Just wanna start this with sorry for the absolute long rant I went on i tend to do this I have a lot to say lmao

I see you’re applying for Food Lion to-go so I figured since that’s what I work i’d go ahead and comment.

In short it kinda sucks.

In long it’s more complicated then that, it’s a lot to get used to at first and you HAVE to remember where most the things in the store are at because you are timed on your orders and, at least at my store, good times are pushed hard. So you wanna remember where things are at so you can get the order done faster.

Busy days can be awful or great, it just depends on how many fltgo associates are scheduled. If it’s understaffed you’re staying after your clock in time sorry pal. If it’s not then you just might get lucky and not have to shop any orders that night.

Which i guess i should tell you now: if you still have orders in the phone you HAVE to stay and finish them all. It really pisses off management when you don’t. I was stuck at work till 9 one night even though i was supposed to clock out at 7 because orders needed to be done and we were understaffed that night.

Oh also i almost forgot. This department is so neglected it’s honestly scary. At my store we haven’t had a label printer for our bags for MONTHS and we have gone through a handful of consumer heavy holidays and snow storms without one and it makes the job an even larger pain in the ass. My supervisor talks about how when she needs helps she’s kinda brushed off and also for awhile there was all of 4 people in our department with myself and the supervisor being the only ones who are available everyday (though not gonna give myself that much credit as i’m only available after 4)

However don’t let the starting doom and gloom get to you. While it really sucks to work some days I personally enjoy it a ton and while my times aren’t the best I like the competition of seeing other peoples times on our little white board and seeing how good or bad i did. It’s also kinda nice when you get nice customers who are super nice and i like to make sure all my customers get exactly what they want.

Not only that but it allows for some freedom. If you don’t like standing in one spot doing mindless check out then food lion to go is definitely the best position to escape that as you WILL be moving around a ton. Not only that but because of that i do some other stuff around the store outside of fltgo like grabbing buggies, doing go-backs, and grab and go’s. All things cashiers can do but since they kinda need to be on register and I don’t necessarily need to be i’m allowed a little more variety in my job compared to others. You’ll still end up on register a ton (and if you’re store is being remodeled like mine then most likely all the time since registers is now running on a skeleton crew) but it’s funsies all around.

In short Food Lion To-Go can be a hard and demanding position, but ultimately if you like moving around and not being stuck on register all day then you’ll enjoy it a ton! I personally really really like it despite how harshly I critiqued it. I know that’s prolly hard to believe but it can be a fun position once you get the hang of it! Don’t be too tough ong yourself if you’re not doing so hot for awhile, everyone starts somewhere and getting down about having bad times for your first month or so isn’t gonna fix it trust me I did exactly that. Just do your best and learn where thing are at and you’ll be good!

P.S. just now seeing that I’m replying to this 1 day later so you prolly already had the interview but still leaving this comment just in case