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Sale Price

n. The reduced or discounted PRICE of an ITEM that's ON SALE.

Sales Floor

n. Any public area where CUSTOMERS may tread (with restrooms possibly excepted). Often simply FLOOR.

n. 1. A laser-based device for reading UPC BAR CODES, including devices embedded in the checkout registers as well as hand-held register-specific devices for pricing objects that are large, awkward, or otherwise cumbersome to place on the checkout register's conveyor belt. 2. An remote, fixed-location in-AISLE WI-FI connected PRICE CHECK, UPC BAR CODE and BONUS CARD reader available for CUSTOMER use. 3. A special hand-held, WI-FI connected remote device used by DEPARTMENT MANAGERS and PRICE CONTROL for managing INVENTORY, ordering PRODUCTS, verifying PRODUCT status and PRICES, etc. See GUN.

Schedule

n. A weekly timetable showing what days and hours an EMPLOYEE is expected to WORK. Compare NOT SCHEDULED. —v. To follow, prepare, provide input to or modify such timetables: “Please don't schedule me next Wednesday.” See also CLOCK.

NOTE: Schedules are posted weekly by DEPARTMENT, and are supposed to be up no later than noon on Friday for the week following.

Scratcher

n. A scratch-off, “instant-winner” lottery ticket. See also LOTTO.

NOTE: A popular way for many employees to gamble away some of what little money they've earned.

Second FRONT

n. See EXTRA VALUE ZONE. Also 2^nd FRONT.

Service

n. An intangible activity that assists a CUSTOMER to accomplish a task or purpose. Compare PRODUCT.

Service Desk

n. See CUSTOMER SERVICE DESK.

Shelf

n. 1. By shortening, representative of any and all shelving in the public areas of the STORE which is used to support and DISPLAY ITEMS for sale: “Is that on the shelf?” 2. The specific SPOT or HOLE where an ITEM belongs: “Be sure that goes to the shelf.” 3. The long, narrow, silver-colored metal, angled shelf that fits between the slats of a BACKDROP, as on an END-CAP: “You'll need a shelf.” See BACKDROP. —v. To put an ITEM into it's proper SPOT on the SHELF: “Shelf this.” See WORK. See also SHELF OUT.

NOTE: By implication, the expectation when you're told to Shelf something is that it should all GO. However, if not, the remainder goes to the BACK ROOM as either SPECIALS or BACK-STOCK, as appropriate.

Shelf Tag

n. An ITEM'S PRICE TAG, affixed to the shelf supporting it, at the leftmost edge of the ITEM'S HOLE. See also DANGLER.

NOTE: There are many different types of Shelf Tags, including the REGULAR PRICE tag, SALE PRICE tag, DISCONTINUED tag, and so on.

If the Shelf Tag you need to look at is missing, take the ITEM in question to PRICE CONTROL to SCAN its UPC with a GUN in order to get the STORE CODE, and to perhaps also learn whether or not the ITEM is currently ON SALE (although one of the STORE'S in-AISLE PRICE CHECK SCANNERS may be able to tell you that). You may or may not be instructed to leave the ITEM you brought, in order for PRICE CONTROL to make a replacement Shelf Tag.

Moving Shelf Tags is a no-no. You only do it if you've previously gotten instructions and/or permission to CUT IN a new PRODUCT or to expand one HOLE at the expense of another.

DETAILS: Shelf Tag ANATOMY. OK. Fair warning: this is the deep end of the pool. At one time I wondered what are all of the things that make up a Shelf Tag, or, what would the definition of a Shelf Tag look like? So, I tried to write one. And that's what you see below: the results of my research at one particular point. (Doubtless Shelf Tags will continue to change over time, so please just take this as a demonstration of principle.)

Now, if the definition happens to look a little strange, that's because it's written in computer-ese. More specifically, I used what one might call a loosely written modified Extended Backus-Naur (BNF) form with POSIX and GREP extensions.

Say, “Eh?” Well, the overall idea is simply that you have to define things as you go, taking absolutely nothing for granted. For instance, as you'll see below, even a single “LETTER” must be defined, here as one thing selected from the list “[ ]” of capitals and lower-case A through Z. Likewise, “*” means “zero or more;” “+” means “one or more;” “|” means “or,” and so on. In just a few moments, you can probably get the hang of it.

Shelf_Tag =
- , Retail_Price_Info =
  - , Item_Name = Manufacturer_Name, Blank, Product_Name ;
    - Manufacturer_Name = Character_String ;
      - Character_String = [ Letter* | Symbol* | Digit* | Blank* ]+ ;
        
