Deli Associate

WOODSTOCK FARMERS MARKET INC • Woodstock, VT

152d

About The Position

The Deli Service department is one of the major faces of the Market—staff has direct contact with our guests all day long, every day. The department’s primary objective is to provide outstanding service for our prepared food, bakery and coffee items. Our second primary objective is to merchandise our prepared foods, bakery and coffee items with WFM style. And our third objective is to perform both great service and great merchandising with a team-oriented approach and a positive attitude and spirit each and every day.

Requirements

• Must be 16 or older
• 1 – 2 years’ work experience in retail or food is helpful, but not required
• Must love coffee!

Nice To Haves

• Coffee/barista skills are a huge plus!

Responsibilities

• Serving guests our great coffee and food
• Making specialty coffee drinks and drip coffee
• Servicing the bakery cases (cookies, pastry and the like)
• Servicing our takeaway, grab and go prepared food and sandwich operation
• Working at any of 4 possible stations: Barista/coffee making, bakery service and merchandising, middle case/prepared food service and merchandising and cheese/provisions stocking, packing and bulking
• Making espresso drinks to order; making drip coffee
• Serving bakery items to guests and writing the correct code on boxes and containers
• Serving premade or prepackaged items such as deli salads directly to customers
• Filling and merchandising deli case
• Prepacking cheeses and provisions items like olives, bulk cheeses and the like
• Following very specific procedures and policies, such as using correct containers for different foods
• Effective communications with the kitchen, bakery and cheese crew
• Adhering to food handling safety and sanitation protocols
• Understanding appropriate application of PLU numbers and scaling procedures
• Mopping, sweeping, cleaning deli and other store areas

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees