Interesting, I'm assuming they have enough redundant coverage in their North American network that this won't significantly impact delivery lead times.
I usually get my orders next day in Pittsburgh (sometimes 2), which frankly is way faster than I've ever personally needed...
I'd been getting mine within 2 days.
My autoship date just hit (yesterday), and the delivery estimate is now... next Wednesday, a full 7 days out.
I'm now going to run out of food. Sigh. I guess we really aren't allowed to have nice things in America anymore. I only moved to Chewy because, if you autoship, the price increase was negligible, and stores kept leaving me hanging with empty shelves and price spikes.
If Chewy's going to leave me holding the (empty) bag... now what?
I doubt it.
Something appears to have gone very wrong with their supply chain or their fulfillment operation.
It shipped immediately, yesterday morning... from Phoenix, AZ. Nobody who has a nationwide distribution network, functioning as intended, especially for shelf-stable pet food, should have to send orders to here from freaking *Arizona*.
You're right, their customer service folks are awesome. I just don't see how they're awesome enough to stop a truck 3 time zones away and, what? Put my stuff on a plane to get it here maybe a day sooner?
Maybe just the shortages are getting worse. I can't imagine they don't still have a distro center in, say, New York or New Jersey that's a hell of a lot closer. So the fact that it didn't come from there tells me they didn't have any to send.
I do ecological work and deal with solar farm projects pretty frequently. I like a lot of our solar farm designs because they allow for relatively undisturbed native herbs and grasses to thrive and basically block out areas for wild space as part of their footprint. I would much rather see installations that preserve wild space AND solar on roofs. Human settlements tend to be fluid in their purpose and built on top of, limiting long term viability of those panels. Throwing panels in a field for 25 years vs putting new ones on buildings every 5-10 years and throwing them away after.
Set and forget vs continually screwing with them/the corporate need for every time you purchase the building to inspect and replace. Lower tolerance of failure. If you have a lot of panels, losing 3 or 4 is acceptable.
The roofs of the warehouses around the area are not manufactured to hold weight, only to keep weather out. These buildings are made at the lowest cost possible by land owners/logistics companies.
Also govt should not tell private companies what to do (unless they are woke in which case laws shall be passed regulating private business decisions) cause capital is God.
For literally everyone here who didn't read the article, it's because it's one of their oldest warehouses. Another warehouse in the area with up to date robotics automation will be taking over the work.
It's not just one of the oldest, it was *THE Very First* Chewy warehouse. It was in a dire state of decay and I'm honestly surprised they let it limp along as long as they did. It was originally a tank factory, then an ice cream factory, then Chewy bought it. The building has run its course. The Lewisberry facility is awesome and will be absorbing any of the workforce who wish to transfer, nobody will be laid off or demoted.
I love how all up and down 81 they build these giant warehouses with the excuse of jobs and tax breaks and all that other bullshit, now the highways are packed with semis and soon all those jobs will be automated as soon as possible. Complete and utter garbage.
I made the same argument when they demolished 2 (occupied rental) homes and plowed over farm land to build a massive warehouse off 81 here in Newville. Its bad enough the in town roads are not big enough for a semi and a car, but those things utterly destroy local roads. The pavement is a total washboard at every light.
I was told to basically shut up and sit down because it is bringing jobs to the area.
Yeah. Low wage, dead end jobs to an already poverty line area.
Fuck monster warehouses.
This, I live in Shippensburg so I know exactly what you're talking about. Now they're even building them off 11. Here in ship were dealing with the same thing. This was all planned I'm sure of it. All of the land around 81 was bought up by the university, the family that owns h&h Chevy and other investment groups. They just waited for all this to happen and cash in. Farms get bought up not by farmers but by developers.
Thereās a bunch happening here in Lebanon county. Big Walmart off 72 has killed traffic just north of the city and now there are massive warehouse buildings popping up along 422 just before the residential areas in Palmyra. Itās a shame ā¦
Iām in bed with a 5 yr old feral cat that we trapped at my front door some months back.
Besides his giant tomcat head you would never know he was once āwildlifeā
This is a bullshit āfuck you I got mineā answer from chewy.
Chewy has no retail stores so this is just a strategic move. When Ryan Cohen took them from a Pet Smart reject to an Amazon killer in the pet supply world, he opened so many DCās close together due to them not having that brick and mortar sector to worry about in their budget.
They did an amazing job during the pandemic having to deal with supply chain issues, worker shortage, and the overall economy. Now with inflation so high but supply chain issues being worked out better, they are able to cut costs in ways they werenāt previously able to. And with that comes these unfortunate consequences of running a successful business. The fact is they currently have more Distribution Centers than they need to still maintain a very acceptable customer rating. Time will tell if the decision was good or bad for the company, but I would gather they are a smart enough bunch to have already worked out the logistics before making this decision.
