> could the auto zones jsut be putting out the
> yellow label and keeping the GC in the back. as an
> atempt to push the old yellow out the door. they
> prob see they sell alot of the 0w-30 but see the
> old yellow still on the shelf and prob wonder why
> it dont sell.
No way, they just aren't that sophisticated. You can ask at the counter how many bottles of any particular oil they have in inventory and they will tell you.
Most of their inventory is maintained at certain levels predetermined based on sales. Every week, a truck rolls around and replenishes (usually on a certain day). Usually, particularly where the lighter weight oils don't sell as well, you will only find 12-16 quarts of GC on the shelf at a time, rarely is there any in the back. I have also found at some Auto Zones that there is no "back inventory" for oil, what you see on the shelf is just about it for all their oils as there is no space behind the racks.
Those stores that did have a back area, I usually helped myself to that area to look for GC (as they have always just left me back there to dump oil, etc.). I only found about one in more than 20 stores that had GC in the back (and it was GC Gold). There is also no rhyme or reason to how they store it on the shelves, usually, if they front load the shelves, the older stuff is in the back (and usually where I found GC). So, I always emptied the rack to look at all the bottles.
Regards,
Rich
