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That's exactly the reason for this policy. One of many reasons, actually. But it actually is meant for things on regular shelves, it doesn't apply to the produce department, which …

I jumped ahead there and left a step of my reasoning out. The article describes a lack of backstock, due to OTS, causing out-of-stocks when stores have to miss a delivery or two. B…

Yeah, I wonder. We definitely aren't used to all the media attention - honestly, I got a little carried away in the comments here. I wouldn't say I even particularly care about Who…

You wouldn't want backstock for produce of more than a day or two, because that's going to reduce freshness. You can't just constantly keep tons of backstock of everything year-rou…

OTS is really just a collection of pretty common-sense guidelines like don't have more than a certain percentage of inventory in backstock, don't have backstock of stuff that doesn…

Not necessarily, I'm saying that even if there is, the article has no clue why.

Good point, but I'm not necessarily disagreeing that there were a few days with high out-of-stocks, just that the employees criticizing the OTS system in the article are being very…

Most meat teams at WFM don't have overnight crews. The thing is too, it's a snapshot. We don't know how long it looked like that, what time of the day it was, whether someone calle…

So you think stores should just keep a huge backstock of fresh produce just in case an extreme weather event or some other rare issue hits? That's going to lead to less fresh produ…

There's no centralized replenishment system yet at Whole Foods, OTS is just a collection of guidelines enforced by inspections. 99% of ordering is done manually at the store level …

I took another look at the pictures. Notice all those stores where whole sections are out are in the Northeast. Probably they missed a delivery or two because of the weather. Plus …

I don't find it hard to believe that a few stores ran out of bananas or whatever for a day. That's all it would take for a customer to snap a picture. The picture of a meat departm…

I'll add some more info in a few hours.

I gave my opinion on the causes elsewhere in the comments.

Ah, I missed that, sorry.

There are a few things that happen every New Year that combine to contribute to shortages: - Distributors have changed delivery schedules to work around New Year's Eve and Day. - T…

I'm a Whole Foods employee, having one of those rare (for me) moments where I can reasonably be considered very well-informed on the subject of a news article, and it's a little bi…

My assertion is supported though. Google tank man video.

I was talking about tank man...

Your assumption was the correct one.

No, I just thought it was interesting that the man in that iconic photo wasn't actually crushed. I hadn't realized until I saw the video.

I mean, I guess they could have crushed him later. But you can watch the video - he wasn't crushed after standing in front of the tank in the iconic photo.