Company description

Wickford Cheese & Sundry is a specialty cheese shop located in the village of Wickford, RI. Open for 2 years now, our shop has grown continually from our beginnings and are now seeking to add a new member to our team.

Our store offers about 110-120 cheeses at any given time and has grown an impressive business as well around our cured meats, salumi and charcuterie. We round out the offerings with a carefully procured range of specialty groceries and a focus on the best cheese accompaniments. Store is open Wednesday to Sunday.

Ideal candidate has retail experience. Essential to have passion for fine food and cheeses especially - but we are excited to teach and anyone we hire will have a learning curve with many of our unique offerings. Chef or front of house restaurant background also valid for this depending on the individual.

Job description

Wickford Cheese & Sundry is a specialty cheese shop located in the village of Wickford, Rhode Island. As we enter our 3rd year in business, with our continued growth we’re now seeking to hire a new member to our team.

Our store is a classic cut to order cheese shop focused on service and education. Our sampling program is a big feature of our shop – under the direction of our General manager we sample over a dozen and a half items or more. Customer engagement around educational is a big part of the work – around both the active and passive sampling efforts. During the days production and cleaning are a big part of our work as well – in between the customers.

In addition to our large cheese selection we offer a tremendous range of cured meats, salumi, and charcuterie, unique specialty groceries and cheese accompaniments of course. This business is a showcase store for our parent company – which was established 2009 and operates as a leading NYC based importer/distributor of fine cheeses for the Northeast region.

Although this is an entry level position, there is potential for growth with our company. WCS is a newer and growing business – we expect to continue this growth into the coming years as we grow into our shop and location in South County Rhode Island.

Experience / skills sought :
• Customer service background – ideally you have retail experience, or front of house restaurant work with the public. Fine food consumers want great service and this is a key ingredient for us.
• Knife skills – we are working with knives all day.
• Slicer experience – we sell a lot of sliced meats and ideally you are at least base level comfortable/competent on the slicer.
• Love of cheese. Probably goes without saying – but to become a part of this shop’s team you will need to love cheese. It’s a key part of enjoying success in this trade.
• Interest in learning about cheeses, charcuterie, groceries, etc. The store is focused on product education with the customers and will be offering cheese classes soon as well.

Compensation

this position is: hourly, varies DOE, $19.00 - $28.00

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