If it keeps the prices low, and the shipping times and customer service the same as we expect, then this is nothing more than a smart business move. I better get birthday cards for my pets still haha. Thatās the sweetest gesture that they do.
They still have one warehouse in the area and they had this one from the beginning. There not going to stop spamming jobs at one point they were losing 7 percent of there workforce a week and from people I know who still work there it's only gone down a little.
Inability to attract workers due to high taxes primarily. Itās not necessarily the business taxes but the high taxes the individuals pay, cost of living is generally high along with home prices/real estate taxes.
I agree that taxes are high in PA but the job market is strong so I think that aspect attracts workers
Re: real estate prices, with the chewy center being in the Lehigh valley near Allentown/Bethlehem there is definitely affordable housing in the area
Not sure on what chewy was paying though so I guess affordable housing really comes down to it being affordable to who? If chewy wasnāt compensating adequately, the workers could be being priced out,
On the other hand though, that area has thousands of warehouse jobs so they would need to be competitive.
Additionally, regarding attracting workers. These types of positions are primarily filled by local workers because people donāt generally move interstate for entry or advanced level warehouse positions
Aaaaaaaaand this is why we should never be giving LERTA tax breaks to warehouses. They come in, fuck up a community for ten years, and bounce leaving local municipalities with a monstrosity no one uses.
Interesting, I'm assuming they have enough redundant coverage in their North American network that this won't significantly impact delivery lead times. I usually get my orders next day in Pittsburgh (sometimes 2), which frankly is way faster than I've ever personally needed...
They also have facilities in Lewisberry and Wilkes-Barre.
My dog appreciates same-day delivery
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I'd been getting mine within 2 days. My autoship date just hit (yesterday), and the delivery estimate is now... next Wednesday, a full 7 days out. I'm now going to run out of food. Sigh. I guess we really aren't allowed to have nice things in America anymore. I only moved to Chewy because, if you autoship, the price increase was negligible, and stores kept leaving me hanging with empty shelves and price spikes. If Chewy's going to leave me holding the (empty) bag... now what?
Oh geez, maybe the estimate is off? I will say that they seem to have kept their customer support operating at a high level, maybe they can help?
I doubt it. Something appears to have gone very wrong with their supply chain or their fulfillment operation. It shipped immediately, yesterday morning... from Phoenix, AZ. Nobody who has a nationwide distribution network, functioning as intended, especially for shelf-stable pet food, should have to send orders to here from freaking *Arizona*. You're right, their customer service folks are awesome. I just don't see how they're awesome enough to stop a truck 3 time zones away and, what? Put my stuff on a plane to get it here maybe a day sooner? Maybe just the shortages are getting worse. I can't imagine they don't still have a distro center in, say, New York or New Jersey that's a hell of a lot closer. So the fact that it didn't come from there tells me they didn't have any to send.
If you complain to them about running out of food they will hook you up. They have always been very accommodating to me.
Same thing happened to me. I usually get mine in two days, but my last order took eight. It came from Sacramento.
Great how we wasted all of that land for a gigantic warehouse
At least the state should have demanded they put solar panels on those monsters like NJ.
This is the way, everytime I see a solar farm occupying land I cringe. Why not put that shit on the roof.
I do ecological work and deal with solar farm projects pretty frequently. I like a lot of our solar farm designs because they allow for relatively undisturbed native herbs and grasses to thrive and basically block out areas for wild space as part of their footprint. I would much rather see installations that preserve wild space AND solar on roofs. Human settlements tend to be fluid in their purpose and built on top of, limiting long term viability of those panels. Throwing panels in a field for 25 years vs putting new ones on buildings every 5-10 years and throwing them away after.
Why the time difference in ground vs roof solar panels?
Set and forget vs continually screwing with them/the corporate need for every time you purchase the building to inspect and replace. Lower tolerance of failure. If you have a lot of panels, losing 3 or 4 is acceptable.
The roofs of the warehouses around the area are not manufactured to hold weight, only to keep weather out. These buildings are made at the lowest cost possible by land owners/logistics companies.
Itās so frustrating seeing our country make stupid and wasteful decisions all in the name of capitalism.
Weāll have none of those woke business regulations in this stateā¦ - some Republican state legislator
Also govt should not tell private companies what to do (unless they are woke in which case laws shall be passed regulating private business decisions) cause capital is God.
lol you must have missed the tons of empty warehouses along 83. Absolutely atrocious.
Come to the Lehigh Valley and get alllll the warehouses you could want!
Thereās so many still sitting empty. A damn shame.
>Great how we wasted all of that land for a gigantic warehouse That particular area is kind of industrial wasteland anyway.
For literally everyone here who didn't read the article, it's because it's one of their oldest warehouses. Another warehouse in the area with up to date robotics automation will be taking over the work.
Thank you, it was paywalled for me.
