The hardest thing, by far, is consistently finding the time to cull everything daily (in produce). With hours cut so bad this year, it was the first thing to go at our store. Sad, but true. As for dates, the only things dated are autofills - not a difficult thing to find expired.
We just had a major reset - we used to have the hours to tear apart every table and the wet wall to clean them thoroughly. This year we had to steal hours from another department to clean only the wet wall.
I've been in produce for four years - if you have any detailed questions, shoot me a message. My last TL firmly believed that Produce is the hardest department in the store to run smoothly. I wish you the best of luck, and yes, a good team is essential!