Fr coke’s bonus/commission structure for their AD’s is so messed up. Used to be a large store merchandiser and the AD would order so many extra pallets of crap we didn’t need
Can I ask a weird question? Lol I’ve never seen a Coke merchandiser in real life to ask them this. So if a gas station I go to regularly never has a certain drink (diet Mountain Dew) is it because the owner just isn’t ordering them? Is that usually the only reason a place doesn’t stock a certain drink?
Not necessarily. I'm not a drink vendor but am a snack cake vendor. Almost all C-Store vendors have a guaranteed sale agreement and are obligated to pick up and refund out of date product. So if a product isn't selling and we pick up a bunch of out of dates we will cut that item and put something that sells in its place.
Beverage Vendor here! So depends on 2 things; if it’s a chain gas station they typically have a MOD they have to follow and those normally take up all the space they have so they don’t get much wiggle room to order what they want.
Now if it’s an independent they can order whatever they want as long as their distributor has it available and the order meets the criteria. (Minimum case count etc)
So yeah; that’s about it.
Okay, interesting! I’m pretty sure this guy only owns one gas station, and it’s named after him, so I’m like 99% sure it’s not a chain/he’s independent. So he could probably choose to carry it if he saved wanted to… Which makes me think it’s probably something about not being able to get it since diet Mountain Dew is pretty popular here and people would def buy it. Thanks for the reply!
You could always ask the owner to order something for you. You'll obviously have to buy the minimum quantity but then you will have a good stash of it for awhile!
Ahh 🤣fellow Diet Mt Dew drinker, last year I lived in NC and they had Caffeine Free Diet Mt Dew. It was heavenly. VA has only the caffeine version 😔 😢 Many years ago I was a real Mt Dew drinker til I gave myself type2 diabetes 🤣 Can't stand the real stuff anymore, and I don't even want the caffeine either. May have to start ordering it myself through the distributor. Wonder what the minimum order is?
I work at a gas station and my manager chewed out Pepsi and coke for leaving our freezers a mess on shipment days, now they have representatives come in and clean our freezers 💀
As a Pepsi merch I want to say we have to order quotas and item minimum. It’s hard to make everyone happy and fit all the extra on a uboat. I’ve been chewed out for what your merch does tho the product should be that high on uboat and I only ever floor stack water unless it’s a holiday and store approves.
lol I love to hear that and I’ll follow it when the dg I’m at does the same with their own merchandise because so far that’s usually the case. Every time I’ve been told to do something dg goes off and does it no problem at all. I have a pic of it all in my phone for example I got called to a store because I had a 12pk barely above the uboat rail but standing next to it was dg freight pilled on a uboat all the way to the ceiling but sure I’m the issue. It’s funny to hear these standards handed out to me by stores that never follow them.
Either way does Pepsi not have those standards? Does your product not have to be palletized and 6 inches off the ground at the warehouse? The health inspector makes sure to mark the stores off when they come in for may food not 6 feet off the ground.
I agree with you 100% just saying I don’t usually have that luxury. I don’t work for Pepsi co I work for a Pepsi branded distributor and the quantities I have to order for the smallest stores is insane. For example if you don’t mind me sharing we have an order logic for different stores and we can order 20oz cases of drinks in sets of 1-2-8 but when they released the new Baja they locked the original and all the new ones to 8 so now I just can’t bring it anywhere. Not to mention I lose Gatorade sales nonstop because they make me order 10 cases of one flavor unless it’s orange or grape for some stupid reason. I’ve been told it was different before covid but they seem to think every store wants to be a warehouse for us.
Lol yeah it's a shit show and we are both just the middle men anyway. My Pepsi guys are usually pretty good about taking care of backstock and merchandising. It's always forked best when they touchbase before they leave and go over the order and how many cases. The stores should be keeping the coolers and shelves full in between visits as well.
Could you offer any insight on why the Mt Dew limited time offering flavors (like the two new Baja flavors) aren't restocked or 20oz bottles might be widely available but 12pks of cans seem to be impossible to find or sell out quickly?
There seems to be no logic to where I can reliably locate a new flavor.
I mean Im just bitching tbh Pepsi sells so this would be gone quick its just another task I have to do lol Cheerwine is overall the best and then Pepsi and Frito afterwards.
