Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind
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out of everything? anyone else? (self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by bedlamboy77
I've been a barista since mid-March, and I'm very surprised that since I've been there, I haven't had even a handful of shifts that we've had some massive majority of food items or milk options available. It's so bad that while working drive, Rather than, ".. I'd like..." I often get, "do you have?..."
These are regular customers that, because of our CONSTANT shortages, have had to make a backup plan for their order. At our store, it's become the rule rather than the exception. In the 2 months I've been there, I cannot recall a day we had every menu item. I understand supply chain issues, and I know it's a big deal right now, but is it as mind blowingly crazy here as it is for others?
I worked the past two days and for both days we have been out of: skim milk, whole milk, ALL FOOD (really, ALL!), for my last shift: whipped cream. The worst part was, that my shift didn't see this as alarming nor problematic.
Is this normal (or at least occasionally typical) for a SB location to be regularly out of half of it's menu items?
Again, I know there are supply chains suffering from high gas costs, but for a billion dollar corp, it seems they could stay a bit more ahead (I genuinely don't know what I'm talking about here, and I'm open to being taught.).
I'd love to hear what other branches are experiencing.
These are regular customers that, because of our CONSTANT shortages, have had to make a backup plan for their order. At our store, it's become the rule rather than the exception. In the 2 months I've been there, I cannot recall a day we had every menu item. I understand supply chain issues, and I know it's a big deal right now, but is it as mind blowingly crazy here as it is for others?
I worked the past two days and for both days we have been out of: skim milk, whole milk, ALL FOOD (really, ALL!), for my last shift: whipped cream. The worst part was, that my shift didn't see this as alarming nor problematic.
Is this normal (or at least occasionally typical) for a SB location to be regularly out of half of it's menu items?
Again, I know there are supply chains suffering from high gas costs, but for a billion dollar corp, it seems they could stay a bit more ahead (I genuinely don't know what I'm talking about here, and I'm open to being taught.).
I'd love to hear what other branches are experiencing.
Ordinary_Theory8534 1 points 1y ago
If it’s milk, that is probably an ordering issue but if it is food, then that is an inventory issue because we no longer place orders for food. It’s auto ships food so that means the counts are not getting done or not being accurately counted, OR they aren’t pulling enough food to meet the needs of the business. It could always be a shortage issue but that doesn’t sound like the case in this situation. Maybe problem solve with your team to prevent this.
aee78 1 points 1y ago
That doesn't seem normal. We've only been having issues with Oatmilk and Venti ice cups/lids and that's been super recent. Other than that we've only been out raspberry syrup and a pastry or maybe 2 in that time frame. Even with the shortages, we've never been that low on milk. Only time we had no food was when the freezer broke and it took several days to get a new one, and overall we were only down to paninis and snack boxes for about a day.
Are you in a food desert? Cause being out of milk for 2 days sounds like you aren't getting your milk deliveries? Even if you don't submit the order, they autoship milks and you should get at least some skim, whole, & 2%. And if you're not in a food dessert, someone either really messed up the daily order or Pars need to be reworked.
Are you in a food desert? Cause being out of milk for 2 days sounds like you aren't getting your milk deliveries? Even if you don't submit the order, they autoship milks and you should get at least some skim, whole, & 2%. And if you're not in a food dessert, someone either really messed up the daily order or Pars need to be reworked.
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