Is this Real Life? (A Market vent thread)

Motorhead said:
I told my ETL that with this new market rollout I'd rather work 6-2:30 everyday, but he said that since I have the Food assistant title, I still have to work 1 mid shift and 1 closing shift a week like a TL does.
For the other FAs out there, what is your schedule like?
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i work some opens but mostly mids it seems. :/

@qmosqueen you get organic strawberries? i dont. i get grapes and rhaspberries and black berries, maybe bananas .... but NEVER org strawberries or blueberries.

we made the list as we comped 30% again! way to be low volume store achievements!

is anyone else having to do demo tables for strawberries thurs-sun?

finally, do you guys have to know:
areas of market that do well vs that dont, like whats selling whats not? and things to that avail? i personally dont have access to it, so if my TL doesnt tell me my ETL gets pissy that i dont have this info. i wouldnt ask, but the STL asked me a similar question, so i felt maybe it was something important.
 
Yes I have organic strawberries , raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, green and red grapes.
 
so were having a demo table thurs= sunday. for strawberries. yucky low quality strawberries. awesome.
im glad im off tomorrow.
 
I'm having the same problems with green and red bagged grapes. The organic clamshell grapes are very expensive, and don't look very good either.

Are your guests making comments about the organic pricing? I'm having to TPC all the organic berries or they don't sell.
 
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Organic berries, apples, and salads sell quite well at my store. It took a long while to get customers to expect organic stuff, and keeping it full and fresh was a big part of the success we've seen. Organic greens are still a problem, mostly because they come in looking like absolute trash and in way too much quantities.
 
Motorhead said:
I told my ETL that with this new market rollout I'd rather work 6-2:30 everyday, but he said that since I have the Food assistant title, I still have to work 1 mid shift and 1 closing shift a week like a TL does.
For the other FAs out there, what is your schedule like?
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I work 4am four days and then Monday is my mid 12-8:30. We don't close but we still have the mid rotation every third weekend. I am the only FA not part of the weekend rotation or the 6 Am shift becuase other than my TL the others aren't as efficient getting everything started in the mornings.
 
Midoninger said:
i work some opens but mostly mids it seems. :/

@qmosqueen you get organic strawberries? i dont. i get grapes and rhaspberries and black berries, maybe bananas .... but NEVER org strawberries or blueberries.

we made the list as we comped 30% again! way to be low volume store achievements!

is anyone else having to do demo tables for strawberries thurs-sun?

finally, do you guys have to know:
areas of market that do well vs that dont, like whats selling whats not? and things to that avail? i personally dont have access to it, so if my TL doesnt tell me my ETL gets pissy that i dont have this info. i wouldnt ask, but the STL asked me a similar question, so i felt maybe it was something important.
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Are you looking for specific items, or what departments are selling well? Items would be the item level detail report on WB.
 
From what I hear Organics has been nothing but QMOS at my store (I am in a AA Volume "Wegman's Town"). If you can afford organics you aren't shopping for food at Target.
 
indigo25 said:
Are you looking for specific items, or what departments are selling well? Items would be the item level detail report on WB.
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no im just asking if this is something i 'NEED' to know or more of my ETLs micromanaging. their newest thing: Uboats must be stacked in specific manner. which is crazy because you dont know whats coming off the line and when. so imagine how long the "stack this way" was followed?

ive done it! ive worn a red plaid shirt to work. instead of solid red! it was glorious! but felt semi dirty..... i became a dress code violator like the rest of them!
but damn if i didnt get a lot of compliments on how nice my shirt was and cute i was in it!
 
I found a full cart of the overpriced expired cheese/meat today. We literally just set it a week and a half ago and already it's looking like a mistake for Target to carry it.
 
please, some guest left a kiddie shopping cart with like 7 containers of soymilk, an 18 count egg, shredded cheese, 3 strawberries, and shredded lettuce with some cereal boxes on top of all that, which made it seem deliberate, yeah it was a nice discovery for me this morning when i went in.
 
