Bakery​/Deli Clerk

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Create an outstanding customer experience through exceptional service. Establish and maintain a safe and clean environment that encourages our customers to return. Assist the department manager in reaching sales and profit goals established for the department and monitor all established quality assurance standards. Embrace the Customer 1st strategy and encourage associates to deliver excellent customer service. Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety.

Based in Salt Lake City, Utah, Smith's Food and Drug merged with The Kroger Company in 1998. Today, we’re proudly serving Smith’s customers in over 140 stores throughout Utah, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming.

As part of the Kroger family of companies, we take pride in bringing diverse teams with a passion for food and people together with one common purpose:
To Feed the Human Spirit. With a history of innovation, we work tirelessly to create amazing experiences for our customers, communities, and each other, with food at the heart of it all.

Here, people matter. That’s why we strive to provide the ingredients you need to create your own recipe for success at work and in life. We help feed your future by providing the value and care you need to grow. If you’re caring, purpose-driven and hungry to learn, your potential is unlimited.

Whether you’re seeking a part-time position or a new career path, we’ve got a fresh opportunity for you. Apply today to become part of our Smith’s family!

• A wide range of healthcare coverage, including affordable, comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage, through company plans or collective bargaining agreement plans.
• Flexible scheduling in full- and part-time roles with paid time off, including holiday and sick pay based on eligibility and length of service.
• Emotional and financial support with free counseling through our Employee Assistance Program and free, confidential financial tools and coaching with Goldman Sachs Ayco.
• Valuable associate discounts on purchases, including food, travel, technology, and so much more.
• Up to $21,000 in tuition reimbursement over your career, through our industry-leading Continuing Education program.
• Vast potential for growth, through an abundance of industry-leading training programs and diverse career pathways.

• Customer Service skills
• Effective communication skills
• Knowledge of basic math
• Ability to obtain a current food handlers permit once employed

• Customer Service skills
• Bakery or Deli experience is helpful
• Retail experience

• Prepares items per customer requests using proper bakery equipment.
• Offers product samples to help customers discover new items or products they inquire about.
• Informs customers of bakery and/or deli specials.
• Provides customers with fresh products that they have ordered and the correct portion size to prevent shrink.
• Recommends deli or bakery items to customers to ensure they get the products they want and need.
• Uses all bakery equipment such as refrigerators, freezers, slicers, and ovens according to company guidelines.
• Prepares foods according to the food temperature logs and follows cooking instructions.
• Measures, prepares, and mixes ingredients according to recipe, using variety of kitchen utensils and equipment.
• Adequately prepares, packages, labels, and inventories ingredients in merchandise.
• Checks product quality to ensure freshness. Reviews sell‑by dates and takes appropriate action.
• Properly uses kitchen equipment, stove, computerized scale, fryer, steamer, robot coupe, etc.
• Labels, stocks, and inventories department merchandise.
• Reports product ordering/shipping discrepancies to the department manager.
• Understands the store’s layout and is able to locate products when requested by customer.
• Stays current with present, future, seasonal, and special ads.
• Gains and maintains knowledge of products sold within the department and can respond to questions and make suggestions about…