CHEESE SHOP/MURRAY'S CHEESE

Kroger Family of Companies; Monroe (WA); On-site; USD 24,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Murray's Cheese Shop at Kroger is seeking a passionate Cheese Shop Associate to learn and support a full-service Murray's experience. You will cut, wrap, merchandise, and demonstrate cheese while engaging customers and promoting designated products.

Training and a boutique-style service approach are part of the role. Join a team that values quality, safety, and a high-energy, entertaining in-store experience.

Qualifications

• Retail experience is required.
• Interest in cheese and daily tastings.
• Clear, audience-appropriate communication.
• Able to inspire customers while completing tasks.
• Eager to learn and try new approaches.

Responsibilities

• Cut, wrap, and merchandise cheese and related items.
• Demo cheese in Murray's Cheese Shop, Deli, and other areas.
• Provide proactive customer service with tasting conversations.
• Conduct daily cheese tastings to expand product knowledge.
• Contribute to sales and gross profit goals.
• Follow health, safety and sanitation guidelines.
• Maintain stocked, signed, rotated product selection.
• Complete Murray's Basic Skills Training and Red Jacket Training.
• Create and maintain Murray's Boutique experience.
• Perform essential functions with/without accommodation.

Skills

Retail experience

Customer service

Cheese knowledge

Communication

Enthusiasm

Team motivation

Job description

Responsible for learning and supporting a full-service Murray's experience that will embody the food passion, cheese knowledge, interactive customer service, and industry leading merchandising that is uniquely Murray's Cheese. Work closely with in store Murray's Cheese Master to create an environment of outgoing, personal, theatrical cheese retailing within the store environment. Role model and demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety of others.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Cut, wrap, and merchandise cheese and related grocery items.
• Active demoing within the Murray's Cheese Shop, Deli and other areas.
• Proactive customer service: ongoing conversations and tasting with customers.
• Daily cheese tastings to develop product expertise; must be willing to taste cheese every day.
• Contribute to target sales and gross profit goals.
• Follow health, safety and sanitation guidelines for all products.
• Comply with Murray's operations manual and ensuring consistently fully stocked, fresh, signed, rotated product selection.
• Complete Murray's Basic Skills Training and Murray's Red Jacket Training.
• Create and maintain Murray's Boutique experience: education, service, effective cross‑selling, merchandising, pushing and promoting designated products.
• Must be able to perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodation.

QUALIFICATIONS Minimum

• A strong desire to learn, enthusiasm for the product, and an interest and willingness to try new and innovative approaches.
• Interest in, and openness to try, cheese daily
• Easily conveys ideas at the appropriate level based on audience
• Retail experience
• Super Foodie and supportive of cheese business initiatives
• Able to inspire, motivate customers while ensuring successful completion of all assigned tasks

$17.38 - $26.15 per hour