Tesco stop putting cages out before closing time

MamaMoo_2

Helix wrote: »

I worked at Sainsburys and we stared getting all the cages out of the warehouse at 7pm for a 8pm close.

Different stores different rules I guess. Mine was only a smallish city centre store, and had a night shift on from 11pm til 7am who did the main replenishment after hours. Only light restocking was done during the day. Night staff started pulling cages onto the shop floor after closing.

Gingernutty

I hate this penny pinching.

In shops with closing hours (not 24 hour shops), once upon a time, the shop would close and then stock would be put on the shelves.

Nowadays, the general assistants are multi-skilled - they stack shelves, work on the checkout when called on, work on the cigarette and lottery kiosk and work in customer services - the shop can close at whatever time listed and there is another 15 - 30 mins before the staff finish for the evening.

There are no twilight staff and night shift staff are part time. The shelves are never properly filled and the cages, trolleys and step stools get in the way.

It's annoying.

pawsies

Is it not a health and safety issue?

I understand restocking during the day fine and they only use one cage but as soon as it hits like 8pm it seems nearly every cage is brought out.

Money-Saving-King

MamaMoo wrote: »

I have no issue with them replenishing during the day. 1 cage per person would be sensible. I often see 15-20 cages down an aisle with 1 staff member replenishing. When I worked at Sainsbury's, you loaded a cage with what you needed, replenished, then reloaded your cage. Not rocket science and it minimises disruption.

Your way would be less efficient involve staff filling up doing a lot more walking backwards and forwards to storage areas therefore requiring more staff to do the same amount of work. That would then involve a greater wage budget meaning there prices would end up being no different to Sainsburys.

I don't think you'll find that's what Asds's vision is, it's more along the lines of being Britains cheapest Supermarket. Sometimes it's not rocket science to work out one company might be targeting a different consumer group!

MamaMoo_2

Money-Saving-King wrote: »

Your way would be less efficient involve staff filling up doing a lot more walking backwards and forwards to storage areas therefore requiring more staff to do the same amount of work. That would then involve a greater wage budget meaning there prices would end up being no different to Sainsburys.

I don't think you'll find that's what Asds's vision is, it's more along the lines of being Britains cheapest Supermarket. Sometimes it's not rocket science to work out one company might be targeting a different consumer group!

Even if they had the cages preloaded, each cage will need to be moved from warehouse to shop floor and back again. Only one cage can be moved at a time by one person, so for 10 cages there will be 10 trips to and from WH, so why not replenish from 1 cage at a time. Also works out more efficient. If you replenish 10 cages individually you bring cage out, replen, return cage whilst at the same time grabbing another cage.
However, if you bring all the cages out first, that's 10 journeys to WH empty handed and 10 journeys back with cages. Then replen is done and it'll be another 10 journeys to WH with cages, and 10 back empty handed...

Money-Saving-King

MamaMoo wrote: »

Even if they had the cages preloaded, each cage will need to be moved from warehouse to shop floor and back again. Only one cage can be moved at a time by one person, so for 10 cages there will be 10 trips to and from WH, so why not replenish from 1 cage at a time. Also works out more efficient. If you replenish 10 cages individually you bring cage out, replen, return cage whilst at the same time grabbing another cage.
However, if you bring all the cages out first, that's 10 journeys to WH empty handed and 10 journeys back with cages. Then replen is done and it'll be another 10 journeys to WH with cages, and 10 back empty handed...

Most of the cages would have came straight off a lorry. Unloading them into a warehouse then loading the stock back on wastes time. It's much easier to move them all out, work them all in one go, you'll be in a flow rather than stopping and starting different types of work. You can see stock that might not need to be worked if you've already worked it if all the cages are out in the same place.

I'll edit also to say many people can push 2 cages at a time which also cuts down time wheeling in & out cages!

System

Can't say it's ever bothered me. I was manoeuvring my trolley fine around Mr.M's at 10pm tonight and they had cages everywhere...you just have to avoid them

Evilm

I do see the frustration - although in my case it tends to become frustration with the 2 people putting their trolleys right next to the cages and therefore blocking the aisle whilst they have a chat oblivious the fact anyone else wants to shop! The cages themselves don't worry me as much as the other people shopping most of the time.

Tigsteroonie

Cages after 8pm? Cages placed out in the evening for overnight restocking? :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: Our Tesco have their cages out at 2pm on a Saturday afternoon! What annoys me more is when they only contain empty cardboard boxes (so they've been unloaded) but there's no staff member in sight, it's like they've forgotten it. :mad:

paulofessex

Our local Tesco Extra does the same, cages etc from approx. 8pm if not earlier they lock the middle doors at approx. 7pm meaning you have to walk the longer way to get to your car. They also close most of the checkouts at that time.

The most annoying issue for me though is how at 8pm they have the music up so loud within the store and l mean loud.

This store is a 24hr store.

So OP l agree with you 100%