last of christmas season stock

MrsBartolozzi

I was in Tesco last week when I saw an assistant moving a cageload of Christmas paper, cards etc. I asked him if he was taking it from the floor or just moving it to a shelf elsewhere. His response - It's going out the back to get compacted. Seems tesco at least need the shelf space more than the 20p or whatever the paper might have sold for and I imagine other stores treat their leftovers just the same.

I work for a high street "fast fashion" store and when items have not sold and are removed from sale they are to be destroyed (cut up etc) and binned. Personally I think this is disgraceful as I'm sure loads of charities could benefit from these clothes even if they had their labels removed so they couldn't be returned, but such is the world of business.:(

tamsle

I always remember when I saw M&S advertising the fact that their unsold clothes will not end up in landfills.

This really made me think as it made me wonder how many companies would rather just bin 'dead' stock than go to the trouble of passing it on to a charitable cause. Not to mention how ludicrous this is for the environment. It had never occurred to me that companies did this until M&S said that they didn't.

A_Phoenix_of_Tangerine

MrsBartolozzi wrote: »

I was in Tesco last week when I saw an assistant moving a cageload of Christmas paper, cards etc. I asked him if he was taking it from the floor or just moving it to a shelf elsewhere. His response - It's going out the back to get compacted. Seems tesco at least need the shelf space more than the 20p or whatever the paper might have sold for and I imagine other stores treat their leftovers just the same.

I work for a high street "fast fashion" store and when items have not sold and are removed from sale they are to be destroyed (cut up etc) and binned. Personally I think this is disgraceful as I'm sure loads of charities could benefit from these clothes even if they had their labels removed so they couldn't be returned, but such is the world of business.:(

Yep, this is the dark side of Capitalism alright

7roland8

A bit off topic - but I never used to see Eastser Eggs on sale much after Easter - where do they go?? They just vanish.

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I think ALL surplus stock should go to Charity!

Should we start a campaign??? lol

To be honest this is no joking matter and if the media caught hold of this properly and televised it to raise awareness then maybe MORE retailers would donate rather than 'cut up' and throw away which is SHOCKING and disgraceful!

Even if it went to help families in THIS country who are on a low income and struggling to make ends meet / clothe their children and themselves even ... Same with food wasteage..

7roland8

Yes I thought the stuff went to discount places - a bit like catalogue shops. A bit like you can buy old M&S stock online at ebay - I don't care if its last years colours!

Obscene that its chopped up. What about all the homeless shelters for clothes etc, and women's refuges.

If all the people who had to destroy stuff complained to their managers about it perhaps things would change. I know people have to protect their jobs but surely someone along the line of command can see that this si relaly bad PR?

I never throw good stuff away but am happy if its donated to any charity shop/clothes bin.

jumpingjackd

7roland8 wrote: »

A bit off topic - but I never used to see Eastser Eggs on sale much after Easter - where do they go?? They just vanish.

Years ago Woolworths used to break all the eggs and sell them by the 1/4 pound. Never be able to do this now though, lol

tamsle

Also, when I used to work for Fat Face it was insisted that any returned faulty item (ie had a tiny hole in or had slightly shrunk) HAD to be cut up and binned, the area manager used to check it had been done and sign the stock off so no one could have it! I asked why it couldn't just be given to a charity shop but was told it 'looked bad' on the company to have faulty items and to have stock sold in charity shops. And we used to get through A LOT of faulty returns!

(this was a few years ago now, so I don't know if it's changed, I hope so but don't imagine so)

fiscalfreckles

7roland8 wrote: »

Yes I thought the stuff went to discount places - a bit like catalogue shops. A bit like you can buy old M&S stock online at ebay - I don't care if its last years colours!

Obscene that its chopped up. What about all the homeless shelters for clothes etc, and women's refuges.

If all the people who had to destroy stuff complained to their managers about it perhaps things would change. I know people have to protect their jobs but surely someone along the line of command can see that this si relaly bad PR?

I never throw good stuff away but am happy if its donated to any charity shop/clothes bin.

Its usually cheaper to destroy the stock than the cost of shipping it elsewhere. Or storing it & keeping it in good enough condition to sell next year. Depends what it is and whether the retailer will get enything for it.

It is a terrible waste, but they OUGHT to learn from the overstocks & lines that don't sell even at 10p and adjust their buying for the following season. What amazes me is it happening in some stores year after year. For example, I love the boots 75% sales, but if I was head of gift buying at boots I'd sack all the buyers & stock controllers and try & get stock levels right!

gocurlygirl

Boots stock for Christmas is usually sold as buy 2 get 3rd free(obviously cheapest item)before christmas-so some prices are high but we fall for it.As we all go in for sales I am sure that most of us spend more or buy normal priced things too-I know that I will buy dd 1 and 2 make up etc while I am there,as well as essentials as I DON`T want to go shopping again or elsewhere.I may spend £50 or more.We all look forward to sale-please keep them coming.
I agree that leftover stock should be passed on to charity-an animal charity near us used to get leftover veg but now no longer can(health and safety I suppose,same charity has had to scale down help given and it is a shame):(