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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.

Refrigerated Stock

Takoma Park, MD

Part Time

REFRIGERATED

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 trust 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:

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.
Assist customers with product questions in a prompt, friendly, courteous manner, referring them to other staff when necessary.
Stock displays fully without overcrowding; face items on shelves.
Help with receiving deliveries and rotating overstock into backstock.
Clean up spills, remove trash promptly, and sweep and mop the floor.
Other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Available to work at any time, including mornings, evenings, and weekends.
Ability to perform stocking tasks.
Ability to lift and carry items weighing up to 50 lbs.
Experience serving the public.
Accuracy and attention to detail.
Ability to handle multiple demands.
Ability to project an outgoing, friendly personality.
Ability to stand and move around for long periods with and without accommodation.
Ability to work in cold and wet conditions.
Willingness and ability to learn and grow to meet the changing requirements of the job.

BENEFITS AND PERKS:

Paid time off.
Employee Assistance Program.
MarylandSaves Program.
Employee discount.
Causal dress code - no uniform!
FREE parking!

$17.56 per hour to start and $18.06 per hour after the probationary period.

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