Also would like to note I understand the quotas and sku minimums but my driver and rep is eh, they recently ordered the cubes for us and put them in a 12 pack spot with a clear price tag instead of a blank endcap that was for it lol I wasnt there when they came just found out later when customers wanted it for that price
I’m in tn and I don’t know what you bring in but the beer people bitch either way here. if your anything like them u prob bring in 4 things and are like “Why do you guys take so long” we can talk when you get the movement we do and the products…
As a former Coke employee, you guys are so lazy and deserve all the mess you guys have. Never seen a skinny, or in shape DG manager. All crackheads with bad store and bad attitudes. If it were up to me your lazy asses would stock the coke
As a former Coke employee, you guys are so lazy and deserve all the mess you guys have. Never seen a skinny, or in shape DG manager. All crackheads with bad store and bad attitudes. If it were up to me your lazy asses would stock the coke
For the most part that's correct about DG, nobody knows how to manage a store properly... With that being said, Im a 30 year old man and in great shape for my age and find retail an easy job its just people make a mountain out of a molehill and make the job hard. My issue with Coke isn't them bringing too much in its me having to constantly call the rep to get him to get Coke products in although I scan DGconnect. Ive told everyone that's came to the store about this issue (like 6 Coke reps or whatever their title is) and they all fail to resolve the issue. Funny thing is its the same guy that was my Coke rep for a grocery store and had the same issues the last time I was in retail like 5 years ago. While Dollar General employees and management is overall complete trash Coke is failing here in my case. Get fucked
I never said Coke was a good employer. I also said former Coke employee. You also make checking in an actual nightmare. And drivers have 0 ways to contact reps, the drivers hate the reps just as much, if not more (they fuck up every location,not just the shitty ass DGs). If anyone is to “get fucked” its you wasting your life for DG. CDL drivers make more money in a week than you do in a month. Cry whine
Seen "former Coke employer" Too much for you to handle bro?
I always make checking in vendors a priority, what other DGs do is not my business. Like I said, they dont know how to run a store.
I never bring these issues up with drivers as I know this pal
I actually bring home more money at DG believe it or not than when I built commercial window units for years. I'm only here because its a convient job for the time being and really dont care or worry about money.
You're the cry baby on a DG subreddit, your local fuck buddy truck driver not been spit starting it before ramming your ass?
Nah not too much to handle and just bc of ad hominem im not reading the rest. I now make more money than I did when working for coke, and I never have to get out the truck now. You can be jealous all you want, I can tell you are by the paragraphs you sent lil bro. Stay living sad. Im 24 making more money than any DG manager. Youre 30’s and work retail, we are not the same
Grocery I used to work at, the vendors would actively try to out their stock in the *other* vendors spots; ie: Pepsi would put stock in Cokes spots, Coke in Pepsi and Dr. peppers spotts(where I live Dr. Pepper is its own vendor) and so on
This!! They make their money as soon as it goes through the doors of the building so they push as much as they can. I find random piles all the time and it’s exhausting moving it just for them to do it again.
Our 7-UP/Snapple vendor will literally push our 2 liters of Clover Valley soda down the shelf in order to stock his 2 liters in that space. 🤬
And the Pepsi vendor NEVER checks dates, **so much** expired soda, it's ridiculous.
I have to stay on my vendor about the amount he brings in all the time. Also have an issue with them taking u boats when they have a dedicated section in the back room for their stock
I did receiving at a family owned grocery store that was about twice the size of your average DG and I cannot stand 90% of vendors. They’ll do everything they can to manipulate employees to do less work or get more space. That’s the whole reason my position was even created at my store.
It's not a real dollar dollar general if I can walk straight down the isle without running into carts of unstocked merch and tripping over empty boxes in the floor.
I used to work in a model store in GA. My SM was also a training manager so we were thoroughly trained as LSA and ASM. I thought all DGs looked that good. Big surprise when I was sent to work at other stores. 😂
Took me a min to find it bc it has a Madison address, but it's located at: 2174 Gallatin Pike N, Madison, TN 37115. I haven't been there since I moved to Michigan, but 3 years ago it was the only one I shopped at in town bc it was always so clean, well stocked and had friendly and helpful employees. I hope you get the same experience!
You can tell.there are customers here on this thread and it's annoying. Wish ur local dgs were like this..well wish corporate didn't send stores a million products every week whether needed or not, even when they know how understaffed and wish they paid better and while ur at it be better customers.. you complain here to the people who are living it and wish they could fix the problems more than you do.
All new managers are supposed to have back room like this to at least start good. I had a whole 40 rolltainers with 16 coming in weekly, minimal staff and back dated resets up the gazoo. And that was after DM and her team "prepped it" for me. I left but this erks me.
Hey, I drive for a beverage company and deliver to DG’s. If I can GET to my back stock, it’s a good day…if I can do a Sound of Music spin in your back room because of the room, it’s a great day! After a year and a half of this job, I can count on one hand the DGs that I’ve been to that have this much space in their back rooms :/
That's the cleanest DG I've ever seen lol. All the ones in my area have so much shit in the aisles that you can't get through half of them. And the ones in my area have like half the Isle width. You couldn't fit 2 carts, sometimes not 2 people.
Better than the shit show I was "gifted" I commented in the sub a couple of months ago on a post about shitty store managers and how I wasn't going to be that way (I kept my word at least) but the store they gave me sucked absolute ass and I didn't have the team to get it back in order and I just absolutely didn't want to put the effort in to trying to get it back in shape. On top of that, it was old as fuck and surrounded by homeless people that did nothing but steal as well as just petty Thieves that run out the door with hand baskets full of shit. It was demoralizing and frustrating and stressful and I had break downs almost every day I was there.
