HelluvaBottomCarter [comrade/them]

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  • I think the biggest problem with what you’re saying is that stores are already doing it. What does happen, can happen. If having customers check out their own groceries and pick their own product is so profitable, and the other is not, then why are they doing pickups? On the one hand these retail giants are so smart they’re using the Piggly Wiggly model because it’s the most cost-effective thing but they’re also throwing all that away on apps and online ordering?

    Distribution chains already flow from larger warehouses to smaller stores. A store that is a last-mile micro fulfillment center works just fine in the distribution chain. In fact, when you order online they already ship stuff to their stores for your order. They’re already taking things from the larger fulfillment center and moving it to a store. Then an employee gets it ready for you to pickup. They don’t actually have stock of everything listed on their site. They even bounce inventory from store to store.

    Walmarts are warehouses. Lowe’s Hardware and Home Depot are warehouses. Sam’s Club, Costco, BJs, etc. They’re not distribution centers but they are warehouses.



  • A store like Walmart has a back storage/staging area. Employees have to move product to the salesfloor anyways. They get interrupted by customers asking for stuff. They also have to worry about cleanups and security and organizing for customers rather than quick picking.

    Dollar general takes that and scales it down. They remove the storage/staging. But it works the same way. The story is designed for customers and employees must support customers. Removing the customer presence eliminates a lot of friction from a systems standpoint.

    Either way employees must walk the floor. You can’t really offload the cost of that onto the customer. One employee picking 5 orders at once eliminates a lot of foot-traffic in the store.













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    Why yes I’m aware of propaganda and problematic culture, that means I’m immune to buying into it. How can you tell?