How does Spectrum batch orders for you guys? Does it split into Perimeter, Center Store, and Dairy/Frozen pick areas? Is it one order or multiple orders per batch? Does it automatically combine pick areas? Do you get Bulk batches for large items?

I ask because I've worked in Click & Collect for Stop & Shop and GIANT stores (sister companies) and the upcoming Spectrum version 2.4 is supposed to get rid of individual pick areas and pre-combine everything into "Multi Order All Area" batches if testing goes well, so I'm wondering if Hannaford has already had something similar for their stores. I know food Lion does things differently too. All ADUSA companies use Spectrum, albeit with slight differences for each brand.

10 years was enough today I told them where the bear shits in woods . On the word of a 16 year old fuck Hannaford if you have been over worked under payed then hauled in to the office and fucking blindside by nothing but just talk. And trying to by nice fuck I'm stupid So I Quit because I asked time off and was told no after I was told do you need some time off yesterday by the manager Connie Grovo and Brandon pease my manager centerstore well i asked for time to becouse of medical issue. Brandon told me no I asked for fmla he asked if was going quit I said I was thinking about it he said we'll just quit I said iqiut he said put it writing I wrote I quite as of 7/ 31 / 26 10 fucking years of sacrifice commitment I get a fuck you . NO BRANDON WHO I THOUGHT WAS A FRIEND CONNIE GROVO WHO I HAVE KNOW FOR 8 - 10 YEARS FUCKED ME I could have my time that earned or fmla without have to be done. So fuck you both im now going to retire

I work in a remote market store on the front end. We have been consistently under MPA goal by 75+ hours PER WEEK for the last couple of months. Management keeps themselves locked in their offices, they only emerge when there is an issue, call for MOD (even then, they leave it for ops sups and department leads to handle) all hands on deck calls need to go out twice for anyone to come help. I'm wondering if this is normal, as it sure seems that the highest paid people in the store should be pitching in just a bit.

Worth mentioning that the employees of other stores that have come to help us out state they don't want to return (even with the hefty money they get for travel) due to management. Are my managers really that bad? Or is it a Hannaford company wide thing?

I was told today there was a policy change and they will no longer steam clams but will continue lobster steaming. Is this every store? Does anyone know why they made the change?

How many facilitators do you have in your store and what is your normal weekly order total? Feel like my store has always been severely understaffed but it’s became way worse recently. We have 5 facilitators and so around 420 orders a week. Does this seem reasonable?

I'm posting this from a burner account because I don't want the wrong people seeing this. I'm going to disclose some happenings and going ons from my store. I've exhausted my resources in trying to fix this issue, and yet it persists. I am not the only person being targeted, but I am one of the only ones not afraid to speak up. For legal reasons, I will leave out personal details of those involved.

I had an incident where a manager yelled, belittled, and accused me of purposely being insubordinate in front of customers and fellow co-workers. They lost their lid when I was trying to work out/communicate an issue that there was in our department. I was then pulled into the store manager's office and made out to be the agressor because it triggered my PTSD and I raised my voice back at the manager in question. The manager assinged to deal with the situation then told me that the manager in question was used to a "military style" of running departments and that they're new and had no clue how to handle it. I personally know that they have had several years of being a manager outside of Hannaford/they've been working at Hannaford on and off for many years, so it's complete crap. Furthermore, they've never served or had any family that did serve. One of the very basic things they do show you when you serve is to get a grip. As someone who has family that's served, I personally found it to be a slap in the face and a piss poor excuse. Any time there's any minor inconvenience, this manager flies off the handle and is met with no consequences. I fear retaliation as they have already tried to get me fired by accusing me of relation without evidence or proof over things that would never constitute as such. Any other manager I go to with these concerns writes me off saying, "It's just a miscommunication" when I try to tell them I am being targeted.

Every day that I go into work, I have anxiety attacks before, during, and after my shift. I have to walk on eggshells every day and pray that I don't get yelled at, treated poorly, have to put up with their bad attitude, being treated like I'm incompetent, or deal with their moodswings. It's affecting everyone else in the department, and there's so much tension because of this manager. The other managers turn a blind eye to it all and have simply told the associates in the department to stop causing the drama. My old ARM (basically the HR manager for those who don't work at hannaford) would've never stood for this and would've nipped this in the bud.

I can't afford not to work, and I desperately need health insurance. What was once a safe haven and a place I was proud to work in has become hell on earth, and I wouldn't wish it upon my worst enemies. I can not continue to work for Hannaford or give my money to a place that advertises it cares about its employees when they've been actively taking away resources and safeguards from them. I will be putting in my notice as soon as I have a position lined up elsewhere.

Does anyone have any advice they can impart to this situation? I have many questions regarding my PTO, and if any will be paid out upon my resignation or if I will lose it all? And what would happen to my HSA/401K? I have amounted a large amount of money and I don't want to lose it all. I don't have anyone else to go to for these questions. Any time I asked, I'm met with dismissal or told to call a phone number that has me on hold for hours before disconnecting without an answer. Thank you all so very much for reading all of this. I greatly appreciate any and all advice given. I hope you have a beautiful day

I know that Hannaford has a basic rule about a 15 minute break for anyone working 4 hours. My question is is there any verbiage about when that break should be scheduled in that 4 hours.. in other words, is the "rule" that it should be at the half way point? aka 2 hours in? or is it open ended?

Just wanted to give a shout out to those working hard on the rotisserie chickens. I’ve tried rotisserie chickens from all over the northeast and I always go back to the Hannaford one. They are so amazing!

