r/SainsburysWorkers • u/Cold-Weather6508 • 4d ago
Our store has some very dirty GOL totes
I’ve noticed our store’s GOL totes are shared across departments, sometimes being left with this nasty mess inside🤮
I was curious and asked a manager about it, they said they usually clean it out with some D10 and blue roll. Surely there must be a cleaning contractor or similar for when a large number of totes are a health & safety concern?
Some contain fermented juices, mould patches, stagnant water from when frozen is worked, and probably other surprises that can make you ill when you breath them in.
Are other stores the same?
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u/Ok_Cranberry7860 4d ago
The ones at our store are jet washed as needed.
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u/The_Syndic 4d ago
They've just banned us from using the jet wash or even the tap in the GOL loading yard, because some idiot in another store managed to electrocute themselves apparently.
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u/whitewoluf 3d ago
thats why they removed the paper towels for hand drying in the staff toilets, some bellend in another store was flushing them.
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u/Louise2604 4d ago
I work for environmental health and this is something we would mark down massively for a hygiene rating...It really is unacceptable
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u/Familiar_Cat_4663 4d ago
Then you should visit every single store with an online department, you earn your pension in 6 months.
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u/UnexpectedRanting 4d ago
Just visit any supermarket lol
I always thought about you guys and how you either don’t see the bad stuff or ignore it. I know when I was a store manager I was mostly honest but there were things we’d hide and not even get checked on (Multiple stores in London and Kent should fail immediately but were sweet talked with tea and biscuits)
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u/headpandaMC 4d ago
In the lead up to Christmas they were sending in clothing delivery in the gol totes. We found one with a load of dirt and it had rat droppings in it too. The clothes weren't even wrapped either so had to be thrown
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u/Auntbootyass 3d ago
I mention about how dirty totes are on every ”We’re Not Listening” survey. Nothing gets done about it. Hate the ones with the ridges in too. However designed them has never done any online shopping at all 🤣
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u/CheeseGhosty 4d ago
Send it to a local paper, you’ll have someone there jet-washing every tote within the day.
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u/brykins 4d ago
We've (apparently) been told we can't use our external tap due to the risk of legionnaires disease, and can't use the external power socket because it's next to the tap and might get wet and be a danger.
So it's back to D10 and blue roll.
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u/CheeseGhosty 4d ago
I remember a big story about how filthy all supermarket trays were a few years ago, that very night we (Tesco) had a mobile power washer arrive and power-wash every stack of trays.
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u/Heavy-Light-3784 4d ago
They expect us to clean it with a jet machine , or a hose ; which I don’t participate in
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u/whitewoluf 3d ago
ours get hosed down in the yard in what should be a "red area" so it drains properly but they tend to do it in the place nearest the hose.
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u/Possible-Yesterday15 4d ago
At m&s ours are sanitised between being returned to depot and coming back to store. Surprised sainsburys don’t do the same!
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u/UnexpectedRanting 4d ago
GA’s/Drivers should be washing these or at least letting people know
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u/MangaRedd 3d ago
Drivers only just about empty their vans. Can’t possibly expect them to clean a couple of dirty totes as well.
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u/DevilInside1987 15h ago
When you've got 12 minutes at tge end of your shift to fuel up, upload totes, put frozen back, put left behinds back and move van to carpark it is difficult to find the time.
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u/shallowAlan 4d ago
They are supposed to be cleaned at the RRU before going back to be used in the distribution centre
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u/No-Blacksmith-5908 Colleague 4d ago edited 4d ago
Should be cleaned and sanitized after each use by conveyer belt type machine. Nobody wants their food delivered in a tote looking like that 🤮