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Albertsons Companies · 1 day ago

Meat Cutter Apprentice

Albertsons Companies is seeking a Meat Cutter Apprentice to maintain the desired level of fresh meat production while ensuring cleanliness and customer service. The role includes cutting, grinding, and wrapping meat products, as well as adhering to safety and quality standards.

Food and BeverageFood DeliveryMeat and PoultryRetail

Responsibilities

Adheres to Company and Division customer service programs to meet or exceed Division customer service goals. Handles customer relations in a positive manner, including effective resolution of customer complaints and reporting to the Meat Manager or Store Director as appropriate. Promotes Albertson's philosophy of personalized service
Receives and breaks down loads. Checks for quality and quantity. Maintains product quality by ensuring compliance with Company policies and federal and state regulations on storage and temperatures
Cuts, grinds, weighs and wraps fresh meat products according to proper procedure to ensure product quality. Controls shrink and expenses. Prevents the sale of out of date or spoiled product
Accurately completes and monitors daily log sheet and other required paperwork and logs
Maintains and organizes meat department cooler and freezer. Ensures cleanliness and sanitation of sales floor, work area, cooler, freezer, equipment and retail cases
Ensures that product quality, trimming, grinding, packaging, labeling, rotation and wrapping standards are met
Ensures proper merchandising of product by understanding and implementing schematics, merchandising of advertised items, proper signing procedures and monitoring product flow. Complies with retail labeling laws, federal and state regulations and Company policies
Follows Company policies in pricing and handling re-worked and reduced-to-clear items
Complies with all federal, state and local health, and food handling and safety standards
Assists customers by taking and filling special orders. Makes product suggestions and engages in suggestive selling
Answers and responds to incoming calls appropriately
Responsible for performing all job duties and responsibilities safely, accurately and with honesty and integrity
Other necessary and required duties

Qualification

Meat cuttingFood safetyCustomer serviceMathematicsManual dexterityCommunicationTeamworkAttention to detail

Required

Ability to be friendly, courteous, tactful and maintain composure in dealing with customers and co-workers
Requires working knowledge of all job duties within the Meat Department including cutting, wrapping, steaming, grinding, cubing, tenderizing and customer service
Ability to communicate orally and read and follow written work assignments
Requires a good understanding of overall company practices and Meat Department policies and procedures. Requires the ability to judge and react to business activity
Must have knowledge of product variety, standards, perishability, food safety, sanitation, labeling and department policies and procedures
Frequently reaches, lifts, stacks and maneuvers objects of varying dimensions and weights up to approximately 80 lbs. Bends, stoops and reaches frequently and occasionally climbs ladders. Pushes and pulls fully loaded hand trucks, high boys and pallet jacks. Performs repetitious arm movement to prepare and package products
Manual dexterity and good eye-hand coordination are necessary
Mental alertness is necessary to ensure safe and accurate completion of work activities
Requires knowledge of basic mathematics and weights and measures. Must have knowledge of taste, content and perishability of products, safety and sanitation procedures and department policies and procedures
Operates computer software and electronic ordering devices to input order and inventory and print labels
Utilizes saws, cutters, grinders and other cutting and wrapping equipment. Utilizes cleaning supplies and equipment. Utilizes safety cutters. Requires use of safety gloves
May be required to work nights, weekends and holidays. Scheduled hours will vary. Good attendance is required
Exposure to potential hazards exists with respect to cutting equipment and other work aids necessary to perform job duties

Company

Albertsons Companies

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Albertsons Companies is a food and drug retailer that helped in the areas of hunger relief, education, cancer research, and treatment.

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$3.25B
Key Investors
Apollo
2025-10-21Post Ipo Debt· $1.5B
2022-10-14Acquired
2020-06-25IPO

Leadership Team

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Susan Morris
Chief Executive Officer
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Sharon McCollam
President & Chief Financial Officer
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