Bakery/Deli Clerk

Kroger in; Bowling Green (OH); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a leading grocery store chain as a Bakery/Deli Clerk, where you will create an outstanding customer experience by offering exceptional service and maintaining a clean environment. This role includes assisting with product preparation, engaging with customers, and adhering to safety standards, ensuring a vibrant shopping atmosphere that aligns with the chain's core values.

Benefits

Extensive healthcare coverage

Flexible scheduling

Tuition reimbursement

Employee Assistance Program

Discounts on purchases

Qualifications

• Ability to provide excellent service and maintain a safe environment.
• Willingness to learn and support diverse customers.
• Capable of managing tasks in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Offer product samples to customers.
• Maintain product freshness and proper portion sizes.
• Adhere to food safety regulations.

Skills

Customer Service

Food Safety Knowledge

Teamwork

Job description

Bakery/Deli Clerk (Finance)

Create an outstanding customer experience through exceptional service. Establish and maintain a safe and clean environment that encourages our customers to return. Assist the department manager in reaching sales and profit goals established for the department and monitor all quality assurance standards. Embrace the Customer 1st strategy and encourage associates to deliver excellent customer service. Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety of others.

From a small Cincinnati grocery store over a century ago, we've grown into the nation's largest grocer with nearly 2,800 stores in 35 states operating under 28 different names. As America's grocer, we pride ourselves on bringing diverse teams together with a passion for food and people. Our purpose is: To Feed the Human Spirit. We continuously innovate to create memorable experiences for our customers, communities, and colleagues, with food at the core.

Here, people matter. We aim to provide the ingredients you need to craft your own success story at work and in life. We support your growth with value and care. If you're caring, purpose-driven, and eager to learn, your potential is limitless.

Whether seeking a part-time role or a new career path, we have an opportunity for you. Apply today to join our Kroger family!

What you'll receive from us:

The Kroger Family of Companies offers comprehensive benefits to support your well-being, including physical, emotional, financial, and more. We help you thrive with access to:

• Extensive healthcare coverage, including medical, dental, vision, and prescriptions, through company or union plans.
• Flexible scheduling for full- and part-time roles with paid time off, including holidays and sick leave based on eligibility and tenure.
• Support services such as free counseling through our Employee Assistance Program and confidential financial coaching via Goldman Sachs Ayco.
• Discounts on purchases, including food, travel, technology, and more.
• Up to $21,000 in tuition reimbursement over your career through our Continuing Education program.
• Opportunities for growth through industry-leading training and diverse career pathways.

For more details, visit our Benefits Page.

Responsibilities include:

• Offering product samples to help customers discover new items.
• Informing customers about bakery and deli specials.
• Providing customers with fresh products, ensuring correct portion sizes to prevent shrink.
• Recommending bakery or deli items to meet customer needs.
• Using bakery equipment such as refrigerators, freezers, slicers, and ovens according to guidelines.
• Preparing foods per temperature logs and cooking instructions.
• Measuring, preparing, and mixing ingredients as per recipes.
• Packaging, labeling, and inventorying ingredients and merchandise.
• Checking product quality and freshness, reviewing 'sell by' dates.
• Properly using kitchen equipment including stoves, scales, fryers, and steamers.
• Labeling, stocking, and inventorying department merchandise.
• Reporting discrepancies in product ordering or shipping.
• Understanding store layout to locate products for customers.
• Staying current with store promotions and ads.
• Maintaining knowledge of products and responding to customer inquiries.
• Monitoring inventory and stocking conditions.
• Ensuring proper temperature maintenance in cases and coolers, keeping logs.
• Promoting trust and respect among staff.
• Creating a welcoming environment for customers.
• Adhering to food safety regulations and safety procedures.
• Practicing preventive maintenance and reporting equipment issues.
• Reporting customer or employee accidents.
• Working cooperatively in a high-paced, sometimes stressful environment.
• Managing conflicts professionally.
• Acting with honesty and integrity regarding customer and business information.
• Following directions and seeking help to resolve issues.
• Supporting and assisting diverse customers, including minors, individuals with special needs, and seniors.
• Performing essential functions with or without reasonable accommodations.