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STARBUCKS/BARISTA

Job Overview

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Compensation

Hourly
Range $13.75 - $15.75
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Benefits

Healthcare coverage
flexible scheduling
Paid Time Off
Employee assistance program
associate discounts
Tuition Reimbursement
training programs

Job Description

Founded over a century ago as a single grocery store in Cincinnati, Kroger has flourished into the largest grocer in the United States, operating nearly 2,800 stores across 35 states under 28 different banners. Kroger takes immense pride in its heritage rooted in innovation, community, and service, all revolving around the shared passion for food and people. As America’s grocer, Kroger is dedicated to feeding the human spirit by offering diverse teams the opportunity to come together and create extraordinary experiences for customers, communities, and colleagues alike.

This role is part of Kroger’s deep commitment to delivering exceptional customer service in a clean and safe environment, where every customer feels welcomed and valued. The position entails upholding the company’s core values, which include respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety, ensuring a fair and ethical workplace that fosters teamwork and community responsibility. You will be instrumental in providing quality products at fair and accurate prices, thereby encouraging repeat patronage and customer satisfaction. Kroger supports its associates with comprehensive benefits designed to enhance physical, emotional, and financial well-being, including access to healthcare plans, flexible scheduling, paid time off, employee assistance programs, discounts, tuition reimbursement, and opportunities for growth through training and career advancement.

In this role, you will engage with customers to understand and meet their needs, promote product knowledge, and deliver beverage and food items that conform to the company’s high standards. You will work collaboratively with fellow associates to achieve store goals while adhering to health and safety regulations. Kroger seeks individuals who are caring, purpose-driven, and eager to learn, offering a welcoming environment where your personal and professional potential can thrive. Whether you are seeking part-time employment or a stepping stone to a larger career, Kroger provides a fresh and rewarding opportunity to join a team that truly values its people and the communities they serve.

Job Requirements

  • Excellent customer service skills

Job Qualifications

  • Excellent customer service skills
  • Any previous comparable experience
  • 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

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 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 and 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 Criteria

Experience

No experience required


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