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Formula for ELMS?
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Does anyone know exactly what formula they use for ELMS? I know that items per minute is a big part of it, but I also know that transation time and customers per hour have something to do with it along with some other things.
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Cathy
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Whats your thoughts on the electronic front end managment system ??
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The system has been installed, but not activated at the store I work at. So, I don't know much at all about it. I'm not even sure what the name of the system is.
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jefferyb304
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CAO formula
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Hey guys just wondering if any of you has and idea or what formula CAO uses to operate(create order). would it be (ALLOC - BOH) + FrCst = Total then from here you Total/ # units in a case = total of cases needed to support the forcast??Help on this will be great.
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Anonymous
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Sep 25, 2012
by Anonymous
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Meeting
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Has anyone else out there been noticing a lot of meeting going on at their stores? At mine, they had a meeting to teach the different generations of employees how to work together, and how front end supervisors can talk to the younger ones. Seem to me that since our contract is up this fall they are goin...
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krogerman77
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Scan Rates!
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At my store the managment are bitching constantly about the cashiers scan rates, and how we need to get them up so there will be more hours for the front end, and how we need to get them up before that que vision stuff begins. While I don't work on the register that often, I have a few friends that do. And no...
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krogerman77
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Kroger “promised” me a job!
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Well maybe promised is an overstatement, but anyway here's the story. We recently learned our store is closing "because the location failed to meet sales expectations," according to a local news article. I'm not sure what that means, but I DO know it means I'm out of a job. Well, maybe....
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Snow Job
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One of these days my big mouth is going to get me fired
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A woman came up to the bakery counter and wanted a cake written on. She looked at the 1/4 sheet cakes for $15.99 and said Costco has cakes twice this size for this price. I told her this isn't Costco. Another time a guy came up and wanted to know if we were going to reduce the price on a pie because the crust...
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Anonymous
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schedules
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there are two people below me that have less seniority than me they are working earlier shifts than me.. is there a proper way to inform the store manager about this? do i write a note requesting one of those shifts? i usually don't complain about the schedule but i am working ten days in a row just trying t...
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Mike0688
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Tag Changes
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So the new ad comes out for Thursday. We get in the tags to change, however, they are ALL out of order! Usually they are sorted by aisle and department. None of the tags had the location system numbers on it. I find out that they are actually sorted by thier UPC number, in order increasing in number. This ma...
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JackOfAllTrades
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Jun 30, 2011
by Anonymous
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New union contract
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So, I'm curious to know if anyone from Indiana has any insite on the new Fort Wayne area union contract. Some how, the contract was ratified and today people recieved a wage increase (25 cents) or a check for 525 dollars (before taxes.) To recieve the check you had to be a "red-circled employee&qu...
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Anonymous
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Jun 14, 2011
by Anonymous
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The first of the month/senior Wedensday doubler: NEVER AGAIN!
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The store I work at just had both the first of the month and senior Wedensday all in one day. We were super busy and had a hard time keeping the carts up to speed. To top it off our lazy baggers were there. So as fate would have it, it was the last hour of my shift and I had lot duty after one of the lazy baggers. I ha...
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Hornish78
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employee usage of smokeless tobacco...
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What are Kroger's rules regarding the use of smokeless tobacco by employees while on the clock and/or while on Kroger property? My store manager turns a blind eye to this problem and allows a few employees, including a dept. mgr. to chew & spit while on duty. They do this even in our tiny lunch roo...
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Anonymous
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Jun 12, 2011
by Anonymous
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MidSouth division report in
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just trying to get a general discussion going from stores throughout the midsouth. SO, did anyone actually pass their certification awhile back? Sure thought carbondale would being as it's Gina's home store...hmmmm
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Anonymous
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Jun 12, 2011
by Anonymous
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Age limit for customer service.
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I was wondering what the minimum age limit was for working at the customer service desk.
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Anonymous
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Corporate Office Threat
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Crazy customer threatened me today because I didn't go get him an electric cart. He said he had power and I was going to lose my job tomorrow. I work at ucan so it is not my job to go get him an electric cart so walk your lazy ass over there and get it yourself. Does anyone know if anybody gets fired from a crazy c...
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nicegirl23
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HEALTH INSURANCE
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My wife lost her coverage on my plan. She was a rider. the UFCW SAYS I DID NOT CHECK THE RIGHT BOX ON MY ONLINE FORM. This is so petty. She has been on my Ins for 20 yrs. I am appealing the decision. Just pisses me off.
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Anonymous
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Key retailing cao wave 5
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So, today I got an email from my regional that all meat and seafood managers will be required to attend a series of 3 meetings on Key Retailing wave 5. Which apparently includes some massive update to cao. Fred Meyer is always kinda behind the rest of Kroger in implementing things, so have any of you, fel...
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Fishy
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Jun 26, 2013
by Anonymous
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Kroger Generic Brand vs. Wal-Mart Great Value Brand
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Tho I've spent a decade buying the Great Value and Sam's Choice generic products, I'm recently finding myself gravitating more to the Kroger brand stuff. The prices are at least comparable and, frankly, the quality is better. Examples of crappy Great Value stuff: paper towels. Man, that stuff is sk...
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nocturnia
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Memorial Day/ accident free days cookout
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We were given a cookout for having so many days without an accident and guess what. They served strawberry creme cakes and nobody from the bakery complained about it.
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Anonymous
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May 28, 2011
by Anonymous
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So a FES position is open at my store....
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And a friend of mine, office guy, asks me "Have you thought about becoming a supervisor?" What should I say?
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BagBoy
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May 11, 2015
by Anonymous
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