Sainsburys thread MK III

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What exactly is the question? By law, they can't sell anything past its sell by date. I think there's a potential fine of £5000 for every item found on the shop floor that is past its date. Stuff that is close to going out of date will probably be reduced, and you can identify them by the yellow sticker on the front.

finding the reduced food stuff (short life) tends to happen nearer the stores closing time, probably within the final 3 hours of trading just to shift the stuff that are best before dated for that day, you will find these in the fresh/produce reductions well. as you are an online shopper, your shifts are at the start of the day so you probably won't find anything.
of course there are reduced long life stuff too, like a mis-match bag of pop, battered cereal box etc or if they are due to go past best before date. you find them in the grocery reductions bit (if they have one, looks proper tacky) or they just put them infront of the full price stuff.

other than those, you won't be able to purchase anything that has gone passed it's sell by or use by date, even if you are happy to pay for them at 500 times the price, think best befores are only a guide but they still don't sell anything past the best before too.

I would stick with your current contract for maybes 3 months before looking to switch departments, about requesting increased hours, they probably don't have the permanent hours to give you but they probably will have overtime hours, so you could say you are avavilable for overtime.

general assistants are those on the shopfloor, so you could be on fresh, produce, gm, clothing, grocery, cafe, counters (and admin?).

Had my first day of training today and it is really full on, there is a lot to learn but it is straightforward but just quite a lot!
There are 3 other people along with me working on checkouts, they seem nice. Would i interact with staff much working on checkouts? I have 4 shifts that are 4 hour long.

More induction tomorrow and then next week I have my till training, not sure when I will will properly start my shift but i will assume its soon.

I have also been asked to do some trolley work, what does this involve? Im not sure.

The place seems ok but I am nervous when i eventually get onto the checkouts, just want to do a good job

Can anybody tell whether the one month that you need to give if you resign includes holidays that you have booked off or not?

Yes it does. Just be careful not to leave yourself taking more holiday than you've earned in the year though, otherwise you'll have to pay some money back.

But then how would I know how much holiday I've earned so far? Would I have to ask them?

It's calculated pro-rata, so divide your allowance into 13 periods and work it out that way

I've got a interview with Sainsburys on Tuesday for a checkout position, can anyone give me any tips?

Also, does the uniform come with a long sleeve option?

Do they actually check references?

What are they looking for at an interview?

Thanks in advance

I got till trained today, avoided it for 3 years so far! It's supposed to take 16 hours but I only did 2 hours then had to cover lunches. Piss easy job

Hey guys. So a little update, I have done 2 days of work as a Online Shopper. I have a question.

1. Is there a set time where you have to complete the shopping by? how do I know when the delivery van arrives?

Because ive seen some people finish their online shopping at lightening speed and I am worried because I feel like a slow coach. Do you have to complete the shopping at very fast pace?

Just a quick question, hope someone knows the answer! We have been told we all have to attend a mandatory meeting, they've got cover for the store so we can all go. However, we have been told we have got to attend even if it's our day off...and it's unpaid! Is this legal? Surely they can't dictate what we do on a day off? Wouldn't mind if we got paid!