Retail Assistants

Farmfoods; Bury St Edmunds; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A retail company in Bury St Edmunds is seeking a friendly and hardworking Retail Assistant for a part-time position. This role requires working at least 8 hours across 2 days weekly, including evenings and weekends. Responsibilities include assisting customers, managing stock deliveries, and maintaining shop cleanliness. Ideal candidates should be reliable, adaptable, and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment. Competitive pay and benefits including holiday and staff discounts are offered, along with opportunities for career advancement.

Benefits

6 weeks holiday

15% staff discount

Staff benefits package

Great training and development opportunities

Free life assurance

Qualifications

• Friendly, positive, hardworking approach to work.
• Enjoy being busy and adaptable to various tasks.
• Dependable and reliable as part of a small team.

Responsibilities

• Provide friendly customer service and assistance.
• Manage stock deliveries and organize items for sale.
• Complete daily and weekly shop routines for cleanliness and safety.

Skills

Friendly attitude

Reliability

Flexibility

Job description

Retail Assistant – Part Time, Evenings & Weekends

We are looking to recruit a new retail assistant for our shop in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. This permanent part‑time position works a variety of shifts, with a minimum of 8 hours worked across 2 days per week, including weekends.

Hours: 8 hours across 2 days per week.

• Pay: £10.10 – £12.31 per hour (depending on age)
• Benefits: 6 weeks holiday, 15% staff discount, staff benefits package, and more!

Availability: This position requires availability for shifts on weekday evenings and all day on Saturday and Sunday. It may not be suitable for you if you cannot work at these times.

Pay & Benefits

• Ages 16‑20: £10.10 per hour
• Ages 21+: £12.31 per hour

• 6 weeks holiday each year
• Great training and development opportunities
• 15% staff discount for use in any of our 300+ shops
• A smart uniform
• Free life assurance
• Staff benefits package (virtual GP, discounted cinema tickets, gym memberships, days out, travel)

Responsibilities

• Make all of our customers feel welcome with a friendly smile and simple hello.
• Help customers find the items 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.

Qualifications

• A friendly, positive, hardworking approach to work.
• Enjoy being busy; you will jump from deliveries to till work, to shop floor service, to cleaning and stock rotation.
• Reliable: a key part of a small team, dependability on each shift.
• Flexibility with shifts; rota planned three weeks in advance, commitments considered.

More than just a job

Many people come to us for a part‑time job to earn a bit of money while studying, or fit it around other commitments like raising a family. If you decide to stay, there are many opportunities for a career at Farmfoods, with training programmes and promotion to Shop and Area Manager positions from within.

A bit about us

Farmfoods is a family business that prides itself on offering customers great value, quality products, clean tidy shops, and a friendly team. We aim to provide sensational value with an 'old fashioned', genuine customer experience.

Our Retail Assistants are important; they serve hundreds of customers each week and embody the Farmfoods reputation.