Coffee Shop Barista | Full Time

Job Description A Pret Barista works as part of a team in a Pret shop to ensure all drinks are served to the required Pret standard. Key focuses for the role are excellent drink quality and amazing service with Pret “Buzz”, drink counter operation, cleanliness/maintenance and team training.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $18.50 per hour + Tips + Mystery Shopper Bonus

Referral Bonus: $100.00

Right Pret People: Barista Prepared Drinks Training To coach and train Team Member Star and Baristas-in-training on Barista Prepared Drinks and standards

To liaise with management to ensure all Barista Prepared Drinks training is planned and carried out as appropriate

To carry out coffee team briefs and attend any relevant meetings and courses relating to Barista Prepared Drinks when appropriate

To ensure all hot drinks training material is available and up to date

Creating Pret Buzz To positively engage with customers and the team about Pret’s Coffee Story and Coffee Menu to ensure Pret Buzz

To serve Barista Prepared Drinks to the 60 seconds standards, communicating to customers and the team when this is not possible

To ‘wow’ customers with latte art

Delicious Food & Drink: Excellent Barista Prepared Drinks Quality & Knowledge To make all Barista Prepared Drinks to Pret standards

To role model coffee knowledge and to maintain an understanding about Pret’s Barista Prepared Drinks and standards

Well Loved Shop: Barista Prepared Drinks Counter Operation, Cleanliness & Maintenance To maintain the Barista Prepared Drinks equipment, Barista box and daily & weekly checks to Pret standards

To view the Barista Prepared Drinks counter through a customer’s eyes and clean as you go!

Barista Prepared Drinks waste control\

To manage the waste levels of Barista Prepared Drinks ingredients

To action any issues relating to stock variances and waste for Barista Prepared Drinks as required by your Manager

Growing Sales: Maximizing Barista Prepared Drinks sales To have a weekly sales target and share this with the team

To know your shop Barista Prepared Drinks sales versus total sales and the mix

To use promotional waste to sample and recognize regular customers with appropriate volume of drinks via Joy of Pret

Experience: Barista: 1 year (Required)

Benefits Health, Dental and Vision Benefits

Weekly Mystery Shopper bonus plan

401K retirement plan

Company sponsored Life Insurance + STD and LTD offerings

Child Bonding Leave

The Pret Academy, which supports the training and development for our wonderful people

Quarterly nationwide team events

Empire is a strategic partner of Pret A Manger (Pret), a Food To Go and coffee shop franchise chain that serves freshly made food and organic coffee. Empire is headquartered in New York City.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status.