Fresh Foods Clerk

Description:

About Caledonia Food Co-op

Caledonia Food Co-op is a member-owned grocery store that draws together the diverse communities of Caledonia County and surrounding areas in an inclusive space supporting food justice, local resilience, environmental stewardship, area food producers and a vibrant downtown St. Johnsbury.

Essential Job Duties

• Provide prompt, friendly and courteous customer service to include offering samples, answering questions, and making suggestions.
• Prepare, portion, and package product(s) per customer request.
• Ensure that the fresh food cases are clean, stocked, rotated, garnished, and appealing to customers during entirety of shift.
• Follow established sanitation procedures per health department code.
• Ability to enter correct PLU’s for products into the scale system.
• Wash dishes as needed/necessary
• Chopping, slicing, and cutting of food items with accuracy and precision
• Proper labeling, dating and storage of prepared food items

Additional Duties

• Assist in other duties/special projects as assigned

Essential Skills

• Good customer service skills for both internal and external customers
• Strong attention to detail
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to take direction and work independently
• Ability to multi-task and good organizational skills

Essential Mental & Physical Requirements

• Works with guidance from Department Manager
• Performs a variety of tasks as dictated by department demands
• Standing for long periods, bending, walking, reaching, and sitting
• Able to lift and carry up 30 lbs. on a limited basis

Requirements:

Experience and Educational Requirements

• There are no educational requirements, though deli or natural foods experience is a plus.

Other Qualifications

• Ability to safely and successfully perform essential job functions consistent with the ADA, FMLA & other federal, state & local standards - including meeting qualitative and/or quantitative productivity standards
• Ability to maintain reasonably regular, punctual attendance consistent with the ADA, FMLA & other federal, state and local standards
• Compliance with all personnel policies