Produce Clerk

Produce Clerk

A Produce Clerk is responsible for maintaining the produce department's cleanliness, organization, and inventory to ensure a positive shopping experience for customers. Key duties include:

• Stocking and displaying produce: Replenishing shelves and displays with fresh fruits and vegetables, arranging them aesthetically, and rotating stock to ensure freshness. Cut and package fruit and vegetables for sale
• Inspecting produce for signs of spoilage or damage, removing substandard items, and ensuring all products meet safety and quality standards.
• Use wet rack to transport produce from backroom to sales floor
• Provide customer service to all customers in the store and department, including offering samples of produce
• Prepare fresh salad bags
• Clean backroom and take out the garbage
• Check the sales floor for any spills/trip hazards and sweep/mop area two to three times per day and as needed
• Customer assistance: Greeting customers, addressing inquiries, providing recommendations, and assisting with locating items to enhance customer satisfaction.
• Inventory management: Monitoring inventory levels, placing orders, receiving deliveries, and verifying the accuracy and quality of incoming stock.
• Compliance with health and safety standards: Adhering to food safety regulations, maintaining a clean and organized department, and properly handling equipment and products to prevent contamination.

Requirements, skills and experience:

• 1-3 years of customer service experience in a busy grocery store or similar environment preferred
• Understanding the importance and the ability to work well as part of a dynamic, diverse team
• Must be able to correctly and safely use standard produce department equipment
• Knowledge of produce, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques
• Follow all safety rules and actively prevent accidents

• Availability and willingness to work flexible hours, including early mornings, weekends, and holidays
• Must be able to lift a minimum of 50 lbs.; stand, bend, reach, twist, and turn for up to 4 hours continuously
• Must be at least 18 years

Background checks required for all new hires