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I was told key retailing was 5 minutes per tote in Drug/GM.  Seriously?  A tote full of mascara and nail polish in little boxes that have to be opened, sticker & security strip put on them, then put on the shelf.  In 5 minutes?  Some totes have over 50 boxes in them.  I'm sure they don't even account for the time I have to stop and assist customers or go up front for surge help.

 

I've only accomplished this once - I opened a tote with 2 frying pans in it - under 5 minutes!  I was so proud LOL! 



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Yea. I think it might exclude makeup, cigarettes, and checkout candy. Those bltches have like 30 cases in them.



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Please remember Key retailing is Krogers way of avoiding another Southern California grocery strike. It is designed to make everything we do as easy and single minded as possible for those co-managers and willing clerks to go to a strike ridden area and help keep the stores open. It is also developed and tested first in stores that are well staffed, developed by people not close to the front lines, and generally replaces good old fashioned work ethic.

It is neither realistic or long standing.




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Please remember Key retailing is Krogers way of avoiding another Southern California grocery strike. It is designed to make everything we do as easy and single minded as possible for those co-managers and willing clerks to go to a strike ridden area and help keep the stores open. It is also developed and tested first in stores that are well staffed, developed by people not close to the front lines, and generally replaces good old fashioned work ethic.

It is neither realistic or long standing.



That... Is actually a genius explanation of Key Retailing. Maybe Walmart found no use for it because a strike threat would be futile since the employees would not get any support money throughout the strike period. I guess it's like a Huxley v. Orwell thing, where both cases are scary as ****. At Kroger Key Retailing is used to make strikes useless. At Walmart there's such a small chance of strike that Key Retailing is useless.



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viiper wrote:

Please remember Key retailing is Krogers way of avoiding another Southern California grocery strike. It is designed to make everything we do as easy and single minded as possible for those co-managers and willing clerks to go to a strike ridden area and help keep the stores open. It is also developed and tested first in stores that are well staffed, developed by people not close to the front lines, and generally replaces good old fashioned work ethic.

It is neither realistic or long standing.



That... Is actually a genius explanation of Key Retailing. Maybe Walmart found no use for it because a strike threat would be futile since the employees would not get any support money throughout the strike period. I guess it's like a Huxley v. Orwell thing, where both cases are scary as ****. At Kroger Key Retailing is used to make strikes useless. At Walmart there's such a small chance of strike that Key Retailing is useless.


 lol, Maybe Walmart is using Key Retailing to sabotage kroger?

Brilliant.  Walmart starts using Key retailing(Six Sigma spin-off) and sees that it is a waste of time.  So, they leak it to Kroger so kroger can waste billions of time, energy and money developing it in order to keep up with Walmart.  Walmart ditches the use of it and kroger continues to spin wheels trying to make the futile plans work...

Key Retailing isn't all that bad I guess.  The problem at our store is lack of communication, lack of Key Retailing training and lack of accountability.  One person out of 10 might know some Key Retailing rules while the other 9 have no clue what Key Retailing is.

I know spaghetti jars are not to be stacked 2 high on the top shelf.  Automatic Key Retailing FAIL.  The new guy on days comes along to run backstock and stacks them 3 high because of lack of training and lack common sense.  I just put the jars on backstock after I adusted BOH, Allocation and the Minimum two hours previously.  The next day, I get chewed out because the jars are 3 high on the top shelf.



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viiper wrote:

Please remember Key retailing is Krogers way of avoiding another Southern California grocery strike. It is designed to make everything we do as easy and single minded as possible for those co-managers and willing clerks to go to a strike ridden area and help keep the stores open. It is also developed and tested first in stores that are well staffed, developed by people not close to the front lines, and generally replaces good old fashioned work ethic.

It is neither realistic or long standing.



That... Is actually a genius explanation of Key Retailing. Maybe Walmart found no use for it because a strike threat would be futile since the employees would not get any support money throughout the strike period. I guess it's like a Huxley v. Orwell thing, where both cases are scary as ****. At Kroger Key Retailing is used to make strikes useless. At Walmart there's such a small chance of strike that Key Retailing is useless.


 lol, Maybe Walmart is using Key Retailing to sabotage kroger?

Brilliant.  Walmart starts using Key retailing(Six Sigma spin-off) and sees that it is a waste of time.  So, they leak it to Kroger so kroger can waste billions of time, energy and money developing it in order to keep up with Walmart.  Walmart ditches the use of it and kroger continues to spin wheels trying to make the futile plans work...

