This is addressed mainly to anyone who works produce and changes out the front display tables each week, that is, rearranging the produce that is on sale (the "main" or "focus" items) that have to be placed on the front tables for maximum visibility to the incoming customers.
Do you ever have a problem with your produce lead/supervisor nitpicking or rearranging the tables after you have them looking perfectly nice and good? Like, hey I want these avocadoes on the left side, and mangoes on the right.
Or, I want to place these bagged apples on that part of the display table, and these bagged mandarins on this side of the display table...... I mean, maybe not saying anything verbally to you, but just going around after you, and (seems to me) just wasting a lot of time re-arranging some of the produce. I find it mildly irritating, as if they are making unnecessary or superficial "busywork", when other things that need to get done are really more important. Feedback?
Im a produce manager and on tues night i draw out a schematic on what i want the ad tables to be displayed and i give it to my asst to set it up or they have a clerk set it up the night before
I'd say if they're rearranging it, you either aren't setting it the way they'd like, or more likely, not to the standards Kroger wants.
Everything is on a planogram now it seems, they want our displays to look exactly like the pic in bakery too, the playbook says not to change the display, to make it exactly what they show.
It's ridiculous because each store IS different but try explaining that to them.
I'd say if they're rearranging it, you either aren't setting it the way they'd like, or more likely, not to the standards Kroger wants.
Everything is on a planogram now it seems, they want our displays to look exactly like the pic in bakery too, the playbook says not to change the display, to make it exactly what they show.
It's ridiculous because each store IS different but try explaining that to them.
Yup, The endcaps in grocery are planned a certain way too. I have heard of the playbook but don't think I have seen it. The sales plan specifies which product goes where on the endcaps. Then, we are graded on how well we follow the sales plan by our store "ambassador". It looks great on paper but doesn't always work in real life. The endcap calls for 4 main varieties of campbells soup but they send us a shipper of 8 varieties for the endcap. The sales plan shows 7 shelves and we only have space for 6 shelves on the endcap...
-- Edited by Anonymouse1 on Friday 7th of December 2018 04:02:35 PM
Our manager draws the tables with product on them in order he wants them to be in. Then the closer makes the changes on Tuesday evening.
The produce planogram only says which items should be on tables, but not exactly in which order. Except for the #1 table, which it shows you the picture of exact placement. But you are still free to change it up a bit. Like change the product from middle section left to middle section right or vice versa.
Ask your lead to tell you exactly where he wants the product to be placed.
Our manager draws the tables with product on them in order he wants them to be in. Then the closer makes the changes on Tuesday evening.
The produce planogram only says which items should be on tables, but not exactly in which order. Except for the #1 table, which it shows you the picture of exact placement. But you are still free to change it up a bit. Like change the product from middle section left to middle section right or vice versa.
Ask your lead to tell you exactly where he wants the product to be placed.
Thank you tov,
Contrary to what may be the norm in grocery or bakery,
At our store in the Produce dept there is never any actual diagram/planogram for the produce front display tables. (Yes, we have planograms for the bagged salad wall, the green rack, the apple/citrus table, etc, but not a planogram for the front display tables that change every week). The "sales plan"or sheets of weekly sale items, merely list what will be on sale and to be displayed on Display table no. 1, table no. 2, etc. So the exact placement on each table is up to whoever actually does the tables. In most cases this is not done by my produce lead. The produce lead only occasionally gives clear instructions on exactly how he/she wants it done (sometimes with a quick handwritten note on the sales plan). So that followup of moving things here and there after the fact does get a little irritating. Just wondered how much this happens at other stores. THANKS!!!
Our manager draws the tables with product on them in order he wants them to be in. Then the closer makes the changes on Tuesday evening.
The produce planogram only says which items should be on tables, but not exactly in which order. Except for the #1 table, which it shows you the picture of exact placement. But you are still free to change it up a bit. Like change the product from middle section left to middle section right or vice versa.
Ask your lead to tell you exactly where he wants the product to be placed.
Thank you tov,
Contrary to what may be the norm in grocery or bakery,
At our store in the Produce dept there is never any actual diagram/planogram for the produce front display tables. (Yes, we have planograms for the bagged salad wall, the green rack, the apple/citrus table, etc, but not a planogram for the front display tables that change every week). The "sales plan"or sheets of weekly sale items, merely list what will be on sale and to be displayed on Display table no. 1, table no. 2, etc. So the exact placement on each table is up to whoever actually does the tables. In most cases this is not done by my produce lead. The produce lead only occasionally gives clear instructions on exactly how he/she wants it done (sometimes with a quick handwritten note on the sales plan). So that followup of moving things here and there after the fact does get a little irritating. Just wondered how much this happens at other stores. THANKS!!!
Yes, my bad. By planogram I meant the weekly email managers get on friday or saturday. It lists items for table changes and their prices. We also get a photograph of an actual table #1 and #2 already set up.
That is pretty much how the table should be set up, but you are allowed to change item from right side to left and vice versa. But you should not move an item from the largest - middle part of the table to the smaller front or back part and vice versa.
Like right now the navels and mangoes are on the largest part, berries on the front small part and bagged cuties on the upper - back small part.
Don't yo guys get this email with pictures from your produce coordinator? My suggestion would be to draw the tables yourself, write the items in it with prices and ask your lead if that's good, or if they want to make changes.
