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Takoma Park Silver Spring Co-op is a natural foods cooperative business owned by our friends and neighbors. Our goal is to ensure that our customers have access to goods produced in socially and environmentally responsible ways, with an emphasis on local and organic foods, at reasonable prices, and in a welcoming community marketplace setting.

Each staff member is asked to help create an environment which:

Encourages respect, honesty, and trust amongst all co-workers;
Offers the highest degree of service to each customer;
Provides an ethical and positive place to work, shop; and
Serves the community as an educational resource on ethical, sustainability, and food-related issues.

Benefits for our staff include:

Medical (No cost to employee on the HMO plan - yes, FREE employee only plan!)
Dental & Vision (FREE Basic employee only plan!)
Accidental death insurance
Life insurance
Paid time off
Health Reimbursement Account
Employee Assistance Program
MarylandSaves Program
Employee discount
Causal dress code - no uniform!
FREE parking!

Our hourly positions operate at a fixed scale for each role. Hourly pay rates for these roles range from $16.70-$20.64.

TPSS Co-op is an equal opportunity employer, supports diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Please visit CDS Consulting website to learn more about diversity at TPSS Co-op: https://library.cdsconsulting.coop/nurturing-inclusion-and-diversity-on-staff/

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire.

TPSS Co-op general application

Takoma Park, MD

Part Time to Full Time

Entry Level

The mission of TPSS Co-op is to promote healthful living by offering wholesome foods, high quality produce and community resources, in a clean, friendly, co-operative grocery store... that you own!

Each staff member is asked to help create an environment which encourages respect, honesty and trusts amongst all co-workers and also offers the highest degree of service to each customer; each staff member is asked to help maintain the store image as an ethical and positive place to work and to shop. In addition, TPSS Co-op is committed to being an educational resource to the community on ecological, environmental and food-related issues.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Greet customers, smiling and making eye contact.
Check out customer purchases quickly and accurately, using the correct prices and departments.
Verify price tags are present for all products in the department.
Rotate older stock to the front, making space for new stock.
Pull short-date or low-quality items and follow established procedures for recording and disposing.
Stock displays fully without overcrowding; face items on shelves.
Assist customers with product questions promptly, friendly, and courteously, referring them to other staff when necessary.
Clean up spills, remove trash promptly, and sweep and mop the floor.
Answer and route phone calls, and take and route messages as needed.
Inform appropriate individuals of pricing errors, PLU errors, and unpriced items.
Assist various departments when needed.
Available to work any day of the week and anytime, including mornings, evenings, and weekends.
Other duties as assigned.

BENEFITS AND PERKS:

Medical (No cost to employee on the HMO plan - yes, FREE employee only plan!)
Dental & Vision (FREE Basic employee only plan!)
Accidental death insurance
Life insurance
Paid time off
Health Reimbursement Account
Employee Assistance Program
MarylandSaves Program
Employee discount
Causal dress code - no uniform!
FREE parking!

Our hourly positions operate at a fixed scale for each role. Hourly pay rates for these roles range from $16.70-$20.64.

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