Meat Clerk

Provides prompt, efficient and friendly customer service. Has ability to recognize and cut all varieties of beef, pork, chicken, veal and lamb.  Handles food in a safe manner and ensures neatness of department. Grinds, slices, and tenderizes meat, rotates stock, stocks cases, and places product in the coolers and freezers.

Primary Responsibilities

·         Provides prompt, efficient and friendly customer service by exhibiting caring, concern and patience in all customer interactions and treating customers as the most important people in the store.

·         Smiles and greets customers in a friendly manner, whether the encounter takes place in the employee’s designated department or elsewhere in the store. 

·         Answers the department telephone promptly when called upon, and provides friendly, helpful service to customers who call.

·         Conveys customer special orders to appropriate personnel.

·         Works with co-workers as a team to ensure customer satisfaction and a pleasant work environment.

·         Reviews the status and appearance of department merchandise for freshness.

·         Ensures appropriate stocking of fresh and smoked meat/pork/poultry cases, coolers and freezers by rotating and replenishing product.  Checks invoices against delivered product.

·         Weighs, dates, labels and wraps fresh meat.

·         Responsible for proper inventory control (pricing, ordering, stocking).

·         Produces fresh ground beef and pork as service levels designate.

·         Slices hams and other approved boneless, smoked items.

·         Tenderizes meat or pork using cuber machine.

·         Cleans all equipment in the meat department area on a daily basis.

·         Checks signage to ensure it is with the appropriate product and at the correct price.

·         Reports out-of-stock products to appropriate personnel.

·         Understands and practices proper sanitation procedures and ensures the work area is always clean and neat.

·         Removes trash in a timely manner.

·         Maintains strict adherence to department and company guidelines related to personal hygiene and dress.

·         Adheres to company policies and individual store guidelines.

·         Reports to work when scheduled and on time.

·         Protects associates and customers by removing hazards from the sales floor in a timely manner.

·         Insures that all food is handled in accordance with local health department regulations.

Skills and Abilities

·         The ability to work for prolonged periods of time in refrigerated and frozen levels of temperatures.

·         The ability to work in an environment with continuous high noise levels.

·         Must be able to safely operate a box cutter, meat cutting knife, cuber, slicer, wrapper, and all cleaning equipment found in the meat department.

·         Must have the ability to carry out detailed written or verbal instructions.

·         Ability to do simple addition and subtraction; copying figures, counting and recording.

·         Possess the ability to understand and follow verbal or demonstrated instructions; write identifying information; request supplies orally or in writing.

·         Visual requirements include vision from less then 20 inches to more than 20 feet with depth perception, color vision (ability to identify and distinguish color), and field of vision.

·         Must be able to work shifts varying in length and times, including nights, weekends and holidays.

Why Work for Shop ‘n Save / Supervalu?   

As one of the largest grocery wholesalers and retailers in the United States, SUPERVALU is dedicated to feeding our communities by providing innovative, customer-centric solutions. We deliver on that promise every day through a strong network of 30,000 talented employees who supply the best national brands and our own high-quality and affordable private label products to thousands of customers, and millions of consumers, nationwide. With a wide variety of services and industry leading expertise, SUPERVALU offers you the opportunity to shape the food industry through every stage of your career.

A GREAT PLACE TO GROW!