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I had some removed but none are on the board. I do keep an eye on that and it has not happened to me.
Same for me. I’m down to 2!
It’s crazy! I had 107 in September and I’m down to 76 now.
They will eventually pop back up. That’s how some of mine did.
Haven't seen that in South Texas! Unless you mean the Walgreens and CVS stores closing. There are a lot of stores closing down here. That's gonna hurt me because (so far), I've refused to do the 7 elevens and other convenience stores.
@metro25782 wrote:
Haven't seen that in South Texas! Unless you mean the Walgreens and CVS stores closing. There are a lot of stores closing down here. That's gonna hurt me because (so far), I've refused to do the 7 elevens and other convenience stores.
I would always choose the convenience stores over Walgreens!
@metro25782 wrote:
Haven't seen that in South Texas! Unless you mean the Walgreens and CVS stores closing. There are a lot of stores closing down here. That's gonna hurt me because (so far), I've refused to do the 7 elevens and other convenience stores.
They're usually not too bad unless you get a tyrant owner or employees who try to do your job for you.
@bradkcrew wrote:
@metro25782 wrote:
Haven't seen that in South Texas! Unless you mean the Walgreens and CVS stores closing. There are a lot of stores closing down here. That's gonna hurt me because (so far), I've refused to do the 7 elevens and other convenience stores.
I would always choose the convenience stores over Walgreens!
Really? Why? Walgrees is like a tomb most times, the convenience stores have comparatively lots of traffic. I think the likelihood that a display woulld be damaged would be greater at the convenience stores.
@weatherman2111 wrote:
@metro25782 wrote:
Haven't seen that in South Texas! Unless you mean the Walgreens and CVS stores closing. There are a lot of stores closing down here. That's gonna hurt me because (so far), I've refused to do the 7 elevens and other convenience stores.
They're usually not too bad unless you get a tyrant owner or employees who try to do your job for you.
Yeah, that’s sort of my point. You don’t have tyranical owners and I’ve been rather pleased (mostly) with their efforts of pushing stuff to the floor at CVS or Walgreens. Up until now, I could do a pretty good income just focusing on the CVS and Walgreens. Those days are going bye-bye
@bradkcrew wrote:
@metro25782 wrote:
Haven't seen that in South Texas! Unless you mean the Walgreens and CVS stores closing. There are a lot of stores closing down here. That's gonna hurt me because (so far), I've refused to do the 7 elevens and other convenience stores.
I would always choose the convenience stores over Walgreens!
I would as well. The larger drug stores are a mess where I am. They either hold inventory until I get there, which I prefer...or they throw 2 boxes of stuff on the display wherever they can fit it with no rhyme or reason. I have dropped stores like this. That would require me to get a shopping cart (or two) and start over so I can sort them). I only have a few of those now, I kept my favorites with the nice managers and easy to find inventory.
Convenience stores order for themselves or I do it in the app. They only order what they need, they don't have room for stock and want it out ASAP. Easier to find someone to talk to and usually offer a beverage or a snack before I got (never take it though but it is so nice) Then you have the ones that barely look up from what they are doing where I just do my thing and leave.
They removed 33 shops from me this month, majority of them are C-stores
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/08/2025 12:21AM by kisekinecro.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/08/2025 12:21AM by kisekinecro.
I see a ton of 'one time visits' in my area. These were not locations they removed from me, but could easily have been removed from someone else in my area.
Just got the email, they are ending the program after this month. I think we all knew that was coming.
COO sent out an email. Program with current company is ending. TY is like a bad boyfriend.
All I could do is laugh when I received the email. Someone in this forum called the ending a few months ago.
Yeah, I kind of saw this coming. Wonder if TY is just going to ship and leave it up to the stores or if they are on the way out.
Seeing the shape these displays are in every month tells me little work is being done at the store level.
Seeing the shape these displays are in every month tells me little work is being done at the store level.
@87Supra wrote:
Yeah, I kind of saw this coming. Wonder if TY is just going to ship and leave it up to the stores or if they are on the way out.
Seeing the shape these displays are in every month tells me little work is being done at the store level.
Just off the phone with the rep and talk about the project. It does seems like the client is moving towards the method of letting the stores self servicing the displays in the future
Good luck with that, some do a great job and others don't think it's not their responsibility to touch them. It's going to be interesting to see what happens.
In late October or early November, I spoke to a manager in a gas station store about their empty display. They said that their company was in the process of getting somebody to do the TY merchandising. It sounded as if the gas station company (regional chain) was going to hire somebody themselves, but the manager was unsure.
I saw this coming. Will be interesting to see if these stores decide to maintain them or let them go.
I went to two this week where the display(s) have been removed. Nobody in the store knows nothing.
One store was very low on product for months, the other had two mostly full displays.
Just looking to finish my stuff and grab any overflow.
Reminds me when I had too many eggs in the Alta360/Marathon basket.
I went to two this week where the display(s) have been removed. Nobody in the store knows nothing.
One store was very low on product for months, the other had two mostly full displays.
Just looking to finish my stuff and grab any overflow.
Reminds me when I had too many eggs in the Alta360/Marathon basket.
