Frozen is a sub department of grocery. There is no back up for frozen to my knowledge, there is just the frozen "lead" which pays only a few cents more that a regular stocker that's already at the salary cap. Frozen lead just looks after well, frozen.
Meanwhile the grocery manager is the highest or one of the highest non salary paid positions in the store. Also coming with a lot more responsibilities on their plate.
So if you choose to be a grocery back up, or grocery ADH as it's called, you could potentially down the line take over at your store or be given the chance to at another store as a grocery manager.
To be a grocery ADH you have to go through a training program and be certified first though. As grocery back up you still have more responsibilities then frozen.
If you wanna move up, make money, go grocery, if money isn't a driving factor and you can't handle stress go frozen.
Inb4 pissed off frozen ppl saying it is stressful.
I forget all stores aren't marketplaces. I forgot exactly how much but the grocery manager at a marketplace makes $5-7 more then a lead. Plus they get first dibs on overtime where you really can rake in $$$.
If you are a really successful grocery manager at a smaller store then they might offer you a shot at a bigger store if a spot opens up or a store is not performing how they want it to, as that's what happened and how we got our current grocery manager and he seems to be handling the larger volume just fine. And obviously you get more ppl in the department to help with volume but the means more ppl you're responsible for.
So long term grocery would still be the way to go.
Depends on contract. Here, meat managers make the most, about a dollar more an hour than the other department heads. Grocery, Drug/GM, Produce, Deli/Bakery all make the same rate. Leads are a specific premium above base rate dependent upon volume. At marketplace stores in our division that would mean that Meat makes about 4.50 more an hour than a lead and the others make around 3.50 more an hour.
