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Farmfoods is a supermarket chain. They specialise in frozen food.

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Farmfoods job reviews

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  • Best thing

    The people

    Worst thing

    Constant running about only 2 people in the shop at a time

    8.8

    Farmfoods Retail assistant, March 2024

  • Best thing

    Discount

    Worst thing

    Unreasonable break times, lack of availability uniform. Denied any drink if on tills (even water).
    Lack of communication and store tidiness is a joke

    3.4

    Farmfoods Sales assistant, February 2024

  • Best thing

    Nothing

    Worst thing

    Long hours, don't get paid for full breaks. Don't get paid for overtime as I'm salaried.
    No perks a part from 10% staff discount

    4.6

    Farmfoods Assistant manager, January 2024

  • Best thing

    the breaks and the discount

    Worst thing

    inexperienced manager, assistant manager was a bully and acted like the manager. No positive recognition, only negative. Was expected to complete tasks in an impossibly short amount of time. short staffed, constantly asking people to work overtime.

    3.4

    Farmfoods Customer service assistant, December 2023

  • Best thing

    You can develop yourself really quickly and progress up the ladder.

    Worst thing

    Long hours

    6.4

    Farmfoods Store manager, December 2023

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  • Best thing

    Wages

    Worst thing

    The early morning shift (5am)

    6.0

    Farmfoods Sales assistant, December 2023

  • Best thing

    Colleagues

    Worst thing

    Customers, pay, lack of training

    4.2

    Farmfoods Supervisor, November 2023

  • Best thing

    Work colleagues & 15% off

    Worst thing

    Shoplifters, heavy demand, under appreciated, fatigue and lack of training

    1.7

    Farmfoods Retail assistant, November 2023

  • Best thing

    Staff are great and try to create a good environment for everyone, also very inclusive and helpful when you need the help

    Worst thing

    It’s not understood how hard it is to do everything required, you are also scrutinised for a lot of small things from the area managers

    4.6

    Farmfoods Employee, August 2023

  • Best thing

    Customers are nice

    Worst thing

    Management aren’t

    1.6

    Farmfoods Retail assistant, July 2023

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  • Best thing

    Some of the people I work with

    Worst thing

    Lack of training

    1.2

    Farmfoods Supervisor, May 2023

  • Best thing

    Helping older or disabled customers, and chatting to them, getting them exactly what they need.

    Worst thing

    Continuous push down from above, working unreasonable and illegal hours to cover the fact they don’t want to hire enough staff, management never get their own breaks and half the time the staff are younger too which isn’t fair in anyone.

    2.4

    Farmfoods Supervisor, May 2023

  • Best thing

    The speed of how quickly the day goes because there is always something to do

    Worst thing

    The stress of achieving results which often seem extremely challenging

    8.0

    Farmfoods Branch manager, May 2023

  • Best thing

    Routine is always the same as long as your willing to put in the hard work it is enjoyable. Starting early to finish early is nice but working closes non stop can be depressing. Especially when it isn't rotated fairly.

    Worst thing

    The customers that think they own farmfoods.

    2.6

    Farmfoods Supervisor, March 2023

  • Best thing

    Christmas bonus

    Worst thing

    Underpaid, Manager is a tyrant, shifts aren’t spread out evenly

    1.7

    Farmfoods Retail assistant, February 2023

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  • Best thing

    Probably the breaks and the discounts

    Worst thing

    Non stop work and awful customers with supervisors not doing job correctly

    1.3

    Farmfoods Retail assistant, January 2023

  • Best thing

    Feel like you for in with anyone other then managers

    Worst thing

    Manager changes your holidays after you put in before anybody else and older employees get choice in holiday and new employees get theirs taken for the older employees to take

    1.1

    Farmfoods Supervisor, December 2022

  • Best thing

    Some of your colleagues, you see them so much they end up like your family

    Worst thing

    Unpaid overtime
    Will never be able to take your break, and if you are lucky enough to, it will definitely be interrupted within the first 5 minutes.
    Any complaints made to the manager or area manager will be ignored.
    Be asked to cover other stores at short notice.
    Shifts will change and you will not be told.
    Will constantly cut back hours, to the point where you are working 1 on 1 at busy times.

    1.5

    Farmfoods Supervisor, November 2022

  • Best thing

    Everyone respects the management team

    Worst thing

    Can be understaffed, busy, expects everything to be done on a daily basis when can be impossible

    7.0

    Farmfoods Supervisor, November 2022

  • Best thing

    Team work and great management

    Worst thing

    Pay

    5.5

    Farmfoods Supervisor, November 2022

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  • Best thing

    Discount and cheap prices along with weekly pay

    Worst thing

    Work load and pay

    2.8

    Farmfoods Retail assistant, November 2022

  • Best thing

    Keeps on me on my feet and keeps me busy

    Worst thing

    Stock takes and people complaining for something your not in control with

    8.6

    Farmfoods Retail assistant, October 2022

  • Best thing

    The staff are great and friendly.

    Worst thing

    They don’t have enough staff in and anything that I stolen is getting off are Christmas bonus, you’re expecting to have everything done at the end of the night if that is 5-6 pallets

    6.0

    Farmfoods Sales assistant, September 2022

  • Best thing

    Discount

    Worst thing

    Very repetitive and under appreciated.

    3.2

    Farmfoods Retail assistant, September 2022

  • Best thing

    Meeting friendly customers

    Worst thing

    Over worked and underpaid

    2.4

    Farmfoods Retail assistant, August 2022

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  • Best thing

    Discount and hours

    Worst thing

    Lack of staff.
    Constant things going wrong on shift without any assistance or help. Asked way too much for such a small team.

