Meat & Seafood - FT Clerk Seafood

Embark on a rewarding career with Sobeys Inc., celebrated among Canada’s Top 100 employers, where your talents contribute to our commitment to excellence and community.

What began as a meat delivery business in Stellarton, Nova Scotia has grown to over 128,000 teammates at corporate-owned and franchised store locations. Sobeys Capital Incorporated and its independently owned and operated franchise partners operate over 1,500 stores in all 10 provinces. You may know us as Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Lawtons Drugs, Voilà, or another of our banners, but we are all one extended family.

Full-Time Meat & Seafood Clerk
As a Full-Time Meat & Seafood Clerk, you will help provide customers with fresh, high-quality products and friendly service. You will work as part of the Meat & Seafood team to prepare, package, stock, rotate, and display products while maintaining food safety, cleanliness, and accurate pricing.
Key Responsibilities:
• Provide friendly customer service and help customers with questions about meat and seafood products.
• Prepare and package meat and seafood products, including basic cutting, wrapping, weighing, and labelling.
• Fill and maintain meat and seafood displays, keeping products fresh, well presented, and properly rotated.
• Check products regularly and remove expired or poor-quality items.
• Ensure prices, product labels, expiry dates, and signage are accurate and up to date.
• Follow FIFO rotation, food safety, sanitation, and safe-handling procedures.
• Maintain clean and organized work areas, coolers, freezers, displays, and equipment.
• Assist with planogram, display, promotional, and seasonal changes.
• Use and clean department equipment safely according to training and established procedures.
• Answer customer questions, take orders at the service counter, answer the phone, and communicate with other departments as needed.
• Follow all company safety procedures and applicable requirements for operating department equipment.
Skills & Qualifications:
• Friendly and customer-focused with good communication skills.
• Able to work effectively as part of a team.
• Good organization, time-management, and basic math skills.
• Able to follow food safety, product rotation, and handling procedures.
• Willing to learn about meat and seafood products, equipment, scales, labelling, and inventory.
• Able to read and follow planograms and product displays.
• Able to stand for extended periods and perform physical duties including bending, kneeling, climbing, and pushing/pulling up to 50 lbs.
• Able to lift more than 25 lbs.
• Comfortable working in areas with frequent temperature changes.
• Must be 16 years of age or older.

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Total Rewards
We offer a Total Rewards package designed to support teammates at work and in life. Depending on role and eligibility, teammates may receive health and dental benefits, retirement and savings programs including an Employee Share Ownership Plan, a 10% in-store discount at participating banners, virtual healthcare and an Employee and Family Assistance Program, learning and development opportunities, parental leave top-up, and paid vacation.
Sobeys is committed to providing a compensation structure that is flexible, equitable and competitive in the market to enable performance and growth. To learn more about this opportunity including the expected range of compensation in accordance with Pay Transparency Legislation where required please click the “I’m interested” or "Apply" button above. Individual compensation is determined based on qualifications, experience, and internal equity within the range provided.
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Please note: Successful candidates will be required to provide documentation to prove their legal ability to work in the position during the onboarding process. Documentation will be assessed by the employer prior to commencement of work.