Meat Wrapper

Brookshire Grocery Company; Arkadelphia (AR); On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive medical, vision, dental, and prescription coverage

Paid time off

401(k) plan

Employee discounts

Scholarships and educational support

Access to outdoor recreation area

Job summary

A retail grocery company located in Arkadelphia is seeking an individual to prepare meat products, ensuring displays are fresh and compliant with safety standards. The ideal candidate will have customer service skills and must be at least 18 years old, with a Food Handler certification required. The job involves packaging, labeling, and promoting meat products in a retail environment, ensuring high-quality customer service.

Qualifications

• Minimum age of 18 years required.
• Food Handler certification is mandatory.
• One or more years of related experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Prepares processed meat by packaging and labeling products.
• Maintains quality control and food safety standards.
• Promotes product sales through suggestive selling.

Skills

Ability to read digital equipment

Customer service orientation

Teamwork

Communication skills

Attention to safety

Education

Food Handler certification

Related experience (1+ years preferred)

Tools

Manual and electric pallet jack

Precision and non-precision hand tools

Job description

Overview

Brookshire Grocery Company (BGC), based in Tyler, Texas, is home to five banners—Brookshire's Grocery Company, Super 1 Foods, Spring Market, Fresh by Brookshire's, and Reasor's—operating over 215 stores across Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Oklahoma. We’re committed to creating a workplace where you can thrive, with opportunities for growth and impact. BGC is an Equal Opportunity Employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity and sexual orientation), national origin, age, disability, genetic information or military status and any other trait protected by law.

Here’s What Sets Us Apart:

• Wellness that works for you: Comprehensive medical, vision, dental, and prescription coverage.
• Flexibility and freedom: Paid time off to relax, recharge, and enjoy life.
• Ownership that empowers: 401(k) plan to help you build a solid future that the Company contributes to.
• Savings for your lifestyle: Exclusive employee discounts on the things you need most.
• Investing in your dreams: Scholarships and educational support to fuel your growth.
• Adventure awaits: Access to a 205-acre outdoor recreation area for unwinding, connecting, and having fun.

When you join BGC, you’re not just starting a job—you’re becoming part of something bigger. We’re here to support your goals, inspire your journey, and celebrate your wins.

Job Summary

Prepares meat products by weighing, wrapping and labeling; ensures market and seafood display cases are kept full, rotated, and fresh with prepackaged meats; and promotes customer service.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Prepares processed meat for display by properly packaging and labeling products. Ensures correct product pricing and display signage according to sale ads.
• Adheres to quality control and food safety standards by stocking and rotating market products. Ensures that coolers and freezers are organized according to Company guidelines. Adheres to all governmental product origin labeling.
• Makes judgments about texture, color, and aroma to inspect product for freshness.
• Promotes product sales through use of suggestive selling initiatives.
• Stacks pallets and sorts product into correct locations according to Company efficiency standards and expectations.
• Provides friendly and customer service-oriented attitude by greeting customers, answering questions, and fulfilling customer requests.
• Maintains clean, safe and sanitary working and shopping environment by adhering to Company safety procedures.

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Ability to read and operate digital equipment, meters, dials, and/or calibrated scales.
• Ability to safely operate and maintain department equipment.
• Ability to use precision and non-precision hand tools.
• Ability to operate a manual or electric pallet jack.
• Ability to safely operate hazardous tools and equipment such as a bailer, etc.
• Ability to work with objects with sharp edges such as knives, box cutters, etc.
• Ability to work well with fellow partners and promote a team environment.
• Ability to effectively communicate (in written and verbal form) with customers and partners.
• Ability to work flexible schedules including nights, weekends and holidays.
• Must be attentive to potential hazards and remedy or place appropriate warning signs or devices around or near the hazard as soon as is reasonably possible.
• Must report any potential hazards that cannot be immediately remedied to a supervisor.

Education, Experience And Qualifications

• Minimum of 18 years of age required.
• Partners must be 21 years of age or older to drive for Company business in accordance with the BGC Business Driver Policy.
• One or more years of related experience preferred.
• Typically involves on-the-job training.
• Food Handler certification required.

Physical Demands

• Continuously required to use close vision, distance vision, depth perception or the ability to focus.
• Continuously required to stand or walk.
• Continuously required to use hands for reaching, touching or handling.
• Frequently required to bend, kneel, squat, or stoop.
• Frequently required to push, pull, maneuver or lift objects up to 40 lbs.
• Frequently required to talk and hear.
• Occasionally required to push, pull, maneuver or lift objects up to 75 lbs.
• Attendance at work is required.

Work Context And Environment

• Work is generally performed in a retail store.
• Frequently exposed to extreme cold conditions (non-weather).
• Frequently exposed to wet, slippery or damp conditions.
• Frequently exposed to cleaning agents.
• Frequently exposed to equipment with sharp blades or edges.
• Moderate to loud noise level.