Customer-Focused Food Service Associate | Flexible Hours

Applegreen (US) Welcome Centers; Columbia (NJ); On-site; USD 16,531 - 23,419; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Schedules

Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance

Paid Time Off

401(k) with Company Match

Earned Wage Access – Pay on Demand

Education Assistance

Employee Referral Bonus

Meal Discount

Pet Insurance

Job summary

Applegreen USA Welcome Centers is hiring Team Members to deliver outstanding customer service at our travel plazas. You will handle orders, payments at the POS, food prep, stocking, and maintain cleanliness across kitchen and dining areas.

You will follow safety and brand standards, assist customers, and work a flexible schedule including days, nights, weekends, and holidays. Previous cash handling and food-service experience is a plus.

Qualifications

• Demonstrates the ability to interact with the public and coworkers in a friendly, enthusiastic, and outgoing manner.
• Cash handling and customer service experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Consistently provide friendly customer service by engaging in positive, helpful interactions with customers (travelers).
• Operate point-of-sale (POS) system, accurately process & receive payment from customers, and follow all customer service and cash handling policies and procedures.
• Ensure proper food handling procedures are followed including wrapping, labelling, dating, stocking, storing, rotating, and checking temperature of products.
• Complete a variety of kitchen-related tasks including prepping, thawing, cooking, packaging, wrapping, and cleaning.
• Stock, clean, and sanitize workstation and equipment.
• Actively cross‑sell and up‑sell products.
• Maintain a solid knowledge of products and services available in the plaza.
• Follow required brand standards, food safety requirements, as well as all company policies and procedures.
• Execute a variety of other tasks as assigned.

Skills

Customer service

Cash handling

POS system operation

Communication skills

Tools

POS system

Job description

Applegreen USA Welcome Centers is hiring Team Members to deliver outstanding customer service at our travel plazas. You will handle orders, payments at the POS, food prep, stocking, and maintain cleanliness across kitchen and dining areas.

You will follow safety and brand standards, assist customers, and work a flexible schedule including days, nights, weekends, and holidays. Previous cash handling and food-service experience is a plus.