Midoninger said:
no im just asking if this is something i 'NEED' to know or more of my ETLs micromanaging. their newest thing: Uboats must be stacked in specific manner. which is crazy because you dont know whats coming off the line and when. so imagine how long the "stack this way" was followed?

ive done it! ive worn a red plaid shirt to work. instead of solid red! it was glorious! but felt semi dirty..... i became a dress code violator like the rest of them!
but damn if i didnt get a lot of compliments on how nice my shirt was and cute i was in it!
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I wouldn't say it is required, but I think it is good to know in general what departments aren't doing well because it helps you look into what could be causing low sales (product always blown out, inconsistent zone, etc). For me I try and fix these problem areas myself and get spread too thin so if my food TMs noticed things and tried to improve them it would warm my heart. :p
 
corn comes in with ice? wtf? i think thats a bit much ....

indigo25 said:
I wouldn't say it is required, but I think it is good to know in general what departments aren't doing well because it helps you look into what could be causing low sales (product always blown out, inconsistent zone, etc). For me I try and fix these problem areas myself and get spread too thin so if my food TMs noticed things and tried to improve them it would warm my heart. :p
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yeah if the market TMs would step up and do just a weeeeee bit more.
the sampling berries thing wasnt so bad. sans the fact they sent us bad berries but what else is new?
and yes stretched too thin is a thing!
 
Midoninger said:
corn comes in with ice? wtf? i think thats a bit much ....



yeah if the market TMs would step up and do just a weeeeee bit more.
the sampling berries thing wasnt so bad. sans the fact they sent us bad berries but what else is new?
and yes stretched too thin is a thing!
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Well, they're supposed to be doing instocks for their own assigned aisles so really it's part of my expectations already. It's what I did when I was a PA, but the end to end team I have is almost all people new to market so I'm not super worried about it yet. I work very hard to make sure my team doesn't feel overworked and underappreciated by me.
 
Manual cafs suck big time for the market rollout. We have the auto cafs and do research so why are we doing manual cafs too ?

Dairy and freezer back stock is piling up
 
qmosqueen said:
Manual cafs suck big time for the market rollout. We have the auto cafs and do research so why are we doing manual cafs too ?

Dairy and freezer back stock is piling up
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Don't push anything without backstocking it afterwards. We're doing pretty well and coming clean every day, but my ETL loves to intervene... Every day she's not there it goes so much smoother. Don't drop manuals unless you're ahead and be aggressive with research. POG fills > manuals because you can aim for one specific area and get it full.
 
indigo25 said:
Well, they're supposed to be doing instocks for their own assigned aisles so really it's part of my expectations already. It's what I did when I was a PA, but the end to end team I have is almost all people new to market so I'm not super worried about it yet. I work very hard to make sure my team doesn't feel overworked and underappreciated by me.
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i try to do the same. i want them to see me doing the job they do as well so they dont feel like i just have my job and they have theirs. but i think i have a good repore with my team so its not too much of an issue. perhaps keep an eye on who does what well and have different TMs on specific tasks? like 1 day i had someone do ALL the back stock while everyone pushed. it worked pretty well and the team seemed pretty good with only push or only BS.

qmosqueen said:
Manual cafs suck big time for the market rollout. We have the auto cafs and do research so why are we doing manual cafs too ?

Dairy and freezer back stock is piling up
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we never do manual CAFs. in fact we more often than not use POG fill, but as a protip, if you just update the inventory, and dont drop the batch, itll go into the next CAF or Autofill. and if you do it right, and its drops as an EXF, then instocks will thick they shot it during the RIGs and push it for you! everyone wins!
and yeah, our dairy freezer backstock began piling up for while too ... glad to see not only us. but the trick is to have someone start backstocking after the dairy push is done and then have a few people do freezer if possible as no one wants to be in the freezer but its not as bad if in a group.
coarse i go it alone because im not a sissy when it comes to the cold.

glo said:
Don't push anything without backstocking it afterwards. We're doing pretty well and coming clean every day, but my ETL loves to intervene... Every day she's not there it goes so much smoother. Don't drop manuals unless you're ahead and be aggressive with research. POG fills > manuals because you can aim for one specific area and get it full.
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omg yes when were getting stuff done this week too because our ETL is away! its amazing! our ETL is just plainly extra about everything.
 
PS
we have a sales competition this week, and my store beat all the other stores in the area, save for 1, which was a higher volume store and they sampled more than we did. they did melons too were only did berries. but still my little low volume store beat out high volume stores and the other LV stores too!

plus in our day side huddle we got recognized too! that NEVER happens.
 
I was a beast on Wednesday I pushed 297 produce, 2 pallets of vendor milk, specialty half gallon milks from the FDC truck about 20 boxes and the fresh meat off of the FDC truck all by myself in 8 hours while doing the cull and keeping the floor full. It can be done with a little hard work and sweat.
 
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