Sainsbury's puts poster in window that customers were never meant to see …
Looking at the reaction online, it seems people are under the misapprehension that Sainsbury's is a charity, not a plc.
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It's not exactly a secret that these posters are made either. I'm just wondering, is there no warning on the back that says only to put it up in staff areas?
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Popped into M&S Food in Woodley Berkshire. The store opened about under a year ago, and they already have changed the signage inside to the new black logo from a few weeks ago however the outside logo remains the old one.
How very much dare they. Do they not realise people are trying to record the date the branding changes?bbcnewsfix wrote:Popped into M&S Food in Woodley Berkshire. The store opened about under a year ago, and they already have changed the signage inside to the new black logo from a few weeks ago however the outside logo remains the old one.
Re the Sainsbury's poster; what are their staff expected to do to encourage customers to spend an extra 50p?
Most customers in a supermarket will have little or no contact with staff until they get to the checkout and Sainsbury's don't follow WH Smith's practice of trying to sell sweets at the checkout.
Most customers in a supermarket will have little or no contact with staff until they get to the checkout and Sainsbury's don't follow WH Smith's practice of trying to sell sweets at the checkout.
I didn't really think of non human contact like strategically placed gondolas. I'm certainly enticed when the cookies are on offer though something I have noticed in my local store is that when they are the regular cookie section is often empty while there is plenty of stock in the promotional areas. So I guess something as simple as keeping shelves replenished could be included in their "50p challenge".nodnirG kraM wrote:No, but it depends who it's aimed at. A gondola of bakery cookies or hot cross buns is often placed at the entrance of my local Sainsbury's, or at random intervals around the store. An easy 50p extra from the bakery manager.
Getting each customer to guy just one more impulse item can be achieved by most members of staff: a shelf stacker showing a customer where a product is, then perhaps recommending a benefit of a multibuy - there's 50p; a fresh food counter worker asking the critical "anything else I can get for you" or perhaps "have you tried this cheese with this one?" - that'll be 50p.
My understanding is they can deal with change just fine, but they can't deal with the other crap that comes out of people's pockets when they go for a handful (as the change scoops encourage).dosxuk wrote:They're being modified, allegedly because the coin sorters couldn't keep up with people dumping a whole load of coins in, which would then cause them to jam up.Critique wrote:Are Sainsbury's fitting coin slots onto the self-service machines which ordinarily have the dump tray? They recently installed some self-service checkouts in a Local here and they had the coin slots which the older machines have, but the plastic around the coin slot wobbled a bit when I pushed it, as if it wasn't always there and thus wasn't flush with everything else.
The new flaps can be lifted up if you have suitable fingernails.
I guess counters staff are the people with the biggest chance...jonathan wrote:Re the Sainsbury's poster; what are their staff expected to do to encourage customers to spend an extra 50p?
Most customers in a supermarket will have little or no contact with staff until they get to the checkout and Sainsbury's don't follow WH Smith's practice of trying to sell sweets at the checkout.