Retail Associate (FT) Boise

Boise Consumer Cooperative; Boise (ID); On-site; USD 19,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Boise Consumer Cooperative is seeking a Retail Associate at the North End Store in Boise, ID. The role involves serving customers, stocking merchandise, and supporting multiple store areas with a friendly, team-driven approach.

The position requires reliability, adaptability, and the ability to work evenings and weekends. A valid Idaho food handler’s card or the ability to obtain one is preferred, along with willingness to pass a background check.

Qualifications

• Excellent customer service, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Adaptability and enthusiasm for learning and working across store areas.
• Dependability, initiative, attention to detail, and ability to work with limited supervision.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with professionalism.
• Commitment to Boise Co-op values: quality, ethics, sustainability, accessibility, care.
• Flexible schedule including evenings and weekends.
• Valid Idaho food handler’s card or ability to obtain certification.
• Ability to pass criminal background check.

Responsibilities

• Greet customers and provide exceptional service.
• Support different areas of the store based on daily priorities and staffing needs.
• Stock, rotate, label, date, and merchandise products, check expirations.
• Maintain clean, organized sales floor and backstock; assist displays.
• Operate registers and cash-handling procedures.
• Share Boise Co-op membership information and assist with sign-ups.
• Follow safety procedures.
• Participate in inventory counts and store communications.
• Collaborate with coworkers with urgency as needs change.

Skills

Customer service

Adaptability

Dependability

Attention to detail

Teamwork

Flexibility

Food handler's card

Background check

Job description

Job Details

• Job Location: North End Store - Boise, ID 83702
• Position Type: Full Time
• Salary Range: $17.00 - $17.00 Hourly
• Job Shift: Open Availability
• Job Category: Admin-Store

Qualifications

As a Retail Associate, you’ll be a versatile part of the Boise Co-op team, helping wherever you’re needed most. You’ll work across multiple areas of the store to assist customers, stock and merchandise products, support register operations, and help keep the store organized, safe, and running smoothly.

This role is a great fit for someone who enjoys variety, likes working with people, and is comfortable shifting priorities throughout the day. If you’re someone who notices what needs to be done and is ready to jump in and help, we’d love to meet you.

What You’ll Do

• Proactively greet customers, answer questions, and provide exceptional service.
• Support different areas of the store based on daily priorities and staffing needs.
• Stock, rotate, label, date, and merchandise products accurately while checking for expired or unsellable items.
• Maintain clean, organized, and well‑stocked sales floor and backstock areas and assist with displays.
• Operate registers, scales, and other equipment accurately and follow all cash‑handling procedures.
• Share Boise Co‑op membership information and assist customers with membership sign‑ups.
• Follow food safety, sanitation, workplace safety, and security procedures.
• Participate in inventory counts, daily huddles, and store communications.
• Work collaboratively and with a sense of urgency, stepping in to support coworkers and customers as needs change.

What We’re Looking For

• Excellent customer service, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Adaptability and enthusiasm for learning and working in different areas of the store.
• Dependability, initiative, attention to detail, and the ability to stay productive with limited supervision.
• Ability to remain calm, professional, and effective in a fast‑paced environment.
• Commitment to teamwork and Boise Co‑op’s values of quality, ethics, sustainability, accessibility, and care.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule, including evenings and weekends.
• Valid Idaho food handler’s card or ability to obtain required certification.
• Ability to successfully complete a criminal background check.

Experience

Retail, grocery, customer service, stocking, merchandising, or food‑service experience is preferred but not required. More importantly, we’re looking for someone who is dependable, enjoys helping customers and coworkers, and is willing to learn and take on a variety of responsibilities.

Physical Requirements

This position requires prolonged standing and walking; frequent reaching, bending, stooping, and repetitive hand and arm movements; and the ability to lift and carry up to 50 pounds and safely push or pull loaded carts.

Work Environment

Work is primarily performed in a busy grocery store with frequent customer interaction and may include exposure to wet floors, temperature changes, equipment, and other conditions typical of retail and food‑service environments.

It is the policy of Boise Co‑Op that qualified individuals with disabilities are not discriminated against because of their disabilities in regard to job application procedures, hiring, and other terms and conditions of employment. It is further the policy of Boise Co‑Op to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in all aspects of the employment process. Boise Co‑Op is prepared to modify or adjust the job application process or the job or work environment to make reasonable accommodations to the known physical or mental limitations of the applicant or employee to enable the applicant or employee to be considered for the position he or she desires, to perform the essential functions of the position in question, or to enjoy equal benefits and privileges of employment as are enjoyed by other similarly situated employees without disabilities, unless the accommodation will impose an undue hardship. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact the HR Department by phone [phone].

Boise Co‑op is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, age, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status or any other protected category under applicable state/federal law. The Boise Co‑op participates in E‑Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I‑9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.