Cafe Cashier, Retail & Food Service Associate

Daily Docket Café • San Antonio, TX

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Daily Docket Café is looking for a friendly, dependable, and energetic Café Team Member to support our cashier, retail, beverage, and food-service operations. This is a hands-on, cross-functional position for someone who enjoys helping guests, staying active, and working as part of a team. Café Team Members begin with a primary focus on cashier and guest-service responsibilities and are expected to cross-train in barista and kitchen positions. Team members may rotate between workstations based on business needs, scheduling, and training progress.

Requirements

• Previous cashier, restaurant, café, retail, or customer-service experience is preferred but not required.
• Friendly and professional communication skills.
• Dependable attendance and punctuality.
• Ability to learn multiple positions and work effectively in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong attention to accuracy, cleanliness, product quality, and guest service.
• Ability to follow written checklists, recipes, procedures, and manager instructions.
• Comfortable handling cash and using a point-of-sale system.
• Ability to safely operate beverage, retail, refrigeration, and food-display equipment.
• Ability and willingness to receive, organize, stock, and rotate products.
• Must be willing to work as part of a shared team rather than remain at one assigned station.
• Must obtain and maintain a valid Food Handler Certificate that meets all applicable state and local requirements.

Nice To Haves

• The ideal candidate notices what needs to be done, takes initiative, and is willing to help wherever needed.
• Success in this role requires a guest-first attitude, attention to detail, flexibility, and a commitment to keeping the café clean, stocked, organized, and ready for service.

Responsibilities

• Welcome guests promptly and provide friendly, helpful service.
• Accurately enter kitchen, beverage, and retail orders into the point-of-sale system.
• Process cash, credit card, and other approved payment transactions responsibly.
• Maintain an accurate cash drawer and follow all cash-handling procedures.
• Answer guest questions and assist with menu selections and retail purchases.
• Run prepared food from the kitchen and beverages from the barista station to guests after payment.
• Maintain awareness of guests throughout the café and respond promptly to service needs.
• Stock and restock retail merchandise, drip coffee supplies, condiments, beverages, and service-area items.
• Properly label, date, store, organize, and rotate products using FIFO procedures.
• Inspect products for freshness, quality, proper temperature, and expiration dates.
• Maintain attractive, organized, and fully stocked retail and food-display areas.
• Assist with receiving, inspecting, organizing, and putting away vendor deliveries.
• Store delivered products promptly in the appropriate retail, dry-storage, refrigerated, or frozen areas.
• Operate assigned front-of-house and beverage equipment safely and properly, including: Point-of-sale systems, Coffee grinders, Drip coffee machines, Ice machines, Water-dispensing machines, Coolers, Retail standing coolers, Cold display tables, Hot display tables.
• Monitor equipment and product temperatures as required.
• Report damaged, unsafe, or malfunctioning equipment to management.
• Complete all assigned opening, closing, and running side-work checklists.
• Maintain clean and organized guest, retail, beverage, and service areas.
• Clean and sanitize equipment, counters, display areas, coolers, and service stations according to company procedures.
• Complete routine and deep-cleaning assignments, including trash removal.
• Follow food-safety, sanitation, cash-handling, and workplace-safety procedures.
• Communicate effectively with the kitchen, barista, and management teams.
• Participate in cross-training for barista and kitchen duties.
• Rotate between cashier, retail, barista, food-running, and kitchen-support positions as assigned.
• Perform other reasonable duties necessary to support café operations.

Benefits

• Eligible team members participate in a shared tip pool with other qualified café employees. Tips are distributed according to the company’s tip-pool policy and hours worked. Tip amounts are not guaranteed and may vary based on sales and guest participation.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed