Re:Getting people to buy imperfect produce
by londons_explore on Tuesday June 25, 2019 @07:58PM
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Employees selling discounted goods to friends is a big source of losses for many retail shops.
That's why they normally have very rigid discounting rules. Discounts are allowed on the day of expiry for example, and the discount percentage is based on how many hours till closing time.
If the goods are bruised and not yet on the day of expiry, they don't allow discounting, although the product can be binned.
Some food gets wasted, but employee fraud would be far larger any other way.
Re:Getting people to buy imperfect produce
by nashashmi on Tuesday June 25, 2019 @08:11PM
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Employee fraud can actually be an employee perk. I worked at a grocery supermarket before. No perks or discounts are offered to employees. Sub quality food is actually a great perk.
That's why they normally have very rigid discounting rules. Discounts are allowed on the day of expiry for example, and the discount percentage is based on how many hours till closing time.
If the goods are bruised and not yet on the day of expiry, they don't allow discounting, although the product can be binned.
Some food gets wasted, but employee fraud would be far larger any other way.