Food Service Associate

About This Role

This role is responsible for the daily operations of the store's deli and food service, ensuring high levels of sanitation, store appearance, and guest service. It involves preparing and cooking various food items, handling cash register transactions, and maintaining product displays.

Responsibilities

• Process cash register transactions, giving back change and refunds
• Learn to use register, scales, scanners, and debit/credit terminals
• Learn to use UPC codes, store signage, and memorize various register keys and codes
• Read UPC codes, product labels, shelf signage, register forms, and posted company policies/procedures
• Learn and work with deli ingredients including various meat items, vegetables and fruits, spices, nuts, flavorings, sauces and oils
• Use scale printer machines, ensuring weights and pricing are correct
• Monitor product pricing, signage, and placement as well as the use of product shelf tags and shelf signage
• Keep a clean, neat, and orderly check stand/sales counter and work production areas
• Prepare, wrap, box, weigh, slice, and stock deli/food service products, rotating them as necessary to ensure product quality and safety
• Prepare and cook deli and food service items, including fried foods, salads prepared on premise, sandwiches, roller grill items, hot and cold beverages, prepared meals, and snack items for hot and cold cases
• Work safely around sharp slicers, tools, and hot ovens and burners
• Display products following deli department and/or merchandising guidelines
• Take guest orders, ensuring orders are completed on time and to the guest’s satisfaction
• Perform other duties assigned by the Store Manager

Requirements

• High School Diploma or Equivalent
• Applicants must be at least 16 years old
• Flexibility to work weekend, holiday, and/or evening shifts and assist other locations as needed
• 2 years of food service or retail management experience
• Reliable transportation and an active driver’s license
• Ability to lift up to 25 pounds occasionally
• Ability to work in walk-in coolers and freezers
• Ability to stand for long periods of time, bend and twist below waist, and frequently lift and/or maneuver merchandise and supplies, as well as reaching above shoulder height
• Dexterous enough with hands and fingers so as to be able to use necessary equipment, including knives, slicers, burners, ovens, fryers, and rotisseries (use of knives, slicers, burners, ovens, fryers, and rotisseries for 18+)

Nice to have:

• Serv-safe certification
• Vocational or Technical Education

Benefits

• Competitive salaries and opportunities for growth
• Talent Development Team who create trainings for growth and job development
• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance

Important Details

• Schedule: flexibility to work weekend, holiday, and/or evening shifts

About the Company

Global Partners is a Fortune 500 company with over 90 years of experience, fueling communities responsibly and sustainably. They believe in taking care of their customers, guests, communities, and each other.