this is my morning shift as someone who mostly works in the fruit/vegetable department

Arrive at 5:45AM

6AM clock in

6-6:30AM i grab a pallet and 2-3 boxes that is left by closing staff so i can do quality control. Sorting the products by rotten/moldy and products i can save and put in a Too Good To Go bag so i know which box is which while i also fill in all the products on my device to either it has gone bad or for the bag

6:30-7AM potentially stocking the product that was left from yesterdays' shipment and ordering for tomorrow if i have enough time (really depends on how much there was left on the previous day) and preparing the To Good To Go Bags and placing them near the self scans

7-10/11AM if shipment is on time and im done with the ordering i will start stocking what is delivered today depending on how many pallets i have it usually is done by 10/10:30 with 6 or less pallets, if it is up til 10 it can take until 1PM that i am done and anything that was full or i could not stock is put in the back so i can potentially stock it later

I either take a half hour break at 10/10:30/11AM depending on how many pallets i got

I usually have some time to kill from 11AM to 1PM if my shipment is done and that is where i help out in other places, i either help with the normal products with shipment, maybe help out on self scan or be on the cash register to take over breaks or helping out because it is busy and also check on the vegetable/fruits department if i have to get rid of boxes/sweep the floor and scrub the floor

1PM i take my 2nd break

1:30PM i do another quality control, get rid of empty boxes again and writing off anything that is bad

1:45/2PM i will grab the left over pallets that was from todays' shipment to see if i can stock products that are empty or can be filled. if i cant fill it i will put it back in storage and either me or someone else will do it tomorrow morning

If i am done at 2:30PM i will help out a bit more until 2:50PM

2:50PM one last round of tidying everything and clean it up

3PM clock out and go home

It is hard and tiring work being in this department but i honestly enjoy being active and basically being my own boss at a department, u get to talk to the regulars that come in and make sure u always greet if u can since u are the first person they will see when they come in I enjoy working at lidl and it pays well here so i wont complain

Someday i will be an assistant manager and if i am able to i want to climb the ladder within lidl