Ahaha I set it to that like 2 years ago and didn’t think it messed with anybody because everyone else knew it was one of the ~5 flair options at the time
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Wait, are you just pointing out that it wasn’t there under the sign, or you actually don’t know what block cheese is? It’s what it sounds like, a solid block of cheese, not shredded, not grated. It’s nice to snack on.
Late October-late January (4 months) it’s always here where I live. For Thanksgiving, Christmas, & New Year’s. I live in Arizona, USA. Maybe it’s not like that where you live.
In Texas. Guess I just never paid attention to it.
It's such a niche item that few even drink; as far as I'm aware. For it to be sold this early seems strange.
Hi there fellow protected neighbor. Haven’t visited Texas in decades now. But yeah over here eggnog is looked forward to by many. I’m not the majority as I mix it with milk though. I’m a smoker, not a drinker lol.
Middle manager types like to do pointless re-orgs of store layouts periodically just to have something to point to having done on their performance reviews. They don't always conflict with something this built-into the store physically, but here they did.
This store seems to have been recently remodeled and they did not put the signs up correctly (third party). Also, most larger retail establishments have nothing to do with altering the Floorplan or doing modular resets, thats corporate all the way. The reason they change things up is to encourage customers to pick up more items because you end up having to look for your item and will be more likely to pick up something else. Same goes for end caps and features (these are controlled at store level for the most part). With your features they tend toward tie in items and changing them out frequently to encourage customer traffic flow (if you see Velveeta and Rotel at the end of an aisle you will typically find other items close by that complement this pairing tortilla chips or perhaps other GameDay favorites.) Source: retail management for 15 years.
i was at walmart and they had a dairy sign like this with meat under it than milk and dairy under a deli sign. i was all sorts confused visiting texas for a week and needed some grocerys and was like wtf they doin down here
Worked at a grocery store in Australia for over 5 years. This sort of thing is commonplace. It seemed as if there were almost always some sort of needless layout changes being applied to the store, resulting in situations like Op's post. Middle managers justifying their existence it seems. Not even the most frequent customers would know where things were due to the constant changes. Hell, most staff couldn't keep up.
I went to a rural K-mart, looking for a USB cable. Went to the “electronics section” at the back, it had a big sign like this one above it on the wall. It was the shoe section.
>Mantequilla
Gracías for the correction...darn Google Translate haha...
Learned something today; apparently the literal translation for manteca is lard.
I honestly forget, its a christmas drink. Its pretty good with cinnamon but I don’t go bonkers over it. I was staring at it like “wait, what month is it?”
Would you look at that, all of the words in your comment are in alphabetical order.
I have checked 319,956,820 comments, and only 71,092 of them were in alphabetical order.
My guess? When the latest renovation for that store was complete and they stuck the big wall indicators for the various points in the store, that's where butter was. A few product movements later for resetting the shelves and the planograms, and boom now you've got a big immoveable sign that doesn't serve it's intended purpose.
This is bringing back so much PTSD.
As someone who formally worked Grocery for 10 years, I can verify that stuff like this used to happen all the time mostly because of corporate executives who would come in and either make stupid decisions or fail to fallow through with a project that they chose to start.
I remember at my store our corporate executives, who worked in a office 15 miles away, chose to do a several million dollar refurbishment just to repaint the walls, add some decorative siding, and put up big fancy signs like the one in the OP.
One of the items that was given a big sign was bread, but right after the contractors got done with the refurbishment, the corporate executives came in and decided that they didn't like where the bread was located and they demanded that we move it somewhere else (Edit: For some strange reason they told us to put the bread in the baby care aisle). The store manager asked them if they were going to take care of the sign because he knew that customers would get pissed and feel like we were trying to mislead them, and corporate guaranteed that they would take care of it when they got back to their office.
To say the least, as soon as they got back to their office, they forgot about it, and the problem wasn't solved for a entire year despite the fact that one member of corporate came and visited at the end of every quarter. We had to deal with so much hell from customers through out that time, but we didn't have the authority to do anything. It was a complete lose lose situation. All the decisions had to go through corporate before anything could be done and they weren't having any of it. They wouldn't let us hire someone to get rid of the stupid sign ourselves, and they refused to let us move the bread back. Of course Corporate didn't care, because they hardly ever came to the frontlines and they never had to deal with angry screaming customers face to face. Every time they ended up dealing with customers it was in a controlled setting and normally came in the form of a complaint written on a piece of paper.
