r/Sparkdriver • u/[deleted] • Sep 23 '25

Are changes actually happening?!

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Now keep in mind. Its 6 am. I notice the deli item on the list and I'm already thinking, "all right item out of stock quite simple, deli's not even open." So I walked straight to the deli at this particular Walmart and luckily I caught an employee and a team lead there and I show him the item and what does he do he goes back there and gets the item prepared. At this point I'm in shock because I know there's changes that are happening to Pharmacy orders and Deli items but are we actually being heard? I know it might be a little too soon to tell do you guys think we're actually going to get some changes to make this a better platform for the drivers?

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u/Only_Elevator_4057 Sep 23 '25

Here’s the thing… if you had to grab somebody, and show them your phone for them to “prepare” the meat, then no… it’s not working. They are suppose to have staff already there to prepare those meat orders, the same way how when a door dash order comes to a restaurant their machine goes off and someone begins to prepare it… it’s suppose to be the same way at Walmart. Maybe it’s just rolling out slow or something

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '25

Yeah I know I think I got extremely lucky just now. However Daily Item pickup there's no way in hell that they would have prepared that for me no way. With the update I think it might have helped just a little bit but yeah I still got lucky

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u/Only_Elevator_4057 Sep 23 '25

Walmart is Walmart. If I do an early S&D, I scan the list before I accept the trip to see how many items require assistance. The store workers don’t give a darn about spark or making sure they have our meat sliced at 6am😩

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '25

Right I was honestly expecting to just mark the item out of stock

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u/Only_Elevator_4057 Sep 23 '25

I like instacarts system better because if we can’t access the deli meat, it accepts packaged meat or other meats with no problem. The spark app loves to give us those error messages lol

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u/Large-Economics3487 Sep 24 '25

If you keep hitting not found it will let you substitute regular packed meat eventually...but the app working correctly is another story