Seniors hour

[martinw-48]

Is 7am to 8am too early?

[eol-products]

I went to coles just after 8am and all the usuals where still empty. All I wanted was birdseed which was now empty. Bought some extra cat food although he eats the dearer varieties which should stop people buying extra at $1.90 a tin. 

[davidc4430]

i get it was a grand gesture to the older customers, look come in early and get your shopping.

but it had to be a better plan, there had to be stuff to buy!

now they have a lot of elderly customers who will NOT believe any offers made!

i cant see how they can fix the bad publicity this will create.

they got a lot of customers to get out of bed extra early to make their way to their stores and when they got there gave them carp.

well done big boys!

[snow*jewel]

I just went to my local Woolies. There was a senior lady who couldn't see the toilet paper, and I showed her there was 2 Quilton 6 packs on the very top shelf at the back. I got her one as she couldn't reach it.

The worker there said there were stocks of toilet paper, tissues and paper towels this morning re-stocked, but almost out when I got there.

Managed to get one toilet paper, paper towels, and 2 tissues as per limits, phew. 

[brerrabbit585]

Things might improve after tomorrow when all Woolies start closing at 8pm so that they can restock the shelves for the next day. Assuming they've actually got stock to put on the shelves, that means there should be stock on the shelves first thing in the morning.

[joz*garage]

It would work if they filled the shelves after closing, but i doubt they can do that, trucks wouldn't arrive everyday

[eol-products]

I have been wondering if all stores get the same amount of stock or are some inline before others. I have not seen some items at all at my local but other areas have been replenished.

[davidc4430]

i think what we are seeing is the result of cutting things to the bone in order to have 'the lowest prices everyday' or 'prices are down down'

they used to have huge warehouses full of stock, when a store required stock they would order from the warehouse.

when the warehouse was low on stock they would oder from suppliers.

i think the warehouses are keeping much less stock these days and its a get it as required system.

good when demand is normal but throw a panic into the system and it collapses in a heap.

it annoyed my hearing mr drake on radio yesterday morning saying the is no shortage of anything.

his stores are just as bad as the other 2!

he flat out lied!

[brerrabbit585]

Last year I was trying to get a particular item in Woolies and a staff member (senior enough to know what they were talking about) told me they have no control over what they get sent. It's all done by head office and a store can be sent far more than they know they can sell but another store might need extra but isn't sent anywhere near enough.

With people buying about 50 times the normal amount of toilet paper, trucks could be tied up carting that instead of more essential items, and of course it takes up a lot of space. They'd need to have massive warehouses to store that amount in the first place.

Woolies used to restock every night but our nearest one stopped doing that a few years ago and just did it in the afternoon.  I heard that it was the worst performing Woolies supermarket in Australia so they obviously had to cut back on costs wherever they could.

[zanadoo_56]

My mother was very amused when listening to a news report that pensioners / elderly people in their '70s and 80s' could shop early at the supermarket. 

Her comment: "Only 70s and 80s?  What about me, aren't I allowed to shop early?"

Mum is 92. 

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[lionrose.7]

Bless her XXX