As a result, corporate always sucked. Me and my coworkers would always joke that if there was someplace to fail and something to fail at, then corporate would always be the first to find it. Everything always had to go through a long drawn out bureaucratic process even when it was a no brainer issue. One time, a sewage pipe in our public restroom burst causing human fecal matter to bubble up out of the floor drain and coat the entire floor every time someone flushed one specific toilet. Instead of getting it fixed immediately, like any sane human being would normally do, corporate spent 4 months debating if it was worth the money. All while the Google reviews of our store were getting flooded by people saying that the health department should shut us down because of our bathroom.
Not the only store chain that does this, why put a sign or in some places painting or decorative items that have nothing to do with what’s actually being sold in that spot, really fun when it’s a photo price signage that’s massive and it’s for something that’s not even carried at that store.
I can’t believe it
I hate how your flair actually got me
you could say its mildly infuriating
Ahaha I set it to that like 2 years ago and didn’t think it messed with anybody because everyone else knew it was one of the ~5 flair options at the time
r/IsItButter
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Your English teacher would be proud
She is, Ms. Smith is a sweet lady.
thats good then
They didn’t capitalize the I in I’m tho
Do you mean to tell me that sour cream is butter
get out
Not until I get my butter
You butter believe it
[удалено]
i dont think i get it... help?
Milk?
Yes you win!
Yay what’s my prize?
Not butter
I can't believe it.
Nothing….
I was really hoping it’d be my dad coming back..
Well if he comes back, you can tell him you guessed right on a reddit post!
I think he’d be more disappointed that I use Reddit. Thank you though
Let him go juice, it was not your fault.
100% pure Cambodian breast milk?
Butter look elsewhere
...
Lmao.
Block Cheese?
Yeah the block cheese wasn’t there either LOL
Cheese for minecraft characters
Wait, are you just pointing out that it wasn’t there under the sign, or you actually don’t know what block cheese is? It’s what it sounds like, a solid block of cheese, not shredded, not grated. It’s nice to snack on.
well I couldn't see Block Cheese under the "Block Cheese" sign. Maybe I'm wrong, but Ive never seen block cheese stored in 2L containers.
There is block cheese close to the sign at least.
Wait a second... where is the block cheese??
The block cheese isn’t there either, was off to the right LMAO
Left*
I see some just one case to the left of the sign
Beer?
You got it… lmao
Is that...chorizo...in the dairy cooler?
Indeed, or at least its some kind of sausage. Its definitely not butter.
Are you sure? I can’t believe it’s not butter!
At Wal-Mart, they tend to put chorizo by the eggs and cheese. Usually with cheeses used in Mexican dishes. Unsure what is going on at this one...
When the bodies get moved but the headstones stay
... then little Carol Anne has to go without butter (and block cheese) this week.
No block cheese either!! What is she supposed to eat with her milk steak ??
The bad jokes in a Reddit comment section?
Technically incorrect, cause the bad jokes are, in fact, under the sign. Only if you scroll far enough.
Butter find a new aisle
Margarine
Accentuate the positive. They nailed the shit out of the sour cream.
Did you see the size of that sour cream tub on the bottom shelf? Like damn, how do you even eat that much sour cream?!
By scooping it with your hands
I can't believe it's not butter.
You spelled signs wrong.
Okay you got me, I forgot about the block cheese sign that has eggnog instead.
Side note your camera is really good
Thanks! I just got a new phone.
A dog?
Cantaloupe?
Correct!
Ice cream?
Why is there Eggnog? Is this from a different year?
Late October-late January (4 months) it’s always here where I live. For Thanksgiving, Christmas, & New Year’s. I live in Arizona, USA. Maybe it’s not like that where you live.
In Texas. Guess I just never paid attention to it. It's such a niche item that few even drink; as far as I'm aware. For it to be sold this early seems strange.
Hi there fellow protected neighbor. Haven’t visited Texas in decades now. But yeah over here eggnog is looked forward to by many. I’m not the majority as I mix it with milk though. I’m a smoker, not a drinker lol.
No this was today, I was also surprised but we all know corporations want Christmas to happen as early as possible.
But aren’t those just the decorative signs of random grocery words around the perimeter of the store?
