Fresh Foods Clerk

WinCo Foods • Layton, UT

7d

About The Position

Assist customers with over-the-counter service and customer service throughout the Fresh Foods department. Operate and maintain fresh food production areas, including Deli, Seafood, and Pizza; prepare areas for sale; fry food; operate a rotisserie oven; and prepare ready-to-bake and baked pizzas. Receive inventory, verify ordered products, and stock designated areas. Provide friendly, courteous service to internal and external customers and perform other related work. Shifts are generally 6–8 hours and may fall between 5:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m.

The role requires following recipes, food safety procedures, sanitation guidelines, and production records. Work takes place in a 24/7 operation and may involve nights, weekends, and holidays, food-preparation machinery, refrigerated goods, heat, cleaning chemicals, and physical activity such as standing, walking, bending, reaching, and lifting.

Requirements

• Must be at least 16 years of age.
• Food Handlers Certification, as required by state law.
• Ability to work varied shifts in a 24/7 operation, including nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Ability to communicate effectively with customers to take orders and provide customer service.
• Ability to conduct visual inspections and read and follow production guides, recipes, product labels, and forms for recording production quantities and temperature readings.
• Ability to perform basic arithmetic and compute weights and measures.
• Ability to remain mentally alert when working around potential hazards, equipment, and work aids.
• Ability to complete training and meet minimum productivity and accuracy standards.
• Ability to wear a hair net, beard net, gloves, and other required personal protective equipment.
• Ability to use cleaning chemicals and handle related food products.
• Ability to stand, walk, and move rapidly for extended periods.
• Ability to bend, stoop, twist, turn, and reach over counters and in tight areas frequently.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds occasionally and reach, push, and pull racks.
• Ability to handle refrigerated goods at temperatures from -20°F to 28°F.
• Ability to work around machinery emitting heat, including a 400°F rotisserie and 325°F hot shortening.
• Ability to perform primary duties efficiently and accurately.

Responsibilities

• Welcome, engage, serve, and thank customers while maintaining a friendly, enthusiastic customer-service atmosphere.
• Take orders, answer questions, and perform suggestive selling.
• Prepare, stock, display, straighten, and rotate products in the Deli, Seafood, and Pizza areas.
• Prepare production items according to recipes, food safety procedures, and specified cooking times.
• Handle frozen products and inspect products for quality and freshness.
• Prepare display cases by placing products in fresh pans, rotating and replenishing products, and returning products as needed.
• Apply required product signage, including pricing, descriptions, code dates, and COOL information.
• Clean and maintain department equipment, including breaking down and reassembling equipment, washing dishes, and sanitizing parts.
• Maintain a clean and sanitary department, including cleaning work surfaces, floors, coolers, and display counters and disposing of trash and paper appropriately.
• Receive inventory, verify ordered products and orders, and stock products.
• Follow sanitary and food safety procedures and complete associated records.
• Perform other duties as assigned or needed.

What This Job Offers

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