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Hi, I'm Peter, again.
And now we're going to talk about stocking.
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Stocking is so important...
to make sure that we don't have out-of-stocks,
or that we don't have out-of-stocks that are in the store,
that aren't... that could be stocked on the shelf.
This one here has one item on the shelf.
If somebody was to buy this, it's an out-of-stock.
So it's good to go through the back-stocks,
and work the back-stock,
and make sure that if this is in the store, we stock it.
So that, if the customer was to buy this one, there's another one behind it.
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Why is rotation important?
The products that we sell are all natural.
There's no preservatives, no colors,
no artificial sweeteners...
It's just natural products.
The shelf-life on the products, generally, is
not that long.
Three to six months in some cases.
We want to make sure we always have the freshest product
on the front of the shelf.
And the product with a lot longer date,
behind, in the back.
So, rotation is very important,
to make sure that we have the freshest product,
on the shelf.
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We have backstock in many places within the store.
There's a backstock room,
generally, in most stores.
And there's backstock on the aisles as well.
We have singles...
on the top stock here.
And we have a top stock shelf.
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So, when we come to stock,
we start with the singles shelf first.
We want to stock all these before we stock the cases.
You don't want to be opening cases,
and have a lot of product on here in the same item.
So, we start with the singles.
So, generally, you take the first item on the shelf.
You bring it down, and you look at it,
and see if you can find it on the shelf.
So, this item here, is right here.
Always check the dates when you're stocking...
Ok?
So the date on this one is February, 2016.
And we're going to check the date on this one here.
February, 2016.
They probably came in on the same case.
And after you work through all the singles,
make sure you front-face the top as well.
Just like that...
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Ok, now we're going to look at the top stock cases,
which is the very top shelf.
And as you can see, these are all full boxes.
Full cases.
So we're going to start on this side,
here at the end here,
and see if we need this.
This is Guayaki Traditional Yerba Mate tea.
So, I'm going to find it on the shelf.
It's right here.
And, as I look,
this is the only bottle on the shelf.
So we don't want to stock a case,
unless we can stock more than a half a case.
So that would probably be about seven jars.
If you can stock seven, you should open the case.
Sometimes only six might fit on the shelf.
And at that point, you're going to have to stock the case.
So this one here,
we can fit six on the shelf only,
all the way to the back.
So we're going to stock the case,
because there's only one on the shelf.
We need to get our ladder out,
to get the case down.
Open your ladder up completely.
Make sure these...
these things are completely flat and tight.
And fit smoothly on the ground.
Ok?
So we're going to grab the case,
and bring it down.
Then you want to put your ladder back,
so it doesn't take up too much space on the aisle.
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Ok, most boxes require you using your box cutter.
So, it's always good to have in your pocket.
You always want to cut away from you,
not towards you.
So we're going to cut this one.
Right here in top...
and cut away from you,
in that direction.
You don't want to be cutting anything towards you.
You might cut yourself.
Ok, so always check the dates,
before you stock.
This one here is September, 2016.
And check and see what you have on the shelf.
This is June, 2016.
So, this June one has to go in front of the September one.
So, we're going to stock the September ones first.
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Then this one goes in the front of all that.
Ok, so now we have six bottles left over,
that we're going to have to put on this single shelf.
We'll get our ladder out here...
[Ladder Opening]
and find a spot to put it.
Always want to front and face up here as well...ok?
Keep this looking nice.
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