Price Rite - Perishable Clerk - Part Time; PRRC CT Range

Price Rite
- Perishable Clerk
- Part Time (PRRC CT) Salary Range $16.94 - $21.00/hr

Location: Bridgeport, CT (Price Rite of Bridgeport)

Supervised by: Store Manager, Assistant Store Manager, Produce Manager, Meat Supervisor, Front End Manager, Front End Supervisor, Closing Supervisor

Company

Purpose:

“to care deeply about people, helping them to eat well and be happy.”

Job Summary: Maintain a high level of presentation and cleanliness while pricing, stocking and rotating merchandise in any department. Provide customers with accurate, friendly and efficient checkout service, including scanning items, collecting proper payment, and providing change. Perform other tasks as required efficiently and safely within company policy.

• Maintain a clean, neat, organized, and safe work environment.
• Maintain all department sanitation and QA standards, including cleaning and sanitizing work surfaces, utensils, and equipment, sweeping, mopping, removing cardboard and trash, and operating a baler or compactor.
• Check products received against an invoice.
• Use slicing machine and related equipment where applicable.
• Prepare and replenish product for sale in any department where applicable.
• Operate equipment with all safeguards in place and in good operating condition.
• Comply with all store rules, company policies, safety requirements, security standards, and all local, state, and federal regulations.
• Dress according to company policy to include white shirt, black pants, apron, name badge.
• Comply with QA hand washing standards and use disposable gloves when handling unpackaged foods.
• Greet all customers and provide prompt, courteous service and assistance.
• Follow approved procedures for receiving, code dating, preparing, storing, and price marking, scaling, and restocking products to ensure quality, accuracy and product rotation and protection.
• Adhere to all federal, state, and local regulations pertaining to all departments.
• Keep displays and display cases stocked and properly turned and faced at all times.
• Control freshness, quality and temperature of product by following safe food handling procedures.
• Understand operation of cash register and follow all cash handling procedures, accurately identify and scan product under correct department, process payments, provide proper change.
• Handle damaged or return-to-stock products according to company policy, prioritizing refrigerated, perishable items and sell‑by dates.
• Be knowledgeable in the company’s HAZCOM program and adhere to manufacturer’s label instructions for safe and proper use of all chemical products.
• Check refrigeration equipment for proper performance regularly; report any failure immediately as directed.
• Remove trash to designated area, remove cardboard to baler area and operate baler.
• Complete price changes as directed by department manager.
• Utilize and maintain equipment as required by department; report any equipment problems immediately.
• Complete all applicable department training programs.
• Retrieve carts from the parking lot.
• Operate balers, hi‑los, power jacks, slicing machines, etc., only if 18 years or older.
• Perform other duties as required.

• Proficient reading, writing, speaking, analyzing, interpreting, and understanding of the English language.
• Basic math skills.
• Ability to make change with all denominations of U.S. currency.
• Ability to stand and walk for the duration of a scheduled shift.
• Ability to adhere to all local, state, and federal health and civil code regulations.
• Ability to operate equipment as required by department, e.g., case cutter and U‑boats.
• Ability to stand, bend, twist, reach, push, pull, and regularly lift 25 pounds and occasionally 75 pounds.
• Ability to provide customers with superior service.
• Maintain a neat, well‑groomed appearance at all times and observe company dress code policies.
• Ability to work with a wide variety of fresh, dried, and/or processed products, spices and powdered substances.
• Ability to tolerate moderate amounts of dust and cleaning agents during routine housekeeping duties.
• Ability to work in varying temperatures from cold to hot.
• Ability to work cooperatively with others.
• Ability to climb a ladder to…