Key Retailing isn't all that bad I guess.  The problem at our store is lack of communication, lack of Key Retailing training and lack of accountability.  One person out of 10 might know some Key Retailing rules while the other 9 have no clue what Key Retailing is.

I know spaghetti jars are not to be stacked 2 high on the top shelf.  Automatic Key Retailing FAIL.  The new guy on days comes along to run backstock and stacks them 3 high because of lack of training and lack common sense.  I just put the jars on backstock after I adusted BOH, Allocation and the Minimum two hours previously.  The next day, I get chewed out because the jars are 3 high on the top shelf.


 Who stacks spaghetti jars THREE jars high? You might want to give him a banana as a boxcutter.



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 Who stacks spaghetti jars THREE jars high? You might want to give him a banana as a boxcutter.


 Our store hires anyone off the street.  Sometimes with a pulse and sometimes not.  So much lack of common sense in these new hires.

One of our newest hirees was ripping the plastic off of cases of cans the other day.  I saw a cutter in her back pocket but I guess she forgot it was there.

I don't mind giving tips and pointers but I am only going to say something two times.  After that, they are on their own.  I am going to have to keep a notebook for another new hiree.  She is already trying to play the "but so and so said this or so and so said that" after I try to explain how something is to be done.  I am 3rd most senior employee in the department and have 0 complaints how I do things from my managers so I expect things to be done how I show them.



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 Who stacks spaghetti jars THREE jars high? You might want to give him a banana as a boxcutter.


 Our store hires anyone off the street.  Sometimes with a pulse and sometimes not.  So much lack of common sense in these new hires.

One of our newest hirees was ripping the plastic off of cases of cans the other day.  I saw a cutter in her back pocket but I guess she forgot it was there.

I don't mind giving tips and pointers but I am only going to say something two times.  After that, they are on their own.  I am going to have to keep a notebook for another new hiree.  She is already trying to play the "but so and so said this or so and so said that" after I try to explain how something is to be done.  I am 3rd most senior employee in the department and have 0 complaints how I do things from my managers so I expect things to be done how I show them.


 I'd do things wrong just to piss you off. How would you feel if my isle was conditioned backward?



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 Who stacks spaghetti jars THREE jars high? You might want to give him a banana as a boxcutter.


 Our store hires anyone off the street.  Sometimes with a pulse and sometimes not.  So much lack of common sense in these new hires.

One of our newest hirees was ripping the plastic off of cases of cans the other day.  I saw a cutter in her back pocket but I guess she forgot it was there.

I don't mind giving tips and pointers but I am only going to say something two times.  After that, they are on their own.  I am going to have to keep a notebook for another new hiree.  She is already trying to play the "but so and so said this or so and so said that" after I try to explain how something is to be done.  I am 3rd most senior employee in the department and have 0 complaints how I do things from my managers so I expect things to be done how I show them.


 I'd do things wrong just to piss you off. How would you feel if my isle was conditioned backward?


 As in everything being pushed to the back? That sounds pretty funny actually



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lol.
1st entry in my "notebook":  Make sure Bagboy is schedule the night before inventory.  He likes to push stock backwards on shelf!
I swear some of the new hires do this just to spite me.  I am certain the two new girls have no common sense.
 
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 Who stacks spaghetti jars THREE jars high? You might want to give him a banana as a boxcutter.


 Our store hires anyone off the street.  Sometimes with a pulse and sometimes not.  So much lack of common sense in these new hires.

One of our newest hirees was ripping the plastic off of cases of cans the other day.  I saw a cutter in her back pocket but I guess she forgot it was there.

I don't mind giving tips and pointers but I am only going to say something two times.  After that, they are on their own.  I am going to have to keep a notebook for another new hiree.  She is already trying to play the "but so and so said this or so and so said that" after I try to explain how something is to be done.  I am 3rd most senior employee in the department and have 0 complaints how I do things from my managers so I expect things to be done how I show them.


 I'd do things wrong just to piss you off. How would you feel if my isle was conditioned backward?


 As in everything being pushed to the back? That sounds pretty funny actually


 



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lol.
1st entry in my "notebook":  Make sure Bagboy is schedule the night before inventory.  He likes to push stock backwards on shelf!
I swear some of the new hires do this just to spite me.  I am certain the two new girls have no common sense.
 

 You win this time!



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When can you start?  One went nutz tonight when I was giving a FYI about not leaving carboard sitting around on the seafood cooler.  The other stops conditioning at 5:30.  They both made my untrainable list.  They won't be around long.
I will be extra nice to you.  I promise!  ;)
 
 
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 You win this time!


 



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