Meat Clerk
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Piggly Wiggly
Port Royal, SC, US
Summary
The Meat Clerk is responsible for maintaining the quality and freshness of meat products through proper inventory management, stocking, and merchandising. They also provide professional customer service and ensure the department remains clean and safe by operating specialized equipment.
Job Description
Meat Department Associate | Piggly Wiggly
The Role: Quality Cuts & Local Service
As a Meat Department Associate, you are a key player in maintaining the quality and freshness of our store's most popular cuts. We are looking for a professional, punctual, and service-oriented individual to support our butchers and management team. Whether you are assisting a customer with a custom order or ensuring our displays are perfectly stocked, your work ensures our community gets the very best for their dinner table.
Key Responsibilities:
- Inventory & Logistics: Unload fresh, cured, and boxed meats from delivery trucks using hand trucks.
- Quality Control: Maintain peak freshness by examining and rotating stock in storage to avoid aging.
- Merchandising: Keep refrigerated and frozen meat cases fully stocked and visually appealing for our guests.
- Guest Interaction: Greet every customer with a smile, take custom meat orders, and provide helpful, professional service.
- Sanitation & Safety: Use high-pressure hoses and brooms to keep grinders, containers, and storage rooms spotless and safe.
- Technical Precision: Safely operate specialized equipment, including meat slicers, heated wrapping stations, and cutlery.
What We're Looking For:
- Professionalism: A courteous, punctual teammate who conducts themselves in a business-like manner and follows their schedule reliably.
- Physical Strength: Ability to lift at least 50 lbs and transport heavy meat products via hand truck.
- Technical Skill: Experience-or a strong aptitude for-handling potentially hazardous kitchen and butchery equipment with delicacy and care.
- Team Player: A "can-do" attitude and a willingness to assist management and fellow associates to keep the store environment clean and safe.
Why Join the Piggly Wiggly Meat Team?
- Flexible Part-Time Hours: Stable shifts that work with your lifestyle.
- Competitive Pay: Comparable wages that reflect your skill and hard work.
- Skill Building: Gain hands-on experience in one of the most specialized departments in the grocery industry.
Ready to bring your best to our butcher block? Apply today!
Grocery wholesale and retail business servicing approximately 100 stores in South Carolina and coastal Georgia. Founded by the Newton family in 1947, the Pig employees over 4,000 within its operating footprint. The company has continued its founder's commitment to serve as a hub for local products to easily get to market, while meeting local consumer needs.
In recent years the company has launched its own Newton Farms brand, including a flagship retail store on Kiawah Island, Newton Farms Catering and a line of Newton Farms private label products.
The company is 100% employee owned.
Piggly Wiggly. Local Since Forever.
Founded
1947
Company size
1,001-5,000 employees
Industry
Retail
Org type
Privately Held
Grocery wholesale and retail business servicing approximately 100 stores in South Carolina and coastal Georgia. Founded by the Newton family in 1947, the Pig employees over 4,000 within its operating footprint. The company has continued its founder's commitment to serve as a hub for local products to easily get to market, while meeting local consumer needs.
In recent years the company has launched its own Newton Farms brand, including a flagship retail store on Kiawah Island, Newton Farms Catering and a line of Newton Farms private label products.
The company is 100% employee owned.
Piggly Wiggly. Local Since Forever.
Founded
1947
Company size
1,001-5,000 employees
Industry
Retail
Org type
Privately Held
