Adams' Kitchen Associate I (Part Time, Flexible Schedule)

Adams Fairacre Farms, Inc.; Northern, New York (KY, NY); Hybrid; USD 18,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

Employee discount

Paid time off and holidays

DailyPay

Job summary

Adams Fairacre Farms, Inc. is seeking a Kitchen Associate I to support food preparation, keep the kitchen clean, and uphold safety and quality standards. You will help ensure fresh, high-quality products for customers, and provide friendly service.

The role emphasizes teamwork, reliability, and a positive attitude, with duties including stocking, labeling, assisting cooks, and communicating effectively with team members.

Qualifications

• Friendly, customer-focused service experience preferred.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced grocery environment.
• Willingness to learn kitchen operations and Adams' standards.

Responsibilities

• Provide friendly, knowledgeable service and assist customers with orders in person and over the phone
• Stock, rotate, and label products to ensure freshness, quality, and appealing displays
• Keep the hot bar, cold cases, and salad bar full, clean, and up to quality standards
• Monitor product levels and communicate with cooks when items run low
• Receive, weigh, and store deliveries accurately
• Maintain cleanliness in all areas, including dishes, counters, cases, and prep spaces
• Prioritize customer assistance over tasks to ensure a positive shopping experience

Skills

Customer service

Teamwork

Communication

Food safety awareness

Tools

Knives & slicer

Job description

Description

Kitchen Associate I

Reports To: Kitchen Manager

Who we are at Adams

At Adams, we prioritize creating a warm and welcoming environment for both our customers and team members. We believe exceptional customer service goes beyond meeting needs—it’s about treating everyone with genuine respect, kindness, and appreciation. Each team member is expected to greet customers personally, serve them with friendly, polite, and knowledgeable assistance, and always put customer needs above other tasks. Additionally, we value a workplace where employees treat each other with the same courtesy and respect as our customers, fostering a collaborative and supportive atmosphere that reflects our commitment to service excellence.

What we’re looking for

Adams employees are expected to provide friendly service to our valuable customers, ensuring that each experience reflects the commitment to providing quality products that Adams is known for. For the Kitchen Associate I, this means providing dependable support in food preparation, maintaining a clean and organized work environment, following safety and quality standards, and working efficiently to help ensure fresh, high-quality products are ready for our customers.

Your Day-to-Day

• Provide friendly, knowledgeable service and assist customers with orders in person and over the phone
• Stock, rotate, and label products to ensure freshness, quality, and appealing displays
• Keep the hot bar, cold cases, and salad bar full, clean, and up to quality standards
• Monitor product levels and communicate with cooks when items run low
• Receive, weigh, and store deliveries accurately
• Maintain cleanliness in all areas, including dishes, counters, cases, and prep spaces
• Prioritize customer assistance over tasks to ensure a positive shopping experience

What you bring to the Farm

• Knowledge and willingness to learn the inter-workings of the Kitchen
• Able to bring a friendly and helpful environment to all customers
• Ability to demonstrate and set the example for Adams’ culture and values
• Willingness to work collaboratively and communicate with a team of co-workers and managers
• Exhibit enthusiasm, positivity and/or knowledge about Adams’ products and quality

Working Conditions

• Must be 18 years old
• Consistently move, adjust, and position items weighing up to 50 pounds
• Ability to remain in a stationary position for duration of shift
• Safely operate and use knives, slicer, and any other equipment needed to operate the department
• Occasionally ascend/descend a stepstool, stepladder, and/or ladder
• Repeating motions that may include the wrists, hands and/or fingers for duration of shift
• Communicate with others to exchange information
• Moving self in different positions to accomplish tasks including in tight and confined spaces
• Be able to concentrate on tasks in order to avoid injury and waste of product

Perks of the Job

At Adams, we believe in recognizing and rewarding excellent work with competitive compensation and meaningful benefits. In addition to quality compensation, at Adams you can expect generous medical, dental and vision coverage (for applicable roles), voluntary benefits like pet insurance, paid time off and holiday pay, flexible pay schedules with DailyPay, and best of all, our generous Employee Discount.

The salary range for this position takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions – including skill sets, experience, training, certifications and other business needs.

At Adams, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their position, and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each situation. We’re committed to providing a supportive and rewarding environment that helps our team members thrive—both professionally and personally.

Disclaimer

The above statements are intended to describe the general responsibilities of this position. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and/or skills required for this position. It is understood that these responsibilities are subject to the needs of the business and therefore Adams retains the right to change or assign other duties to this position.

I understand that other responsibilities may be required and confirm that I am able to carry out the duties of this position.

Requirements

Primary focus of this position will be cooking, as well as stocking of prepared foods cases in department. Open availability needed on Sundays, flexibility for all other days of the week. Must be 18+ to qualify.