Armand Lobato

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My quarantined focus, like that of so many folks now, is the grocers in my immediate area.
“You’re a produce person? I would buy more fresh produce if I only knew what was in season — you know, what’s really good right now.”
As produce supervisors, we were often looked at as retail “cops,” making unannounced visits around our 66-store chain to drop in on produce managers and see what kind of shape their departments were in that day.
If you haven’t noticed, top-notch customer service is my pet peeve.
To anyone outside the produce world, marketing fruits and vegetables in retail may seem like a quiet, even easy line of work.
There’s something about an abundantly stocked produce department.
Last week I touched on reasons why produce managers get transferred from one store to another. It happens as managers move about, taking on other responsibilities, opening a new store or transferring for other reasons.
“You’re being transferred.”
Sports teams aren’t the only ones with labor caps.
No matter what, there is always something we can be thankful for.