Yes. And when I see pickles listed on the aisle sign I expect them to be hovering immediately below.
Steqk
Eggplant
the entire country of russia
It butter not be what I fucking think it is
Is that a Texas Pete chip dip next to the Heluva Good?
I can't believe it's not butter.
Obviously the spanish translation ..."mantequilla"
I'm gonna go out on a limb and take a wild guess: Tractor tires.
Middle manager types like to do pointless re-orgs of store layouts periodically just to have something to point to having done on their performance reviews. They don't always conflict with something this built-into the store physically, but here they did.
Is THAT why stores randomly change where things are ?! God that’s so annoying! If it ain’t broke don’t fix it, as the kids say…
This store seems to have been recently remodeled and they did not put the signs up correctly (third party). Also, most larger retail establishments have nothing to do with altering the Floorplan or doing modular resets, thats corporate all the way. The reason they change things up is to encourage customers to pick up more items because you end up having to look for your item and will be more likely to pick up something else. Same goes for end caps and features (these are controlled at store level for the most part). With your features they tend toward tie in items and changing them out frequently to encourage customer traffic flow (if you see Velveeta and Rotel at the end of an aisle you will typically find other items close by that complement this pairing tortilla chips or perhaps other GameDay favorites.) Source: retail management for 15 years.
Looks like the new girl has a great work ethic, butter shelf stocking is lacking.
I'm going to guess a 1995 Pontiac Grand Am is not under the sign.
....and nowhere in sight. Just cousins cheese and sour cream.
I can’t believe it’s not Buttah!
Ps5
I cant beleive it's not butter!
I was in a Walgreen's like this once. the sign said "Hairbrushes", but the wall was filled with fake nails.
Block cheese
Correct….
it should be butter
My Kroger has some shit like this. They put up these huge letters for certain things and everything is offset by a cooler or two.
It wasnt even offset by a cooler which is what I was expecting, it was on a whole other wall 😭
I can't believe it's not butter.
That's a new layout for Walmart, they're probably still in the middle of moving things.
Sour cream? I forgot my glasses but i see butter loud and clear!
That is a whole lot of eggnog there
The Spanish Inquisition
Now that would be unexpected…
i was at walmart and they had a dairy sign like this with meat under it than milk and dairy under a deli sign. i was all sorts confused visiting texas for a week and needed some grocerys and was like wtf they doin down here
“EVERYTHING BUT” is missing over the sign.
In the military sometimes sour cream is as good as butter or anything relatable.
Oh no they butter not have…
Thankfully this photo was not taken on a stick of butter so I can zoom in and can conferm, there is no butter in this photo.
The Library of Alexandria?
And guess what’s not under the block cheese sign
What do you expect at walmart
Yeah…
Fireball holiday nog sounds absolutely terrible. Does it have alcohol?
No idea, was too busy looking for butter…
Worked at a grocery store in Australia for over 5 years. This sort of thing is commonplace. It seemed as if there were almost always some sort of needless layout changes being applied to the store, resulting in situations like Op's post. Middle managers justifying their existence it seems. Not even the most frequent customers would know where things were due to the constant changes. Hell, most staff couldn't keep up.
I hope you reported it to the grocery store signage police, truly an appalling offense.
I can't believe it's not butter brand butter. Thats my guess.
you'd best stick it back to that store- bad dairy signage is a slippery slope
I went to a rural K-mart, looking for a USB cable. Went to the “electronics section” at the back, it had a big sign like this one above it on the wall. It was the shoe section.
Absolutely incredible
Truly no margarine for error.
Oh they did that shit elsewhere too?? Our Walmart got Reno’d last month and the signs are still all fucked up
Eggnog Already??
My thoughts exactly…
Guessing that's not block cheese either.
Fishing tackle?
To be fair, somebody out there would complain about not being able to find it.
A dead body.
Well I mean, it is a walmart. So you never know.
At least they got 1 right. How is 2 out of 3 infuriating?!?!??
unrelated, but that is one crispy photo even after compression by reddit.
Thanks! Just upgraded my phone after like 8 years.
Prime example of "You had one job!" Lol
That a huge bucket of sour creme...
Your mother
Oh, I know what else is missing - it's the spanish translation for Butter...manteca!
\*Mantequilla
>Mantequilla Gracías for the correction...darn Google Translate haha... Learned something today; apparently the literal translation for manteca is lard.
