I got in a bind and needed some income. I hired on at Walmart sometime in 2005. I hired in on the midnight shift stocking shelves.
When a customer brings in spoiled food they must take it to customer desk with the receipt. CS checks to make sure product codes match. If food is valid purchase and was spoiled before expiration date a refund is issued to customer.
CS then places spoiled food into a folded lid plastic Tot that is marked for the Meat Department. CS calls Meat Dept. and requests for them to come to CS desk to pick up package.
MD arrives at CS desk and retrieves tote. Tag is scanned and noted in the computer as returned and reason for return.
MD clerk then proceeds to rear of store and goes through those big double swinging doors.
All the way in the back are three large trash compactors. All inside the rear of the building.
Each compactor is labeled. 1 for food/perishables, 1 for hazardous waste and 1 for misc.
Way off to the side of these is another compactor for crushing and baling the cardboard shipping boxes.
Through the night the stocking associates are restocking shelves and checking expiration dates. Anything that is expired is documented and put into the system. Then taken to the room in the back of the store and dumped into the appropriate compactor and crushed.
BTW, I have witnessed tons of food that I thought was good food still being crushed because it had reached it expiration date.
I at first asked "Hey, if your going to just throw it away, could I take it? I know many people that could benefit from some of this stuff you are tossing. Their answer was "No, it has to be crushed and taken to the dump".
Liability reason I guess...
I digress, Anyway, this is how spoiled/expired food is handled in Walmart.
I quit after one month.
I hope this will ease some of the misinformation on how spoiled/expired food is dealt with at Walmart.
On another side note- The reason everything that is tossed has to be entred into the computer is the somputer software was designed to keep track if inventory It tracks what is sold or tossed constantly throughout the day. That night, the program generates a order of everything that was sold/tossed for the day to distribution center. The people working at the distribution center the load up the trailers with the stock to replace the sold/tossed stuff. And those trailers are the sent to the store the following day with merchandise to replinish the sold/tossed stuff.
After the arriving trailers are backed up to the loading docks then the tractors hook up to the empty trailers unloaded the previous night shift and return to the distribution center.
We sell tractor parts! We have the parts you need to repair your tractor - the right parts. Our low prices and years of research make us your best choice when you need parts. Shop Online Today. [ About Us ]
Today's Featured Article - Listening to Your Tractor - by Curtis Von Fange. Years ago there was a TV show about a talking car. Unless you are from another planet, physically or otherwise, I don’t think our internal combustion buddies will talk and tell us their problems. But, on the other hand, there is a secret language that our mechanical companions readily do speak. It is an interesting form of communication that involves all the senses of the listener. In this series we are going to investigate and learn the basic rudimentary skills of understanding this lingo.
... [Read Article]
Latest Ad:
2022 John Deere 5045E, 4wd, front end loader and 3rd function with grapple. 120 hrs, 55k new, must sell
[More Ads]
All Rights Reserved. Reproduction of any part of this website, including design and content, without written permission is strictly prohibited. Trade Marks and Trade Names contained and used in this Website are those of others, and are used in this Website in a descriptive sense to refer to the products of others. Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy
TRADEMARK DISCLAIMER: Tradenames and Trademarks referred to within Yesterday's Tractor Co. products and within the Yesterday's Tractor Co. websites are the property of their respective trademark holders. None of these trademark holders are affiliated with Yesterday's Tractor Co., our products, or our website nor are we sponsored by them. John Deere and its logos are the registered trademarks of the John Deere Corporation. Agco, Agco Allis, White, Massey Ferguson and their logos are the registered trademarks of AGCO Corporation. Case, Case-IH, Farmall, International Harvester, New Holland and their logos are registered trademarks of CNH Global N.V.
