Cafe Cashier, Retail & Food Service Associate

Daily Docket Café; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 19,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Shared tip pool

Job summary

Daily Docket Café in San Antonio (Downtown) is seeking a friendly Café Team Member to support cashier, retail, beverage, and food-service operations. This hands-on role entails rotating between cash register, barista, and kitchen tasks to help guests quickly and accurately.

You will enter orders in POS, handle payments, restock, and maintain clean, inviting displays. Prior cashier or retail experience is preferred; a Food Handler Certificate is required by state/local rules.

Qualifications

• Previous cashier, restaurant, café, retail, or customer-service experience is preferred but not required.
• Must obtain and maintain a valid Food Handler Certificate that meets all applicable state and local requirements.
• Friendly and professional communication skills.
• Dependable attendance and punctuality.

Responsibilities

• Greet guests and provide friendly, helpful service.
• Accurately enter orders into the POS system.
• Process cash, credit card, and other payments.
• Maintain a clean and organized front-of-house and display areas.
• Restock retail merchandise and supplies as needed.
• Operate beverage and food-service equipment safely.
• Collaborate with kitchen and management teams.
• Rotate between cashier, retail, barista, and kitchen duties as needed.

Skills

Cash handling

Customer service

POS systems

Teamwork

Education

Food Handler Certificate

Tools

Cash register

Job description

Position:Cafe Cashier, Retail & Food Service Associate

Location: San Antonio (Downtown), TX

Job Id:134

# of Openings:3

Daily Docket Café is looking for a friendly, dependable, and energetic Café Team Member to support our cashier, retail, beverage, and food-service operations. This is a hands-on, cross-functional position for someone who enjoys helping guests, staying active, and working as part of a team.

Café Team Members begin with a primary focus on cashier and guest-service responsibilities and are expected to cross-train in barista and kitchen positions. Team members may rotate between workstations based on business needs, scheduling, and training progress.

Key Responsibilities

• Welcome guests promptly and provide friendly, helpful service.
• Accurately enter kitchen, beverage, and retail orders into the point-of-sale system.
• Process cash, credit card, and other approved payment transactions responsibly.
• Maintain an accurate cash drawer and follow all cash-handling procedures.
• Answer guest questions and assist with menu selections and retail purchases.
• Run prepared food from the kitchen and beverages from the barista station to guests after payment.
• Maintain awareness of guests throughout the café and respond promptly to service needs.
• Stock and restock retail merchandise, drip coffee supplies, condiments, beverages, and service-area items.
• Properly label, date, store, organize, and rotate products using FIFO procedures.
• Inspect products for freshness, quality, proper temperature, and expiration dates.
• Maintain attractive, organized, and fully stocked retail and food-display areas.
• Assist with receiving, inspecting, organizing, and putting away vendor deliveries.
• Store delivered products promptly in the appropriate retail, dry-storage, refrigerated, or frozen areas.
• Operate assigned front-of-house and beverage equipment safely and properly, including:
  • Point-of-sale systems
  • Coffee grinders
  • Drip coffee machines
  • Ice machines
  • Water-dispensing machines
  • Coolers
  • Retail standing coolers
  • Cold display tables
  • Hot display tables
• Monitor equipment and product temperatures as required.
• Report damaged, unsafe, or malfunctioning equipment to management.
• Complete all assigned opening, closing, and running side-work checklists.
• Maintain clean and organized guest, retail, beverage, and service areas.
• Clean and sanitize equipment, counters, display areas, coolers, and service stations according to company procedures.
• Complete routine and deep-cleaning assignments, including trash removal.
• Follow food-safety, sanitation, cash-handling, and workplace-safety procedures.
• Communicate effectively with the kitchen, barista, and management teams.
• Participate in cross-training for barista and kitchen duties.
• Rotate between cashier, retail, barista, food-running, and kitchen-support positions as assigned.
• Perform other reasonable duties necessary to support café operations.

Qualifications

• Previous cashier, restaurant, café, retail, or customer-service experience is preferred but not required.
• Friendly and professional communication skills.
• Dependable attendance and punctuality.
• Ability to learn multiple positions and work effectively in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong attention to accuracy, cleanliness, product quality, and guest service.
• Ability to follow written checklists, recipes, procedures, and manager instructions.
• Comfortable handling cash and using a point-of-sale system.
• Ability to safely operate beverage, retail, refrigeration, and food-display equipment.
• Ability and willingness to receive, organize, stock, and rotate products.
• Must be willing to work as part of a shared team rather than remain at one assigned station.
• Must obtain and maintain a valid Food Handler Certificate that meets all applicable state and local requirements.

Physical Requirements

This position requires the ability to:

• Stand and walk for extended periods.
• Bend, reach, lift, carry, push, pull, and perform repetitive tasks.
• Safely lift and carry supplies, products, trash, food, and equipment weighing up to 30 pounds.
• Assist with moving and putting away vendor deliveries.
• Work around hot food, hot beverages, refrigerated equipment, kitchen equipment, and cleaning products.
• Maintain an active pace throughout the scheduled shift.

Compensation and Tips

The hourly pay range for this position is $14.00-$16.00 per hour, based on experience and qualifications.

Eligible team members participate in a shared tip pool with other qualified café employees. Tips are distributed according to the company's tip-pool policy and hours worked. Tip amounts are not guaranteed and may vary based on sales and guest participation.

What We're Looking For

The ideal candidate notices what needs to be done, takes initiative, and is willing to help wherever needed. Success in this role requires a guest-first attitude, attention to detail, flexibility, and a commitment to keeping the café clean, stocked, organized, and ready for service.