Bakery Apprentice Baker - Store

Bakery Apprentice Baker - Store #19 Full-Time

Job Category
:
Bakery Department

Requisition Number
: TEMPL
024638

• Posted:
  November 3, 2025
• Full-Time
• Hourly Range: $18.25 USD to $22.75 USD
• Rate: $18.25 USD per hour

• Store #19, 2633 Santa Ana St, South Gate, CA 90280, USA

Our first store opened on January 2nd, 1980, in Anaheim, CA and since then we have grown to 40+ stores in 4 counties:
Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, and the Inland Empire. We offer our customers a full-service supermarket with a large meat department, bakery, tortilleria and prepared foods in addition to a sizeable section of domestic and imported Latin American grocery goods to provide a Mexican homeland experience. We are always looking for great people to join as a member of the Northgate Family.

We look for enthusiastic people with the potential and desire to grow with us. We strive to create a great work environment that is positive and fun; where people have meaningful work, where individuals have a sense of belonging and feel appreciated, valued and secure. If you are passionate about food, are customer focused, team oriented, and want to be a part of our family, we invite you to apply!

We offer flexible schedules, opportunities for growth, and 20% discount for you and one other family member in your household for most purchases made  learn more, please visit

The essential duties and responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to the following:

• Greet customers to our store when encountered or as applicable.
• Immediately advise department manager of any maintenance or equipment problems.
• Observe security standards by staying alert and aware of customer actions and behavior; report to manager or person in charge of any abnormal behavior.
• Maintain good communications in the department and throughout the organization.
• Notify department manager of personnel situations or policy violations having an adverse effect on department or store operating performance or of situations requiring disciplinary action or that may potentially require such action.
• Perform any other work‑related duties as assigned.

• Maintain a neat, well‑groomed personal appearance always and observe company dress regulations; must wear an approved hat or hair net and uniform.
• Follow hours on schedule or assigned by bakery team leader.
• Adhere to all local, state and federal health and civil code regulations including full compliance with all applicable laws pertaining to safety, health and packaging requirements.
• Assist in receiving and unloading of merchandise; check and verify receiving to ensure that items listed on vendor invoices are all delivered; check products for quality, count, and condition.
• Keep all bakery ingredients or merchandise rotated in accordance with store policy and product code dates and always use the oldest products first (first in, first out).
• Follow instructions given by the trainer.
• Follow company recipes.
• Must learn all the basics of weighing the ingredients, mixing, baking.
• Must learn weights and measurements.
• Must learn and understand Production planning.
• Pan up frozen products; pan and round up bread.
• Load, unload oven. Learn the proper temperatures and duration to bake all varieties of products.
• Assist in ordering and maintaining inventory control of ingredients and supplies.
• Handle damaged and spoiled products per company policy and assist in controlling the level of damaged goods.
• Control excessive use of utilities and water, and observe sound conservation practices.
• Maintain general housekeeping as well as a regular sanitation and cleaning program that meets the standards established for the department, including full compliance with all state and local health regulations.
• Check refrigeration equipment for proper performance at least once per shift.
• Use and maintain equipment in orderly manner.

• Must use safety equipment required (example: PPE)
• The associate must occasionally exert or lift to 50 pounds carrying bags of flours, buckets and frequently exerts or lifts moderate amounts of weight.
• Follow safety rules.

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