You are NOT going to believe this...

[RescueMeFromThisSilliness]

... but they've got Easter eggs on the shelves in Poundland.

Sometimes...even more mysteriously the complainers and the buyers are the same people 😂😂

Quite. The average supermarket stocks stuff that I'll never buy, should I be complaining about that?

Yes, Christmas, Valentine's and Easter stuff all on the one shelf together. They'll probably shove them along a bit next week to make room for the flip-flops and barbecue tongs.

Yep. DH once lost his gloves in early January. Do you think we could find a shop selling gloves in the middle of winter? 😂

Do you think it’s because they start running out of the Christmas stock and dont want the shelves looking bare (and obviously wont order anytbing more Christmas related as it’s nearly over) so grab what they can from the back?

No they get "special buy" products delivered that are large (ie big plastic tubs) to take up space.
Plus the next seasonal stock that has starting to be delivered.
Most shops don't actually have much "in the back" (shops like Poundland often don't even have a stockroom).
It's all very planned and organised.

No summer stock generally doesn't start arriving until Easter.
Still considered "early" for some folks but if Easter is unusually warm people do want BBQs.
No shop is going to risk missing out on a potential sunny Easter.

Do you know why they stock easter before Christmas then?

My DH works nights at a big supermarket to supplement his self-employed earnings and they traditionally share an Easter Egg for 'lunch' on Boxing Day... 😂

Because that's when it arrives in the store.
That's when it's planned to arrive.
If it's a shop that has stockroom space then the Easter products can stay there until after Christmas/January Sale.
But small shops like Poundland don't always have stockrooms so there is literally no where to put it other than on the sales floor.
I worked for Woolies. Christmas Eve delivery was always included half a dozen roll cages full of Easter Eggs.
As we had 'special buy" stock for January Sale available to fill empty shelves we generally didn't put the eggs out.
Except the small boxes of Creme Eggs.
I would take them down and put them on the counter by the tills.
A box of 48 eggs would be sold within a couple of hours.

And then they wonder why people shop online !

Why not plan for Easter stuff to arrive in February. Then there’d be no issue of where to store it in January

Because it's just the way it is 🤷
Does it really matter?
Either buy them or don't.

It matters when I want to buy winter pyjamas in January and M&S have summer ones in stock !! I truly believe shops would make more money if their stock reflected the season, be it clothes or food. Would anyone buy Christmas chocolate in July?!

To be honest I have never had problems with buying winter pjs in January.

That's when it's planned to arrive....

Planned by whom - a bunch of dingbats? They need to have a bit more common sense and think about their cashflow.

There is a whole supply chain to think of. A lot of thought goes into it, it’s extremely complicated, certainly not dingbats. You sound clueless tbh.

Seriously though, how many Easter eggs are sold before the end of February? Would they really make enough money on Easter eggs in January to justify filling the shelves with them, at the expense of another product?

The people that run the retailers presumably.
An awful lot of organisation and preparation goes into the supply chain.
My mind actually boggles with how it all works.

Well they do sell....and they get replenished...and more sells....and replenished again.....and so on.
£££ for the retailers.

People do buy them. Manufacturers want to send stuff to retailers rather than them having to store it, and those retailers don’t want to miss out on sales. The whole supply chain is a very well oiled machine. It’s not at the expense of another product because stores plan for this.

Funnily enough, I work for a trade supplier/reseller and we have tens of thousands of stock lines coming in and out all the time (including imports from overseas) and we manage just fine by not ordering stuff until shortly before the customer is going to need it so I'm not clueless at all. I've been programming accounting software and doing cashflow forecasts for upwards of 30 years. Having stock arrive before it is needed is a big no-no, not only because it takes up additional storage space (which has its own associated cost), but because you have to pay for it long before the customer buys it from you. For some businesses, that hiccup in cashflow can cause the company to have financial difficulties and be unable to meet its obligations. Not that I can think of any large, well-known retailers that have gone to the wall in the last few years or anything... <cough> Wilko, Debenhams, Body Shop, Homebase, Laura Ashley <cough>

OP, I was shocked to see them on Dec 17th - and quite a few had been bought!