Meat Service and Stocking 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 policies and procedures pertaining to sanitation
- 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
1. 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
2. Sitting
Tasks: No work activities require sitting. Sitting is only done while on break.
Estimated total time: 30 minutes
Maximum continuous time: 30 minutes
3. 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
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