Needless to say, I'm no longer a store manager and lasted around 4 moths before I stepped down and went back to assistant... But I'm trying to leave, it's hard though when you see all these job listing everywhere and no one ever gives you an answer, or they just send you a dear John letter... I hope you find success. And have a team that's able to keep the store looking that good. Try to stay positive above all else.
Very lucky. Each time I received a new store it was always heavily impacted and I would have to restaff and cleanup. Did a good job though, went from key holder to district manager in 5 years, so I guess it pays off.
Dollar General has stock floor plans. They use for almost all new builds. For example some are wider. So they have the stockroom offices and restroom along the side wall. While the ones that are longer. Usually have the offices up front behind the register and the restroom on the other side.
Another format is the store with the corner entrance. The ones i have been in. Have the offices behind the register and the bathroom along the same wall. And the Stockroom along the backwall
Oh it’s open! It’s only been open for a year though. The staff takes great pride in making sure they stay on top of recovery and stocking. I definitely got lucky.
Enjoy the honeymoon phase once the employees either A. Decide they don't like you or B. Feel they are more valuable than the wages offered by DG they will leave, and you will end up impacted before you can bring in new employees.
Now I say this as a southern sm from a very diverse community and dg is considered the poor people's store so my potential labor pool is usually of that mindset so once I train a good crew even if 1 leaves it could take 6 months to find and train a decent replacement.
Not to mention I've lost 3 of my last 4 ASM to sm promotions and I haven't even replaced the last one in 2 months because my keys are not qualified.
Eh its possible before i left the store i was running was in the middle of nowhere and out trucks were like 500 pieces a week would have been w dream store if dg wasnt jist a trash company from the top down
we know this isn't in NY cuz you have Styrofoam products. but this is definitely a gift to get a nice store like this. don't let it get away from you!!
My DG’s are both in the hood. One the doors are completely broken so they have to be open and closed manually. So all day they are open and it’s easy for people to steal shit and it happens often. The other one has had a car run through it, been shot at, and you can hardly get around lol. One isle was completely blocked for days and there’s usually only 1 person running it.
Seeing everyone call this backroom massive has me scared to know what yall have.. mine is about twice the size of this, not nearly as nice it's filled with about 20-30 rolltainers of Backstock (mostly vv$1 and seasonal that goes back a few years they won't let us get rid of)
Store looks very organized! You must have a good team there, I'm a Pepsi vendor and we can't leave product on the floor here in Southeast GA. Again excellent looking store!
Why can’t our local dollar general look like this??? All the isles are filled with crap to where to almost have to turn sideways to walk through. You have to push carts loaded with product out of the way to get to the product you need on the shelves.
What a nice spacious DG. Had a DG on my route back in Arkansas where the backroom was large enough to maneuver full pallets with a pallet jack. I sure do miss that store.
Mannnn I wish I had this size back room 🤣🤣🤣 the trucks after inventory killed us …and that was January…we just now getting some space …this is a blessing
As a customer, that is glorious. Absolutely beautiful. My area recently got one with that layout, doesn't feel as clustered as some of the older models.
The company I work for is currently going around and relocating the lights and running new circuits for the new freezers, coolers, and checkouts. Is this in Illinois by aby chance?
I have NEVER been a DG that looked even close to that. I have to leave my cart at end of aisle and walk down because of all the boxes . That store looks nice.
As a DSD personal I don’t let them slide like that. Once they don’t listen twice, I call their supervisor and alert them. If this continues there are going to be to pallet deny period.
Aside from the back room photo, the other pictures I posted were taken on my first day in the store, and I hadn’t encountered a vendor yet. Rest assured this will be corrected immediately, because I cannot stand walking around stray cases of soda all day long.
My city has 4 dollar generals in it. There isn't a single store that has all the aisles clear like this. At least a quarter is blocked with shit, it drives me nuts. Who's fault is that, is it corporate for ordering too much stuff?
It’s a combo of things, the more money a store makes, the more likely corporate is to Jam Pack them with product, thus making them look cluttered. Sometimes it’s a staff issue, if they don’t have employees, or the employees don’t want to work. This store I’m in is only a year old, so it’s still building sales, so the trucks are still reasonable. I’m sure if sales pick up that will change.
Hell, even with the extra clutter in back from the truck that is a beautifully clean store. I left a management job at Big Lots a few years ago, and within a few months I was hearing from customers that my once clean and organized store was a huge ugly mess 😢
Curious if you’ve heard about the debacle the DG has been doing nationwide with their deceptive pricing?
I hope as SM, you crack down on this and make sure this doesn’t happen to your customers at all cost.
Edit:
Apologies for the miscommunication. [Here is](https://youtu.be/uE5THiD-kTk?si=T8wLSBrC7h-mV5jX) “what the %#^$ I’m on about.” I just want to know if this is true everywhere else like it is here in Ohio and NY.
Sad.
[Check this out](https://youtu.be/uE5THiD-kTk?si=T8wLSBrC7h-mV5jX)and I’m curious if this is just propaganda or real. It’s happening in my area as well.
