Butcher/Meat Cutter - Quality and Craftsmanship Focused

About the role

Reid's is the Carolina's leading specialty food store and a favorite culinary destination. Reid's specializes in superior meats, wines, regional provisions, locally grown produce, seasonally fresh meals & gift baskets for our loyal customer base.

Reid's is looking for hardworking, enthusiastic, and knowledgeable people to join our team! We offer a safe and exciting work environment with the opportunity to learn and grow within the company.

In addition to a positive work environment and opportunities for career growth, Reid's offers medical/dental/vision insurance, paid time off, commuter benefits, discounts, and more!

Responsibilities

• Understands and complies consistently with Reid’s Fine Foods standard portion sizes, cooking methods, quality standards, kitchen rules, policies, and procedures.
• Assists with managing all functions and activities of the Meat/Seafood Department. Helps to manage labor costs and reduce losses due to shrink, damage and pilferage.
• Assists with the training and development of all Meat Cutters and Meat/Seafood Clerks.
• Handling and cutting a variety of the department’s specialty meats and seafood throughout the day per guest requests and to maintain quality product levels all while ensuring outstanding guest service at the counter.
• Ensuring proper cutting methods, ordering, receiving, unloading, storage, and rotation of merchandise and displays.
• Physically making meat and seafood items according to Reid’s Fine Foods written recipes and processes for preparing, assembling, and mixing fresh ingredients.
• Maintaining temperature of cases, shelves and storage areas and reporting any failures to the Department Manager.
• Quality and safety duties include cutting, receiving, inspecting, and storing products to ensure quality, following proper cleaning and sanitation procedures, operating equipment in a safe and focused manner while tracking date and rotation of products and completing any necessary reports.
• Prep area cleaning includes taking apart, washing, rinsing, and sanitizing all equipment, prep-tables, pans, and utensils, and washing floors, walls, coolers, and storage racks.
• Addressing and greeting guests; answering questions in a friendly manner, proactively helping and providing accurate and timely information, making product/ service recommendations and accommodating special request.
• Listening to others' points of view and recognizing and appreciating differences.
• Properly handling, preparing, transporting and storing products; ensuring practices are strictly adhered to.
• Prioritizing requests and department activities while managing interruptions and attending to details to complete tasks within deadlines is a must.

Qualifications

• Must have ability to lift 25lbs or more.
• Ability to stand/walk for 8 or more hours per shift.
• At least 1 year of meat cutting experience.
• Basic understanding of food safety and sanitation, Serve Safe is preferred.

Compensation

$18.00 - $22.00 per hour

Benefits

• Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Growth Opportunities
• Employee Discounts
• Life Insurance
• Sick Days