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House Of Cards     22-Jul-08 08:47 pm    
Dangerous stock to even consider.Central has destroyed the integrity and marketplace position of almost every manufacturer they have acquired. Mismanagement and cronyism is now pointing to a collapse of Centrals distribution centers around the country. A top heavy, pathetically weak and untalented management team, led by a V.P. of sales who should spend less time at sales meetings and more time at A/A meetings,(no industry secret) remains in place despite plummeting sales over the last few years on the east coast. As competition continues to expand their facilities due to growth, Central distribution continues to downsize and consolidate. Their Florida branch has recently been forced to close down customer service and clerical operations due to continued loss of business to competition that is much more in tune with the current market. Time to take a hard look at this ineffective management team.
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House Of Cards
zman1945 22-Jul-08 08:47 pm  
 
Just wait 'till the next quarter results.......yew...
p_smittie58 22-Jul-08 11:36 pm  
 
asshole anon.
centspouse (1 Rating) 23-Jul-08 07:24 am  
 
centspouse..........you might as well jo...
p_smittie58 (1 Rating) 25-Jul-08 07:09 pm  
 
Hold on there hoss. I have absolut...
centspouse (1 Rating) 25-Jul-08 09:57 pm  
 
centspouse.....sorry for infer...
p_smittie58 (1 Rating) 8-Aug-08 06:27 pm  
 
Maybe thats why there is a high rate of employees ...
zman1945 23-Jul-08 05:10 pm  
 
From the look of things, they can't cut too much m...
daedalus_st... (1 Rating) 23-Jul-08 08:57 pm  
 
They have a great network.They need to sell more t...
youlike1111 (1 Rating) 23-Jul-08 09:26 pm  
 
Problem is they cut the sales force and trans...
daedalus_st... (1 Rating) 24-Jul-08 06:24 pm  
 
How sad it has become that we have all found a pla...
nordemann12 (2 Ratings) 25-Jul-08 12:38 am  
 
Obviously you are married to one of the idiot...
centspouse 25-Jul-08 09:54 am  
 
You don't have to be a past employee or ...
gonedog54 25-Jul-08 12:05 pm  
 
Perfectly stated. Anyone who knows ...
fetch4us 25-Jul-08 06:02 pm  
 
You defintely tell that statement i...
ydoggg 5-Aug-08 03:50 pm  
 
Given the lack of strength of their brands and the...
fundyisback (1 Rating) 26-Jul-08 11:41 am  
 
For what they are paying there employees I fi...
centspouse 26-Jul-08 11:47 am  
 
ZMAN you are obviously a an ex employee.Managment ...
thinkingout... (1 Rating) 8-Aug-08 07:58 pm  
 
Oh, I am sure everyone will be watching. The...
gonedog54 (2 Ratings) 10-Aug-08 08:09 pm  
 
yes it is unfortunate that these people had t...
cajun_preac... (1 Rating) 11-Aug-08 01:37 pm  
 
Rather bit of difference between cutting back...
daedalus_st... (2 Ratings) 17-Aug-08 10:57 am  
 
Pretty much dead on post.
centspouse 17-Aug-08 12:42 pm  
 
Yes, which means it's about time th...
daedalus_st... 18-Aug-08 03:33 pm  
 
Nothing but the truth. Honest ...
bbgunnn 17-Apr-09 01:33 pm  
 
any lay offs at pennington's home office...
fundyisback Rate it 20-Apr-09 08:30 pm  
 
Without a doubt, probably the most accurate and ho...
reeldeelbc 30-Oct-08 11:48 pm  
 
I WAS BLESSED by being one of the former empl...
jaegerhawle... 31-Oct-08 11:19 pm  
 
Very True.
royaljamm 10-Nov-08 06:00 pm  
 
Dead on post. Talk about someone with some insight...
nutzbuster 18-Jan-09 05:07 pm  
 
With predictions like this, you need to spend more...
yintyshoo 6-Apr-09 03:48 pm  
 
I have seen the on going lack of talent in all ra...
ang1313us 8-Apr-09 02:56 pm  
 
This guy is a prophet!
truthsayer6... 28-Jul-09 07:15 pm  
 
A year and a half later, and it's still the most h...
mytwocents4... 19-Oct-09 10:28 pm  
 
Just heard that Central signed a short lease in th...
bbgunnn 26-Nov-09 04:45 pm  
 
I saw these clowns recently at a Petland show...
bonefishh 28-Nov-09 12:42 pm  
 
So very true!
bonefishh 28-Nov-09 12:49 pm  
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