1. Produce
Ms. Bridget Bennett
Produce Specialist
DeCA East

2. Produce News
DeCA Form Product Inspection Report (produce) has been replaced
Produce Inspection Worksheet
to:
Produce Worksheet East (global address book)
And the appropriate Vendor :
MPG,
Fresh Express,
Global sales,
C&C,
Contract Specialists are monitoring vendor performance via worksheets
All deliveries, all non conformances, are important.
Minor temperature changes were made on the form for the processing room ?
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3. What to do and How to Do It
Produce News
DeCA Form Commissary Orientation/ OJT Program
Complete “core taskings” at initial orientation
Employee and supervisor must sign and date
Additional training is work in progress
What to do and How to Do It
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4. Produce News Manager Special Signs
Extra Savings = Manager Special Sign
Manager Specials can be your promotions with a mark up.
Promo/manager special signs are currently being sent via
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5. Merchandising Plan o Gram Guide Entire department twice/year
Spring
Fall
Specific category
As needed, when reduction in sales occurs, affects by weather, add new items
Holidays
Tables can be rearranged weekly, consider the flow of the department.
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6. Merchandising
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7. Merchandising
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8. Merchandising
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9. Merchandising Weekly Promotions Signage/Price Points
Front of the department/Prime location
Up to 25% of the sales
Pre-booking, give it some thought
Sell down last week’s product to ensure timely price change for new promotions
Signage/Price Points
Mark as Manger’s Special
Multiple pricing (2 for $4, etc.)
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10. Produce News Bagged Salad Program
Inspection Worksheets are required, SAME poc’S
How are you tracking salvage? How about reductions?
Salvage should be paid weekly, unless a very small store, then bi-weekly
80% Primary 20% Secondary (Top 10 items)
100% guaranteed
NO MARK UP !!!
Weekly roll up
A detailed pre-roll should be sent to appropriate contacts
Fresh Express
Dole
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11. Accountability / IG TIPS
Use order guide worksheet to inventory what is on-hand before the order is placed.
Is the product being dated and rotated upon delivery?
Are there numerous delivery dates on one item?
What quality is coming in the back door?
Is it the standard we expect?
Are we in checking 100%?
Are we spot checking quality?
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12. Accountability / IG TIPS
24 hours to get credit (Important)
How are credits being tracked?
All areas have a large range of credit percentages
What’s your guidance? Are you monitoring this?
Price by invoice
Electronic catalog is a tool
It is our responsibility to check all weights/counts and case price on your invoice against Produce Pricing System (PPS) and order guide.
What’s coming in your back door? If it is coming in bad and it is not the standard that we expect? Make this a daily task by other than someone who is receiving. Receivers can get in a hurry and concentrate more on the accuracy of the invoice than checking the quality. Once the 24 hour window is missed so is your opportunity to receive credit. Our stores show a very large range of rejects and requested credit from our produce vendors. When you look at a general area and the product is coming from the same destination it makes you wonder. HMMM…….Do we all have the same standards? Put out some guidance as to what you expect.
How are you tracking your credits?
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13. Accountability / IG TIPS
Print PPS active list and PLU for departments 60, 65, 66 weekly
Bump the 2 reports against each other; clean up PLUs.
Have the MSC office delete any items not currently in department.
Don’t give the cashiers any additional options to key the wrong code
Use the Master PLU to check prices on the floor, not the PPS active list.
Require cashiers to enter quantity on items sold by “each”
PLU report:
4 = weight items
7 = each items, stops cashier to enter quantity.
(Both of these reports can be ran in PLU order), It is quicker than you think. (This does not include one day of NIS)
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14. Accountability / IG TIPS
Is produce manager checking price changes done by MSC?
Check at register or request the maintenance report from MSC
Review your sales movement
Pick an item, calculate what was brought in and what sold for a week.
Post a log at the dumpster for throw aways
They make keying errors as well. Get that report.
Who is double checking the prices posted on the sales floor? A second set of eyes should be reviewing the prices posted.
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15. Accountability / IG TIPS
Use your block numbers, S.A.L. daily
Many receipts are being combined on the VRGC
Balance your VRGC weekly
Control the department, take ownership
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16. Accountability / IG TIPS
Master PLU List
Public Folders
Store Library
Marketing Business Unit (MBU)
Produce
PLU’s
Must be using/ready for CARTS
Missing PLU’s Alan Flowers
Currently considering new options for CARTS conversion purposes.
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17. Accountability / IG TIPS
Clean invoicing
Maintain receivers copy for department records
Must be signed by driver and receiver
Manual call number
Run a ROR, There will be no items/UPC’s associated with it
Transfer call number to the ROR
Transfer dollar amount to the ROR
Sign
Scan to ACS along with invoice
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18. Accountability / IG TIPS
Sanitation
Sweep ANY spills immediately
Clean floors daily with authorized component.
Difference between detergent/sanitizer
Clean/sanitize refers and processing rooms weekly.
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19. Accountability / IG TIPS
Sanitation
Clean/sanitize worktables daily
Clean/sanitize tools, etc. throughout the day (1 oz. bleach/1 gallon H20)
Thoroughly clean/sanitize ALL display cases/tables once a month
Cleaning schedule
Grid the entire department
Assign daily projects
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20. Accountability / IG TIPS
Produce Pricing System
Identify problems
Help Desk Toll Free
Heat ticket
Michael Brown, HQ
Produce Pricing System Manual
Cheat Sheets
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21. New Equipment

22. New Equipment

23. Supplies
PHOTO REAL
REGULAR AND ORGANICS
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24. Contact Ms. Bridget Bennett
Questions ?
Contact Ms. Bridget Bennett
Produce Specialist
DeCA East
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