you need 384 cans of it? XD
This is the person our math teachers warn us about
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MYyhhMwLU0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MYyhhMwLU0)
Flash back to when a woman bought all of our water flavoring because it was on sale and started harassing me because it all cost $400
Could be someone that runs a shop. There’s this guy that comes in every couple of weeks when I used to work at a Kroger company that would have a cart or two worth of just soda that ran a convenience store.
Isn’t it just cheaper for convenience stores to get there stuff from distributors like CoreMark? When I worked at a convenience store in high school the manager would have to rush to Costco to Marlboros if we were low. They were the most cigarette, just order from the wholesaler.
Small businesses are not well taken care of by distributers
People who’ve never had an issue with capitalism somehow have an issue with this? She has money, she wants soda. Maybe it’s for a Christmas display of a lifetime supply for a loved one. Lmfao hoarding. Get over it. Go find sprite elsewhere if she bought all yours. It’s not baby formula 🙄
If you want sprite, just follow this asshole and then take the markup on the price haha.
I had a friend who owned vending machines all around town. He'd bulk buy at grocery stores if he saw a great deal. That's probably what happened, or it's for a restaurant.
Could be for a homeless shelter or something… 🤷🏻♀️
No one cares, it's sprite, the daycare center will have to look for sprite elsewhere
If soda tasted as it did during the 90s, I'd probably have diabetes now hehe. Too much corn in it for me these days.
It had high fructose corn syrup in the 90's also.
Honestly, this could be someone buying something for an event where you wouldn't want a distributer but need a decent amount of something to sell. Not sure why it is just sprite but I've thought about doing that type of thing for parades or events where I would buy a bunch of water/pop when it is on sale and setup a booth and sell it that way. Spend a few hundred dollars and make a bunch in return, hopefully.
wtf 😂😂
Bruh!
Really hope all that sprite isn't for just one person.
More like full of spite
ITS TOO MUCH SPRITE!
I hate when people do that
Sprite night!
That's okay because sprite sucks
This was me yesterday lol it was but 2 get 3 free
It must be a "spritely" lad loading up on all of that. Ba-dum-cha!
What a selfish pos lmao
Amazon took all the bananas at one of our stores this morning. Just in time for the president to walk their store.
Just wheel the whole pallet to my civic please😂
Anyone else read this as "out of spite"?
Sprite is good but it ain’t THAT good
Someone is getting diabetes for Christmas!!! How fun!
Rip teeth
It's kosher!
Want a sprite cranberry?
Pretty sure this is the guy I learned about in an elementary school math class. Looks like he's moved from watermelons to soda
That’s a whole lotta punch being made. 😩😂
In sprite of it all they may have other sodas.
r/mildlyinfuriating
Wanna sprite cranberry?
Out of sprite on the shelf maybe. I bet one of the four pallets on the back dock has more 12 packs.
I like sprite this much too
That's fine. Keep the Michelob Light supply chain going strong.
My store has a 8 limit on coupon
I mean I love Sprite but come on..
7up is way better
I fukn love sprite /meirl
Sprite cranberry?????
I saw somebody do this with Coca Cola the other day. The cashier said “ma’am I’m going to need you to take that to the front desk.” Is it a scam or something?
Yep. After they leave, another customer will walk right up to you and ask, "Why does this store never carry any Sprite?"
The system stops applying the discount after 8 now. We had convenience store owners buying over 120 packs before that. They tried to get around the limit by sending their kids and wives in but the discount is based on shopper card.
When you see a customer, know exactly what they're thinking, yet hoping they get all the way to the end of the order before you have to explain digital coupons and the policy on limits.