We have had “taking applications - Help wanted”, On our sign for 2 weeks (because of the surge for grocery demand) We have received 3 people asking for Applications NONE of those applications have been return to us - NONE!
Gas Station across the street is only open from 1-5 now because his staff quit. And it is just him and his wife running it.
Can’t Run a grocery store paying cashiers/stockers $27 per hour. My managerial staff doesn’t make that. Food prices are already going up. March 15th Dozen eggs cost me $1.62 (retail $1.99) Yesterday my supplier quoted me $6.23 a dozen.
Just an insider tip from a grocer — The food shortage is coming! The first signs are EGGS, MILK, MEAT (especially pork). Yeast and Flour (I can get in 50lbs bags, but forget about the 1 or 5lb bags) My suppliers can’t get them or are very limited. Most canned goods now have a 3-4 week back stock.
The cure is going to be A LOT worse than the virus
BTW We still have ZERO cases of covid in the county.
Yep. The recovery is still a ways down the road. The entire
supply cycle has to get started from the ground up. Good Luck.
1. Work out a deal with your neighbor across the street and share your staff with him. You'll agree to pay them a 15% premium on their time, and he should pay you a small fee on top of their hourly pay.
2. You go to work over there for part of the day, too. He can probably extend his hours with all the additional help.
3. Have him come over and help you out when he's closed and you're open.
If the prices you're quoting are accurate, it sounds like you're going to have a much bigger problem than staffing pretty soon. Nobody is going to be buying a lot of groceries at those prices.
Send me a Freep-mail. Where are you?
Yesterday my supplier quoted me $6.23 a dozen.
You need a new supplier...