        Letter = [A-Za-z] ;
        Symbol = [!"#$%&'()*+,-./:;?@\[\\\]_`{|}~^=<>] ;
        Digit = [0-9] ;
        Blank = [ \t] ;
    - Product_Name = Character_String ;
  - , Size_or_Quantity =
    - , Quantity = Integer {, ".", Integer }? ;
      - Integer = Digit {, Digit }* ;
    - , Units =
      - [ ( "CT" | "COUNT" )
      - | ( "OZ" | "OUNCE"{"S"}? )
      - | ( "FOZ" | "FLUID OUNCE"{"S"}? )
      - | ( "LB" | "POUND"{"S"}? )
      - | ( "SQF" | "SQUARE ", ("FOOT" | "FEET") )
      - ] ;
    - ;
  - {, Count_per_Case}? = Integer ;
  - {, UPC_Numeric_Code}? =
    - , Digit
    - , "-"
    - , Digit{5}
    - , "-"
    - , Digit{5}
    - {, "-", Digit}?
    - ;
  - {, Week_Number_Tag_Posted}? = [1-52] ;
  - {, Retail_Code = Commodity_Code, " - ", Store's_Stock_Code}? ;
    - Commodity_Code = Digit{2|3|4|5} ; (* For ordering TAGS by an entire section *)
    - Store's Stock Code = {Digit,}? Digit{5} ; (* Usually 6, but 5 digits if omit leading 0. *)
  - {, [ UPC_Bar_Code | "DSD" | (Discontinued_Date, Pull_Date) ]}? ;
    - UPC Bar Code = (* Pattern of Thick and Thin Vertical Bars *)
    - Discontinued_Date = Month_Number,"/",Day ;
      - Month_Number = [01-12] ;
      - Day = [01-31] ;
    - Pull_Date = Month_Number,"/",Day ;
  - , Retail_Unit_Price =
    - , ["UNIT PRICE" | "Unit Price without Bonus Card"]
    - , Price = [ Dollar_Price | Cents_Price ] ;
      - Dollar_Price = "$", Integer {, "." Digit{2}}? ;
      - Cents_Price = Digit {, Digit}?, "¢" ;
    - , "PER"
    - , [ Units | Quantity ] ;
  - , Retail_Price =
    - , ["RETAIL PRICE" | "Price without Bonus Card]
    - {, Quantity, ("FOR" | "/")}?
    - , Price
    - ;
  - ;
- {, Dangler_Info}? =
  - | On_Sale =
    - , Sale_Price_Info =
      - , Sale_Unit_Price =
        
        , ["UNIT PRICE" | "Unit Price with Bonus Card"]
        , Price
        , "PER"
        , [ Units | Quantity ] ;
      - , Date_Sale_Ends = "Thru:" Month, " ", Day, {" TPS"}? (* TPS = “Temporary Price Savings”*);
        
        Month = [JAN-DEC] ;
        Day = [01-31] ;
      - {, "WITH BONUSCARD"}?
      - , [ Sale_Price | Deal] ;
        
        Sale_Price = Price (* < Retail_Price *)
        Deal = "BUY ONE GET ONE FREE OF EQUAL VALUE" (* E.g. *)
    - , Savings_Info = "Bonus Buy Savings", "Save", Savings_Amount {, Requirements}? ;
      - Savings_Amount = Price (* I.e., = Retail_Price - Sale_Price *) ;
      - Requirements =
        
        [ "WITH BONUSCARD"
        | "ON", Quantity {,"WITH BONUSCARD"}?
        | "Must Buy ", ["Quantity" | Quantity]
        ] ;
  - | New_Item = "New Item", "GOOD THRU", Date
    - Date = Month_Number, "/", Day, "/", Year = Digit{2}
  - | New_Low_Price = "New! Low Price"
  - | Extra_Rewards = "EXTRA REWARDS"{4}, Message, "EXTRA REWARDS Savings!"
    - Message = "Buy 2 THRU ", Date," GET A CHECKOUT COUPON FOR $1.00 OFF YOUR NEXT SHOPPING ORDER", "MINIMUM $1.00 PURCHASE REQUIRED" (* E.g. *)
  - | Store_Brand =
    - | Tout = ((* Store_Logo *), "Top Quality, Lower Price.")
    - | Generic = ("GV", "Guaranteed Value", "Good Quality.", "Everyday Low Price.", ("Exclusively at", (* Store Name *) ) ;)
    - | Health_&_Beauty = ("CareOne(TM)" ;)
    - | Laundry_&_Cleaning = ("Pure Power" ;)
    - | Pet_Products = ("Companion(TM)", Pet", "Your Trusted Friend(TM)" ;)
    - ;
  - | Compare_and_Save =
    - , "SAVE UP TO", Price, "Compared To"
    - , {STORE, Price, "Price Checked on ", Date }+
      - STORE = Character_String ;
    - , "GOOD THRU " Month_Number", "/", Date ;
  - | Discontinued = "Discontinued Item", {"SALE Clearance SALE"}?, "While Supplies Last"
  - ;
- ;

For more about BNF, see for example:

^{^{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backus-Naur_form#Variants}}

Shelving

n. Heavy-duty individually removable and relocatable horizontal support units of various standard widths and depths, used to DISPLAY PRODUCT in the AISLES and on END-CAPS and 3-WAYS.

NOTE: Additional Shelving is stored up in the MEZZ.

Shift

n. An contiguous period or work ON THE CLOCK, and, depending on length, including BREAKS and LUNCH, as appropriate. See also DAY-SHIFT and NIGHT-SHIFT.

Shipper

n. A self-contained, free-standing CARDBOARD DISPLAY stand and its PRODUCT contents, assembled on-site and placed in an AISLE to draw attention to an ON SALE PRODUCT.

NOTE: Shippers typically get a GOOSE-NECK SIGN HOLDER inserted at their base.

Shoplift

v. To steal. A type of theft.

NOTE: As a general rule, an abandoned or empty SHOPPING CART found in an AISLE is taken as after-the-fact evidence of a shoplifting event.

Shopping Basket

n. A picnic-sized plastic basket with wire or plastic handles that is supplied by the STORE and which CUSTOMERS are free to use to hold ITEMS they collect while shopping. Unlike SHOPPING CARTS, Shopping Baskets are not generally removed from the STORE to transport groceries to CUSTOMER'S vehicles, but are instead left at the checkout registers. Also simply BASKET.

Shopping Cart

n. A sturdy, large wire basket supported on a frame, and having a handle and wheels, that is supplied by the STORE and which CUSTOMERS are free to use to hold the ITEMS they select while shopping. Typically unloaded at checkout to SCAN all ITEMS, then reloaded to transport ITEMS to CUSTOMER vehicles in the LOT, after which the empty CARTS are collected by CART BOYS and returned to the STORE'S foyer or lobby for reuse. Also simply CART.

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