@kisekinecro wrote:
@87Supra wrote:
Yeah, I kind of saw this coming. Wonder if TY is just going to ship and leave it up to the stores or if they are on the way out.
Seeing the shape these displays are in every month tells me little work is being done at the store level.
Just off the phone with the rep and talk about the project. It does seems like the client is moving towards the method of letting the stores self servicing the displays in the future
That will be an absolute disaster.
I service 3 locations. This month they received stock. I was surprised how well the TY product sold in grocery stores. It did take a couple of months to get stock into the stores when asked for contact with the store. Sorry to see it go.
Do not read so much, look about you and think of what you see there.
Richard Feynman-- letter to Ashok Arora, 4 January 1967, published in Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track (2005) p. 230
Richard Feynman-- letter to Ashok Arora, 4 January 1967, published in Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track (2005) p. 230
Ty probably had a probationary contract with service provider, and they couldn't handle the account due to fulfillment of service. It's been about 15 months since they took over the account. Red flags went up for me when that qs code was placed on the rack basically allowing the store to order when they need it that's eliminating ci jobs. The other possibility is it reverting back to route salesman that are employees of cm and ics. Some stores have great luck with the product and others don't primarily due to product placement.
Agree that it is probably going back to employee salesman with routes.
I have had over 5 locations on my monthly route that do not carry TY for over 6 months. EVERY month I go in, snap a photo & confirm with the manager they have not received anything and they still do not want the product.
It's an easy $15, and makes a few of the nearby locations that are NOT easy worthwhile but why would TY want to continue to pay for that? What value am I providing them?
I have had over 5 locations on my monthly route that do not carry TY for over 6 months. EVERY month I go in, snap a photo & confirm with the manager they have not received anything and they still do not want the product.
It's an easy $15, and makes a few of the nearby locations that are NOT easy worthwhile but why would TY want to continue to pay for that? What value am I providing them?
@lakegal2 wrote:
Ty probably had a probationary contract with service provider, and they couldn't handle the account due to fulfillment of service. It's been about 15 months since they took over the account. Red flags went up for me when that qs code was placed on the rack basically allowing the store to order when they need it that's eliminating ci jobs. The other possibility is it reverting back to route salesman that are employees of cm and ics. Some stores have great luck with the product and others don't primarily due to product placement.
My local walgreens started with having a small shelf section for these. Now they have added a display (I dropped off the project a loooong time ago). I will see how the condition of the display is as time goes on or if it gets removed. I know the CVS employees in my town will be pissed if they have to do it, they were not shy about airing their corporate grievances when I would go there.
The way I see it is that C-Stores will not have much issue maintaining the display, or lack of the maintenance......merchandise are always zero on the back and got filled first thing it arrived, or they just never sells.
The sport stores and one of the handcraft store is kind of ok too, they have someone staffing the shelf regularly, not gonna tidy it, but they are staffing the shelf and they are also keeping a zero inventory policy for the TYs
The real big issue is going to be CVS....far too many of them are filthy, and also many stores have like 4 or 5 different displays on different locations within the store. No employees want to touch them, and it also seems like the managers are getting used to having CI going there every month working on them. I went to so many stores where they are now just leaving new boxes in the backroom expecting me to show up to fill the display for them. So ya....CVS is going to be a disaster for TY....I meant it was already a mess before this program, and will only be disaster afterward.
The sport stores and one of the handcraft store is kind of ok too, they have someone staffing the shelf regularly, not gonna tidy it, but they are staffing the shelf and they are also keeping a zero inventory policy for the TYs
The real big issue is going to be CVS....far too many of them are filthy, and also many stores have like 4 or 5 different displays on different locations within the store. No employees want to touch them, and it also seems like the managers are getting used to having CI going there every month working on them. I went to so many stores where they are now just leaving new boxes in the backroom expecting me to show up to fill the display for them. So ya....CVS is going to be a disaster for TY....I meant it was already a mess before this program, and will only be disaster afterward.
I was in a national truck stop today, and they told me they had to count their babies and turn in their count to TY. They have a merchandising manager, and she said she will be having to handle everything now. They will have to place their own orders; hence us handing them the phone number slips inside the boxes.
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@kisekinecro wrote:
The way I see it is that C-Stores will not have much issue maintaining the display, or lack of the maintenance......merchandise are always zero on the back and got filled first thing it arrived, or they just never sells.
The sport stores and one of the handcraft store is kind of ok too, they have someone staffing the shelf regularly, not gonna tidy it, but they are staffing the shelf and they are also keeping a zero inventory policy for the TYs
The real big issue is going to be CVS....far too many of them are filthy, and also many stores have like 4 or 5 different displays on different locations within the store. No employees want to touch them, and it also seems like the managers are getting used to having CI going there every month working on them. I went to so many stores where they are now just leaving new boxes in the backroom expecting me to show up to fill the display for them. So ya....CVS is going to be a disaster for TY....I meant it was already a mess before this program, and will only be disaster afterward.
There's 2 CVS's by me and one of them has 4 displays. This store is a "health hub" so it is pretty large and generally clean. The other has 2 displays - it is a tiny store and it is constantly busy. I sort of hated that store when I was doing the project because the employees were nice, but very busy.
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