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10 Dec 2023 9 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Strategically merchandised health & beauty section at Stable 2 Table From Wholesome Shopper Market On Thursday the 23rd, Fred emails Edgar to request his presence at the Central office, at noon on Friday. The stated purpose of this meeting i...
9 Dec 2023 18 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
a dark store just before the lights permanently go out But if neither he nor presumably anybody else is getting much response on those various bullet points, perhaps something a little less serious might do the trick. This is the hope, anyway,...
8 Dec 2023 14 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
equipment & supply wasteland during its dying days They don’t have to wait too terribly long for their answers, however, as the weights and measures fellow shows up a week later, pretty much right in line with what they’ve expected. And it’s...
7 Dec 2023 13 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
One key battleground in the latest choose your own pricing adventure Progress, or what some might prefer to simply call “activity” instead, continues on other fronts, however. As they enter the month of March, Todd announces that this will b...
6 Dec 2023 15 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Cigarette ads & Combos bags: just your average help desk at a natural foods store But at least Ben’s trying, one might say. The lowest rung on this ladder concerns the tiny band of holdouts who refuse to play ball with this new regime in any fashi...
5 Dec 2023 14 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
product shipment optimized for foot traffic One significant inflection point arrives during Edgar’s next trip up to Lorena. Like many other spark inducing events, this one begins by Don Evans drifting into the equipment room without warning....
4 Dec 2023 11 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
an empty yet standing juice bar As January draws to a close, Edgar receives a card from Rob and the Locke sisters, thanking him for 10 years of service. This is a welcome, unexpected touch, and helps remind him that he can realistically maybe...
3 Dec 2023 12 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
a lot of space to fill, even with mountains of conventional product This mindset is a problem in itself, yet it’s also beginning to have a snowball effect. Once the complainers realize that this is a trending, acceptable go-to, they will als...
2 Dec 2023 13 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
The deepest recesses of a huge store: possibly a better place to hide than one’s office Failing the price audit up in Lorena, though, now this is Edgar’s responsibility. However, even in this instance, he feels the bosses’ thinking on this i...
1 Dec 2023 17 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
organically merchandised grocery section The end of January finds Edgar back at his actual desk — or for that matter, anywhere else but Lorena — for the first time in a couple weeks. It’s a surreal landscape, made even more so in confronting...
