MOS sale

At your store, were only the people who were scheduled on the first day of the MOS sale allowed to buy?

For the first time, our store did it this way. Store manager said DM said this is the new way of doing it going forward.

There was an entire cart left after those scheduled employees got what they wanted, and that entire cart is now marked as "donations" and none of us are allowed to buy anything from it.

Many employees at my store are angry that they weren't allowed to participate this year, and that this is how things are said to be done in the future.

Did this happen company-wide?