GROCERY/COURTESY CLERK

Kroger; Anchorage (AK); On-site; USD 26,000 - 34,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage

Flexible scheduling

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Kroger is hiring for an on-site store associate in Anchorage, AK. You will deliver exceptional customer service, assist shoppers, bag items, and support cashiers while maintaining safety and cleanliness across the store.

The role emphasizes friendly interactions, product knowledge, and adherence to store policies. Flexible part-time scheduling is available to fit various shifts and customer needs.

Qualifications

• Must be able to meet the minimum physical demands of the position.
• Must be 16 or older.
• Ability to handle stressful situations.
• Knowledge of basic math: counting, addition, and subtraction.

Responsibilities

• Promote trust and respect among associates.
• Create an environment where customers feel welcome and appreciated by answering questions about products.
• Gain and maintain knowledge of products and respond with suggestions.
• Assist with customer requests; retrieving, lifting and locating product.
• Greet customers, help load merchandise, bag items and thank customers.
• Assist in removing customer merchandise from bottom of basket for checkout.
• Follow bagging preferences and best bagging practices across bag types.
• Offer loading assistance to customers to their cars.
• Control shrink by following company initiatives and inspecting baskets and carts.
• Retrieve carts from parking area and return to designated areas.
• Know store layout to locate products and perform price checks for cashiers.
• Observe shift operating hours and maintain a positive attitude.
• Reinforce safety programs and report unsafe conditions to management.
• Log and execute safety sweeps on the sales floor every half hour.
• Notify management of accidents; report safety risks or illegality.

Skills

Customer service

Stress management

Basic math

Job description

Create an outstanding customer experience through exceptional service. Establish and maintain a safe and clean environment that encourages our customers to return. 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.

Responsibilities

• P romote trust and respect among associates.
• Create an environment that enables customers to feel welcome, important and appreciated by answering questions regarding products sold within the store.
• Gain and maintain knowledge of products sold within the department and be able to respond to questions and make suggestions about products.
• Assist with customer requests; retrieving, lifting and locating product.
• Greet customers, help customers load merchandise on the conveyor belt, bag merchandise and thank customers.
• Assist in removing customer’s merchandise from bottom of bascart for checkout.
• Properly and politely follow all customer requests on bagging preferences.
• Follow best practices for bagging items in various types of bags, such as reusable/plastic/paper, while ensuring that contents or items are not damaged.
• Offer assistance to customers with loading bags into their car.
• Control shrink by following all company shrink initiatives including but not limited to: bottom of basket inspections, cart transfers, proper placement of all go-backs.
• Retrieve carts from the parking area using a cart strap, pushing no more than 6 carts at once, and return them to designated areas.
• Understand the store’s layout and have the ability to locate products and conduct price checks for cashiers.
• Observe scheduled shift operating hours.
• Display a positive, friendly attitude.
• Reinforce safety programs by complying with safety procedures and identify unsafe conditions and notify store management.
• Execute, maintain and log a legitimate safety sweeps program by inspecting entire sales floor every half hour.
• Notify management of customer or employee accidents.
• Maintain cleanliness standards on, but not limited to: lobbies, vending machines, restrooms, total sales floor, spills, check stands, carts, hand baskets, and front of building/parking lot.
• Report all safety risks or issues, and illegal activity, including: robbery, theft or fraud.
• Collaborate with Front-end associates to encourage teamwork.
• Adhere to all local, state and federal laws, and company guidelines.
• Ensure that all current merchandising, customer service, cash control, labor control, expense and supply controls, loss prevention, maintenance, safety, food safety, associate and customer engagement rules are being followed.
• Must be able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation.

Qualifications

Minimum

• Must be able to meet the minimum physical demands of the position
• Must be 16 or older
• Ability to handle stressful situations
• Knowledge of basic math: counting, addition, and subtraction

Job Info

• Job Identification 226823
• Job Category Store Operations
• Posting Date 09/05/2026, 08:10 PM
• Locations 2300 Abbott Rd, Anchorage, AK, 99507, US

The Kroger Family of Companies offers comprehensive benefits to support your Associate Well-Being, including Physical, Emotional, Financial and more. We'll help you thrive, with access to:

• A wide range of healthcare coverage, including affordable, comprehensive medical, dental, vision and prescription coverage, through company plans or collective bargaining agreement plans.
• Flexible scheduling in full- and part-time roles with paid time off, including holiday and sick pay based on eligibility and length of service.
• Emotional and financial support with free counseling through our Employee Assistance Program and free, confidential financial tools and coaching.
• Valuable associate discounts on purchases, including food, travel, technology and so much more.
• Up to $21,000 in tuition reimbursement over your career, through our industry-leading Continuing Education program.
• Vast potential for growth, through an abundance of industry-leading training programs and diverse career pathways.

From one tiny Cincinnati grocery store more than a century ago, we've grown into what today is the nation's largest grocer with nearly 2,800 stores in 35 states operating under 28 different names. As America's grocer, we take pride in bringing diverse teams with a passion for food and people together with one common purpose: To Feed the Human Spirit. With a history of innovation, we work tirelessly to create amazing experiences for our customers, communities AND each other, with food at the heart of it all.
Here, people matter. That's why we strive to provide the ingredients you need to create your own recipe for success at work and in life. We help feed your future by providing the value and care you need to grow. If you're caring, purpose-driven and hungry to learn, your potential is unlimited.
Whether you're seeking a part-time position or a new career path, we've got a fresh opportunity for you.