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They do this at certain stores and I hate it. The customers may like it. It may promote sales, but I don't like it. They do it at a store where I work on my days off. These signs are a pain. They make it difficult to do what we used to call "level the counter". If you're out of something, make a double row of another item. If you have two of one item and eighteen of another, you can put eight behind the two and have two nice rows of ten. You can't do that now. Also, the signs will point out what you don't have cut and people will ask for it and make you cut it. Without the sign, they may not "need" that package of thin cut bone in rib eyes and instead happily buy thin New York's or regular rib eyes out of the counter and not interrupt your work. The signs don't stay on well, especially in the lower picture. They end up on the floor all the time. But even if they did stay on OK, I'd still be against them. There's no need for the signs when each package clearly has a good description and price. You only need the signs for ad items and things that don't have a price tag (scan bars only)

What do you think of these signs?

 

 



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At Giant we had the plastic click on ones that fell off everytime someone reached under them. I did not like them. I do like the narrow paper ones you can just slip in the slot on the front of the shelf, but every week most cases get reset a little, so even that can be a hassle, but its much more tolerable. I really hated using tape on the meat cases too.

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INFORMATION OVERLOAD!

It also means your shoppers are spending more time reading and less time adding items to their carts!



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overkill

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Added labor with no benefits, not when every packaged is marked anyways. In full serve cases we used to have 'stick pin' signs until they outlawed them, don't know what they do now. I can see some added signs for specials, either in stand-up or clip-on frames, but not every item!


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newbernbears wrote:

overkill

 

I agree



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Added labor with no benefits, not when every packaged is marked anyways. In full serve cases we used to have 'stick pin' signs until they outlawed them, don't know what they do now. I can see some added signs for specials, either in stand-up or clip-on frames, but not every item!

 

I agree but, I'd go further than saying "no benefits". I think it's counterproductive because it makes people ask for things that you might not have on hand. Things that they didn't come in for. Things they never would have wanted without seeing the sign. They'd be perfectly happy with something already on display, but now you need to cut, for example, a value pack of thin eye of round steaks.

 

About the 'stick pin' signs. Someone forgot to tell my company that they're outlawed. The meat case where I work is 99.9999% full service and we use stick pin signs on everything. The only non full service items we sell are two or three items in the grocery freezer isle.



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Burgermeister wrote:

 

.................., but now you need to cut, for example, a value pack of thin eye of round steaks......................

 

 

 That wouldn't be very hard. I should have used a different example, but I think you know what I meant



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Burgermeister wrote:
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.................., but now you need to cut, for example, a value pack of thin eye of round steaks......................

 

 

 That wouldn't be very hard. I should have used a different example, but I think you know what I meant

Bugermeister, what the heck are you doing ups so early; Aren't you working today? LOL>



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Coalcracker wrote:
Burgermeister wrote:
Burgermeister wrote:

 

.................., but now you need to cut, for example, a value pack of thin eye of round steaks......................

 

 

 That wouldn't be very hard. I should have used a different example, but I think you know what I meant

Bugermeister, what the heck are you doing ups so early; Aren't you working today? LOL>

 I'm not sure which post you're referring to. I worked 7:30-4:30 today. I think I did the last post on my lunch hour around noon. The clock here may be messed up. It says the last post was 11 hours ago. That's incorrect. I posted about 6.5 hours ago



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I believe in having a proper place for all cuts, but no signs in the way like those. Just a hassle.

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Those tags look a little familiar lol. I hate using those, but I have my entire case signed with 3x8 signs, exempt for the grind set, family pack set, and the smoked set, unless it's a UPC item, which I have those sticky tags on them. If done right, I think it looks really sharp. If we run short on something, my meat wrapper just puts the sign on the ledge that is above my case, and sticks something else in there for the time being. We only put signs on the family pack set when we know there is going to be company the next day :) I'll try and remember to take a picture so I can post it in here tomorrow.



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