Do you run off of pallets, spot in the aisle , use an easy cart or run off of uboats/Lcarts?
Do you have the faster people run stock while the other people condition? 1 and 1/2 people should be able to condition the store while the faster people stock. We don't do it this way but that is something else to try. Everyone will run and condition their main aisles and then help the slower people.
If it is spotted, I like running and conditioning at the same time.
If I am running off of Uboats or pallets, I like to condition after the stock is ran. I might condition items next to products I am stocking as I go tho.
I like to use black step stool or a milk crate. The green ladders are always in the way.
Always keep my cutter sharp. I like to tie plastic bag to shopping cart, pallet jack or Uboat.
I break down flats as I go. Boxes that aren't easy to break down are put directly into baler.
I am stunned when I see someone standing in front of the baler breaking down 20 flats before they put them into baler. The reason we break down cardboard is so we can fit more in the shopping cart and make less trips to the baler. The baler will crush anything you put in it.
I run the canned veggie, fruit, tomatoes, gravy, broth, soup, ramen noodles and tuna aisles. I like to cut plastic off of cases and then organize products on Uboats by sets as I take them off a pallet.
Cereal, paper are more efficient to spot in the aisle off a pallet. I use a Lcart to pick up cardboard. I run paper towels first saving a few boxes. Then, I break down the rest of cardboard, fold and put in the paper towel boxes and then toss everything in the baler. When there are more than 100 cases in the condiment/international aisle, it is easier to spot and then run and condition at the same time. I like to run the soap off a pallet. I put empty boxes to one side of aisle and on my way out of aisle, I will pick up empty cardboard and take to baler. Soda, juice, gatorade and water is scattered across 7 aisles at my store. We run off of pallets. I stack cardboard in aisles and pick it up on my way to get another pallet.
