Part-Time Retail Assistant – Early Starts – Farmfoods – Bolton, Greater Manchester

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Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Part-Time Retail Assistant to join their friendly team in Bolton. This role is perfect for individuals looking for a flexible work schedule with early morning shifts. You'll engage with customers, assist them in finding products, and ensure a tidy shopping environment. This position offers a supportive atmosphere where you can grow your career with training opportunities and potential promotions. If you're ready to contribute to a positive shopping experience while enjoying great benefits, this role could be your next step in a rewarding career.

Benefits

6 weeks holiday

15% staff discount

Free life assurance

Staff benefits package

Training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Positive attitude and strong work ethic are essential.
• Reliability and flexibility in shift timings are crucial.

Responsibilities

• Welcome customers with a friendly smile and assist them.
• Handle stock deliveries and maintain shop cleanliness.
• Provide fast and friendly service at the tills.

Skills

Customer Service

Teamwork

Reliability

Flexibility

Education

No formal education required

Job description

Part-Time Retail Assistant – Early Starts – Farmfoods – Bolton, Greater Manchester

Farmfoods is hiring a Part-Time Retail Assistant to join their friendly and hardworking team in Bolton, Greater Manchester. This is a fantastic opportunity for individuals with a positive attitude, strong work ethic, and a passion for delivering excellent customer service.

The role offers 20 hours per week with early morning starts, ideal for candidates seeking a flexible work schedule in a fast-paced retail environment.

If you’re looking to join a well-established retailer that values its team and supports career growth, apply now and become part of the Farmfoods family.

About Farmfoods

Farmfoods is a long-established British retailer that has been serving communities for over 60 years. Originating from a butcher shop in Aberdeen, the business has expanded to operate more than 300 stores and four distribution centres across the UK. Committed to offering customers the best value on popular food products and everyday household essentials, Farmfoods continues to uphold its reputation for affordability and simplicity.

As a privately-owned, family-run business, Farmfoods is uniquely led by its owners who are actively involved in day-to-day operations. This hands-on leadership fosters a culture of accountability, integrity, and a shared passion among its diverse team of around 4,000 employees. Whether in retail stores, distribution centres, or office settings, each team member is empowered to take ownership of their role and contribute to a smooth, customer-focused operation.

Farmfoods prioritises function over flash, designing stores to be efficient and eliminating unnecessary costs. This streamlined approach allows the company to pass on maximum savings to customers. With a clear focus on long-term value and customer satisfaction, Farmfoods continues to do things differently—delivering a hassle-free, great-value shopping experience that reflects its core values and mission.

Position: Retail Assistant

Job Type: Part-Time

About the Role

We are looking to recruit a new retail assistant for our shop in Bolton, Greater Manchester. We offer a permanent part-time position working a variety of shifts, with a minimum of 20 hours worked over 4 days from 7 each week, including weekends.

Please note that this position will require you to be available for shifts starting early in the morning. This position may not be suitable for you if you are not available for early morning work.

The amount that you will earn depends on your age:

Ages 16-20 = £10.10 per hour

Ages 21+ = £12.31 per hour

In addition to your pay you will also benefit from:

• 6 weeks holiday each year.
• Great training and development opportunities.
• 15% staff discount to use in any of our 300+ shops on a great range of food and household essentials.
• Free life assurance.
• A staff benefits package which includes a virtual GP as well as discounted services and products such as cinema tickets, gym memberships, days out and travel.

Responsibilities

As one of our retail assistants you will:

• Make all of our customers feel welcome with a friendly smile and simple hello.
• Help customers find the items that they are looking for.
• Give a fast and friendly service at the tills, always offering help to pack and leaving a good impression with a friendly thank you and goodbye.
• Handle stock with care whilst working deliveries, quickly placing products into our freezers and onto our shelves ready for our customers to buy.
• Work with the rest of your team to complete the daily and weekly routines that keep our shops safe, clean and tidy.

Requirements

You will need:

• A friendly, positive, hard-working approach to work.
• To enjoy being busy as there is always something to do. You’ll jump from putting out deliveries to serving on the till, helping customers on the shop floor, completing important cleaning and stock rotation routines and more!
• To be reliable as you will be an important part of a small team. Your colleagues and customers will depend upon you to do your best on each shift and not let the team down.
• A bit of flexibility when it comes to your shifts. When other members of your team are off enjoying their holidays, we may need you to work slightly different hours to cover for them. Rota’s are planned three weeks in advance and your commitments outside of work will always be taken into consideration when planning your shifts.

More than just a job:

Many people come to us for a part-time job to earn a bit of money whilst they are studying at school, college or university and others find that it fits in well around other commitments like raising a family.

If you decide to stick around then there are many opportunities for a career at Farmfoods. We have some great training programmes and always look to promote to Shop and Area Manager positions from within. Many people in management and central services positions at Farmfoods started their careers in our shops, so this could be the start of a rewarding career for you.

Required Documents

• CV/Resume

Application Process

To apply for this part-time role, please CLICK HERE