River Valley Co-op is a full service, community-owned food cooperative, specializing in fresh, local, and organically grown groceries, prepared foods, wine and beer, wellness, and bulk items. Everyone is welcome to shop, co-op ownership is not required. 

Purpose: To cut and display fresh meats and seafood while providing prompt, friendly, courteous customer service to meet department objectives.

Status: Reports to Meat & Seafood Manager

Pay Level: IV, non-exempt.

Responsibilities

I. PRODUCTION

• Prepare cuts of beef, pork, lamb, etc. for best yield, quality, and customer appeal, following specifications from Meat & Seafood Team Leader.
• Produce sausage to maintain adequate supplies of each flavor.
• Prepare poultry and seafood following established priorities and standards for appearance, size, weight, and wrap.

II. CUSTOMER SERVICE

• Assist customers with product questions, in a prompt, friendly, courteous manner, referring them to other staff when necessary.
• Offer suggestions for purchases and ways to use products. Offer tastes and samples.
• Cut and wrap poultry and seafood and wrap meat to order.
• Help customers place special orders.
• Maintain fully stocked, attractive displays, while maintaining proper storage conditions.
• Label items accurately with price tags or signs as needed.
• Report customer suggestions, comments, complaints to Meat and Seafood Manager.

III. DEPARTMENT MAINTENANCE

• Pull short-dated or low-quality items, record and dispose of them following established procedures.
• Keep coolers, food prep and storage areas in clean, sanitary conditions, meeting health department standards.
  • Sweep and mop the floor as needed and take out the trash.
  • Scrub and rinse blocks, floors, walls, cases following established procedures.
• Participate in periodic inventory counts.
• Monitor cooler and freezer temperatures. Advise Meat and Seafood Manager of equipment repair or replacement needs.
• Assist with receiving as needed. Check deliveries for damage, quality, weight, and accuracy; notify Meat and Seafood Manager of discrepancies. Rotate deliveries into storage.

IV. OTHER DUTIES

• Perform other tasks assigned by Meat and Seafood Manager.
• Attend department meetings and storewide meetings.