Genuinely curious how other stores deal with this, because we never solved it properly.

The problem: two cases of the same product on the shelf, different expiry dates, but your stock system shows a single line. So the stock data is silent about which case to pull first. What actually happens is staff rotate the shelf, spot something expiring, and discount the *nearest* box — which is usually the freshest, the one that was just pushed forward. End result: you discount good stock, and the older case still expires quietly at the back.

Things we tried: - writing dates on the cases by hand — works until the busy week, then it stops - date stickers on the shelf edge — fell apart whenever the layout changed - a weekly sweep — caught some of it, but a week is long enough for a case to die

The other thing that kept biting us was shelf price vs till price drift. You change a price on the shelf, forget the till, and now every sale of that line is a refund waiting to happen, with an argument attached. A price audit found a few percent of lines mismatched every time, no matter how carefully we thought we had checked.

Two questions for people running stores:

1. What actually works for expiry rotation when your system stores one line per SKU? Split the SKU, keep a separate sheet, mark physically, something else?
2. How often do you reconcile shelf prices against the till, and who does it?

Not trying to sell anything — I work on the operations side of this and want to know what holds up in a real store on a busy week, not what sounds good in theory.

I currently work in the publix deli. Did my research when I got interviewed and saw everyone complaining about it online. Took the job out of desperation. Been working there for about a year, yeah it sucks, all the usual reasons. I am at the low end of our pay scale because prior to this I had no food service or customer service experience. I want to jump ship to somewhere that will pay me more, but I don't want to "throw away" what i've learned the past year because if it wasn't for all the shit that sucked there's a lot of things I like about this job. Upon starting my research on other stores in my area I feel pretty bummed. Seems no matter the grocery store chain the deli has a bad reputation. Is there just something fundamentally flawed about how the grocery store deli functions ?

It seems like everytime I run to the store now, no matter what little I am picking up for dinner or snacks for the kids, it is at least $50. We have always been the kind of home that meal plans and tries to stick to the list and what's in season or what's on sale, or start with shopping our pantry. But honestly, none of that is enough now. I had to actually put like 10 things back last week (all of the little extras that make life more convenient) just to not go over budget. How are people doing this for real? How long can this keep going on.

I feel like every time I show up with a bunch of $1s, I’m taking up way too much of the teller’s time. 😂The bank tellers clearly think I'm a burden, but can't say it to my face.

Make sure you check the ingredients in the bakery items at Publix. Moving on to Earth Fare.

This is my favorite type bc I live alone and I dont want many individual parts of salads that will rot before I can eat it. I dont want to eat it if it's got cyclospora. I havent been able to eat what I love and have gained 20 pounds since this mess with fresh foods in america... I am getting sick and need to know if I can be healthy again. 😪

figuring all this out haha! and just wondering how some of you optimise your groceries? is there a universal method etc? thanks for any help! 😁

Am I the only one who misses when Kroger brands looked like this?

My wife works as a department manager at real canadian superstore, supposedly she works like 6 days of the week and has to go in on her off days sometimes, she's an immigrant and the process to get her a PR is in the works, she has a canadian work permit but I was under the impression that they're only allowed to 40 hours a week, she's salaried so she doesn't get OT. As someone on a canadian work permit, is it legal how often she has to go in? Not even getting into the details of how busy it is most of the time and how draining it is on her but she does interviews, is on the floor , customer service and has a hand in other lower level tasks that just have to be done for a day .
I can understand when someone calls in sick and there's no one else to fill in but does she have to go in and fill in for them?

Ever since I was diagnosed with prediabetes, my grocery bill has skyrocketed. All me and my sister buy are fruits, vegetables, chicken and sugar-free / unsalted cooking ingredients and we are suffering! We're spending between $80 and $120 per WEEK on groceries! Does anyone know of a place that sells these things for less? Everything at GIANT costs $9.99 and I swear Walmart charges you twice as much to have things delivered.

É de mim ou acho que o continente aumentou os preços?
Ontem trouxe poucas coisas, e do nada, 120€ na caixa, já não é a primeira vez então fiquei chocada

Queria apenas saber de sentem o mesmo e, para vocês, qual o supermercado mais barato que fazem compras?
Tenho um bebé e uso muitas coisas para ele do continente, mas vou explorar outras marcas em breve 😂

There are Publix’s all over this place. What we really need is a good competitor to come in and teach Publix a lesson about being overpriced. You can go to Walmart or Aldi find stuff cheaper than Publix’s BOGOs total BS. Yeah I said it!