Grumbel's (corporate)

*This page refers to the corporate side of Grumbel's. For the store the comic takes place in, go to this page: Grumbel's (store).*

**Grumbel's** is a chain of department stores in the United States. It's been known to sell a wide variety of goods, from home decor, to clothing, to automotive goods. Despite this, there is no grocery or produce section. Similar to most department stores, it has it's own rewards card, which was hacked in 2014. They recently had a fiasco regarding "holiday trees" in 2013.

Their current CEO as of July 2016 is Gordon Sauros.

## Locations

The chain has been known to have stores in the following cities, all grouped under differing classifications

* Smithfield. This is where the comic takes place.
* Westwood
* Southdale
* Westchester
* West Gate
* Glendale
* Chestnut Pond
* Hickory Woods
* Oakfield
* South Bendd
* Atlanta
* New York
* Southgate
* Southbridge
* Barnville

## Policies

Grumbel's has been known to have tedious, often useless policies that serve as nothing more than micromanagement.

* Layaway was removed initially, though it was shown to have later returned.
* A "mandatory fun" program has been created.
* An ineffective loss prevention policy
* Embarassing promotion clothing such as customer service pins and savings event hats
* Calls customers "guests"
* Offers commission to their employees in shoes
* Does not do cash-back
* Does not refund giftcards
* Price matches with Delman's
* Used to disallow tattoos
* Recently allowed women to wear pants
* Changes the history of J.P. Grumbel
* Only allows store credit without a receipt
* Holds meetings in Stamford, Connecticut
* Recently started opening on Thanksgiving Day
* Uses MSRP
* Has mannequin guidelines
* Two weeks of paid vacation for their managers.
* A store employee uniform.
* Has a bargain clothing label called "Grumbelissimo"
* A store clown mascot called "Goofy Grumbel".
* Features a credit card that raises interest rate to 28% if a payment is missed
* Hangs up propaganda posters in the breakroom

## Trivia

* Their CEO was fired in March of 2007.
* Their training videos were previously voiced by someone named Sheila .

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