Discontinued Items Rack

Discontinued Items Rack

n. 1. The RACK back by the DOCK in RECEIVING where DISCONTINUED ITEMS go, once you've MARKED them “DISC.” and brought the remaining CASES back into the BACK ROOM. 2. See DISCOUNT RACK, below.

Discount Rack

Discount Rack

Discount Rack

n. A special RACK set aside for CUSTOMERS to inspect potential bargains on ITEMS that have been DISCONTINUED, may have sustained slight damage, are the final remaining leftovers from an IN-AN-OUT SHIPPER, etc. See also DISCOUNT TAG, below.

NOTE: In my STORE, the Discount Rack is located at the front end of the Dairy/Frozen DEPARTMENT, in what would be AISLE NUMBER 16, except it has no posted number.

Discounted ITEMS are MARKED DOWN by the RECEIVER, who applies a special DISCOUNT TAG over the ITEM'S regular UPC.

TIP: Price Check, Mate? Occasionally you may be paged by a cashier to do a PRICE CHECK on an ITEM the REGISTER reports as ITEM-NOT-FOUND. That's your cue to look first on the Discount Rack for a similar item, as maybe the DISCOUNT TAG came off of the ITEM you're being asked to check. Don't find a mate to the one you're holding? Check the SHELF. Still no luck? Ask the GROCERY MANAGER, if available. Otherwise turn it back over to the CSM or FRONT-END MANAGER to resolve the issue. As a STOCK CLERK, you don't set PRICES.

Display

Display

n. A prominent arrangement of a single PRODUCT or PRODUCT LINE, intended to attract the CUSTOMER'S attention and encourage purchase, typically accompanied by an ON SALE or DISCOUNTED price, BOGO, or other incentive detailed in the SIGN or SHELF TAG. Examples include 3-WAY, AISLE STACK, END-CAP, EVZ, FAST-WALL, SHIPPER, and WING. —v. To show in a noticeable way.

Display Sign

Display Sign

n. The largest sized TAG, about half the size of a sheet of paper, and which fits into the frames of DUCK-FOOT, GOOSE-NECK, and SWAN-NECK SIGN HOLDERS. Often shortened to just Sign: “Get a sign for that.”

Distribution

Distribution

n. A quantity of PRODUCT received with the usual LOAD, but which was not specifically ordered. Rather, it is something that the central office apportions among all STORE branches and requires each STORE to put on DISPLAY and sell. Compare MISPICK.

Duck-Foot

Duck-Foot

n. The shortest SIGN HOLDER, which has no stem, but just a white frame and a base with a triangular tab that slides under a STACK of PRODUCT: “You'll need a duck-foot sign holder.” Compare GOOSE-NECK, SWAN-NECK. See photo at SIGN HOLDER.

NOTE: Typically used under the bottom layer of a DISPLAY on a WING BASE. Also at the bottom of an END-CAP, FAST-WALL or EVZ DISPLAY. The Duck-Foot gets a copy of the same SIGN DISPLAYED in the GOOSE-NECK that's inserted above, at the base of the BACKDROP. AISLE STACKS and SHIPPERS do not get a Duck-Foot; instead, they always TAKE a regular, GOOSE-NECK SIGN HOLDER.

Dummy Up

Dummy Up

v. To create a DISPLAY that appears to be SOLID, but uses far less PRODUCT by virtue of a curtain, or shallow front and only the essential interior supports. Supports may be widely-spaced columns comprised of PRODUCT cans or BOXES, or empty PRODUCT CASES set between intervening layers of GLASS: “Hollow out the detergent and dummy it up.”