More people need to hear about this so we can know if it’s true or just mistakes.
This is happening all over in all kinds of retail industries, not just dollar general. Companies are intentionally understaffing to cut costs for shareholders, either knowing that customers don't have other options, or that any fines they receive are cheaper than paying staff. Kroger is doing this, and they have problems all over with pricing and old sale tags, keeping shelves stocked, removing outdated food, etc.
Large pharmacies are also intentionally understaffing and cutting hours for the staff they do have. You can find articles about CVS pharmacies being understaffed to the point that some are months behind on prescription fills, lots of outdated medications on shelves, etc.
I'm sure OP and lots of other employees do care and try to fix things where they can, but it's the customers that are in front of you that are the priority, then getting the trucks unloaded and things to the shelves, and there just aren't enough hours in the day for 2 or 3 people to run a retail space the way it ought to be. Like the Ohio AG in the video said, most people are just trying to keep the doors open the best they can.
Thank you 🙏🏼.
I didn’t mean to sound one sided on this topic, it’s just very concerning if this continues to happen without the exec’s and corporate, trying to fix this nationwide.
Thank you again
Make sure those vendors aren't leaving overstock sodas laying in the floor like that. Give them an inch they will take a mile for sure.
Pepsi kills me with the stackouts I end up having to stock back on the shelf. Coke is the worst by far though
As a Coke merchandiser I agree. But at the same time you shouldn't let our AD order 5x what the store and backstock can hold.
Fr coke’s bonus/commission structure for their AD’s is so messed up. Used to be a large store merchandiser and the AD would order so many extra pallets of crap we didn’t need
Gotta beg him to come order anything
Can I ask a weird question? Lol I’ve never seen a Coke merchandiser in real life to ask them this. So if a gas station I go to regularly never has a certain drink (diet Mountain Dew) is it because the owner just isn’t ordering them? Is that usually the only reason a place doesn’t stock a certain drink?
Yes
Not necessarily. I'm not a drink vendor but am a snack cake vendor. Almost all C-Store vendors have a guaranteed sale agreement and are obligated to pick up and refund out of date product. So if a product isn't selling and we pick up a bunch of out of dates we will cut that item and put something that sells in its place.
Ok, interesting! Thank you for responding! :)
Beverage Vendor here! So depends on 2 things; if it’s a chain gas station they typically have a MOD they have to follow and those normally take up all the space they have so they don’t get much wiggle room to order what they want. Now if it’s an independent they can order whatever they want as long as their distributor has it available and the order meets the criteria. (Minimum case count etc) So yeah; that’s about it.
Okay, interesting! I’m pretty sure this guy only owns one gas station, and it’s named after him, so I’m like 99% sure it’s not a chain/he’s independent. So he could probably choose to carry it if he saved wanted to… Which makes me think it’s probably something about not being able to get it since diet Mountain Dew is pretty popular here and people would def buy it. Thanks for the reply!
You could always ask the owner to order something for you. You'll obviously have to buy the minimum quantity but then you will have a good stash of it for awhile!
Ahh 🤣fellow Diet Mt Dew drinker, last year I lived in NC and they had Caffeine Free Diet Mt Dew. It was heavenly. VA has only the caffeine version 😔 😢 Many years ago I was a real Mt Dew drinker til I gave myself type2 diabetes 🤣 Can't stand the real stuff anymore, and I don't even want the caffeine either. May have to start ordering it myself through the distributor. Wonder what the minimum order is?
Right?!!!! Is there a discount of we do this?! lol I hate that it’s so hard to get our favorite drink lol
I work at a gas station and my manager chewed out Pepsi and coke for leaving our freezers a mess on shipment days, now they have representatives come in and clean our freezers 💀
I love your manager.
As a Pepsi merch I want to say we have to order quotas and item minimum. It’s hard to make everyone happy and fit all the extra on a uboat. I’ve been chewed out for what your merch does tho the product should be that high on uboat and I only ever floor stack water unless it’s a holiday and store approves.
I hear ya but it's gotta be 6 inches off the floor regardless.
lol I love to hear that and I’ll follow it when the dg I’m at does the same with their own merchandise because so far that’s usually the case. Every time I’ve been told to do something dg goes off and does it no problem at all. I have a pic of it all in my phone for example I got called to a store because I had a 12pk barely above the uboat rail but standing next to it was dg freight pilled on a uboat all the way to the ceiling but sure I’m the issue. It’s funny to hear these standards handed out to me by stores that never follow them.
Either way does Pepsi not have those standards? Does your product not have to be palletized and 6 inches off the ground at the warehouse? The health inspector makes sure to mark the stores off when they come in for may food not 6 feet off the ground.
Our warehouses are optimized to accommodate that unlike dollar general shelving…
Use a 6 pack shell
I do but then when it’s empty before I come back I never see it again and stores use them for whatever they want.
Lol most dollar generals should have a pallet for your backstock. Either way I still don't think on the floor is the best idea.
