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Grocery Store Operations Walk Checklist

by Todd Toso, from the Community

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This operations walk checklist is designed for grocery and supermarket retail teams to assess store standards end to end. Review entrance and carts, first impressions and signage; evaluate produce, meat, dairy, bakery, and grocery for presentation, rotation, dates, variety, and cleanliness. Check staffing, customer service, uniforms, and checkout lanes. Verify pricing, out-of-stocks, loss prevention logs, and IT systems like registers and intercoms. Confirm health and safety compliance, chemical storage, pest issues, and refrigeration performance.

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Operations Walk Checklist for Grocery Stores
This Operations Walk checklist supports grocery retail teams in auditing daily store operations. It covers front of house and back of house areas including entrances, carts, trash and first impressions; produce, meat, dairy and bakery presentation, quality, dating, variety and cleanliness; grocery out of stocks, displays, milk and eggs, pricing and signage; package meat rotation and dates, lighting and floors; customer service standards such as uniforms, engagement, staffing levels, lines and check lanes, merchandising and cleanliness; IT systems including registers, intercom and store devices; loss prevention and shrink reporting; and health and safety controls across production areas, hygiene supplies, chemical storage, pest issues and refrigeration status. Use this template to drive consistent store walks and follow ups.
by Bill Reners, from the Community
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by John Marten, from the Community
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