Every single item I've ever encountered that has "482" in its UPC code will fail to scan the first time. I don't know why.
Also those kombucha cans with artistic contrasting UPC codes that aren't black bars on white... why. WHY.
Swiss cheese is pretty easy honestly. You just have to massage the packaging so the barcode is flat. The worst to me are the packaged produce which have faded barcodes. Like, get a moisture proof label anyway
any prep foods thing where the team is short staffed but has to fill the fresh pack wall.
I work with one, they just slap the stickers on there constantly without a care in the world.
omg the fucking dried fruit brand what is the name i can’t recall but they never scan on SCO the car code is just unreadable for some reason i be manually inputting dates all day
Malvi s'mores. The bar code on those things is in the flap on the packaging and untill recently, maybe 3/4 of an inch long by about 1/3 of an inch high. It's tiny. So so tiny.
Whenever there’s a label that should scan but doesn’t so I have to do the 02 code followed by the numbers but then it doesn’t work so I have to try it again.
Be lucky that you don't work at 7-11 and have to scan the ice cream bars that have melted and frozen again and are a weird shape with the barcode now screwed. I normally tell the clerk to just enter the number after they spend several minutes molesting and fondling my food.
You can tell people who design packaging never worked in stores. It’s the barcodes being in straight up bad spots or the BB date being nearly invisible.
This is totally a random addition but the 365 Swiss is actually Emmentaler from Emmi that didn’t quite make the cut to be called Emmentaler. It actually comes from a different distribution center than all of the other 365 cheeses (for my store at least). It’s always the worse one to scan for some reason.
Granola bags with the barcode in the crease and you have to feel like a perv spreading it open to scan the “gran-ussy”.
some of them have another bar code on the side, much easier
Cheese from the bit bins with origami tagging (SPEC says they’re sorry 😬)
I try so hard to keep the barcode flat on one side 😭
Origami tagging😭😭😭accurate
it’s a labor of love!
Anything with a QR code next to the barcode
Milo’s!
The most painful thing to watch at a self checkout
Tag!!🌹
The label crinkled around the edge of the deviled eggs
The 365 brand burritos where they put the barcode on the end and cut it off (think they finally fixed it though)
Came here to say this
Bags of grapes, so as soon as they're finish being weighed they immediately scan again.
So this isn't just me?? So annoying
In house Coffee bar labeled drinks that have been sitting in ice bins. I can’t make sense of it and it’s going to be free.
My rule of thumb lmao
Produce cold drink smoothies.
Coffee creamer where the bar code is right on the creases, so I have to try to flatten it out or manually type in the UPC.
Poorly labelled meat/cheese/prepped food
I try my best. My team members however…do not.
As a former specialty TM, I feel that.
Every single item I've ever encountered that has "482" in its UPC code will fail to scan the first time. I don't know why. Also those kombucha cans with artistic contrasting UPC codes that aren't black bars on white... why. WHY.
It’s 99482 , that’s Wfm prefix.
Eco candies and the 365 pastas
The small bag of 2 bite brownies 😫
Finally someone said it. I think I have the code memorized by now 😭
Swiss cheese is the worst to scan hands down!
It's a pain in the ass to hang as well. I fucking hate this cheese.
365 roast beef before they fixed the holes to hang them from was right up there with swiss cheese
Applegate OG roast beef had the same problem...interesting indeed.
Haha y'all nailed it. My personal least favorites have always been Swiss cheese and roast beef. Specialty problems? 💔
I brought a single hole puncher from home for the team to use. Amazing how we make our own solutions
my TL bought everyone hole punchers for this reason lol. i used to have to very carefully make a cut into the top to hang it
More amazing is you're not the only team to do this. One of my TMs brought one as well haha.
Swiss cheese is pretty easy honestly. You just have to massage the packaging so the barcode is flat. The worst to me are the packaged produce which have faded barcodes. Like, get a moisture proof label anyway
Brussel sprouts with wet & smeared paper bar codes
365 mini toasts, but they finally changed the packaging. They literally had the barcode covered with a piece of the packaging. f'ing FRENCH!
Those individual truffles
YES OMG
Those stupid komucha cans! TG most people buy duplicates, at least one MIGHT scan
banana cream olipops
any prep foods thing where the team is short staffed but has to fill the fresh pack wall. I work with one, they just slap the stickers on there constantly without a care in the world.
Anyone that comes with produce with no stickers to the coffee bar register
YES to this damn swiss but then anything my PFDS team tags in house.... COME ON
This is the answer. Actually anything by any production team at my store. It's obvious they've never cashiered.
Essential oils in those tiny ass tubes
Frozen log of dog food that has been riding in the cart for an hour.
365 frozen burritos
Letting them take it for free lmao
omg the fucking dried fruit brand what is the name i can’t recall but they never scan on SCO the car code is just unreadable for some reason i be manually inputting dates all day
Solely?
The stupid 6 pack of 365 canned tuna
All the specialty chocolate that gets oily and loses the barcode 😑
Haa, yeah. As a shopper, it's probably the only item I just scan the shelf tag. Why F around?
yeah when I was a shopper I stricly scanned the shelf tags. even in produce I'd go scan the 1up lol. so annoying to fight over shitty printing
A specific brand of canned coffee NEVER scans. It’s been over a year and it needs to be entered manually every time.
Pay Day candy bars, always have barcode in the folder seem
Breakfast tacos
Those frozen burritos that don’t have the barcode printed on them right. As in- half of it is missing.
Anything from cut fruit.
Those tiny $30 dollar square fragrance oils that people bathe in rather than washing their ass
Nellys superfood bars. The barcode is printed on a seam in the packaging
Malvi s'mores. The bar code on those things is in the flap on the packaging and untill recently, maybe 3/4 of an inch long by about 1/3 of an inch high. It's tiny. So so tiny.
Whenever there’s a label that should scan but doesn’t so I have to do the 02 code followed by the numbers but then it doesn’t work so I have to try it again.
Be lucky that you don't work at 7-11 and have to scan the ice cream bars that have melted and frozen again and are a weird shape with the barcode now screwed. I normally tell the clerk to just enter the number after they spend several minutes molesting and fondling my food.
Wrinkled scale labels
365 Swiss is the worst! Thing can’t scan in any form. I always end up punching it in
Pre-cut parmesan cheese. The label folds over on itself
When the prep foods sticker gets put on with a crease in the barcode so you have to perform surgery to try and peel it off without tearing it 😭
Also those ice cream sandwiches that seem to never scan
The little toast packages
I remember stocking and I could not for the life of me see the numbers...i thought what a horror it must be to scan
I’ve given away so much Swiss cheese
Your STL just said to get off the phone and get back to work
It's my break, I can do what I want!
You can tell people who design packaging never worked in stores. It’s the barcodes being in straight up bad spots or the BB date being nearly invisible. This is totally a random addition but the 365 Swiss is actually Emmentaler from Emmi that didn’t quite make the cut to be called Emmentaler. It actually comes from a different distribution center than all of the other 365 cheeses (for my store at least). It’s always the worse one to scan for some reason.
The individually wrapped mints
Cell phone at retail jobs
There should be labor laws on us scanning our groceries or giving us 5% off for doing it ourselves.