Prepared Foods Cook — Fast-Paced Kitchen with Benefits

Whole Foods Market, Inc; Kentwood (MI); On-site; USD 25,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Whole Benefits

Job summary

Whole Foods Market, Inc. in Kentwood, MI is seeking a friendly Food Preparation Associate to prepare items for cold case, salad, and hot bars according to production sheets. You will follow recipes to ensure quality and maintain proper labeling, dating, and rotation of products.

Responsibilities include maintaining cleanliness, serving customers with excellent service, and working with the team to meet store standards. Ability to lift up to 50 pounds and work a flexible schedule is required.

Qualifications

• 6-12 months retail experience.

Responsibilities

• Prepares food items for the cold case, fresh pack, salad, and hot bars according to production sheets.
• Prepares food items according to recipe to ensure quality and consistency.
• Ensures that all prepared items are labeled, dated, covered, monitored for quality and freshness, and rotated.
• Monitors food levels and replenishes in a timely manner.
• Arrives to work station on time, appropriately groomed, dressed and ready to work; works all scheduled shifts and attends required trainings and meetings.
• Provides excellent customer service, addresses needs of customers in a timely and effective manner and models suggestive selling techniques; answers phones and pages promptly and courteously.
• Maximizes sales potential through effective and proper procedures for prepping, storing, rotating, stocking, and merchandising product.
• Follows and complies, or ensures compliance, with established procedures, including Weights and Measures, health and sanitation, and safe work practices.
• Maintains, or ensures maintenance of, a clean and sanitary working and shopping environment; maintains equipment in accordance with WFM cleanliness and safety standards; ensures walk-ins and freezers are clean and organized.
• Performs opening, mid, and closing duties as assigned; ensures accuracy of signs and pricing.
• Immediately reports safety hazards and violations.
• Performs other duties as assigned by store, regional, or national leadership.

Skills

Thorough product knowledge

Follow recipes

Basic math skills

Excellent customer service

Team collaboration

Time management

Food safety standards

Adaptability in fast-paced env

Job description

Whole Foods Market, Inc. in Kentwood, MI is seeking a friendly Food Preparation Associate to prepare items for cold case, salad, and hot bars according to production sheets. You will follow recipes to ensure quality and maintain proper labeling, dating, and rotation of products.

Responsibilities include maintaining cleanliness, serving customers with excellent service, and working with the team to meet store standards. Ability to lift up to 50 pounds and work a flexible schedule is required.