Meat Clerk

About the company

WinCo Foods operates over 140 supermarkets across 10 states with more than 22,000 employee owners. As the second largest employee-owned company in the United States, WinCo has over 500 millionaire employee-owners through its Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). The company's purpose is to make life better for customers and employee owners by offering the lowest possible prices, along with top-tier medical plans and tuition support.

Job summary

Ensure meat is wrapped, weighed, and priced properly. Operate wrapping machine. Provide customer service and ensure product quality and selection. Maintain cleanliness of department and equipment. Consistently provide world-class customer service to internal and external customers. Perform other related work. Generally works 6–8 hour shifts between 9:00 am and 10:00 pm.

Responsibilities

• Welcome, engage, serve, and thank customers; maintain a friendly, enthusiastic service atmosphere with emphasis on fast, friendly, courteous service.
• Answer customer questions and engage in suggestive selling and other sales techniques.
• Weigh, tray, grind, wrap, and price poultry and meat.
• Prevent sale of spoiled or outdated product by following laws and company policy on weighing, labeling, code dating, and processing re-worked or reduced-to-clear items.
• Ensure proper merchandising, signing, inventory levels in retail cases, and eye-appeal of the department.
• Maintain cleanliness and sanitation of work area, equipment, cutting room, and retail cases per company policy and legal regulations.
• Stock and rotate product; consolidate racks by moving trays between racks.
• Clean mirrors, glass, and similar surfaces.
• Assist Meat Cutters and Department Manager with other tasks as appropriate.
• May participate in a Meat Cutter training program to learn basic meat cutting skills.
• Perform other duties as assigned or needed.

Requirements

• Work varied shifts in a 24/7 operation, including nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Perform friendly, courteous, tactful interactions and maintain composure with customers and coworkers.
• Conduct visual inspections, read production guides and product labels.
• Properly use cleaning chemicals per manufacturer guidelines.
• Handle food products per state and county laws and WinCo standards.
• Read and follow written work assignments and instructions.
• Communicate effectively (hearing and speech) on the sales floor.
• Reach, lift, and maneuver objects up to ~25 lb frequently and 30–60 lb occasionally.
• Push and pull fully loaded hand trucks and pallet jacks.
• Perform repetitious arm movements for wrapping, slicing, and processing products.
• Stand for long periods, walk and move rapidly, bend, twist, and turn frequently.
• Make safe, quick movements and operate equipment with manual dexterity and hand/eye coordination.
• Work prolonged periods in a refrigerated area (32–50 °F).
• Work with hands exposed to moisture while handling and stocking poultry and meat.
• Learn product variability, perishability, safety and sanitation procedures, and department policies.
• Perform basic math (add, subtract, divide, multiply) and compute weights and measures.
• Wear hats, hairnets, gloves, and other required personal protective equipment.
• Perform primary duties with efficiency and accuracy.

Additional requirements

• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Food Handlers Certification (per state laws).

Equipment operated

• Scales, wrapping machines, slicers, cubers, pallet jacks, baler, and hand trucks.

Pay

USD $17.15 – $29.90 per hour.