Has anyone heard Advantage Solutions packing out our product? I’ve seen them in the stores handling Pepsi (warehouse) products.
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Dept 82 was a test for WM! Before they roll it out for the entire store. WM will go warehouse first
Yes that's correct! Merchandisers are too lazy to walk up to the registers and fill them!
Lazy a$$es
Aren't they just handling the convenience packs because the merchandisers wouldn't fill them?
Of course they are lying to you! That’s what they do! We’re you there when GS told a room full of people jobs were safe and then 3 months later they let go of 1/3 of the sales force? Guess not! If you were you may feel differently. They will look you right in the face and lie, you mean absolutely nothing! They can replace you in no time!
Quit trying to rationalize! Yes, the process began 2-3 years ago! If you don’t see that, lord help ya! It’s winding down, we are next!
love the way everyone acts like they know everything. DSD was supposed to end 2-3 years ago and Nabisco is still gaining share. What holds up the customers from going all out warehouse is fuel costs which they benefit with DSD. Now Electric Semi's that's a different discussion
The end of DSD, that’s what has started! Long process
Advantage merchandising
What has already started???
It’s already started!
It's been delayed until the CARES act ends!
Phase 1 starts in August!!
Advantage solutions represents Ferrara and stocks their keebler products. They do not do mondelez... yet. However contacts at acosta tell me they were in "discussions" early this year to pick up the mondelez account. The pandemic has delayed these discussions.
Advantage is a broker. There are a lot of brokers out there that can help “put out any fires” when dsd ends! We aren’t too big! Laughable!
Yes in the north east part of the United states I've heard