“If only my store manager knew…” So began a labor-related line I heard from many produce managers as I visited stores in my supervisor days — especially as spring uncoiled into summer in the produce aisle.
Fewer things in the produce aisle are more important than product rotation. I know I’ve mentioned it at least once or a dozen times in one way or another over the years, but it bears repeating.
I’m a produce writer, but not a very good poet. In school I didn’t grade well in the world of couplets, stanzas, prose and ballads. Still, I’m inspired by the art. More about this later.
The produce aisle is but one department in the grocery business. And, by all appearances, when a customer navigates through a store, it’s a peaceful place.
