Jim Cramer gets dragged over his no-context photo from his 'field trip' to a Dollar General store

Greg P. | 9:45 AM on December 29, 2021

CNBC’s Jim Cramer made a “field trip” to a Dollar General store on Tuesday. . .

field trip pic.twitter.com/9X1t034ZTp

— Jim Cramer (@jimcramer) December 28, 2021

. . .and he posted this no-context photo from inside the store, calling it “suboptimal”:

suboptimal pic.twitter.com/bADD5ct3Bn

— Jim Cramer (@jimcramer) December 28, 2021

Um, from the pink Valentine’s Day labels on the shelves, this looks like the store is preparing for Valentine’s Day:

America’s last-minute Valentine’s Day gifts shortage, which began in December, is certainly troubling. Glad I stocked up on 600-piece chocolate hearts last year 🙄 https://t.co/340r4sUaMO

— Brian Ries (@moneyries) December 28, 2021

How does Cramer think shelves get restocked?

Apparently Jim Creamer thinks seasonal retail shelves are reset by magical fairies overnight. https://t.co/mP45dQ1BmC

— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) December 29, 2021

Over to you, CNBC, because this photo never should have been tweeted like this by one of your journos in a way that could tank the stock price:

This tweet from @jimcramer is pure bullshit and must be called out. This is a seasonal restocking. Either he knew that and lied, or his research and reporting is "suboptimal." https://t.co/CGlPW2AtR0

— Fred Guttenberg (@fred_guttenberg) December 28, 2021

He’s got a point: