Co-op Kitchen Service Staff

Full-time or part-time positions available. Shifts are Sunday 6am-2pm or 2pm-9pm, Monday 6am-2pm, Tuesday 6am-2pm, and Saturday 6am-2pm or 2pm-9pm . Previous kitchen experience is welcomed but not required – if you are willing to learn, we will teach!

Purpose: Provide prompt, friendly service; maintain soup station and cold bar; and follow guidelines for safe food handling, rotation, organization, merchandising, and inventory.

Specific Responsibilities of CDT Kitchen Service Staff

Customer Service and Department Maintenance

- Ensure prompt, friendly customer service at the cold bar, on the retail floor, and elsewhere as needed throughout the shift.

- Maintain prep areas and all customer-facing areas in a sanitary and orderly condition, meeting GCC Health Department standards.

- Maintain working knowledge of food service products.

- Complete other duties as assigned.

Food Preparation (Sandwich and Runner shifts)

- Prepare high-quality sandwiches in a timely and efficient manner.

- Maintain high-quality cold bar and soup offerings in an efficient, visually appealing, and timely manner.

- Use proper storage, product rotation, and labeling procedures.

- Document out-of-stock and waste items following department procedures.

- Monitor and record temperatures at regular intervals.

- Complete food prep for the cold bar and sandwich station as needed.

Packaging, Stocking, and Merchandising (Merchandising shifts)

- Ensure all items are accurately weighed, recorded, packaged, labeled, and allocated to the correct location, promptly stocking products to the appropriate storage areas and using proper product rotation.

- Keep grab-and-go containers stocked; document out-of-stock packaging materials according to department procedures.

- Maintain working knowledge of Hobart Scales.

- Stock the retail cases in assigned areas and olive bar; maintain clean, organized, and attractive displays.

- Check assigned areas for expired items; document according to established procedure.

- Check products for overall quality; pull and communicate any items not meeting standards according to protocol.

- Communicate with Managers if adequate stock is unavailable or overstock occurs in assigned areas.

- Ensure that kitchen and customer supplies, including to-go containers, twist ties, and others, are fully stocked.

- Maintain organized, properly rotated back-stock of product categories in the staging cooler.

Qualifications

- Experience in retail food service that demonstrates the ability or aptitude to successfully meet all expectations listed above desired.

- Ability to work a flexible schedule to meet the needs of the business; early mornings, daytime, evenings, holidays, and weekend shifts may be required.

- Ability to lift up to 30 lbs. throughout shift, occasionally 50 lbs.

- Ability to stand for long periods and to bend and twist repeatedly; ability to lift product overhead and/or to climb ladders with product.