Bakery Clerk

POSITION TITLE: Bakery Sales Clerk

DEPARTMENT: Retail

LOCATION: Varies

REPORTS TO: Store Manager

Albertsons Safeway is working to become the favorite food and drug retailer in every market it serves. The 

organization includes 2,230 stores, 27 distribution facilities and 19 manufacturing plants with over 250,000 

employees across 34 states and the District of Columbia. The company is privately owned with supermarkets 

across the country that includes: Albertsons, Safeway, Vons, Pavilions, Randalls, Tom Thumb, Carrs, ACME, Jewel-Osco, Lucky, Shaw’s, Star Market, Super Saver, United Supermarkets, Market Street and Amigos.

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A BAKERY SALES CLERK

As a Bakery Sales Clerk, no one day is ever the same at Albertsons Safeway. This position allows you the 

opportunity to exhibit your excellent customer service skills while interacting with our valued shoppers. To be 

successful in this position you must be someone who cares about our products by displaying, wrapping and rotating 

the delicious and tasty breads, pastries, and cakes made by our Bakers. If this sounds like you, we invite you join 

our team and create a lasting impression and positive experience for the customers we serve.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS**

• Provide high-quality customer service in accordance with our Company’s customer service standards 

and policies and procedures.

• Maintain cleanliness of bakery area of the store. Includes cleaning display cases, work surfaces, and 

preparing and straightening up bakery display areas.

• Maintain area and conduct business in accordance with all federal, state and local food safety and 

employee safety regulations and guidelines and company policy.

• Inform customers about bakery products and services, provide samples, and promote sales within 

department.

• Take bakery orders over telephone or in person.

• Operate electronic cash register, receive final payment from customer (cash or credit/debit card) and 

accurately make proper change.

• Replace stock in bakery area as needed.

• Move trays of bakery goods from preparation area to display area.

• Monitor bakery area to locate expired or nearly expired bakery goods for markdown or throwaway.

• Use various sales reports to identify sales opportunities. Uses intercom to communicate sale items.

• Use price labeling machine and place price sticker on packaged item.

• Adhere to uniform and grooming policy as defined within company policy. 

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

The following describes the general qualifications and physical, sensory and mental abilities normally associated with 

performing the essential job functions of this position:**

• Ability to operate bread slicer and other required equipment to prepare goods for sale

• Demonstrated prior customer service skills or related experience

• Excellent customer service skills

• Ability to understand and follow instructions, and ability to read, retain and comprehend product labels and price 

tags, guidelines, policies and procedures applicable to the position

• Ability to multi-task and work in a fast-paced environment

• Ability to work independently as well as within a large team