No Space

December 3, 2010: No Space

The worst part of the holiday season is attempting to fit the allocation supplies into the freezers.  Considering we are such a large seller of product it almost seems ridiculous how little space we are given.  Stores with a much smaller amount of product get almost triple our freezer space.  So the balance between all the product that arrives and the space given to store it is not proportionate. 

Christmas comes sooner and sooner each year it seems.  The tell tale sign are the hundreds of pieces of product that come in with big red and green labels on them.  This year was a bit more than expected.  Ten total pallets as compared to our usual 2.  There were 2 pallets regular product, 1 pallet Hanukkah product, and 7 pallets of Christmas product.  There was completely no place to put anything. 

It came down to what myself and my boss could do.  We called up a company to rent a portable freezer: pretty much an 18 wheel truck that is a freezer that they leave behind at the store.  Usually it is just used for turkeys and meats, but we needed it for this product.  We called, had it dropped off, and then loaded the product directly on to it. 

Still not enough space...6 pallets fit on.  There were 4 more to go.  We were able to get our usual 2 into our freezer, but then we had to have the last 2 sent to a different store completely for storage.  Never have I seen this much product come into the store.  HERE COME THE HOLIDAYS!

Until Next Time...

Stay Sweet,

Lil' Buddy