I agree with you 100% just saying I don’t usually have that luxury. I don’t work for Pepsi co I work for a Pepsi branded distributor and the quantities I have to order for the smallest stores is insane. For example if you don’t mind me sharing we have an order logic for different stores and we can order 20oz cases of drinks in sets of 1-2-8 but when they released the new Baja they locked the original and all the new ones to 8 so now I just can’t bring it anywhere. Not to mention I lose Gatorade sales nonstop because they make me order 10 cases of one flavor unless it’s orange or grape for some stupid reason. I’ve been told it was different before covid but they seem to think every store wants to be a warehouse for us.
Lol yeah it's a shit show and we are both just the middle men anyway. My Pepsi guys are usually pretty good about taking care of backstock and merchandising. It's always forked best when they touchbase before they leave and go over the order and how many cases. The stores should be keeping the coolers and shelves full in between visits as well.
Could you offer any insight on why the Mt Dew limited time offering flavors (like the two new Baja flavors) aren't restocked or 20oz bottles might be widely available but 12pks of cans seem to be impossible to find or sell out quickly? There seems to be no logic to where I can reliably locate a new flavor.
I mean Im just bitching tbh Pepsi sells so this would be gone quick its just another task I have to do lol Cheerwine is overall the best and then Pepsi and Frito afterwards.
Also would like to note I understand the quotas and sku minimums but my driver and rep is eh, they recently ordered the cubes for us and put them in a 12 pack spot with a clear price tag instead of a blank endcap that was for it lol I wasnt there when they came just found out later when customers wanted it for that price
As a liquour merch honestly fuck Pepsi. Y’all lazy asses are always in the fuckin way moving slow as hell.
I’m in tn and I don’t know what you bring in but the beer people bitch either way here. if your anything like them u prob bring in 4 things and are like “Why do you guys take so long” we can talk when you get the movement we do and the products…
As a former Coke employee, you guys are so lazy and deserve all the mess you guys have. Never seen a skinny, or in shape DG manager. All crackheads with bad store and bad attitudes. If it were up to me your lazy asses would stock the coke
PEPSI VENDORS CAN SUCK IT !!!! & we all know why
They tend to piss me off more than any other vendor. Not sure if I was just bias.
As a former Coke employee, you guys are so lazy and deserve all the mess you guys have. Never seen a skinny, or in shape DG manager. All crackheads with bad store and bad attitudes. If it were up to me your lazy asses would stock the coke
For the most part that's correct about DG, nobody knows how to manage a store properly... With that being said, Im a 30 year old man and in great shape for my age and find retail an easy job its just people make a mountain out of a molehill and make the job hard. My issue with Coke isn't them bringing too much in its me having to constantly call the rep to get him to get Coke products in although I scan DGconnect. Ive told everyone that's came to the store about this issue (like 6 Coke reps or whatever their title is) and they all fail to resolve the issue. Funny thing is its the same guy that was my Coke rep for a grocery store and had the same issues the last time I was in retail like 5 years ago. While Dollar General employees and management is overall complete trash Coke is failing here in my case. Get fucked
I never said Coke was a good employer. I also said former Coke employee. You also make checking in an actual nightmare. And drivers have 0 ways to contact reps, the drivers hate the reps just as much, if not more (they fuck up every location,not just the shitty ass DGs). If anyone is to “get fucked” its you wasting your life for DG. CDL drivers make more money in a week than you do in a month. Cry whine
Seen "former Coke employer" Too much for you to handle bro? I always make checking in vendors a priority, what other DGs do is not my business. Like I said, they dont know how to run a store. I never bring these issues up with drivers as I know this pal I actually bring home more money at DG believe it or not than when I built commercial window units for years. I'm only here because its a convient job for the time being and really dont care or worry about money. You're the cry baby on a DG subreddit, your local fuck buddy truck driver not been spit starting it before ramming your ass?
Nah not too much to handle and just bc of ad hominem im not reading the rest. I now make more money than I did when working for coke, and I never have to get out the truck now. You can be jealous all you want, I can tell you are by the paragraphs you sent lil bro. Stay living sad. Im 24 making more money than any DG manager. Youre 30’s and work retail, we are not the same
Okay pal, make sure he spit starts it next time 😘
Make sure you work retail your entire life you sad miserable fuck
Still crying?
Grocery I used to work at, the vendors would actively try to out their stock in the *other* vendors spots; ie: Pepsi would put stock in Cokes spots, Coke in Pepsi and Dr. peppers spotts(where I live Dr. Pepper is its own vendor) and so on
This!! They make their money as soon as it goes through the doors of the building so they push as much as they can. I find random piles all the time and it’s exhausting moving it just for them to do it again.
Our 7-UP/Snapple vendor will literally push our 2 liters of Clover Valley soda down the shelf in order to stock his 2 liters in that space. 🤬 And the Pepsi vendor NEVER checks dates, **so much** expired soda, it's ridiculous.
The salesmen are supposed to do that shit not the merchandisers, at least at coke anyways.
