How To Maximize Produce Sales
My former boss who now manages a retail store was once a produce manager. He used to say that produce is the most challenging department among all fresh departments because you have a very small window of opportunity to move the products. A perfectly looking tomato today might look squishy the next day or so. As a produce manager, you and your team should have a schedule in place to make sure that culling is always done frequently. It would not be a good experience for customers to find rotten fruit or vegetable. It will surely leave an impression that your department is not taken cared of. To maximize sales, your display should always look full and fresh. People will always remember something really nice and clean. It won't take one visit for you to get your customer back to the store to shop again. Produce department should be consistent at any time of day. Don't risk of losing a whole box of apple than losing a customer that goes to the store twice a week and spend more...
