stockroom
noun
stock·room
ˈstäk-ˌrüm 
-ˌru̇m
: a storage place for supplies or goods used in a business
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Company’s growth Bruce Nordstrom joined the family business by working in the stockroom for $7 a week, according to a 2010 University of Washington alumni magazine story.
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Stephen Miller / Bloomberg, TIME, 20 May 2024
Former employees at the N.Y.C. store alleged in the documentary that the employees of color, especially Black, were relegated to the stockroom or night shifts.
—Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2024
Company executives allegedly relegated people of color working overseas in their factories to stockroom jobs.
—Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2024
Rappers Snoop Dogg and Master P are suing Post Foods and Walmart, accusing them of intentionally leaving the musicians’ cereal off store shelves and hiding it in stockrooms to sabotage it.
—Antonio Planas, NBC News, 8 Feb. 2024
Among other things, the lawsuit accuses Walmart of hiding the cereals in a stockroom, placing them in the baby or clearance sections, and hiking their prices to more than $10 a box.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2024
The characters are on a lower pay scale than your typical showy Hollywood setting, yet still look past initial pride and prejudices to find a love story for the ages in a humble stockroom.
—Gwen Ihnat, EW.com, 16 Nov. 2023
There’s no stockroom for medication.
—Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2022
Dmytro Plaksin had found a space in a stockroom.
—James Verini, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2022
Stephen Miller / Bloomberg, TIME, 20 May 2024
Former employees at the N.Y.C. store alleged in the documentary that the employees of color, especially Black, were relegated to the stockroom or night shifts.
—Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2024
Company executives allegedly relegated people of color working overseas in their factories to stockroom jobs.
—Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2024
Rappers Snoop Dogg and Master P are suing Post Foods and Walmart, accusing them of intentionally leaving the musicians’ cereal off store shelves and hiding it in stockrooms to sabotage it.
—Antonio Planas, NBC News, 8 Feb. 2024
Among other things, the lawsuit accuses Walmart of hiding the cereals in a stockroom, placing them in the baby or clearance sections, and hiking their prices to more than $10 a box.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2024
The characters are on a lower pay scale than your typical showy Hollywood setting, yet still look past initial pride and prejudices to find a love story for the ages in a humble stockroom.
—Gwen Ihnat, EW.com, 16 Nov. 2023
There’s no stockroom for medication.
—Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2022
Dmytro Plaksin had found a space in a stockroom.
—James Verini, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2022
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stockroom
noun
stock·room
-ˌrüm
-ˌru̇m
: a storage place for supplies or goods used in a business
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