Totes display work

December 04, 2025 09:56PM

I read the closed thread in merchandising. The company has offered me $50 to complete the work by 12/07. I am familiar with the location; it is one of Kroger's largest stores and located a round trip of approx. 3 mls. from where I will be visiting this weekend. Please share any opinions.

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December 04, 2025 10:43PM

Ruuuuuuuuuuuuuuun!

These displays were supposed to be set up late October/ early November. And they are supposed to be 'worked' weekly.
The bonused ones (from my experience) haven't been touched! Like 30+ boxes of merchandise to be put out.
I had one location where I worked my a** off, took me almost 2hrs and I wasn't finished as the rest of the boxes were hidden behind pallets of grocery and no one could move them for me. I work out fairly regularly/ run a few 5k's every now and then and I was sweating I was lifting boxes/ making trips to the stockroom/ etc and left there exhausted. I was on a route and didn't plan to spend 2hrs as the description said 'refresh' and according to the calendar they should have had like 5 visits already.
Complete lie, I walked in to an empty display (with pieces missing)

December 04, 2025 11:31PM

Bob, I think Viv might be right. I got lucky with the one that I did at a Circle K. The guy behind the counter was decidedly not interested in looking to see if there was more merchandise in the storage room, and he wouldn't let me go in there to look for it. So I just straightened up the existing stock on the display, took my pics and left. You probably won't get that lucky in a Kroger store.

December 05, 2025 12:40AM

$50 would almost pay my water bill. I'd rather make $50 then not make anything sitting at home; even if I do have to work a bit. $50 is pretty good for 1 hour or two. Just my thought.

Shopping Arkansas, Louisiana, & Mississippi.

December 05, 2025 12:51AM

I agree with everybody that posted my suggestion is to go into the store to see what the mess is like in the back room take pictures of it and if it's a total disaster on the rack contact the scheduler . They pretty well know from their past records what's been done in the store I asked them what am I walking into. in the store that hasn't been serviced if it's a total mess I sent him pictures and I give them a fee . I also make contact with the department head and the manager to get a feel for what's been going on with the product and the receiving clerk can pretty well tell you when product has been coming in and if it's been going out on the floor. I agree don't cut yourself short it can be time consuming to clean up a mess

December 05, 2025 12:57AM

Thanks to all for your thoughts. After not being assigned, other work, of which I am both qualified and familiar, was offered and I accepted. In addition, this job may have affected future shopping assignments at that store.

December 05, 2025 02:31AM

I didn't finish...
If I would have it would have taken over 3hrs. So $50 for 3hrs+ (and in the middle of nowhere)
Yeah, no thanks.

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$50 would almost pay my water bill. I'd rather make $50 then not make anything sitting at home; even if I do have to work a bit. $50 is pretty good for 1 hour or two. Just my thought.[/quote]

December 05, 2025 12:27PM

Bob, I hope this doesn't go totally sideways for you. One Krogers store here was always a nightmare to do. They'd have 20 boxes of backstock buried behind other inventory, and it was my responsibility to move that, dig out the boxes I needed, then put them back and move the over inventory back the way I found it. Three hours later, I'd walk out unable to stand upright.

If your path dictates you walk through hell, do it as though you own the place. -unknown

December 05, 2025 05:39PM

BTDT. I got $50 to go fix a neglected store. They had the back stock buried behind other things but I went in the morning. That part is a key detail, you want the department manager to be present so you don't have to hunt and they can rearrange stuff for access. They also knew where the signs were that needed swapped out. An employee had put merchandise out so most of the time was taking paper wads out and rearranging. It wasn't bad, actually, done in an hour.

When I attempted the same at another neglected store and arrived at 1PM the dept manager was gone for the day and nobody knew where the back stock was. They were in the middle of inventory and there was no way to find anything without a map. Even if I did stumble across it in the mess, I wouldn't be able to get it out of there on my own. I straightened the display as best I could and removed the stuff that shouldn't be there. I was there about 45 minutes with at least half of that spent on search and associate interaction efforts. I left feeling certain they wouldn't pay me but they did.

BTW, the associates have no love for the ICs working this account. The attitudes I encountered, even from the department manager, were surly at best.

December 05, 2025 09:30PM

Bob, I think you've gotten your answer and you're better off not jeopardizing your grocery shops.

I have done these before and had some that weren't so horrible, and some with an experience like Viv. That particular instance gave me a very strong opinion that they should be done by people covered by work comp.

FWIW, either in 2023 or 2024, they had stores that needed the displays built and were up to $150 in some areas. Some that hadn't been serviced for months were at $80 or $90, so if you are thinking $50 is decent...well we all decide what is best for us.

December 06, 2025 02:42AM

I do my best to avoid jobs in Kroger if I have to look for people to find product. So pre-paid cards yes, Ty no, Totes no.

December 09, 2025 05:38PM

@87Supra wrote:

I do my best to avoid jobs in Kroger if I have to look for people to find product. So pre-paid cards yes, Ty no, Totes no.

This is an excellent rule of thumb. I don't have many krogers in my area but any grocery store project that requires finding merch = add 30 mins of time to track down the person and the merch.

December 09, 2025 06:06PM

@joanna81 wrote:

@87Supra wrote:

I do my best to avoid jobs in Kroger if I have to look for people to find product. So pre-paid cards yes, Ty no, Totes no.
This is an excellent rule of thumb. I don't have many krogers in my area but any grocery store project that requires finding merch = add 30 mins of time to track down the person and the merch.

I do want to add that I did the sticker placement for the pie at kroger stores last year and tbh they ain't that bad. At least much better than what other project seems to be

December 10, 2025 03:40PM

@kisekinecro wrote:

@joanna81 wrote:

@87Supra wrote:

I do my best to avoid jobs in Kroger if I have to look for people to find product. So pre-paid cards yes, Ty no, Totes no.
This is an excellent rule of thumb. I don't have many krogers in my area but any grocery store project that requires finding merch = add 30 mins of time to track down the person and the merch.

I do want to add that I did the sticker placement for the pie at kroger stores last year and tbh they ain't that bad. At least much better than what other project seems to be

Were you shipped the stickers, or did they send them to the store? If you receive the items you need to do the project, that saves a ton of time. Otherwise, you're spending time tracking down the person and the materials they received.

December 10, 2025 04:00PM

@joanna81 wrote:

@kisekinecro wrote:

@joanna81 wrote:

@87Supra wrote:

I do my best to avoid jobs in Kroger if I have to look for people to find product. So pre-paid cards yes, Ty no, Totes no.
This is an excellent rule of thumb. I don't have many krogers in my area but any grocery store project that requires finding merch = add 30 mins of time to track down the person and the merch.

I do want to add that I did the sticker placement for the pie at kroger stores last year and tbh they ain't that bad. At least much better than what other project seems to be

Were you shipped the stickers, or did they send them to the store? If you receive the items you need to do the project, that saves a ton of time. Otherwise, you're spending time tracking down the person and the materials they received.

They sent me the stickers just like the prepaid cards

December 10, 2025 04:27PM

Hang tags they send are also generally easy. I did a few liquor store visits and only encountered one associate who should not be interacting with customers. I very much wished I was evaluating customer service that day.

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