So I've gathered by reading a few different threads that not all store's handle pFresh the same way. Does anyone know if there's a BP on exactly how pFresh/Market is to be run? I'd be interested in reading it, because it seems like most stores have varying degrees of how they run things, lol.
I thought it might be interesting to list some basic facts about my store and how we run pFresh, and see what other stores do. I'll list in bullet point so it's easier to read.
- C Volume store
- I need to check our Store Facts sheet again, but I believe our pFresh makes about 2mil in sales.
- pFresh opened in June of '10
- We have two PA's. I've been a PA for about four months, and our other PA has been in that positon for two years.
- We have about four TM's who are pFresh trained and cover the shifts that the PA's cannot.
- I don't know offhand what our allocated hours are per week; I will check and get back to you.
- Our pFresh hours are 6am - 10:30/9:30 daily. On most days there will be an opener, closer and mid, although right now with cut hours we're making do with just and opener and closer and the closer leaves at 9:30pm. PA's get 7-8 hour shifts normally; other Market TM's are 5-6 depending on the shift and day.
- We are scheduled under Market.
- PA's get 38-40 hours normally. Right now we're in severe hour cuts and we're still scheduled about 35 hours each. Reg. Market TM's get substantually less but they work in other departments during the week.
- Our CTL covers hardlines and dry market. I'm not sure if her hours come out of the Market pool or Hardlines but I think it's Hardlines. She used to take Market shifts before I was transferred but now I think she does maybe one every other week? Can't remember.
- Market TM's are responsible for pFresh (the horseshoe), dairy and freezer. We do not touch dry market except for SDA's and Freshness Friday's. Dry Market is covered by Hardlines and our CTL is responsible for all the endcaps there. Since the hours got cut they have asked Market closers to zone paper, but that's new and probably temporary.
- PA's are responsible for wine endcaps and the four freezer/dairy endcaps. We usually split them up amongst ourselves and sometimes our CTL will take wine.
- We are FDC serviced. We receive deliveries three times a week.
- PA's are responsible for placing the order.
- Flow handles the truck when it comes in and pushes and backstocks it. We will help out if we have time.
- Backroom pulls all of our CAF's and batches. My store is pretty...hands off when it comes to that? I wasn't even really shown how to do basic backroom functions until I trained at another store where TM's are more versatile. We leave backstock for them although I will sometimes do it myself if it's piling up and bothering me.
- PA's handle TPC's and we only TPC on truck days. We used to do them every day and it was just too confusing, so now only two people handle them and we do our main TPC's on truck days and then daily TPC's for outgoing dated product. We only TPC the product that we're responsible for ordering.
- PA's are on a set schedule with alternating weekends. This Feb I got my schedule messed with because they eliminated all mid shifts because of the hours, so I had to either open or close on days that I normally mid. Other than that, I always know when I'm working on any given day although the start time can vary depending on payroll.
- We have a cleaning log that has weekly cleaning projects broken down by shift per day. For instance, on Monday the opener will FIFO/clean deli and cheese, the mid will clean the freezer doors and the closer will sweep/mop the Ambient room. On Tuesday the opener will FIFO/clean half the produce sections, etc. etc. It covers a vast majority of all the cleaning tasks needed, although there are a few that we have to pencil in on a bi-weekly or monthly basis, such as cleaning the WACO's or scrubbing out the dairy shelves.
Typical shifts look like this:
Open: 6am start. If it's a PA, we'll work till 2:30. If it's a Market TM, then they usually stay till 11:30 or 12:30 and a PA comes in at 9 or 10.
Mid: 9-5:30. As a PA I do mids 2-3 times a week; it helps to keep me out on the floor during the busiest part of the day.
Close: PA close will be 2-10:30, Market TM will be 5-10:30.
Did I leave anything out? lol! Now it's your turn!
I thought it might be interesting to list some basic facts about my store and how we run pFresh, and see what other stores do. I'll list in bullet point so it's easier to read.
- C Volume store
- I need to check our Store Facts sheet again, but I believe our pFresh makes about 2mil in sales.
- pFresh opened in June of '10
- We have two PA's. I've been a PA for about four months, and our other PA has been in that positon for two years.
- We have about four TM's who are pFresh trained and cover the shifts that the PA's cannot.
- I don't know offhand what our allocated hours are per week; I will check and get back to you.
- Our pFresh hours are 6am - 10:30/9:30 daily. On most days there will be an opener, closer and mid, although right now with cut hours we're making do with just and opener and closer and the closer leaves at 9:30pm. PA's get 7-8 hour shifts normally; other Market TM's are 5-6 depending on the shift and day.
- We are scheduled under Market.
- PA's get 38-40 hours normally. Right now we're in severe hour cuts and we're still scheduled about 35 hours each. Reg. Market TM's get substantually less but they work in other departments during the week.
- Our CTL covers hardlines and dry market. I'm not sure if her hours come out of the Market pool or Hardlines but I think it's Hardlines. She used to take Market shifts before I was transferred but now I think she does maybe one every other week? Can't remember.
- Market TM's are responsible for pFresh (the horseshoe), dairy and freezer. We do not touch dry market except for SDA's and Freshness Friday's. Dry Market is covered by Hardlines and our CTL is responsible for all the endcaps there. Since the hours got cut they have asked Market closers to zone paper, but that's new and probably temporary.
- PA's are responsible for wine endcaps and the four freezer/dairy endcaps. We usually split them up amongst ourselves and sometimes our CTL will take wine.
- We are FDC serviced. We receive deliveries three times a week.
- PA's are responsible for placing the order.
- Flow handles the truck when it comes in and pushes and backstocks it. We will help out if we have time.
- Backroom pulls all of our CAF's and batches. My store is pretty...hands off when it comes to that? I wasn't even really shown how to do basic backroom functions until I trained at another store where TM's are more versatile. We leave backstock for them although I will sometimes do it myself if it's piling up and bothering me.
- PA's handle TPC's and we only TPC on truck days. We used to do them every day and it was just too confusing, so now only two people handle them and we do our main TPC's on truck days and then daily TPC's for outgoing dated product. We only TPC the product that we're responsible for ordering.
- PA's are on a set schedule with alternating weekends. This Feb I got my schedule messed with because they eliminated all mid shifts because of the hours, so I had to either open or close on days that I normally mid. Other than that, I always know when I'm working on any given day although the start time can vary depending on payroll.
- We have a cleaning log that has weekly cleaning projects broken down by shift per day. For instance, on Monday the opener will FIFO/clean deli and cheese, the mid will clean the freezer doors and the closer will sweep/mop the Ambient room. On Tuesday the opener will FIFO/clean half the produce sections, etc. etc. It covers a vast majority of all the cleaning tasks needed, although there are a few that we have to pencil in on a bi-weekly or monthly basis, such as cleaning the WACO's or scrubbing out the dairy shelves.
Typical shifts look like this:
Open: 6am start. If it's a PA, we'll work till 2:30. If it's a Market TM, then they usually stay till 11:30 or 12:30 and a PA comes in at 9 or 10.
Mid: 9-5:30. As a PA I do mids 2-3 times a week; it helps to keep me out on the floor during the busiest part of the day.
Close: PA close will be 2-10:30, Market TM will be 5-10:30.
Did I leave anything out? lol! Now it's your turn!