evan price
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A friend is a Walmart manager. He says that any Walmart may carry reloading supplies. There is tremendous latitude towards what may or may not be stocked given regional demands and the line manager is the one who decides what gets shelf space. If a specific store doesn't have something that another store does, it's because the manager of that line at the non-stocking store didn't think it would sell well enough to be profitable to justify the stocking space.
In fact, if an item is normal stock in the Walmart lines catalog, it can be ordered in specifically at the customer's request (assuming the individual store wants to bother.)
My friend (who is a sporting goods manager) is friendly and very willing to order things because if it is a guaranteed sale it looks good (they need to reconcile inventory VS sales and ordering in an item that will be sold 100% as soon as it gets in is a good thing)
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Things like powder or primers, or anything else in short supply- they may be able to order it, but they have no control over when it will arrive because things that are in high demand & short supply are allocated in advance. Also the manufacturer will ship it to WM's distribution centers when they have it to ship. That's why the stock clerks say they have no idea when something comes in, it's not in their control.
So let's say you want a jug of a powder. WM stocks it but your store doesn't carry reloading stuff. The order goes into the system. When the powder maker has it and can ship it, it goes to the WM distribution center. Any stores that have allocation/orders pending get filled in the order they were submitted. Stores that stock something are automatically ordered to replenish inventory. So if there is leftover after replenishment, they fill other orders.
In fact, if an item is normal stock in the Walmart lines catalog, it can be ordered in specifically at the customer's request (assuming the individual store wants to bother.)
My friend (who is a sporting goods manager) is friendly and very willing to order things because if it is a guaranteed sale it looks good (they need to reconcile inventory VS sales and ordering in an item that will be sold 100% as soon as it gets in is a good thing)
Edited to add:
Things like powder or primers, or anything else in short supply- they may be able to order it, but they have no control over when it will arrive because things that are in high demand & short supply are allocated in advance. Also the manufacturer will ship it to WM's distribution centers when they have it to ship. That's why the stock clerks say they have no idea when something comes in, it's not in their control.
So let's say you want a jug of a powder. WM stocks it but your store doesn't carry reloading stuff. The order goes into the system. When the powder maker has it and can ship it, it goes to the WM distribution center. Any stores that have allocation/orders pending get filled in the order they were submitted. Stores that stock something are automatically ordered to replenish inventory. So if there is leftover after replenishment, they fill other orders.
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