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37d ago
Produce Clerk
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Piazza's Fine Foods
Palo Alto, CA, US
Summary
The Produce Clerk is responsible for maintaining the cleanliness, organization, and inventory of the produce department. Key duties include stocking fresh fruits and vegetables, assisting customers, and ensuring compliance with food safety and quality standards.
Job Description
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. QR Code Link to This Post
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