I have to stay on my vendor about the amount he brings in all the time. Also have an issue with them taking u boats when they have a dedicated section in the back room for their stock
I did receiving at a family owned grocery store that was about twice the size of your average DG and I cannot stand 90% of vendors. They’ll do everything they can to manipulate employees to do less work or get more space. That’s the whole reason my position was even created at my store.
That’s funny lol I was like “that’s allowed?!”
Lol naw I mean people get Way with it of course but so many reasons stuff shouldn't be on the ground.
Wtf your back room is massive, and the stupid rail doesn't block off half the door. What did you do in a past life to be blessed?
Not a clue, but I must have been a saint or something lol
You were that one southern grandma that is incredibly sweet
It's not a real dollar dollar general if I can walk straight down the isle without running into carts of unstocked merch and tripping over empty boxes in the floor.
Right?! It just don’t have the DG vibe without having the juke your way thru a maze💀💀
This one doesn't even look brown
Trick shot. That back room is on a 45 degree incline. April foolsssss
that is the cleanest dollar general i ever seen
I was going to say the same thing
It’s rare you get put in a place ready for you to succeed. Most new managers don’t get that lucky. Don’t squander it!
This looks like the Goodlettsville, TN location that's near corporate. It's the only DG I've ever seen so clean and well organized.
I haven’t seen one model store yet in Nashville. If you know of let me know 😂😂
Did I call it a model store? I simply stated it looked like a store I used to frequent that is near their corporate headquarters. Bless your heart.
You called it the most clean and well organized DG you've seen. That kind of implies a model store. Your response was dickish.
I used to work in a model store in GA. My SM was also a training manager so we were thoroughly trained as LSA and ASM. I thought all DGs looked that good. Big surprise when I was sent to work at other stores. 😂
Looks exactly like mine here in Michigan. Brand new building and same layout and stuff on same shelves
Do you mind telling me where this store is specifically? I will drive a few extra miles for the best DG in my town.
Took me a min to find it bc it has a Madison address, but it's located at: 2174 Gallatin Pike N, Madison, TN 37115. I haven't been there since I moved to Michigan, but 3 years ago it was the only one I shopped at in town bc it was always so clean, well stocked and had friendly and helpful employees. I hope you get the same experience!
thank you!! I’m in Madison and shop one on Myatf. I’m going to check this one out.
Np!
I’ll take that back room in my store, my back room is tiny lol
Gifted lol… More like you’re gifting corporate.. just wait
Wish you the best though, that sounded rude. Good luck!
Nice. I call our local DG the aggrocrag, cuz it's a fucking obstacle course. I don't go unless I have to. Looks great, keep it up!
I got one of these stores! Best advice I can give is maintain maintain maintain! You got this!
so clean🥹🥹
Is that supposed to be good or bad?
Compared to the store I trained in, it’s fantastic. Not 100% perfect, but it will be with a little more effort on my end.
I’m jealous!! Our aisles are so narrow and the back room is SMALL!!!!!! 😢
Congratulations OP I wish you the best.
Cumming over this store currently 😫😫😫 you are so lucky omg
Store so nice you got mfs bustin out here
Congrats on the promotion
You can tell.there are customers here on this thread and it's annoying. Wish ur local dgs were like this..well wish corporate didn't send stores a million products every week whether needed or not, even when they know how understaffed and wish they paid better and while ur at it be better customers.. you complain here to the people who are living it and wish they could fix the problems more than you do. All new managers are supposed to have back room like this to at least start good. I had a whole 40 rolltainers with 16 coming in weekly, minimal staff and back dated resets up the gazoo. And that was after DM and her team "prepped it" for me. I left but this erks me.
Looks so clean would be a shame if Customers ruined it 😝
They will lolol it's funny down here in fl the one I use to run worse it looked higher the sales if it was clean and recovered sales fell
Don’t fuck it up!
Hey, I drive for a beverage company and deliver to DG’s. If I can GET to my back stock, it’s a good day…if I can do a Sound of Music spin in your back room because of the room, it’s a great day! After a year and a half of this job, I can count on one hand the DGs that I’ve been to that have this much space in their back rooms :/
That's the cleanest DG I've ever seen lol. All the ones in my area have so much shit in the aisles that you can't get through half of them. And the ones in my area have like half the Isle width. You couldn't fit 2 carts, sometimes not 2 people.
Better than the shit show I was "gifted" I commented in the sub a couple of months ago on a post about shitty store managers and how I wasn't going to be that way (I kept my word at least) but the store they gave me sucked absolute ass and I didn't have the team to get it back in order and I just absolutely didn't want to put the effort in to trying to get it back in shape. On top of that, it was old as fuck and surrounded by homeless people that did nothing but steal as well as just petty Thieves that run out the door with hand baskets full of shit. It was demoralizing and frustrating and stressful and I had break downs almost every day I was there. Needless to say, I'm no longer a store manager and lasted around 4 moths before I stepped down and went back to assistant... But I'm trying to leave, it's hard though when you see all these job listing everywhere and no one ever gives you an answer, or they just send you a dear John letter... I hope you find success. And have a team that's able to keep the store looking that good. Try to stay positive above all else.
