Back Room

Back Room,
Under the Mezz

Back Room

n. A DEPARTMENT'S storage, preparation and staging area that is off-limits to the public. However, by agreement with the RECEIVER or DEPARTMENT MANAGER certain VENDORS may also be granted relatively free access.

Back-Stock

Back-Stock

n., v. See OVERSTOCK.

Bale

Bale …

Bale

n. A great quantity of CARDBOARD that has been compressed into a large and heavy brick about the size of a side-by-side washer dryer set, and which is held together by multiple stands of iron BALE WIRE: “It's time to tie a bale.” See also, MAKE A BALE.

NOTE: When the GATE is open, BALES go onto the TRUCK. Otherwise, they're “parked” short-end forward in front of the GATE, to await arrival of the KEY.

Remember: successive BALES should always go onto the TRUCK on alternate sides, to help balance the trailer. And likewise don't forget: along with their supporting PALLETS, Bales should always be recorded on the SHEET kept at the RECEIVER'S desk.

Baler

Baler

Baler

n. A large power-driven compactor into which waste CARDBOARD is put and periodically compressed to MAKE A BALE.

Bale Wire

Bale Wire
in Tray …

Bale Wire

n. Long, thin, yet strong iron wire strands with a loop on one end, used to help MAKE A BALE.

Bay

Bay

n. The area under or within a large floor-to-ceiling storage RACK, between its supporting pillars.

Bottle Dump

Bottle Dump

n. 1. A See BOTTLE RUN, below. 2. The recycling dumpsters outside the rear of the STORE where bottles are dumped.

Bottle Run

Bottle Run

n. The task of taking rolling bins and/or barrels of redeemed deposit bottles and flattened cans from temporary storage at their drop point at the CUSTOMER SERVICE DESK to recycling dumpsters outside the rear of the STORE. Usually done by CART BOYS.

Break Down

Break Down2

Break Down

v. 1. To flatten, as CARDBOARD BOXES: “Break it down so more fits in your (shopping cart) basket.” 2. To take the nightly LOAD as off-loaded from the TRUCK on PALLETS and redistribute it by CASES onto appropriate RUNNERS for the NIGHT CREW to THROW onto SHELVES by AISLE. Usually performed by NIGHT CREW FOREMAN or CREW CHIEF before NIGHT CREW arrives. —n. The task of Breaking Down LOAD: “Who's doing break-down?”

NOTE: To break your BOXES down or not, that is the question. It takes time to do, but gives you more working space on your RUNNER and may save time because you can stuff flattened BOARD vertically between the high handle on one end of your RUNNER and some as yet un-WORKED CASES or CASES of MARKED OVERSTOCK and thus make fewer trips to the BALER.

However, if you have a RUNNER with a lot of LOAD to THROW, take along a SHOPPING CART, break down your BOARD, and toss it into the CART. It'll help keep you from going crazy. Same plan generally goes for Dairy/Frozen work, which is farther from the CRUSHER, has small CASES, and high TURNOVER.

If your WORKING SPECIALS RUNNERS, it's a judgment call. You'll seldom need a SHOPPING CART. If you do need room, you can usually just break down the BOARD and stuff it filing cabinet-wise between a heavy BOX and the handle on the end of your RUNNER.

However, if space is not an issue, you often won't need to. Just set the whole BOX aside and later toss it in whole, open-side-down, and let the CRUSHER do it's thing.