Both seem to take me an hour per aisle. Also is cleaning up trash Included or not? Just spotting, stocking, and cleaning up I do about 60-70 cases per hour. Conditioning takes about 45 minutes to an hour and backstock varies wildly depending on how much is on the cart and how much will go up.
What products are in the aisles? What are the weekly grocery sales?
We don't get time from the DDP to do spotting or clean-up. So, you have to include that time as running stock.
Let me know the main items in the two aisles and I will tell you how to guestimate your speed. 60-70 is pretty good. But, when you factor in the time spent spotting and cleaning up, it might average to 50 cases an hour. Not too shabby.
The WWP weekly planner gives about 20 hours for the entire week for the entire dry grocery department to run backstock. Gives about 2 hours for clean-up each week. Takes about an hour each shift just to straighten the back room so you can start your work for the night!... The DDP gives about 8 hours to each store to condition entire Dry grocery department each day. If you also run diapers, chips(cookies & crackers) and Natures market, the time allowed is increased.
The numbers look great on paper but are insane to the fools running the rat race to make it happen. Yes, I am a fool.
The cereal aisle and cooking aisle. I only spot the cereal, just run the cooking. I also do the crackers, coffee/tea, and cookie aisle but generally that aisle is fast and most of the backstock is stuff that isn't on the shelf yet. Cereal is a slower aisle if I have a lot of fruit snacks or granola bars because I usually have to reorganize stuff to even begin stocking it because customers trash it.
-- Edited by Master Bates on Friday 11th of November 2016 02:44:55 AM
Yes, the fruit snacks and granola bars are the most time consuming. P, B & Jelly is also time consuming.
Cereal aisle to me is Cereal, Pop tarts, Oatmeal, Granola bars, Pancake mix, pancake syrup, pudding packs, vendor cookies, peanut butter & jelly and the caprisun.
I say it should take about 1 hour to condition. I would definitely spot the cereal boxes. The smaller cases are easy to run when spotted or off a cart(or pallet) You should be throwing 60 cases/hr of 01 and 45 cases/hr of KMP.
If you mean bake aisle when you said cooking, that is a heavy aisle right now with Thanksgiving and Christmas. To me, that aisle consists of spices, seasoning, salt, sugar, flour, vinegar, cooking oils, chocolate chips, pie crusts, canned baking fruit, marshmallows, tea, coffee, Kcups, cake mixes and frosting. I give that aisle 1 hour +/- to condition. You should be throwing 60 cases/hr of 01 and 45 cases/hr of KMP.
Your store might have coffee and tea in a different aisle. Cookies and crackers generally take 30 minutes to condition. You should be throwing 60 cases/hr of 01 and 45 cases/hr of KMP.
We don't get time for spotting anything or sorting KMP. We have to make up that time by getting the stock up quicker when we do spot. Cereal goes faster for me when I spot it.
Those times are the goal to perform at 100 %. I was told a long time ago that 80% is acceptable but no store manager will confirm it now!
Always try your best and improve on speed. Don't purposely slack off. Your department manager will appreciate it.
