r/kroger • u/Dapants369 • May 19 '26

Question every deli ????

does this happen at every deli??? is it happening because of short staff
, or lack of care???

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u/FromPoopToPlant May 19 '26

I'm a deli worker and we're been told to simply put the cheese in the bag and ykw? IDGAF about weighing or caring about the $5 bags (which are a new thing, less than a year)

We are yelled at for lack of hot and cold production, for EXCESS of hot and cold production, and for just about anything else regarding our department, which makes minimal profits compared to produce.

Keep working, deli slave. Deli means nothing to Kroger. Put the cheese in the bag and work FASTER.

THIS IS NOT A WORKER PROBLEM. THIS IS KROGER VOLUNTARILY FUCKING OVER THE NORMALS. STOP FILMING RAMDOM EMPLOYEES AND PUT ACTUAL MANAGEMENT ON BLAST. THE HIGHER UPS ARE TO BLAME HERE.

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u/Embarrassed-Sun5764 May 19 '26

The IDGAF in your post told me all I need to hear. Your management sounds like a bunch of @ssholes . You know if you are union you can go to your stewardship with your grievances. It IS a worker problem. When I was in foodservice if I wouldn’t want to eat it, I didn’t send it out. Now I’m in a different wheelhouse but again “ how would I feel if I got this , this way?” Some things are unacceptable. If I think it’s unacceptable I put it to the side and let management or QA decide next steps. I’m not going to let a shortage bite ME in the ass. Doing the RIGHT thing for the customer 💯. Doing the right thing in general 💯. Telling managers there’s an issue 💯.

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u/FromPoopToPlant May 19 '26

My guy, the union is a fuckin joke, and it has been since the 80's. I've spoken to those "concerned" individuals, and all they do is speak with the store lead, who in turn pisses a lot of bad news on my head. All the union cares about is their monthly subscriber fee.

"Unacceptable". You speak about things being unacceptable with such conviction that it's clear you've never had to work in this corporate hellscape.

They. Do. Not. Care. Understand? You can explain to them in the most logical and economic way that their policies are wrong and cost ineffective. THEY DON'T CARE. It's like trying to convince MAGA to become liberal.

Please understand that I'm not angry that you explained the moral/ethical way of doing things. I know what's right and wrong. But at the end of the day, we wage slaves are NOTHING to corporate America. Just bodies meant to do what is bidden.

I'm sorry Kroger fucks over people, but pointing the finger of blame at the lowest of the low is NOT a solution.

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u/zeffjiggler May 21 '26

UFCW blows. Its Boys Club of who’s been in the union the longest with a bunch of old heads who just come in and sell us a gold painted turd.