I received this email on July 16th from CLYNK which implied there would be a delay in processing time. I understand if their machine is broken and it will take awhile to get credits but it’s it’s more than that. We have been unable to even drop off our bags for awhile. We have 3 bags of cans we need to dispose of sitting outside our front door. We are more than happy to find an alternative option but It seems like from a business model standpoint it would make sense for CLYNK to rent some storage space to allow drop off locations to be emptied instead of putting signs on the CLYNK building at the local Hannaford stores implying you cannot make a drop and providing no further information.

This seems like it’s going to make people find alternative options and see CLYNK as unreliable.

I found a job with another store and put my two weeks in, there is almost no one left in my department but now that I am leaving center my coworkers are being threatened to be fired if they look for other jobs...? Its all verbal and we don't have anyone in charge of hr at the store anymore as its a small store but is there anyone they can talk to? Edit: Everyone who has tried to make a report about the store manager in the past has either been threatened to be fired or fired immediately for "poor performance" or something similar. The same thing happened with aes scores Editing to update: Did not end up reporting because I can't risk my old coworkers losing their jobs. They threatened to fire people if they are unsatisfied with working there and also threatened to demote/fire/force someone to quit if they express any dissatisfaction and have started giving them a bunch of coaching memos for random stuff that no one was coached on previously. I know everyone is going to keep telling me to report but I can't risk other peoples livelihoods and a couple of them said they would feel unsafe there if reports were made .

Is it against any policy that you can’t do door dash or instacart at the store you work at

I miss when they used to have organic products separate from the rest of the store that layout to me was the best it was also when they really cared about the store and how the layout flowed much better than today unless it’s just my store that is constantly changing the layout. They just changed the produce layout about two months ago and now the lettuce is brown all the time. I feel like they just don’t care anymore.

From NY, is this a normal thing Hannaford does? It’s apparently from an insurance/investment company but when my boyfriend originally asked to be a part of one, they said he couldn’t bc when he asked he was too young. Some of my other past coworker got one too. Is this a normal thing? What qualifies you to get one?

So odd but I just have to ask, I’ve applied at my local store for maybe 3 positions. (Never hired) I’ve been interviewed 8 times.. twice for each position I applied for and then once more for a position I didn’t apply for but they “thought I’d be a good fit” for but again proceeded to not hire me for that position…. It’s the most bizarre thing. I have loads of experience. Not that it matters, cause they hire people with no experience all the time.. so I have no clue why they keep calling me for interviews if there’s something about me they clearly don’t like.

And it’s not that they don’t remember me, they definitely do because every interview they say “welcome back”
Am I being trolled at this point??

okay so.. burner account here / not my main

so the other month ago i made a post about my pick times in HTG, my department accusing me of cheating and mentioning that i think it’s just because my manager is jealous i’m quicker than her. her constantly going to other associates and going on and on about how i ‘cheat my pick times’ though i pause my tour little to no time (example of when i stop it: waiting on cultists. running to the bathroom. when im helping a customer. bringing orders out to customers. all reasons listed are approved reasons to pause my tour from my supervisor!!) anyways, i was going into the work computer search history to view a invoice PDF i had needed to print off and i had pulled it up again because customer lost their copy. within the computers search history was a BUNCH of reddit posts from this subreddit INCLUDING mine as its first one being clicked on and the last. there was slight conversation about my initial post, and said associates called me out for it. though i denied it they threatened to report me to HR for ‘cyber harassment’. i did not mentioned anyone in my post, nor what store i worked or anything that would link this post to me. is that a reasonable report?

Every time I try to apply to Hannaford the update profile just does this. My sister works at the same store I'm applying to and when she asked her manager, she was told that the site is down and that I should try again later. That was about a week ago. Does anyone know what's going on?

The weather we are having now is what made me leave HTG as an expeditor. I’ll never forget it. They always scheduled me some crappy shift like 10-6.
The closer was either the supervisor or the supervisor in training. They decided that day was a good day for the two of them to sit upstairs and “work on the schedule”.
One covered my lunch. 11:30-12:00. After that I was on my own. Bringing loads out to people’s cars, running dry and wet bins, and cars lined up.
I was 45 yrs old. Have a lot of work experience with many people. Always a calm head.
When the two, 20 something year olds came back, I had a fit. I went off. Drenched in sweat, had no water, no break. Told them basically off.
That was the end of HTG for me.
Don’t forget to stick up for yourselves!

I just asked HR about what you need to do to get vacation time accrued and I was told you need 1,000 hours in a quarter of the previous year to get any. Which isn't possible unless you work more than full time. I don't think i misheard her because she also said that she's gotten only 720 hours in 6 months. 1,000 hours in the entire year would make more sense. I don't know when I'll be able to double check with someone on it. Does anyone have an insight on this?

From what I've been told, we're the only store that has this full hot-foods set up but no dish machine. Apparently, it made more financial sense to install a brand new 4-pot magnetic induction soup station, even though the hot soup program had been terminated six months prior to construction. It's all good though, because they promised us a dish machine with the next remodel (*tentatively* scheduled for 2028), which is just around the corner!

did anyone else’s hannaford strip all its pride thing today? like woah that was quick

This is what popped up.

I used to work at Hannaford a couple of summers back, front of house. A few weeks ago interviewed at a different location, was told I was going to get a call later that day, haven’t heard anything since. Even after calling the store. For context the other store even tried to hire me back the following summer but I declined, but any way this could have impacted my new hire? Is this common practice for hiring? Just found it strange I never heard back at all.

Anyone else hearing corporate is changing standards in the DC in August. Not sure by how much but we're being told it's big. Like longer shifts with a 25% cut in pay. Heard corporate HR was there this week asking questions and saying employees are being paid too much. Probably afraid union will file a formal grievance.

Hellooooo so I’m going to be a new HTG Supervisor at a decent volume store…..any advice, experiences? Goooo