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At Festival, people are at the top of our list. You'll see it in everything from our daily interactions to how we treat our guests - even in our extensive associate benefits and programs.

Join Our Team as a Festival Foods Meat Cutter! 

Job Title: Meat Cutter

Reports To: Meat Manager

Are you an experienced butcher or meat cutter with a passion for meat and seafood, and delivering exceptional guest service? Do you thrive in a grocery store environment, where your craftsmanship can truly shine? If so, we invite you to bring your expertise to our Meat Department as a Meat Cutter.

Our Meat Department is central to providing high-quality, fresh meat products to our guests, helping them create memorable meals for any occasion. As a Meat Cutter, you will play a vital role in ensuring our meat offerings are prepared to perfection and meet the highest standards of quality.

What You'll Do:As a Festival Foods Meat Cutter, you will:

• Expert Meat Cutting: Utilize your meat cutting skills to prepare all non-case ready meat products, including cutting, grinding, wrapping, and trimming, according to established standards.
• Butchery Leadership: Provide expertise and leadership on the sales floor, ensuring safety and sanitation guidelines are followed, and inventory is effectively managed within the grocery store environment.
• Culinary Knowledge: Apply your extensive knowledge as a butcher, understanding different cuts of meat and cooking techniques to assist guests and ensure the best product offerings.
• Quality and Quantity Standards: Maintain and meet quality and quantity standards by filling all service and self-service cases, including fresh, frozen, and processed products.
• Team Support: Support your teammates and contribute positively to the culture of the Meat Department.
• Drive Sales: Increase sales by focusing on the details and ensuring products are visually appealing to our guests.
• Minimize Waste: Reduce shrink by following production lists, accurate trim standards, and minimizing waste.
• Product Management: Ensure meat products are properly packaged, labeled, and stored according to company policies and procedures.
• Training: Assist in training Utility team members in grinding, sausage making, cutting for the service counter, special orders, wrapping, and filling products.
• Cleanliness and Safety: Lead by example in maintaining the cleanliness of the department, including the operation, maintenance, and sanitization of equipment.
• Guest Services: Provide excellent service at the meat counter, offering expert knowledge and attentively assisting guests with their needs.
• Special Orders: Collect and fulfill special orders and requests in a timely manner.
• Teamwork: Perform other duties as needed to support the team.
• Honor Commitments: Regular, timely attendance in compliance with the work schedule, and adequate notice to find a replacement for occasional absences.

What We're Looking For:To succeed as a Festival Foods Meat Cutter, you should have:

• Experience: Proven experience as a butcher or in meat cutting within a grocery store, retail, or meat production setting.
• Customer Focus: Ability to deal tactfully and effectively with guests and all personnel.
• Communication Skills: Good oral and written communication skills.
• Product Knowledge: Knowledge of perishable foods, particularly meat.
• Age Requirement: Must be over the age of 18.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

• The physical demands and work environment described below are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. 

  • Stand in one place for a long period of time, bend, stoop, and kneel regularly
  • Lifting up to 60 pounds on an occasional basis
  • May be exposed to extreme temperatures

Work Schedule:The Meat Cutter position can be part-time or full-time. The work schedule may include mornings, afternoons, weekends, and holidays, with flexibility to work evenings or overnight as needed.

Are you ready to showcase your meat cutting skills and contribute to a team committed to excellence in a grocery store environment?

Apply now and become a key player in our Meat Department!