I currently work at a sprouts in scottsdale.
Its a terrible company, you can spend years there under employment and they will REFUSE to give raises unless somebody is sleeping with a manager. Not a single person in the store knows where ANY of our product comes in from other than "Somewhere in mexico or random states across the US."
Did you, the consumers, also know that the head huncho douchebags that call themselves the High Ups will call the stores and SPECIFICALLY tell ALL the employees to hold certain items for them and not for the customers? I.E, if they need 100 sandwiches, and that uses up the bread for the day, we are to tell each and every one of the customers that we are out and cannot serve them, They have said, and I quote "We come before the customers every time."
Its a terrible store. The things we have to do to clear bugs from our product simply include tossing the bugs out, and if the product still looks OK, we are to put it back onto the shelves to be purchased. The trays that are used to cook foods on, like your deli bars, the baking trays, meat racks, etc, are not cleaned properly. The typical way to clean those dishes are to quickly shower them in the soapy water, spray them off with more water, and let them sit to dry. Nobody scrubs it down.
The produce we get is also NOT as great as everybody thinks. Fry's Marketplace gets the first pick of all fresh produce, after that its lattered down from the biggest grocery stores down to the smallest.
9/10 you can find cheaper produce prices at Albertsons, Fry's, Wholefoods (Even for as pricey as they are, there are a LOT of items that they carry for CHEAPER than what Sprouts will sell them for)
We are also told to limit what we give out for samples and such, to cut loss of our shrink at the end of the day.
Oh and also, did you know that sprouts supports 16 year old girls having relationships with older men? They play Your Sweet, Your 16, and Your MIne on average about 40 times a day. Don't know about others out there, but I certainly am NOT okay with that FILTH that they call music. They need to grow up and learn this is the new age.
Another great tip for you all, we NEVER check the receipts, if you grab something from the store, and walk up to a register to say you wish to return something, 9 times out of 10 if you say you do not have the receipt, they will refund you anyways, or at least give you store credit.
Terrible prices, terrible management, horrible produce, insect infested place. That is what Sprouts really is. I have multiple sources from multiple stores all throughout Arizona that can even testify with all this. For your own sake, shop somewhere more trustworthy. I NEVER shop at a sprouts, I just unfortunately work there. I usually shop at Fry's, bigger and better selection, and more friendlier management/teams in those stores. read more