Just how hard is the concept of finish what's in one box before opening another? I work in the bakery and I'm constantly finding multiple open boxes of the same product. I straightened out the cookie section in the freezer the other day. I found 2 open cases of sugar cookies, 3 open cases of chocolate chip, 2 open cases oatmeal, 4 open cases each of the miniature cookies. I combined what boxes I could and had them all organized: 1 row of chocolate chip, 1 row of sugar, 1 row of oatmeal raisin, 1/2 row each of double chocolate chip and peanut butter, gourmet cookies all together in one section, soft top cookies all together in one section, miniature cookies in one section. I was off the next two days. In only two days, it was a disaster again.
The same can be said other things. Just today I was making out the order and the baker told me to order a case of Italian bread. I'm a baker too so I know how much we go through and I said there's 3 cases on the cart and there's another one on today's order. He said, "Those three cases aren't full." Why do we have three open cases of Italian bread? To save space, we'll combine two or more things together in one box. The rule is you don't open a new box until you have to. I'll find a partial bag of one type of roll in one box and find another partial bag or sometimes a third partial bag of the same roll in other boxes. It's the same way when it comes to the donuts. Today I was breaking out the donuts for tomorrow morning and opened a box that had been opened before and one of things in it was a bag of plain cake donuts. I didn't have enough so I opened a new box. Three boxes later I opened another previosly opened box and find more plain cake donuts. There's no reason to have two partial boxes of the same donut. Am I expecting too much or is this typical?
This was the same thing in deli. It was partly because people would just throw things in anywhere, but we would have multiples of things open. It's worse for meat because once it's opened, it needs to be used up in 7 days.
This happens all the time to us. We have a couple people right now that no matter how many times you tell them to 1: Only open one box of each thing at a time 2: Combine boxes as you go so we don't have almost empty boxes cluttering up everywhere and 3: write things down so we can order properly, it just goes in one ear and out the other. We'll have like 3 open boxes of large ring donuts, or a box of 8 inch pies with only 2 left in the box.
This happens all the time to us. We have a couple people right now that no matter how many times you tell them to 1: Only open one box of each thing at a time 2: Combine boxes as you go so we don't have almost empty boxes cluttering up everywhere and 3: write things down so we can order properly, it just goes in one ear and out the other. We'll have like 3 open boxes of large ring donuts, or a box of 8 inch pies with only 2 left in the box.
I feel your pain.
OP here. We keep a notebook for just such a thing. I keep telling people after you break something out, if there's less than a 2-day supply of that item, you need to write it down in the notebook so it can be ordered the next day. They either write stuff down too far in advance and we end up too much backstock or they wait until the box is completely empty. Speaking of partial boxes, I picked up a box of macadamia nut cookies and noticed it felt pretty light. It had TWO freaking cookies in it.
This happens all the time to us. We have a couple people right now that no matter how many times you tell them to 1: Only open one box of each thing at a time 2: Combine boxes as you go so we don't have almost empty boxes cluttering up everywhere and 3: write things down so we can order properly, it just goes in one ear and out the other. We'll have like 3 open boxes of large ring donuts, or a box of 8 inch pies with only 2 left in the box.
I feel your pain.
OP here. We keep a notebook for just such a thing. I keep telling people after you break something out, if there's less than a 2-day supply of that item, you need to write it down in the notebook so it can be ordered the next day. They either write stuff down too far in advance and we end up too much backstock or they wait until the box is completely empty. Speaking of partial boxes, I picked up a box of macadamia nut cookies and noticed it felt pretty light. It had TWO freaking cookies in it.
Oh we have a paper that is divided in columns that says frozen/deli/supplies and to write it down when we are running low. they just choose not to write it down. i get that whoever's ordering should check inventory but it makes it SO much easier if people can write crap down too. it's funny though, our bakery departments sound exactly the same. -_-
-- Edited by 4hourrush on Tuesday 5th of January 2016 10:42:34 PM
I work on the front end as a bagger. Our high school baggers don't do ****. They're constantly being paged up front to bag or they just hide and pretend that they're doing something. I work mornings and I have to pick up their slack from the night before. For the last few Mondays, I've come in and NOTHING was done. Carts were low, gobacks were overflowing, bottle bins were full, bags were empty, and the bottle room trash was sky high. They're being paid to do absolutely nothing. I would LOVE to be able to get paid to do nothing. Unfortunately, it doesn't work like that. A job means having to work, not stand around and goof off.
I work on the front end as a bagger. Our high school baggers don't do ****. They're constantly being paged up front to bag or they just hide and pretend that they're doing something. I work mornings and I have to pick up their slack from the night before. For the last few Mondays, I've come in and NOTHING was done. Carts were low, gobacks were overflowing, bottle bins were full, bags were empty, and the bottle room trash was sky high. They're being paid to do absolutely nothing. I would LOVE to be able to get paid to do nothing. Unfortunately, it doesn't work like that. A job means having to work, not stand around and goof off.
