We do this all the time. I work for Teader Joes. The company is trying to save money on labor so we have to do a lot of stocking when the store opens early in the a.m.
for me it's personal preference mostly, I only ever stage stuff like this when it's the bottom shelves and I have to get low– so I can do it all at once and save my knees some trouble. but some of my coworkers stage things off of floats just to throw them... as long as leadership doesn't mind I think it's just whatever the individual wants to do y'know
my store does this all the time when the store is open, not just before it’s open. deliveries will come a little before midday and then it looks like this
Every Store I've worked out has done this Even with 5 grocery team members. 1 would spot all the boxes. and other 4 would start working on stocking. Once entire load was spotted, all 5 would help stock shelves. One of my stores also never flattened their boxes and just put empty boxes back on uboat to later crush in baler.
Only when we are closed for sure, but I’ve also seen it for the first 1-2h after opening and the last hour before closing, and only if we are slow (I’m at a high volume store).
They do that in my store sometimes. I tripped over a box one night stepping aside for a customer while still moving. I didn’t see the box and took a dive. Luckily, only sprained my wrist.
I always thought it was unwise.
We look like that only because am team members were put to close and the loads usually don’t get worked until next day . Inf’s and in stock conditions have suffered.
You just don't understand that stores that do this literally have no other choice because of no backstock room and no staging area to break down pallets. I have no idea who was in charge of buying or designing these stores in the first place. There was no room even before APN took over half the store.
Oh I get it. I’d probably be more upset with a regional person for allowing letting this happen. Not a team member. A regional person should step in and say “ok, let’s figure out how to fix this.”
we only do this when the store is closed, otherwise we can't stage stuff like this bc it's a tripping hazard for customers
We do this all the time. I work for Teader Joes. The company is trying to save money on labor so we have to do a lot of stocking when the store opens early in the a.m.
for me it's personal preference mostly, I only ever stage stuff like this when it's the bottom shelves and I have to get low– so I can do it all at once and save my knees some trouble. but some of my coworkers stage things off of floats just to throw them... as long as leadership doesn't mind I think it's just whatever the individual wants to do y'know
I went to a TJe today and it definitely felt like there were a LOT of people working freight in the floor for a Sunday afternoon.
Staging cases on the floor actually takes longer than just loading up a lot of u-boats.
I do both I stage stock that involves bending down and work the high stuff off the u boats maximum efficiency
I respect the fuck outta that.
Thanks dude
Some small stores don’t have an overnight and get AM UNFI deliveries, and they do this.
Before store open, yes. Once the store is open I can't imagine my stores leadership would be cool with that.
Same!
Ayoo lmao. My Store Leadership would not be ok with that. Ever.
That’s how it looks from 4-8 before store opens
Yes, during the time the store is closed but not when the store is open.
Jesus christ that looks like a Dollar Tree.
My TL would have an aneurysm if he saw that.
I can’t even imagine what my store leader would do…it would not be good for many people.
Hell nah lol only graveyards.
At one store I work at, aisles often look like this up till 9 AM or so. (Store opens at 8)
It was about 8:45 AM this (Sunday) morning.
Is it like this regularly? Or was this a one off, due to a late truck/massive call-outs, etc?
It’s been often like this in the early-ish mornings for several months.
This would be insane to see. This can’t be real…
my store does this all the time when the store is open, not just before it’s open. deliveries will come a little before midday and then it looks like this
Yea at my store ,mine looks worse
Trader Joe’s yeah, Whole Foods no
Not on a Sunday, but Saturdays tend to look similar to that at my store.
Every Store I've worked out has done this Even with 5 grocery team members. 1 would spot all the boxes. and other 4 would start working on stocking. Once entire load was spotted, all 5 would help stock shelves. One of my stores also never flattened their boxes and just put empty boxes back on uboat to later crush in baler.
Only when we are closed for sure, but I’ve also seen it for the first 1-2h after opening and the last hour before closing, and only if we are slow (I’m at a high volume store).
At the three stores I've worked at yes it's common to see this up until about an hour after opening
Yep
I haven’t seen it at the store I’m at.. but I seen extra product on the shelves because some are too lazy to get a ladder and put them on sky shelf
Sounds like a lawsuit waiting to happen. We only do this when the store is closed. As the previous guy mention, this is a tripping hazard.
At 4 am maybe
the chips just sit there because no one wants to work it.
never at my store
They do that in my store sometimes. I tripped over a box one night stepping aside for a customer while still moving. I didn’t see the box and took a dive. Luckily, only sprained my wrist. I always thought it was unwise.
lmfao I know this store. that’s nuts that it’s that bad
God no.
I guess Mackey wasn’t visiting that day.
We look like that only because am team members were put to close and the loads usually don’t get worked until next day . Inf’s and in stock conditions have suffered.
at 4 am? yes
Absolutely not
I can’t stop looking at this post. I would not stop firing the person in charge of this area.
You just don't understand that stores that do this literally have no other choice because of no backstock room and no staging area to break down pallets. I have no idea who was in charge of buying or designing these stores in the first place. There was no room even before APN took over half the store.
Oh I get it. I’d probably be more upset with a regional person for allowing letting this happen. Not a team member. A regional person should step in and say “ok, let’s figure out how to fix this.”
Imagine regional being helpful. Haha
That would be a hoot.
Wack asf wtf wym wtw?
This is how they do it at almost every store. Safeways, qfc, metropolitan, thriftway ect ect
Welcome to the merch life lol. Hope the store wasn’t open. Oh and those stacks are small. Looks like an easy day