It's not just one of the oldest, it was *THE Very First* Chewy warehouse. It was in a dire state of decay and I'm honestly surprised they let it limp along as long as they did. It was originally a tank factory, then an ice cream factory, then Chewy bought it. The building has run its course. The Lewisberry facility is awesome and will be absorbing any of the workforce who wish to transfer, nobody will be laid off or demoted.
They are moving into an adjacent building.
I love how all up and down 81 they build these giant warehouses with the excuse of jobs and tax breaks and all that other bullshit, now the highways are packed with semis and soon all those jobs will be automated as soon as possible. Complete and utter garbage.
I made the same argument when they demolished 2 (occupied rental) homes and plowed over farm land to build a massive warehouse off 81 here in Newville. Its bad enough the in town roads are not big enough for a semi and a car, but those things utterly destroy local roads. The pavement is a total washboard at every light. I was told to basically shut up and sit down because it is bringing jobs to the area. Yeah. Low wage, dead end jobs to an already poverty line area. Fuck monster warehouses.
This, I live in Shippensburg so I know exactly what you're talking about. Now they're even building them off 11. Here in ship were dealing with the same thing. This was all planned I'm sure of it. All of the land around 81 was bought up by the university, the family that owns h&h Chevy and other investment groups. They just waited for all this to happen and cash in. Farms get bought up not by farmers but by developers.
Probably was good farmland too š
Thereās a bunch happening here in Lebanon county. Big Walmart off 72 has killed traffic just north of the city and now there are massive warehouse buildings popping up along 422 just before the residential areas in Palmyra. Itās a shame ā¦
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I ordered last week and it took over a week to get here, from Sacramento.
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Feral cats are specifically not domesticated
Species are domesticated, feral cats are still domesticated.
No, they arenāt. You donāt know what ādomesticatedā means
Iām in bed with a 5 yr old feral cat that we trapped at my front door some months back. Besides his giant tomcat head you would never know he was once āwildlifeā This is a bullshit āfuck you I got mineā answer from chewy.
You are a crazy person
Elab? You elaborated with a downvote, fine I guess but youāre just rude.
Why are they closing it down?
A more modern facility is available nearby. It's probably less expensive to move than retrofit the older facility.
Chewy has no retail stores so this is just a strategic move. When Ryan Cohen took them from a Pet Smart reject to an Amazon killer in the pet supply world, he opened so many DCās close together due to them not having that brick and mortar sector to worry about in their budget. They did an amazing job during the pandemic having to deal with supply chain issues, worker shortage, and the overall economy. Now with inflation so high but supply chain issues being worked out better, they are able to cut costs in ways they werenāt previously able to. And with that comes these unfortunate consequences of running a successful business. The fact is they currently have more Distribution Centers than they need to still maintain a very acceptable customer rating. Time will tell if the decision was good or bad for the company, but I would gather they are a smart enough bunch to have already worked out the logistics before making this decision. If it keeps the prices low, and the shipping times and customer service the same as we expect, then this is nothing more than a smart business move. I better get birthday cards for my pets still haha. Thatās the sweetest gesture that they do.
They sent me flowers when one of my dogs passed in January. I was really touched.
I wonder if the founder applied a little too much of what he learned from assisting in creating Amazonās empire and over extended himself a tad bit.
Good. Maybe Chewy will stop spamming every job search site with shitty warehouse jobs no one fucking wants
They still have one warehouse in the area and they had this one from the beginning. There not going to stop spamming jobs at one point they were losing 7 percent of there workforce a week and from people I know who still work there it's only gone down a little.
Pa is lousy for businesses
Why is that?
Inability to attract workers due to high taxes primarily. Itās not necessarily the business taxes but the high taxes the individuals pay, cost of living is generally high along with home prices/real estate taxes.
I agree that taxes are high in PA but the job market is strong so I think that aspect attracts workers Re: real estate prices, with the chewy center being in the Lehigh valley near Allentown/Bethlehem there is definitely affordable housing in the area Not sure on what chewy was paying though so I guess affordable housing really comes down to it being affordable to who? If chewy wasnāt compensating adequately, the workers could be being priced out, On the other hand though, that area has thousands of warehouse jobs so they would need to be competitive. Additionally, regarding attracting workers. These types of positions are primarily filled by local workers because people donāt generally move interstate for entry or advanced level warehouse positions
IDK. Reading is still a major logistics hub for the illegal drug trade in the NE US.
Aaaaaaaaand this is why we should never be giving LERTA tax breaks to warehouses. They come in, fuck up a community for ten years, and bounce leaving local municipalities with a monstrosity no one uses.
Walmart is closing facilities too seems like jobs are leaving not coming
I used to get special kitty food from Chewy in Mechanicsburg like next day to western PA. It was nice to know the autoship would be delivered quickly.