Title: Prep & Pack Staff (Seasonal) Dept: Food Services Hours: Full & Part time available Report to: Head Cheese Monger & Repack Wage: This position pays $17.50 - $19.00 per hour depending on experience. The Prep & Pack staff position is central to our Food Services Department. Within our Food Services Department the Prep & Pack staff will assist both the Kitchen and Bakery departments with preparing ingredients by washing and chopping fruits & vegetables and other meal prep activities for daily production
In addition, this position will assist the Head Cheese Monger & Repack with weighing, packaging, and labelling bulk items to be sold in the Farmstand. In our daily work, we: Check product dates and rotate stock daily. Packaging and labelling items such as baked goods, cheese, kitchen sides and entrees, and other food items for sale in the Farmstand.
Weigh, package, and label bulk products for retail purchase in the Farmstand. Grind in-house nut butters into jars. Food prep tasks such as cutting vegetables, cutting herbs, scooping cookie dough, and mixing ingredients.
Monitor label pricing and maintain an up-to-date list of product prices and PLUs, informing the Head Cheese Monger & Repack of discrepancies. Assist kitchen leads with creating appealing product displays and keep the retail area in the Farmstand scrupulously clean to help drive sales. Attention to detail, especially when performing quality inspections on ingredients and products or when maintaining accurate product inventories.
Understand and follow good food handling practices and food safety, ensuring all food and food deliveries are received, handled, prepared, and stored according to all required food safety code standards. Receive and properly store deliveries when needed. Clean, sweep, and mop when necessary and at the end of each shift.
If over 18 years old, slicing in-house baked breads. Take out trash and recycle when necessary and at the end of each shift. .