Meat Dept Associate: Fresh Service & Safety

Kroger; Carbondale (IL); On-site; USD 24,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Kroger is seeking a Meat Department team member to assist customers, stock, and maintain a clean, safe, and compliant department. The role requires friendly service, attention to detail, and the ability to handle high-paced situations while following company policies and food safety rules.

Responsibilities include greeting customers, stocking displays, monitoring temperatures, operating the register, and coordinating with teammates to ensure quality and safety across the department.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Wait on customers and counter promptly and cheerfully, greet customers and provide high 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 per standards and policies.
• Perform required temperature monitoring.
• Monitor product quality to ensure freshness and safety.
• Keep sales areas, backrooms, and coolers clean and organized.
• Wash and sanitize cookware and utensils per policies.
• Operate cash register according to procedures.

Skills

Customer service

Communication

Teamwork

Multi-tasking

Job description

Kroger is seeking a Meat Department team member to assist customers, stock, and maintain a clean, safe, and compliant department. The role requires friendly service, attention to detail, and the ability to handle high-paced situations while following company policies and food safety rules.

Responsibilities include greeting customers, stocking displays, monitoring temperatures, operating the register, and coordinating with teammates to ensure quality and safety across the department.