I Can Now Procure my Favorite Brand of Soda Conveniently
This is America. I should be able to procure my favorite brand of soda without great difficulty for several reasons, including the profit motive that compels the manufacturer to produce the soda and the supermarkets to sell the soda.
Somehow, the profit motive has often proven defective in being able to accomplish the task of procuring my favorite soda, Diet A&W Root Beer.
Demand for this particular brand of soda is very strong, as indicated by the empty space labeled "Diet A&W Root Beer" which is often occupied only by other brands that were pushed into the empty space.
For some reason, this problem does not afflict the Diet Barq's brand or the generic store brand, only my cherished Diet A&W Root Beer.
If the space that should contain Diet A&W Root Beer is almost always empty in any one of about five conveniently located supermarkets, then it suggests to me that this product is in very high demand, and that the producer of this product (7-Up), as well as the supermarkets, would have some incentive to re-stock more often. More Diet A&W Root Beer would surely be sold.
Every once in awhile, I would get lucky and find one or two Diet A&W Root Beer 12-packs in their designated location at a particular store, and I was in the habit of buying as many as they had while the opportunity was available. To facilitate the chance that I would be able to find at least one supermarket with the beverages in stock, I devised a clever route that took me past all five conveniently located supermarkets when I intended to go to any one of them. This helped only slightly, as it seemed that these supermarkets had conspired to deprive me of the one simple pleasure I demand.
Enough was enough. This is America, and I want my Diet A&W Root Beer without hassle! (Please excuse the tirade in the preceding sentence; I was having a fit of passion.)
I drove to the closest supermarket location, and the one which my family most often patronizes, and asked to speak to the store manager. It was a Stater Brothers market.
I waited an unusually long amount of time, but she finally appeared, attentive and visibly concerned and sympathetic to my plight. As you might suspect, the store was devoid of Diet A&W Root Beer at that time, so I was able to provide the visual of an empty space where the Diet A&W Root Beer should rightfully appear.
After listening to my complaint, she kindly explained the procurement process that she herself follows to ensure a healtly supply of all high-demand products, and that the problem with Diet A&W Root Beer was that re-stocking was completely in the purview of the supplier (7-Up), so the best she could do was keep me informed as to when new supplies arrived.
She provided me with the supplier's re-stocking schedule, and agreed not only to set aside several boxes of Diet A&W Root Beer after the next shipment, but to do this indefinitely for me. Needless to say, I was very impressed with Stater Brothers after that conversation.
As it turns out, empowering myself with the knowledge of the supplier schedule was enought to solve the problem permanently and effectively. I now procure 12-packs of Diet A&W Root Beer at will by simply appearing at the Stater Brothers the day after the 7-Up shipments have been received, and the world of the Supreme Aglet is once again in perfect balance.
Somehow, the profit motive has often proven defective in being able to accomplish the task of procuring my favorite soda, Diet A&W Root Beer.
Demand for this particular brand of soda is very strong, as indicated by the empty space labeled "Diet A&W Root Beer" which is often occupied only by other brands that were pushed into the empty space.
For some reason, this problem does not afflict the Diet Barq's brand or the generic store brand, only my cherished Diet A&W Root Beer.
If the space that should contain Diet A&W Root Beer is almost always empty in any one of about five conveniently located supermarkets, then it suggests to me that this product is in very high demand, and that the producer of this product (7-Up), as well as the supermarkets, would have some incentive to re-stock more often. More Diet A&W Root Beer would surely be sold.
Every once in awhile, I would get lucky and find one or two Diet A&W Root Beer 12-packs in their designated location at a particular store, and I was in the habit of buying as many as they had while the opportunity was available. To facilitate the chance that I would be able to find at least one supermarket with the beverages in stock, I devised a clever route that took me past all five conveniently located supermarkets when I intended to go to any one of them. This helped only slightly, as it seemed that these supermarkets had conspired to deprive me of the one simple pleasure I demand.
Enough was enough. This is America, and I want my Diet A&W Root Beer without hassle! (Please excuse the tirade in the preceding sentence; I was having a fit of passion.)
I drove to the closest supermarket location, and the one which my family most often patronizes, and asked to speak to the store manager. It was a Stater Brothers market.
I waited an unusually long amount of time, but she finally appeared, attentive and visibly concerned and sympathetic to my plight. As you might suspect, the store was devoid of Diet A&W Root Beer at that time, so I was able to provide the visual of an empty space where the Diet A&W Root Beer should rightfully appear.
After listening to my complaint, she kindly explained the procurement process that she herself follows to ensure a healtly supply of all high-demand products, and that the problem with Diet A&W Root Beer was that re-stocking was completely in the purview of the supplier (7-Up), so the best she could do was keep me informed as to when new supplies arrived.
She provided me with the supplier's re-stocking schedule, and agreed not only to set aside several boxes of Diet A&W Root Beer after the next shipment, but to do this indefinitely for me. Needless to say, I was very impressed with Stater Brothers after that conversation.
As it turns out, empowering myself with the knowledge of the supplier schedule was enought to solve the problem permanently and effectively. I now procure 12-packs of Diet A&W Root Beer at will by simply appearing at the Stater Brothers the day after the 7-Up shipments have been received, and the world of the Supreme Aglet is once again in perfect balance.
posted by The Supreme Aglet at 10:50 AM
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