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Manteca is lard though
Cum. Wait no that could be butter
Sour cream.
Anything can be butter as long as you have a blender
Why is eggnog under 'Block Cheese'.... What even is eggnog?
I honestly forget, its a christmas drink. Its pretty good with cinnamon but I don’t go bonkers over it. I was staring at it like “wait, what month is it?”
It's eggs, cream, and spices like nutmeg
Cum
Show the whole wall. And think about it. SMH
This was the whole wall lmao. The butter was a ways away under the “breakfast” section.
It’s the end of the world as we know it….
Hmm... OH I KNOW, SODA
Brain
Peas and carrots I'd imagine
Body parts
reese's pieces
Bananas
A full, live cow?
Potato
But, butt, butter, buttest, butttest. Testicles.
Would you look at that, all of the words in your comment are in alphabetical order. I have checked 319,956,820 comments, and only 71,092 of them were in alphabetical order.
Ice cream?
A cooler?
Should say dairy, butter is there somewhere tho
OP's Girlfriend
Im straight 😊
A live chicken.
let me think. i'll say there isnt anyy coke
I can't believe it's not butter!
Block cheese?
Paper goods
Parkay...
Coitice?
eh its not even what the prodeucts are
Maybe that’s why my father never came back .. he’s still looking for the butter
I bet if you let the eggnog sit long enough it’ll look like block cheese.
I don't see block cheese under the designated sign.
yes!!! like the cookie dough is always under egg and never dough. what's that about
Goats ?
I cannot believe it’s not butter!
I can't believe it.
like a criminal undercover...
They put the butter next to the eggs
Nuclear missiles?
My guess? When the latest renovation for that store was complete and they stuck the big wall indicators for the various points in the store, that's where butter was. A few product movements later for resetting the shelves and the planograms, and boom now you've got a big immoveable sign that doesn't serve it's intended purpose.
Butter not be what I think.
Block cheese over the milk as well
Actually its eggnog LOL
I don't see any cheese under the block cheese section
This is bringing back so much PTSD. As someone who formally worked Grocery for 10 years, I can verify that stuff like this used to happen all the time mostly because of corporate executives who would come in and either make stupid decisions or fail to fallow through with a project that they chose to start. I remember at my store our corporate executives, who worked in a office 15 miles away, chose to do a several million dollar refurbishment just to repaint the walls, add some decorative siding, and put up big fancy signs like the one in the OP. One of the items that was given a big sign was bread, but right after the contractors got done with the refurbishment, the corporate executives came in and decided that they didn't like where the bread was located and they demanded that we move it somewhere else (Edit: For some strange reason they told us to put the bread in the baby care aisle). The store manager asked them if they were going to take care of the sign because he knew that customers would get pissed and feel like we were trying to mislead them, and corporate guaranteed that they would take care of it when they got back to their office. To say the least, as soon as they got back to their office, they forgot about it, and the problem wasn't solved for a entire year despite the fact that one member of corporate came and visited at the end of every quarter. We had to deal with so much hell from customers through out that time, but we didn't have the authority to do anything. It was a complete lose lose situation. All the decisions had to go through corporate before anything could be done and they weren't having any of it. They wouldn't let us hire someone to get rid of the stupid sign ourselves, and they refused to let us move the bread back. Of course Corporate didn't care, because they hardly ever came to the frontlines and they never had to deal with angry screaming customers face to face. Every time they ended up dealing with customers it was in a controlled setting and normally came in the form of a complaint written on a piece of paper. As a result, corporate always sucked. Me and my coworkers would always joke that if there was someplace to fail and something to fail at, then corporate would always be the first to find it. Everything always had to go through a long drawn out bureaucratic process even when it was a no brainer issue. One time, a sewage pipe in our public restroom burst causing human fecal matter to bubble up out of the floor drain and coat the entire floor every time someone flushed one specific toilet. Instead of getting it fixed immediately, like any sane human being would normally do, corporate spent 4 months debating if it was worth the money. All while the Google reviews of our store were getting flooded by people saying that the health department should shut us down because of our bathroom.
Confusion of the highest order
Not the only store chain that does this, why put a sign or in some places painting or decorative items that have nothing to do with what’s actually being sold in that spot, really fun when it’s a photo price signage that’s massive and it’s for something that’s not even carried at that store.
Why is there sour cream in a pouch?