r/Sproutsfarmersmarket

What questions do you new employees have I’ll answer them all to the best of my abilities. And, I can also tell you everything that you need to know about Sprouts

Hello! I’m a backup ac and have noticed our air conditioning unit will randomly not be running when on cool and just show - - does anyone know why? Or how to fix it? It’ll randomly come back on so I’m wondering if it’s some energy saving thing

Just applied and got an interview for the scan coordinator position as it seems like a cool position to have for someone who’s only really been a cashier, im nervous i won’t get the position because i don’t have enough experience with it but it’s something i would love to do and learn. so im coming here to ask is it a big deal if i dont have much experience and will i be trained for it if i do get the job??

I am well aware that service animals are allowed and the store can ask two questions. I am also aware that there is a federal law that is supposed to prevent grocery stores and restaurants from allowing live pets in the store.

Well, the two Sprouts near me are allowing people to just bring their pet dogs shopping with them. The employees are petting the dogs and the dogs are wagging their tails into the produce as they walk past it. I have brought it up to their store employees and they act like I'm a jerk for asking about it. The manager told me this "Well, yes we CAN ask them if it is a service dog, but we usually don't".

I decided to check another Sprouts to see if they allow dogs and the person that answered the phone literally told me they knowingly allow people to bring their pet dog shopping with them, especially during the summer months so that the customer's dog does not have to sit in a hot car. I'm totally grossed out and upset because I used to really like sprouts. I will no longer be shopping at the Sprouts in my area.

maybe they’re always pooping at the exact time i come in?

without warning. i never even call out.
i can’t afford my car bills and it caused me to self h^rm. thanks a lot sprouts!

Hello!

I’ve only been to Sprout’s (in the metro KCMO area) one time (a dog-sitting client turned me on to the store; I’d never heard of it before), and I really enjoyed the experience. A helpful employee gave me a brief tour of overall layout and mission of the store. Unfortunately, when I was about ready to leave, I realised that my glucose level was dangerously low. I went to check-out, and a woman at the next check-out aisle asked if I was okay. I told her no and told her what the problem was. It ended up that she’s a retired ICU nurse, and she had immediately recognised the issue. We looked for things in the impulse section by the checkout, but nothing was helpful. (Darn all the healthy food at Sprout’s!)

She had some kind of snack in a small clamshell-type of container that she opened. It was dark, like maybe a chocolate-colored thing, but it wasn’t that high in sugar, so I don’t think it was actually chocolate. It was in rows of four, and there were either three or four rows of the four. She gave me one row of the four (and she generously wouldn’t let me pay her for them). They tasted vaguely oat-y, didn’t taste like they had any nuts in them, and were very dense.

The package was small - maybe 1 - 1.5” tall, 4” long, and maybe 3” wide.

I’m sorry I don’t remember anything else. But it was extremely yummy, and I’d like to get them again. I know this is extremely vague, but if anyone has any ideas about what it might have been or even which section in the store I go to so I can look for such a thing, I would sincerely appreciate it!

Title says it all. We have a bunker freezer where the holiday schematic takes up 100% of the space. So no room for any disco product. We just had 2 major resets prior and a switch from Tillamook to only Aldens. What are you guys doing to sell this product? As you know there isn't any shred of room in the freezer doors too. What is everyone else doing about this? Product in the backroom and not on the sales floor turns out doesn't move too well. We have been looking for a cheap freezer on Craigslist. Did the company not realize this would happen?

So I’m completing my training this week for Assistant deli manager. Starting Monday I’ll be opening on my own. I feel pretty confident as I have lots of experience in food service/deli. Any tips and/or things I should know to be successful in my role ?? I want to be the best lol

So I got hired as a head cashier last week for a sprouts going up in November. I had been planning to visit family across the country for a week in early December, should I expect I can't do that and push those plans to when I'm a few more months into the position and not so close to Christmas

(note I'd be gone like the first week of December not the holidays).

Hello all! Long story short I was thrown into a sink or swim situation and have only worked here 11 months and am now a meat department manager. I have had no training and feel like I am constantly letting my store down no matter how hard I try. My assistant has years of experience managing meat departments at sprouts pre covid and I feel he would be better fit after I get him reacquainted to the store. Does anyone know off the top of their head how much the pay decrease is for stepping down?
I don’t want to ask my store manager to avoid him freaking out and the other DM are major gossips.

As the title suggests, I interviewed Monday and I’m waiting to here back from the managers I interviewed with.

I was the first interview for the position and they said they’d get back to me on Friday. I’m so so nervous because I really want the job hours, pay and benefits is great as an AC. I just really hope they liked me the best out of all the candidates.

Yall have no idea how anxious I am! 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 I just wanna work !

I had my second interview with sprouts yesterday and it didn’t go how i expected. The set up was in a big ballroom with multiple tables and interviewers and it seems like it was open to scheduled and unscheduled interview times. I had an interview appointment but I got worried because at the end of the interview they told me it takes 2 weeks to hear back if they decide to continue with me and from there i’d go through another round of interviews? I had a pre-screening phone interview about 3 weeks ago maybe? So that caught me off guard but my brain blanked and the interviewer just seemed to want to get the day over which is valid cuz i’m sure asking the same questions to a ton of people is draining. Which leads me to not feeling the greatest about my interview, it was quick and I didn’t go as in depth as I would’ve liked. Is this the normal process or should I follow up next week with the hiring team to get some clarification?

Anybody know how many sick days you get before they require a doctors note? I've got a fucking sinus infection that nobody will wanna be around...

Very frustrating that who ever programs the Sprouts POS system at corporate is breaking CA tax laws by charging customers CA sales tax on the CA CRV line item for items that are tax exempt. Can someone please do an audit and fix your programming mistakes.
Example- DAIRY
MALK-ORG-CASHEW COCO. You are ok to charge the CA CRV of $.10 but then you are putting CA sales tax on the CRV $.10 which is $.01. CA tax law states sales tax should not be collected on CRV for items that are tax exempt. This Malk item is tax exempt. By collecting the $.01 on every bottle of this item from customers, your are not in compliance of CA tax collecting laws and I’m sure the California Department of Food & Agriculture (CDFA), Division of Measurement Standards (DMS) is happy to fine Sprouts for these silly errors. It’s not worth the hassle of requesting a refund on this but Sprouts should really fix these errors as there have been MANY issues with accuracy of their POS system when it comes to CA CRV. It’s only a penny per bottle that is being overcharged on this item but the sloppy work makes me question my tax charges on the hundreds of dollars I spend per week at Sprouts.