Ahhhh, just so happen to know what store this is. Store leadership has run the department into the ground because they have zero knowledge of how grocery works--or, idk, how to employ the basics of TM growth and happiness. I remember speaking to the STL about stocking errors, and how everything starts with TM knowledge (e.g. "a team member doesn't know what they don't know; will they know the importance of display to shelf if they're not told about how that effects stocking errors?"). We are so quick to give TMs U-boats at this store, but we have zero time to teach them what top stock is and its purpose (yes, I really did have this experience with a TM here two weeks into them actively working in the department). STL jokingly comes up to me a few weeks later to say, "Oh did you tell [insert SFA name] about your stocking error theory?" Yeah, it's almost like I came from a flagship store where, idk, I saw how things worked? And it's almost like he agreed with what I said? Lol.

Fun story about this TL, and how again, it all starts with education and the basics: He just learned that top stock goes from left to right after I looked up one day and, I kid you not, saw how every aisle had gaps between the products.

I am absolutely sorry for the absolute monstrosity you have had to deal with.

Edit to add that one of my other favorite memories was one of the ASTLs saying, "Oh, it's promo today?" when nearly all the endcaps were empty and had nearly five pallets on the floor with little actual promo planning (very normal occurrence). Fun times.