There is a whole science to setting up a grocery store. Things they want to sell are at eye level, things that don’t sell well are at then end of the aisles where you see them all the time. Bread and milk are at opposite ends of the store to make you lass everything else. Companies pay for premium shelf space. Suppliers that do not pay premium have their items on the lower shelves.
One of our stores not only rearranged their layout, but they put street names on their aisles. Instead of aisle 6 being next to aisle 5, aisle Creekside is next to aisle Broadway, and the names don’t relate to our town streets so you might be able to guess the order.
Usually the staff rearranges the stock in order to ensure freshness. I saw the night crew taking apart the shelves to move them. Ugh! The number of perishables that had fallen down in between the cracks. Grapes turn to raisins. Bread turns green to penicillin. Toss them into the trash.
noahproblem almost 3 years ago
Don’t overdo it too much, Ralph, otherwise they’ll soon be calling it the “Ralph Drabble MEMORIAL Aisle”.
GROG Premium Member almost 3 years ago
I would have made it worse – not easier for him.
angelolady Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Now that’s customer service!
ChukLitl Premium Member almost 3 years ago
It’s standard strategy. They hope you’ll buy something else while you hunt.
dadoctah almost 3 years ago
And since Ralph is presented as a sort “Joe Average Guy”, it’s also the Joe Average aisle, so it should get loads of traffic.
Johnny Q Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Kevin Fagan may have created a new word, like Al Capp with “Sadie Hawkins.”
jagedlo almost 3 years ago
A new definition of “one-stop shopping”, Ralph?
Stocky One almost 3 years ago
Is it extra wide to accommodate those who shop there?
Chris almost 3 years ago
Ha ha ha!
DawnQuinn1 almost 3 years ago
There is a whole science to setting up a grocery store. Things they want to sell are at eye level, things that don’t sell well are at then end of the aisles where you see them all the time. Bread and milk are at opposite ends of the store to make you lass everything else. Companies pay for premium shelf space. Suppliers that do not pay premium have their items on the lower shelves.
poppacapsmokeblower almost 3 years ago
One of our stores not only rearranged their layout, but they put street names on their aisles. Instead of aisle 6 being next to aisle 5, aisle Creekside is next to aisle Broadway, and the names don’t relate to our town streets so you might be able to guess the order.
globalenterprize1990 almost 3 years ago
Usually the staff rearranges the stock in order to ensure freshness. I saw the night crew taking apart the shelves to move them. Ugh! The number of perishables that had fallen down in between the cracks. Grapes turn to raisins. Bread turns green to penicillin. Toss them into the trash.
cuzinron47 almost 3 years ago
He also has his own display at the donut shop, but it’s usually empty.
Drbarb71 Premium Member almost 3 years ago
That fat boy needs an isle on the next block so he has to earn it!
raybarb44 almost 3 years ago
Brilliant….
Deogheh almost 3 years ago
No donuts?
Mr.doom almost 3 years ago
Who needs anything else after you got Pizza, ice cream, and junk food.
rpepperpot almost 3 years ago
Due to a combination of bad kerning and bad eyesight, I read “junk food” as “junk poop.” You may now return to your regularly scheduled program.
edeloriea14 almost 3 years ago
Holy cow!
Otis Rufus Driftwood almost 3 years ago
The life of a squeaky wheel.
byamrcn almost 3 years ago
Ralph I will give you a week’s pay to teach me how you pulled that off.
Sailor46 USN 65-95 almost 3 years ago
That is done for marketing purposes; Marketing the only career based on lying, other than actual crime.