Ms. Bridget Bennett
Produce Specialist
DeCA East
DeCA Form 10-21 Product Inspection Report (produce) has
been replaced
Produce Inspection Worksheet
Email to:
Produce Worksheet East (global address book)
And the appropriate Vendor :
MPG, bkolenda@mproducegroup.com
Fresh Express, brian@mrlogistics.com
Global sales, cliff.melton@globalsalesinc.com
C&C, nick@ccproduce.net
Contract Specialists are monitoring vendor performance via
worksheets
All deliveries, all non conformances, are important.
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DeCA Form 40-132 Commissary Orientation/
OJT Program
Complete “core taskings” at initial orientation
Employee and supervisor must sign and date
Additional training is work in progress
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What to
do and
How to
Do It
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 email
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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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Patrons, Workforce and Stakeholders working together to create “Raving Fans!”
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Weekly Promotions
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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Bagged Salad Program
1.
2.
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 brian@mrlogistics.com
Dole cliff.melton@globalsalesinc.com
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• 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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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.
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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:
1.
4 = weight items
2.
7 = each items, stops cashier to enter quantity.
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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
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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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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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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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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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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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Produce Pricing System
Identify problems
Help Desk Toll Free 1-877-332-2471
Heat ticket
Michael Brown, HQ
804-734-8399
Produce Pricing System Manual
Cheat Sheets
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Contact Ms. Bridget Bennett
Produce Specialist
DeCA East
DSN 687-8110
bridget.bennett@deca.mil