Cafe Associate

Base pay range

$16.00/hr – $23.00/hr

Position Summary:

Why do people love eating in our café at Sam’s Club? Our members tell us one of the biggest reasons is our hard‑working and happy‑to‑help café associates. Do you have a passion for preparing food? Our café associates listen to our member’s needs, prepare their food orders and provide fast and friendly service. We take pride in every aspect of our work and perform it with energy and enthusiasm.

We need strong team players, with a commitment to serving our members and creating the warm and friendly environment they deserve – serving up a meal just like at home! Be a part of a team that offers customers more of what they love, for less.

• You will sweep us off our feet if:
• You have a passion for and experience with fresh food
• You keep member satisfaction as your top priority
• You’re a solution seeker and innovator who tackles obstacles head‑on
• You’re comfortable with change and quickly adapt to different work scenarios
• You’re a curious and creative thinker, driving change through out‑of‑box thinking
• You will make an impact by:
• Ensuring high‑quality products are fresh, ready, and available in the café
• Ensuring shelves are clean, maintaining temperature control, verifying expiration dates, and disposing of lesser‑quality food products
• Packing ready‑to‑sell products in proper containers and stock displays
• Preparing and serving ready‑to‑eat food
• Maintaining a clean, sanitized, and member‑ready area
• Additional responsibilities include:
  • Be a Team Member:
    Maintain up‑to‑date knowledge of product specifications related to prepared food merchandise, collaborate with cross‑functional teams, and educate other associates on tools, tasks, and resources.
  • Be an Expert:
    Prepare food according to item specifications, plan future production, support seasonality, adhere to food safety standards, sanitation guidelines, cold‑chain compliance, inventory management, operating and sanitizing equipment, and demonstrate an understanding of product and layout execution.
  • Be a Techie:
    Leverage digital tools to drive sales, improve the shopping experience, and elevate associate engagement using hand‑held technology to make immediate business decisions related to production, ordering, merchandise receiving, club pickup orders, training, and product quality with the member in mind.
  • Be an Owner:
    Drive the performance of the area, stock and rotate merchandise, ensure quality and date‑control standards, eliminate waste, provide member service, acknowledge members, identify member needs, assist members with purchasing decisions, process payment types, locate merchandise, and resolve member issues and concerns.
  • Be a Talent Ambassador:
    Act as a brand advocate, develop, influence, and inspire others, work in a style that is respectful, supportive, and team‑oriented, understand roadblocks, and assist in training them.

• Health benefits:
  
  medical, vision, and dental coverage
• Financial benefits:
  
  401(k), stock purchase, and company‑paid life insurance
• Paid time off benefits: PTO, parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. PTO and/or PPTO can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable.
• Other benefits: short‑term and long‑term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.

Live Better U is a company‑paid education benefit program for full‑time and part‑time associates in Walmart and Sam’s Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short‑form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.

The hourly wage range for this position is $16.00 to $23.00*. The actual hourly rate will equal or exceed the required minimum wage applicable to the job location.

Additional compensation may be paid in amounts ranging from $0.35 per hour to $3.00 per hour in specific circumstances. Premiums may be based on schedule, facility, season, or specific work performed. Multiple premiums may apply if applicable criteria are met.

• Must be 18 years of age or older.

• Food Service.
• Food Handler Certification (Food Safety) – Certification.

Entry level

Part‑time

Management and Manufacturing

Retail

Walmart and its subsidiaries are committed to maintaining a drug‑free workplace and have a no‑tolerance policy regarding the use of illegal drugs and alcohol on the job. This policy applies to all employees and aims to create a safe and productive work environment.