Meat Clerk

Meat Clerk Job Description
As an associate of Kroger, the basic objective of your position is to satisfy our customers
by providing exceptional customer service in a safe and clean environment to ensure the
customer's return visit.

We accomplish this in many ways including, but not limited to:

treating our customers/employees in a fair and ethical manner, promoting an inclusive
work environment, being a responsible member of the community, and providing the
right products at the right time with fair and accurate pricing.
The job description below focuses on our # 1 priority - "The Customer."
Embrace Customer 1st Philosophy

• People: Our people are great
• Shopping Experience: Makes you want to return
• Product: You get what you want, plus a little
• Prices: Our prices are good

Essential Functions
Duties include, but are not limited to, the following:_____________

• Conduct yourself in a professional manner, displaying a positive attitude, speaking

highly of the company in the presence of customers or other employees

• Follow established Personal Appearance policies and guidelines
• Understand and adhere to policies and procedures pertaining to safety
• Understand and adhere to polices and procedures pertaining to shrink
• Unload meat from the delivery truck onto a cart and move it to the freezer and

display area

• Stock the freezer with boxes of various meats and display cases with lunch meats,

chickens, etc. Set meat counter with the various cut meats and other products

• Maintain sufficient department stock levels
• Understand and adhere to company policies and procedures that pertain to product

dating and rotation
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• Understand and adhere to polices and procedures pertaining to temperature logs
• Understand and adhere to policies and procedures pertaining to grinding logs
• Prepare customer orders
• Understand the proper ways to weigh and wrap the product and attach the proper

label

• Maintain a clean and safe department
• Break down and clean equipment, clean out the display cases, and dispose of

product that is no longer suitable for sale (this involves contact with water and
various cleaning products)

• Operate a box baler (must be at least 18 years old)
• Must know the correct procedure to cut the various species(?) as well as how to

weigh and wrap the products

• Help prepare for department inventory audit for accounting of product and supplies

The Meat Clerk may be assigned to perform other tasks in addition to those discussed
above.
If you have any questions, please ask Store Management
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Kroger
Physical Demands Analysis

Job Title:
Meat Clerk

Job description includes demands for meat wrapper, and lunchmeat
clerk.

Type of Industry:
Grocery Store

Description:

• Greet customers and answer questions
• Unload delivery trucks and stock freezer and display cases
• Set meat counter with product as well as rotate product
• Prepare customer orders

by cutting, weighing, and wrapping product

• Clean work area

Work Schedule

Typical shift length: 8 hours

Number of days worked each

week:
5 days
Time allowed for breaks: 30 minutes

PHYSICAL DEMANDS ANALYSIS

• Standing and Walking

Tasks:
All tasks require standing and walking.

Surface:
Tile and concrete

Estimated total time: 7.5 hours

Maximum continuous time: 4 hours

• Sitting

Tasks:
No work activities require sitting. Sitting is only done while on break.

Estimated total time: 30 minutes

Maximum continuous time: 30 minutes

• Lifting and Carrying

Objects lifted:
boxes/cases of frozen beef, pork, and chicken; lunchmeats and packaged
meats
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Max weight: 100 lbs (need to justify)

Average weight: 30-40 lbs

Min/Max lift points: 0"-90"

Distance carried:
Less than five feet

Lifting:
Varied weight demands chart

Weight
Range Continuously Hourly Daily Weekly Monthly Never

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