How To Bottle Room?

Kroger92 · Veteran Member

How To Bottle Room?

NutritionWhore · Guru

And I'd like to ask: What IS a bottle room?

I've heard it mentioned on here plenty of times, but never came across one during my tenure with Kroger.

Anonymouse1 · Guru

"For the past week I did what was supposed to be called 'training'. I personally wouldn't consider it training because I basically went out onto the floor myself and began bagging, grabbed carts when told to, did price checks, go backs, cleaning, etc."

Congratulations! You have been trained successfully...

In some states, a deposit is charged on most plastic and glass bottles. People bring them to the bottle room at large retailers to get their deposit back.

You are no one's bich. We don't care if you are female. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

The gadget to move the full bottle bins is called a pallet jack. Make wide turns around corners. We take them to our backroom and put them in our salvage trailer. He might have waited until the end of the shift because that is his routine. Or, he needed to get a key to the salvage trailer from the customer service counter. Normally, the bins go in the backroom right away and get stacked(need to be trained on how to use the stacker if they allow you to. You are 18+ so I don't see why not.). Always put glass bins on the bottom. Or do like our CCs and just drop them in the way in the backroom so we can put them in the right spot when we come in.

OP, you will need more training. Ask for training with someone else. The leveling the bins is simple stuff. I do not know how to unjam the machines or reset them. But, every once in a while, trash and liquids cover sensors or plastic gets jammed on the belts. You will need to be trained on how to unjam the machines safely without losing a finger and how to reset the machine.

Anonymouse1 · Guru

NutritionWhore wrote:
And I'd like to ask: What IS a bottle room?

I've heard it mentioned on here plenty of times, but never came across one during my tenure with Kroger.

I think these are the ones we use at our store except we have a 10 cent deposit here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cAqoe8kM3Q

NutritionWhore · Guru

Anonymouse1 wrote:
NutritionWhore wrote:
And I'd like to ask: What IS a bottle room?

I've heard it mentioned on here plenty of times, but never came across one during my tenure with Kroger.
I think these are the ones we use at our store except we have a 10 cent deposit here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cAqoe8kM3Q

Oh damn, that's one fancy piece of machinery there.

Yeah... we don't have those down here in my district. The only thing we recycle are plastic bags, and those large water containers people bring in.

Kroger92 · Veteran Member

Thanks Anonymouse1!

I guess all I can really do is when I go back in and if they attempt to put me in the bottle room, say that I still need more proper training on it. The guy who originally showed me, was way too brief.

BagBoy · Guru

only certain states have a bottle room. mine does not. sorry.

Kroger92 · Veteran Member

I sure wish mine didn't.

But ya know, the more I think back...I really do think I was just supposed to have the bottle room set up for the morning. As in, have it cleaned and also take care of the bins. But like I said I shall find out once I go back in!

FrontEnd Trooper · Guru

Wow, I'm glad my store doesn't have a bottle room.

Anonymouse1 · Guru

Kroger92 wrote:
Thanks Anonymouse1!

I guess all I can really do is when I go back in and if they attempt to put me in the bottle room, say that I still need more proper training on it. The guy who originally showed me, was way too brief.

No problem. I am not sure how your store does it. At my store the CCs clean the bottle room and keep machines running.

You seem energetic. Maybe you skeered the other CC and made him forget what to teach you. As for learning unjamming the machines, you just have to wait for it to break down and then have someone show you. I think the machines stop most of the time because the bins are full.

Date: Oct 4, 2014

One last question I forgot to add.

If I happen to be doing closing (my store closes at midnight), do I take all the bins in the bottle room that are filled to the max to the back of the store and put new bins into the machines? Or if theyre only partially filled do I just leave them so they can continue getting filled the next day?

Anonymouse1 · Guru

Anonymous wrote:
One last question I forgot to add.

If I happen to be doing closing (my store closes at midnight), do I take all the bins in the bottle room that are filled to the max to the back of the store and put new bins into the machines? Or if theyre only partially filled do I just leave them so they can continue getting filled the next day?

I would only take the completely filled ones to the salvage trailer. You can combine the half full bins if you have time but I think they just leave them in the machine until they are completely full.

Kroger92 · Veteran Member

That all makes sense. Thanks again!

Date: Oct 7, 2014

Women are required to do the bottle room, too.

Always wear gloves when sealing with bins and bottles. You will get cut if you don't.

We don't level bins off here. Full = time to replace. Full bins should probably go to the salvage truck, but ask. If we leave them off to the side or in night crew's way they do it for us :) Practice using the pallet jack. You will be able to move them that way.

Always, always snap the sides into the bottom of the bins or somebody will have a big mess. When changing put bins make sure to push the new, empty one all the way in. Clean put any debris before sliding the empty bin in, if jecessary.

Our machines can be quieted by opening the door (key required), turning the knob to Standby, and pushing ok. Turn off standby when done replacing. Some glass machines do not separate dark and clear glass and it has to be done by hand.

BagBoy · Guru

Anonymous wrote:
Women are required to do the bottle room, too.
Always wear gloves when sealing with bins and bottles. You will get cut if you don't.
We don't level bins off here. Full = time to replace. Full bins should probably go to the salvage truck, but ask. If we leave them off to the side or in night crew's way they do it for us :) Practice using the pallet jack. You will be able to move them that way.
Always, always snap the sides into the bottom of the bins or somebody will have a big mess. When changing put bins make sure to push the new, empty one all the way in. Clean put any debris before sliding the empty bin in, if jecessary.
Our machines can be quieted by opening the door (key required), turning the knob to Standby, and pushing ok. Turn off standby when done replacing. Some glass machines do not separate dark and clear glass and it has to be done by hand.

oh, so the bottle get picked up when salvage is loaded onto the delivery truck? makes sense. Thanks for the info. i learned something new today!

Anonymouse1 · Guru

BagBoy wrote:
oh, so the bottle get picked up when salvage is loaded onto the delivery truck? makes sense. Thanks for the info. i learned something new today!

No.

They are picked up by two different companies.

We call it the salvage trailer at my store. But one side is for double stacked bottle bins and the other side is for bales, totes and pallets. The grocery/perishable driver picks up pallets, kmp totes, meat/dairy/produce black trays and bales. The bread person picks up empty bread trays. The milk guy picks up empty milk crates. A driver from the recycling company picks up the bottle bins. On a very, very rare occasion, the grocery/perishable driver picks up empty milk crates.

-- Edited by Anonymouse1 on Tuesday 7th of October 2014 04:48:55 PM

Kroger92 · Veteran Member

I've learned the exact how to with the bottle room. So now I'm all set and dandy. Was shown more thoroughly by fellow CC's. And thanks to all your guys help ^_^

Date: May 5, 2015

I think they only have it in states where there is a deposit on bottles, in Arizona we don't give a f*** about the environment so we don't have any but I'm pretty sure our neighbors to the west have them.