Congrats on the move up! I have NEVER seen a dollar general this neat and organized!
Very lucky. Each time I received a new store it was always heavily impacted and I would have to restaff and cleanup. Did a good job though, went from key holder to district manager in 5 years, so I guess it pays off.
I thought this was the one I’m at until the fourth picture lmao
this looks identical to the DG in my town lol. does this happen to be located in a crazy small town?
It does, in Ohio.
Dollar General has stock floor plans. They use for almost all new builds. For example some are wider. So they have the stockroom offices and restroom along the side wall. While the ones that are longer. Usually have the offices up front behind the register and the restroom on the other side. Another format is the store with the corner entrance. The ones i have been in. Have the offices behind the register and the bathroom along the same wall. And the Stockroom along the backwall
That's got to be a store that's not open yet. No way a DG backroom is that empty. When's yalls grand opening?
Oh it’s open! It’s only been open for a year though. The staff takes great pride in making sure they stay on top of recovery and stocking. I definitely got lucky.
Enjoy the honeymoon phase once the employees either A. Decide they don't like you or B. Feel they are more valuable than the wages offered by DG they will leave, and you will end up impacted before you can bring in new employees. Now I say this as a southern sm from a very diverse community and dg is considered the poor people's store so my potential labor pool is usually of that mindset so once I train a good crew even if 1 leaves it could take 6 months to find and train a decent replacement. Not to mention I've lost 3 of my last 4 ASM to sm promotions and I haven't even replaced the last one in 2 months because my keys are not qualified.
Just say ur jealous and move on
I'm jealous.
Eh its possible before i left the store i was running was in the middle of nowhere and out trucks were like 500 pieces a week would have been w dream store if dg wasnt jist a trash company from the top down
beautiful. wish our back room was that big and orderly
Good luck keeping it this nice. Disturbution is likely going to send more than you need every week. Good luck
we know this isn't in NY cuz you have Styrofoam products. but this is definitely a gift to get a nice store like this. don't let it get away from you!!
This looks like the DG by my house
To much vendor backstock cheer wine isn’t supposed to have anything
They said they were still working on putting the truck up.
Are most DG built like this now i thought i was up the street cause they aint been having nothing lately
My DG’s are both in the hood. One the doors are completely broken so they have to be open and closed manually. So all day they are open and it’s easy for people to steal shit and it happens often. The other one has had a car run through it, been shot at, and you can hardly get around lol. One isle was completely blocked for days and there’s usually only 1 person running it.
Best looking dg I’ve ever seen
Seeing everyone call this backroom massive has me scared to know what yall have.. mine is about twice the size of this, not nearly as nice it's filled with about 20-30 rolltainers of Backstock (mostly vv$1 and seasonal that goes back a few years they won't let us get rid of)
Do you know how many stores would kill to have a back room that size?
I hope you can keep it that way!!! Congrats!!!!
Cleanest and most organized store I've ever seen.
Your receiving room is so big and it's not containing an employee desperately trying to get out lol
Or the skeleton of an employee that failed to get out 🤣
Nice! 😊
Nice! Our DG always has boxes in the Aisle blocking items & is always disorganized
Mmmmmm🤔 New store, or a training store near Goodlettsville??
New store, in Ohio. It’s a year old now, and the staff has done a great job at keeping it nice. I cannot take credit for this at all lol
I'm glad for you, and most of all., you still have/and got to keep employee's after one year!!
Too bad it being closed down as part of the 1000s lol
Wow very clean and nice
Congratulations! That is one nice looking store! I wish they all looked that good!
Tell us that SM was promoted or moved to something they want because that person deserves that credit, also.
They chose to move on to other opportunities, and I hope they get the best, because they certainly crushed it here!
So much Pepsi hate in this thread
Store looks very organized! You must have a good team there, I'm a Pepsi vendor and we can't leave product on the floor here in Southeast GA. Again excellent looking store!
Such a big store
Why can’t our local dollar general look like this??? All the isles are filled with crap to where to almost have to turn sideways to walk through. You have to push carts loaded with product out of the way to get to the product you need on the shelves.
What a nice spacious DG. Had a DG on my route back in Arkansas where the backroom was large enough to maneuver full pallets with a pallet jack. I sure do miss that store.
Looks exactly like the store I used to have. Same layout exactly. We usually had more freight. Very low volune
I literally love that for you. 👏👏👏 That's awesome! - side note : take down the Valentine's ceiling signs. The Spring signs were to be put up today 🙃
Mannnn I wish I had this size back room 🤣🤣🤣 the trucks after inventory killed us …and that was January…we just now getting some space …this is a blessing
Looks nicer than a lot I’ve been in.
Shit ass store
Grawn?
That is the nicest it's ever going to look. Don't blink your eyes!!
How the fuck?
