Meat Clerk

Kroger; Newport (KY); On-site; USD 25,000 - 35,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage

Flexible scheduling

Employee discounts

Tuition reimbursement

Career growth opportunities

Job summary

Kroger is seeking dedicated individuals to perform general clean-up and stock work in the Meat department while providing excellent customer service. Responsibilities include maintaining a clean environment, ensuring product quality, and assisting customers in a friendly manner.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate effective communication and teamwork skills. The position offers flexible scheduling with potential for growth and a variety of benefits, including healthcare coverage and tuition reimbursement.

Qualifications

• Willing to work weekends and holidays.
• Demonstrates effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Past work record reflects dependability and integrity.
• Previous experience in food preparation.
• Knowledge of applicable laws related to safety and food handling.

Responsibilities

• Wait on customers promptly and cheerfully.
• Unload and store merchandise and display foods according to standards.
• Monitor product quality and ensure freshness and safety.
• Keep work areas clean and organized.
• Operate cash register as applicable.

Skills

Verbal communication skills

Teamwork

Multi-tasking

Attention to detail

Ability to follow directions

Job description

Perform general clean-up and stock work in the Meat department and provide customer service. Demonstrate the company’s core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety.

Responsibilities

• Wait on customers and counter promptly and cheerfully. Greet customers and provide them with good quality food.
• Be prompt, tactful, calm, courteous, and professional in all interactions.
• Must be able to communicate with customers and associates.
• Make clean, neat, and friendly impression on customers.
• Unload and store merchandise, prepare and display foods in accordance with company standards, recipes, and policies.
• Perform required temperature monitoring.
• Monitor product quality; make sure it is always fresh and safe.
• Keep sales areas, backrooms, and coolers clean and well organized.
• Keep floors clean, safe and free from clutter.
• Wash and sanitize cookware and utensils in accordance with company and Health Department policies and procedures.
• Maintain proper signage, product rotation, freshness, quantity, quality and proper space allocation for merchandise.
• Maintain equipment and facilities properly and safely in accordance with company policies and procedures.
• Adhere to company policies and procedures, as well as State and Federal laws.
• Operate cash register in accordance with company procedures, as applicable.
• Ability to work cooperatively in high paced and sometimes stressful environment.
• Ability to manage conflict in a reasonable, nonconfrontational and cooperative manner.
• Ability to act with honesty and integrity regarding customer and business information.
• Ability to follow directions and seek assistance when necessary to resolve customer and business issues.
• Provide support and assistance through direct interaction with minors, individuals with special needs, and/or older adults.
• Must be able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation.

Qualifications

Minimum

• Willing to work weekends and holidays.
• Demonstrates effective written and verbal communication skills that engage our customers and associates.
• Able to read shelf tags, signs, product labels, training materials, and bulletins.
• Ability to multi-task, set priorities, present information in a professional manner and work with all levels of the organization.
• Personal initiative and follow through to completion.
• Ability to work as part of a team in a fast-paced environment.
• Must be able to work with various cleaning solutions, safely use sharp tools, and carefully operate all production equipment.
• Past work record reflects dependability and integrity.
• Previous experience in food preparation.
• Knowledge of applicable laws and regulations related to employment practices, safety, and food handling.
• Experience in grocery retail and customer service.

Job Info

• Job Identification 169561
• Job Category Store Operations
• Posting Date 01/07/2026, 10:21 AM
• Locations 130 Pavilion Pkwy, Newport, KY, 41071, US

Benefits

• 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.