    7.6

    Farmfoods Retail assistant, August 2022

  • Best thing

    Getting to see my work mates as their the only people really in

    Worst thing

    Everything else

    3.3

    Farmfoods Retail assistant, August 2022

  • Best thing

    Talking to nice people

    Worst thing

    Dealing with rude people

    1.6

    Farmfoods Retail assistant, July 2022

  • Best thing

    -Amazing team in store
    -Good staff discount perk
    -Friendly customers
    -Shifts go quickly

    Worst thing

    -Lack of trust from higher management
    -Short staffing; there is a constant battle to get an endless list of jobs done
    -No sick pay
    -Long hours, with little/no opportunity to take a proper break

    1.7

    Farmfoods Supervisor, June 2022

  • Best thing

    The team I work with, the 15% off

    Worst thing

    Stock takes constantly, hard to get covered while sick, not enough staff

    3.9

    Farmfoods Sales assistant, June 2022

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  • Best thing

    Farmfoods is a relatively small retailer in comparison to its competitors, which means progressing in the business is pretty easy as long as you work hard. Other benefits of working for Farmfoods are the amazing and loyal staff, consistently working extremely hard to make shifts run smoothly. The 15% discount isn’t bad either.

    Worst thing

    Shifts vary a lot per week, meaning it can be hard to alter your personal body clock to meet the needs of the business. Some weeks I will do 4 open shifts, and other weeks I’ll just do close shifts. The business don’t tend to listen to their staff and make decisions that none of us really appreciate or understand and this leads to a lot of annoyance. Prices are also rising and the 15% discount essentially brings prices down to their original prices about three weeks ago. This should be considered when prices rise imo.

    4.2

    Farmfoods Duty manager, May 2022

  • Best thing

    Staff, flexible hours

    Worst thing

    Not enough staff, money, not getting paid for any extra work, not getting any extra for working bank Holidays

    5.5

    Farmfoods Assistant manager, May 2022

  • Best thing

    Get left alone

    Worst thing

    Old equipment and vehicles

    9.4

    Farmfoods HGV class 1 driver, May 2022

  • Best thing

    15% off discount and my colleagues

    Worst thing

    A lot, not getting your break on time or not getting it at all. Always having to pick up after other people. Constantly on your feet etc

    3.9

    Farmfoods Retail assistant, February 2022

  • Best thing

    Cheap products available at staff discount

    Worst thing

    Absolutely ridiculous rates of pay
    Overworked, never enough people, nobody lasts long

    1.0

    Farmfoods Employee, February 2022

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  • Best thing

    Happy environment, great work colleagues

    8.4

    Farmfoods Retail assistant, January 2022

  • Best thing

    15% discount

    Worst thing

    HEAVY workload, lazy management, no security. Tri weekly stock takes

    1.2

    Farmfoods Retail assistant, January 2022

  • Best thing

    Team I work with ,weekly pay and discount

    Worst thing

    Less staff , sometimes don’t get a break , dealing wiv shoplifters ,

    4.1

    Farmfoods Retail assistant, January 2022

  • Best thing

    My supervisor

    Worst thing

    Not treated with respect

    1.6

    Farmfoods Retail assistant, December 2021

  • Best thing

    Leaving after my shift

    Worst thing

    Constant bullying, changes to shift without being asked, injury at work and all the cared about was if I could come back in to work

    1.0

    Farmfoods Retail assistant, December 2021

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  • Best thing

    discounts

    Worst thing

    pay
    understaffed
    unpayed breaks
    some times don’t get breaks

    3.0

    Farmfoods Retail assistant, December 2021

  • Worst thing

    staying later than scheduled
    changes to rota
    weird customers
    if you’re ill you’re expected to keep working
    if you go home from illness you’re shunned

    1.2

    Farmfoods Sales assistant, December 2021

  • Best thing

    Serving Customers

    Worst thing

    Challenging shop lifters

    9.0

    Farmfoods Retail assistant, September 2021

  • Best thing

    Money

    Worst thing

    Too many stocktakes Boring

    3.9

    Farmfoods Assistant manager, August 2021

  • Best thing

    discount

    Worst thing

    over order not enough room put stock out having stand while on till not having enough staff all time cut hours or have 1 one 1 at busy times stock counts very oftern no security list goes on

    2.1

    Farmfoods Retail assistant, August 2021

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  • Worst thing

    Delivery turning up late not enough staff

    3.7

    Farmfoods Supervisor, June 2021

  • Best thing

    no pressure for sales/budgets. just want a clean tidy store. good availability and friendly staff

    Worst thing

    5am deliveries/start time. ok when you get there, but a very early alarm clock

    8.7

    Farmfoods Supervisor, May 2021

  • Best thing

    The discount

    Worst thing

    The having to juggle a staffs load of work all to yourself, Being forced to stay back every time for a extra hour or so of unpaid labour

    1.2

    Farmfoods Retail assistant, May 2021

  • Best thing

    Working with the people I like and not getting bossed about

    Worst thing

    Getting bossed about when no one else is

    4.3

    Farmfoods Retail assistant, May 2021

  • Best thing

    The discount and low priced foods

    Worst thing

    Shifts can be changed hours before, never appreciated for hard work, 1 on 1 over worked and understaffed to save money when we need it

    3.0

    Farmfoods Customer assistant, May 2021