1. National Stores Committee
National Assembly 2018

2. Back Room Presentation 2018
Minimize Handling
Speed of processing
Sorting
Color Code rotation
Pricing
Store level processing
Central location processing
Questions and Answers

3. Back Room Sorting Linens Salvage Clothing Tagging Salvage Shoes
Sorting Table
Clothing
Sorting Table
Salvage
Clothing
Hardlines Table
Tagging
Salvage
Ticketing

4. Color Code Rotation 5 Week color code rotation system
Red, Green, Yellow, Pink, Orange
Regular price for 3 weeks
4th Week color is at 50% off
5th Week color is pulled back to warehouse and baled.

5. Single Price Points on clothing Good, Better, Best pricing
$1 t-shirt, $2 collar shirt, $3 blouse, $4 slacks or dresses, $5 shoes examples….
Advantage is speed of processing
Eliminates guessing and has price consistency
Easy to teach to staff and volunteers
Good, Better, Best pricing
Set standards on clothing items based upon brands and quality
Improves profit by increasing donation price point
Can be very objective
Ease of uniformly changing price points, benefit of the non-standard

6. Store Level Processing

7. Store Level Processing

8. Store Level Processing

9. Store Level Processing
Advantages:
Processing associates at stores can also do other tasks versus just processing donations at a central location.
Minimizes trucking costs
Minimizes handling cost
Disadvantages:
Inconsistent pricing
Inconsistent quality control

10. Centralized Processing
Drive-through donation collection centers at stores
Initial pre-sort from donor into appropriate cages, carts, gaylords for ease of truck unloading at Processing Center.

11. Centralized Processing
Clothing
raw donations into cages to line load,
conveyor belt pull and pre-sort
hanger stations
pricing stations
tagging
racks for stores
Quality inspection occurs primarily at hanging station, double-check at pricer

12. Centralized Processing
Miscellaneous
raw donations into carts
presorter (trash, pound store,
seasonal, saleable, recyclables)
gravity-feed shelving
pricers
packers
palletize for stores
Quality inspection occurs primarily
at pre-sort, double- check at pricer

13. Centralized Processing
Equipment/Tools – accessible and maintained

14. Central Processing Advantages: Disadvantages:
-standardization of price points throughout the multiple stores
-development of “experts” in processing and pricing of donations
-ability to redistribute the product appropriately – stores with an abundance of donations are able to supply those stores with lesser donations
-cost effectively utilize large equipment – balers, pricing stations, conveyors, recycling bins
-processing takes place in warehouse location, generally at a less cost per-square-foot expense, rather than taking potential sales floor space at higher retail site rate
-adequate processing systems in place
-adequate space to store unseasonal product or overflow for later distribution
Disadvantages:
-trucking costs
-product flow dependent on trucking schedule
-pricing and quality feedback dependent on store communication

15. Questions and Answers