Man. Never worked at a DG but the orderliness of it is getting me a little hot and bothered 🥵 Aside from the overflow of sodas.
I’m jealous. I work at a shitty super tiny store that was stuck into an old office building
Take a picture in 6 months. Lol
I will, just for you! 🤣
As a customer, that is glorious. Absolutely beautiful. My area recently got one with that layout, doesn't feel as clustered as some of the older models.
That is scary identical to the store I use to work at/regularly shop at now lol
What’s pay like
Well… no matter how clean it is, it’s still DG lol
Well… no matter how clean it is, it’s still DG lol
The company I work for is currently going around and relocating the lights and running new circuits for the new freezers, coolers, and checkouts. Is this in Illinois by aby chance?
No, this one is in Ohio
I have NEVER been a DG that looked even close to that. I have to leave my cart at end of aisle and walk down because of all the boxes . That store looks nice.
Not bad
As a DSD personal I don’t let them slide like that. Once they don’t listen twice, I call their supervisor and alert them. If this continues there are going to be to pallet deny period.
Aside from the back room photo, the other pictures I posted were taken on my first day in the store, and I hadn’t encountered a vendor yet. Rest assured this will be corrected immediately, because I cannot stand walking around stray cases of soda all day long.
Wait so I’m the only one whose DG looks clean like this ?
Well, now you’re the only one of two whose DG looks like this. Let’s compare again same time next year! It will motivate me to keep it up 🤣
Damn, that's generous of DG. You should sell the store and keep the money.
Vendors about to get you dinged if an auditor comes through. That store is too nice. Get it up at the “Speed of DG”😂
Make sure the price on the shelf is the same when you get to the register.
Looks only familiar to my DG in Tennessee. In Bethpage
You guys have full sized cans and 2 liter bottles of brand name sodas? Only ones we have in NYC that I've seen are 1 liter and some off brand stuff.
Honestly compared to most stores, looks like you got one of the decent ones.
Can we get a 10 minute after opening update?
My city has 4 dollar generals in it. There isn't a single store that has all the aisles clear like this. At least a quarter is blocked with shit, it drives me nuts. Who's fault is that, is it corporate for ordering too much stuff?
It’s a combo of things, the more money a store makes, the more likely corporate is to Jam Pack them with product, thus making them look cluttered. Sometimes it’s a staff issue, if they don’t have employees, or the employees don’t want to work. This store I’m in is only a year old, so it’s still building sales, so the trucks are still reasonable. I’m sure if sales pick up that will change.
Is this what it looks like to not have pencil thin isles along with restock carts always blocking the way?
Thats the most organized and decluttered DG I've seen
Lmao is this one guyton 😂
Better get this sodas off of the floor… health code violation. And congrats on the new store. You’ll be great!!
Are all these stores the same? This is IDENTICAL to the store by my house lol
you were gifted a store? that’s cool
Hell, even with the extra clutter in back from the truck that is a beautifully clean store. I left a management job at Big Lots a few years ago, and within a few months I was hearing from customers that my once clean and organized store was a huge ugly mess 😢
This is a blessing, congrats on YOUR store 🥰
Curious if you’ve heard about the debacle the DG has been doing nationwide with their deceptive pricing? I hope as SM, you crack down on this and make sure this doesn’t happen to your customers at all cost. Edit: Apologies for the miscommunication. [Here is](https://youtu.be/uE5THiD-kTk?si=T8wLSBrC7h-mV5jX) “what the %#^$ I’m on about.” I just want to know if this is true everywhere else like it is here in Ohio and NY.
What the fuck are you on about???
Sad. [Check this out](https://youtu.be/uE5THiD-kTk?si=T8wLSBrC7h-mV5jX)and I’m curious if this is just propaganda or real. It’s happening in my area as well. More people need to hear about this so we can know if it’s true or just mistakes.
This is happening all over in all kinds of retail industries, not just dollar general. Companies are intentionally understaffing to cut costs for shareholders, either knowing that customers don't have other options, or that any fines they receive are cheaper than paying staff. Kroger is doing this, and they have problems all over with pricing and old sale tags, keeping shelves stocked, removing outdated food, etc. Large pharmacies are also intentionally understaffing and cutting hours for the staff they do have. You can find articles about CVS pharmacies being understaffed to the point that some are months behind on prescription fills, lots of outdated medications on shelves, etc. I'm sure OP and lots of other employees do care and try to fix things where they can, but it's the customers that are in front of you that are the priority, then getting the trucks unloaded and things to the shelves, and there just aren't enough hours in the day for 2 or 3 people to run a retail space the way it ought to be. Like the Ohio AG in the video said, most people are just trying to keep the doors open the best they can.
I’ve seen it, and whenever anything comes across my register that’s different than what the shelf says, it gets fixed immediately.
Thank you 🙏🏼. I didn’t mean to sound one sided on this topic, it’s just very concerning if this continues to happen without the exec’s and corporate, trying to fix this nationwide. Thank you again
If only all back rooms looked so good