Canadian grocer April-June 1918 . moving freely; fourth, buyonly from absolutely reliable people, whocan fill their orders, no matter howthe markets are affected by conditionsof any sort. The Importance of Display Then there were some points in thematter of selling to which Mr. Jenkinscalled attention. There is the ever pre-sent danger of dead stock, a danger thatis largely due to the fact that stockgets relegated to some distant cornerwhere it gets little attention. Goodswell displayed, Mr. Jenkins maintained,are half sold, and for that reason wealways -if possible keep slow movinggoods befor
Canadian grocer April-June 1918 . moving freely; fourth, buyonly from absolutely reliable people, whocan fill their orders, no matter howthe markets are affected by conditionsof any sort. The Importance of Display Then there were some points in thematter of selling to which Mr. Jenkinscalled attention. There is the ever pre-sent danger of dead stock, a danger thatis largely due to the fact that stockgets relegated to some distant cornerwhere it gets little attention. Goodswell displayed, Mr. Jenkins maintained,are half sold, and for that reason wealways -if possible keep slow movinggoods before the eyes of the public andclean up odds and ends in that way, sothat to-day we have scarcely a dollarsworth of goods which is not worth atleast what we paid for them. Weighing is another matter of vitalimportance. It is a very constant causeof annoyance and loss. Careless weigh-ing is about as dangerous a practice asany that can be indulged in around agrocery store. Because we believe this,weighing is the first training we give. A view in Jenkins & Sons store, Charlottetown, Note the orderly arrangement and the way the bulk of the goods are kept under glass. our new clerks, we impress upon themthe fact that absolute weight must begiven, no more, no less, and we insistupon getting the same ourselves. Ouropinion is that more failures are due tocarelessness in weighing than evenbusiness experts imagine. Real Knowledge a Safety Valve Our experience has taught us thatlack of accurate weighing is one of themost prevelent causes of loss in thegrocery business and as hurried weigh-ing is often synonymous with carelessweighing we aim to keep large quanti-ties of all kinds of goods weighed upand ready for a rush. Quite often wetake, say, a chest of tea or a barrel ofsugar, weigh them up into small pack-ages and count the quantity, in this waywe know pretty well how goods areturning out, and if there is any shortagewe at once endeavor to locate the the other day we boug
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