Perishable Dept Associate — Fresh Food Service

Food Lion; Maiden (NC); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Food Lion in Maiden, NC is seeking a Perishable Department Associate to provide fast, friendly, and accurate customer service while maintaining department standards. You will help keep meat, dairy, and other perishables well stocked, rotate stock, and follow food safety guidelines to ensure a safe shopping environment.

Responsibilities include receiving deliveries, labeling and pricing items, assisting customers, and supporting promotional displays while upholding store policies and teamwork

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
• Excellent customer service and communication skills.
• Ability to learn multiple tasks and technical requirements.

Responsibilities

• Maintain an atmosphere of enthusiastic customer awareness with primary emphasis on fast, friendly, and accurate customer service to create a positive shopping experience
• Courteous and helpful to other associates
• Understand and use company tools such as ACIS and CAO
• Receive deliveries, code where applicable, rotate and put in appropriate storage area
• Ensure that ordering, receiving, preparation, conditioning and displaying of merchandise is done in accordance with policies and guidelines
• Maintain proper product levels in all areas within the Perishable Department including meat, lunchmeat, frozen, dairy, ice cream
• Process beef and grinds as directed from the planned production tool and as requested or needed
• Wrap, label, weigh and stock meat case as requested or needed
• Assemble, disassemble, and clean the grinder as requested or needed
• Properly clean and sanitize the department
• Maintains variety and layout standards
• Ensure that all advertising and sales promotion materials applicable to the department are properly utilized
• Maintain a complete understanding of and adherence to company guidelines, policies and standard practice
• Understand and follow Food Safety and Workplace Safety guidelines and procedures
• Observe and correct all unsafe conditions that could cause associate or customer accidents
• Report all associate and customer accidents in accordance with established Food Lion procedures to the Manager on Duty
• Ensure compliance with local, state and federal regulations
• Wear the Food Lion uniform with apron, complete with name badge, when on duty, has a neat and clean appearance while adhering to the Food Lion dress code
• Successfully complete Computer Based Training (CBT), Training Packet and Training Aid courses
• Perform all other duties as assigned

Skills

Customer service

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Organizational skills

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

ACIS

CAO

Job description

Food Lion in Maiden, NC is seeking a Perishable Department Associate to provide fast, friendly, and accurate customer service while maintaining department standards. You will help keep meat, dairy, and other perishables well stocked, rotate stock, and follow food safety guidelines to ensure a safe shopping environment.

Responsibilities include receiving deliveries, labeling and pricing items, assisting customers, and supporting promotional displays while upholding store policies and teamwork