I've been a daytime grocery manager for a short while but found out that i'm going to have to run Nutrition for a week and then Frozen indefinitely due to the Nutrition lead going on vacation and the frozen lead giving his two weeks. The problem is I have no experience in either departments. I've only been in grocery mostly and since those departments are under grocery they went me to fill in until the nutrition lead gets back from vacation and then until they find a new frozen lead. Is there any leads in either departments on here who can give me a primer on running those departments smoothly. They tell me it's really just a matter of learning where everything goes and getting familiar with the products in those departments and since I've been a overnight grocery manager as well as a daytime grocery mgr they think that I will be fine. lol. Even though i'm confident that i'll figure it out it would be nice to know alot more beforehand instead of just being told "it's just like grocery but smaller."
You will do fine. It should be easier than Grocery if you have people working under you. If you are by yourself, Good Luck! It can be done but it can also be a rough ride! :)
They both use CAO like we do in grocery for ordering. Almost all Nutrition will be ordered when Peyton is ordered. There are only about 10 items at most that come in with the grocery order.
Most people dislike Frozen because their fingertips get too cold. Once you figure out where everything is, it should be easy peasy.
Nutrition is tedious like Drug/GM. Rotating is important.
Keep in mind there are different conditioning standards in frozen. Top and bottom shelf are faced. Middle are blocked like grocery, but instead of 2 pulled up, you lay product flat to fill shelf space. Also, excess product is on the bottom instead of top, so make sure you create a good base when stocking as allocations should be set with those in mind. And keep your backstock as minimal and organized as possible. Nobody wants to stay in that backroom freezer for more than they have to.
See this image for conditioning example.
The only tip I have would be for the first week make sure you are F3ing everything to see movement trends so you can gauge. Getting used to what sells at what price is really half the battle.
Also, what is your truck schedule like? That's important.
-- Edited by DeltaGrocery on Monday 25th of January 2016 05:30:10 PM
