Retail Assistant - Part Time

Retail Assistant - Part Time, Early Starts

Farmfoods, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

We are recruiting a new retail assistant for our shop on Stamfordham Road, Newcastle upon Tyne. The role is a permanent part‑time position with a minimum of 16 hours worked over 4 days per week, including weekends. Shifts start early each morning – this position may not be suitable if you are not available for early morning work.

• Pay: £10.10 per hour for ages 16‑20, £12.31 per hour for ages 21+.
• 6 weeks holiday each year.
• 15 % staff discount at all 300+ shops.
• Free life assurance.
• Smart uniform.
• Virtual GP and discounted services such as cinema tickets, gym memberships, days out and travel.

• Make all customers feel welcome with a friendly smile and simple hello.
• Help customers find the items they are looking for.
• Provide a fast and friendly service at the tills, always offering help to pack and leaving a good impression with a friendly thank you and goodbye.
• Handle stock with care whilst working deliveries, quickly placing products into freezers and onto shelves ready for customers to buy.
• Work with the rest of your team to complete the daily and weekly routines that keep our shops safe, clean and tidy.

• A friendly, positive, hard‑working approach to work.
• To enjoy being busy – you will jump from putting out deliveries to serving on the till, helping customers on the shop floor, completing cleaning and stock rotation routines.
• Reliability – you will be an important part of a small team and your colleagues and customers depend on you to do your best on each shift.
• Flexibility – when other team members are on holiday, you may need to work slightly different hours to cover for them.

• Great training and development opportunities.
• Smart uniform and use of a staff discount.
• Free life assurance and a virtual GP.
• Additional perks such as cinema tickets, gym memberships and travel discounts.

Position: PTRA,

Hours:

16, Days: 4

Farmfoods is a family business offering our customers great value and quality products from clean and tidy shops with the friendliest team in retail. We aim to deliver an old‑fashioned, genuine and friendly customer experience. Our Retail Assistants serve hundreds of customers each week and are the face of Farmfoods.