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Quality Food Centers

STARBUCKS/BARISTA

Job Overview

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Employment Type

Full-time
Part-time
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Compensation

Type:
Hourly
Rate:
Range $17.38 - $26.15
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Work Schedule

Flexible
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Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Paid Time Off
Employee assistance program
Tuition Reimbursement
associate discounts

Job Description

Qualify Food Centers (QFC), established in Washington, joined The Kroger Company family in 1998 and proudly serves customers through 59 stores across Washington and Oregon. As an integral part of Kroger's extensive network of grocery stores, QFC holds a strong commitment to delivering exceptional customer service, a clean and safe environment, and high-quality products tailored to meet the diverse needs of its community. The company thrives on innovation and continuously strives to craft amazing in-store experiences that delight customers, nurture community relationships, and foster employee satisfaction. QFC operates under a culture that values respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety,... Show More

Job Requirements

  • Excellent customer service skills
  • Ability to work cooperatively in high paced environment
  • Ability to manage conflict in a reasonable and nonconfrontational manner
  • Ability to follow directions and seek assistance when necessary
  • Must be able to perform essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation

Job Qualifications

  • Excellent customer service skills
  • Any previous comparable experience
  • Ability to create a welcoming environment for customers
  • Proficiency in handling coffee shop equipment
  • Knowledge of product preparation and safety standards
  • Capacity to work effectively in a team
  • Strong communication skills
  • Ability to manage conflict in a cooperative manner
  • Ability to follow directions and seek assistance when needed
  • Commitment to integrity and honesty in all business dealings

Job Duties

  • Create an environment that enables customers to feel welcome, important and appreciated by answering questions regarding products sold within the department and throughout the store
  • Gain and maintain knowledge of products sold within the department and be able to respond to questions and make suggestions about products
  • Collaborate with associates and promote teamwork to help achieve company/store goals
  • Prepare beverage selections to recipe and standards and to customer's requests using proper equipment
  • Tender transactions using company best practices
  • Offer product samples to help customers discover new items or products for which they inquire about
  • Inform customers of coffee shop specials
  • Provide customers with fresh products that they have ordered and the correct portion size (or as close as possible to the amount ordered) to prevent shrink
  • Recommend coffee shop items to customers to ensure they get the products they want and need
  • Use all equipment in coffee shop such as the refrigerators, freezers, slicers, and ovens according to company guidelines
  • Prepare, package, label and inventory ingredients in merchandise
  • Check product quality to ensure freshness
  • review "sell by" dates and take appropriate action
  • Properly use kitchen equipment, espresso machine, blender, computerized scale and steamer
  • Label, stock and inventory department merchandise
  • Report product ordering/shipping discrepancies to the department manager
  • Stay current with present, future, seasonal and special ads
  • Reinforce safety programs by complying with safety procedures and identify unsafe conditions and notify store management
  • Adhere to all food safety regulations and guidelines
  • Practice preventive maintenance by properly inspecting equipment and notify appropriate department or store manager of any items in need of repair
  • Notify management of customer or employee accidents
  • report all safety risks, issues or illegal activity, including robbery, theft, or fraud to store management
  • Ability to work cooperatively in high paced and sometimes stressful environment
  • Ability to manage conflict in a reasonable, nonconfrontational and cooperative manner
  • Ability to act with honesty and integrity regarding customer and business information
  • Ability to follow directions and seek assistance when necessary to resolve customer and business issues
  • Provide support and assistance through direct interaction with minors, individuals with special needs, and/or older adults
  • Must be able to perform the essential job functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation

Job Qualifications

Experience

No experience required

Job Location

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