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cardinalkarp wrote:

BTW, fun fact. The Shop N' Save on Chippewa and S. Kingshighway has been the 2nd in sales in alcohol in the St. Louis area more than once...#1? Busch Stadium.

Really, that place is a glorious dump.

I can work with that.

Back at a previous job:
1 case of 72 Cukes cost about $8.50 delivered to the warehouse. That came to about $.12 per cuke. We sold them 2 for $1.00.

wart57 wrote:

Hungary Jack wrote:

wart57 wrote:

Popeye_Card wrote:

wart57 wrote:did I mention my department contributed over a billion in profit to the company?

"Profit", or "revenue"?

If your company made 1 billion in profit, I don't think there's any need to cut raises this year...

Profit. My division of the company, there are quite a few other divisions, some didn't do as well, but we still don't get our merit raises.

$1 B in profit in the grocery industry probably translates to $20B in sales if one assumes net margins are around 5% (3% may be more accurate, which translates to $33B in sales). That is one big division.

try 40% margin....

no way that is net. must be gross? alcohol sales?

wart57 wrote:Back at a previous job:
1 case of 72 Cukes cost about $8.50 delivered to the warehouse. That came to about $.12 per cuke. We sold them 2 for $1.00.

When I sold auto parts I discovered the markup to be similar for oil and air filters, etc.

TimeForGuinness wrote:

cardinalkarp wrote:

BTW, fun fact. The Shop N' Save on Chippewa and S. Kingshighway has been the 2nd in sales in alcohol in the St. Louis area more than once...#1? Busch Stadium.

Really, that place is a dump.

I've seen worse

So have I, but that doesn't mean its not a dump.

Hungary Jack wrote:

wart57 wrote:

Hungary Jack wrote:

wart57 wrote:

Popeye_Card wrote:

wart57 wrote:did I mention my department contributed over a billion in profit to the company?

"Profit", or "revenue"?

If your company made 1 billion in profit, I don't think there's any need to cut raises this year...

Profit. My division of the company, there are quite a few other divisions, some didn't do as well, but we still don't get our merit raises.

$1 B in profit in the grocery industry probably translates to $20B in sales if one assumes net margins are around 5% (3% may be more accurate, which translates to $33B in sales). That is one big division.

try 40% margin....

no way that is net. must be gross? alcohol sales?

I said division, but really should have said department or goup. We have over 1000 stores.

cardinalkarp wrote:

TimeForGuinness wrote:

cardinalkarp wrote:

BTW, fun fact. The Shop N' Save on Chippewa and S. Kingshighway has been the 2nd in sales in alcohol in the St. Louis area more than once...#1? Busch Stadium.

Really, that place is a dump.

I've seen worse

So have I, but that doesn't mean its not a dump.

I don't mind it...but then again comparing it to a West County grocery store...everything is a dump.

TimeForGuinness wrote:

cardinalkarp wrote:

TimeForGuinness wrote:

cardinalkarp wrote:

BTW, fun fact. The Shop N' Save on Chippewa and S. Kingshighway has been the 2nd in sales in alcohol in the St. Louis area more than once...#1? Busch Stadium.

Really, that place is a dump.

I've seen worse

So have I, but that doesn't mean its not a dump.

I don't mind it...but then again comparing it to a West County grocery store...everything is a dump.

The Hampton Village Schnucks is nice and close enough that I would pick that place 10 out of 10 times.

Vincent's Market FTW

Hampton Village Schnucks is ok, but it doesn't have much character. They've specialized most Schnucks to their respective area- for instance, there are more Italian options at the Schnucks on Arsenal. It seems that Hampton Village is specialized for boring people. (which probably makes me one because I do my shopping there, but you get the point)

And the beer selection at that Schnucks sucks donkey wang. Probably 60 to 75% of it is A-B products or Miller products. And then they throw you some Schlafly, the major other brands (Guinness, Newcastle, Sam Adams, Corona), and that's it.