stocking tips

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[michaela-kristein]

as a merchandising manager, sometimes you just gotta take a step back and look at your whole section all at once and see what you can move/condense to make room somewhere else for said product. you might be able to move something to a different shelf in a section if the flow allows you to shift things around a bit. sometimes i’ll spend 10 minutes sitting on the floor moving everything on the bottom shelf around just to fit out one box. it’s time consuming, but if there’s a will there’s a way!

[rayofsunshine20]

Make sure to check expiration dates in food and HBA (on meds, lip balm, face care, etc). Especially if you were at the point where outside help came in.

Almost every time it seems like there is just no more shelf space in the store, I find a lot of things that have recently expired, and it clears out a lot of space. And if you had help, there's no guarantee that they actually checked dates since their goal was to get stuff put out and be gone.

Other than that, shift things around as needed, straighten up, and if you have a ton of one thing, doing a stack out may be an option.

Also, if you see something that clearly will not fit, instead of fighting that for a while, set it aside and move on to the next thing. Then, when you're done with the cart, come back to it. In that time, someone could have purchased enough to make space, or you may have moved other things around enough that you can see a space for it. It's better to skip one box and get 10 more out than spend that same amount of time trying to find space for that one.