FreshCo Cashier

Job Description

Responsibilities

Duties
FreshCo cashiers carry out job duties heavily involved in customer service. Primary functions include greeting customers, scanning products and coupons, and completing grocery transactions. Answering questions regarding sale items, policies, and services also plays an important role in FreshCo cashier jobs.

Requirements
To obtain hiring consideration from the supermarket chain, applicants must demonstrate exceptional communication skills and possess the ability to stand on foot for long periods of time. Other desirable characteristics of ideal FreshCo job candidates include applicants with reliable transportation and self-motivated personalities.

How Old Do You Have to Be
The international grocery retail chain hires workers above the minimum age limit of 12. No other formal requirements exist for employment as a FreshCo cashier.

Salary/Pay

Minimum wage represents the average base pay for FreshCo cashier employees. Associates with experience or sustained tenures with the grocery store chain may receive increases in pay up to $11.00 or $12.00 per hour.

Advancement
Opportunities for personal and professional growth featuring annual salary packages and access to comprehensive work benefits include supervisory and managerial roles within the company. FreshCo also hires from within for corporate careers on a regular basis.

Duties
Specific job benefits available often vary by position and location. Both new-hire and experienced professional associates receive discounts on products and services, in most cases.

Job Outlook

A relatively young supermarket chain, FreshCo began in 2010. By 2012, the FreshCo banner included nearly 70 stores across Canada. Plans for future and continued expansion provide a favorable job outlook for entry-level workers looking for cashier jobs. FreshCo locations typically hire on large volumes of cashiers in order to provide attentive customer service and execute other tasks in supporting roles.

Freshco Cashier

Watch video of a FreshCo cahsier discussing her job

Video Transcript

Interviewer:
Please describe your job title and primary duties.

Freshco Cashier:
Okay. So at FreshCo I was a cashier and so yeah, I’d cash customers out whenever my shift was, and sometimes I’d close the cashier and everything. So yeah.

Interviewer:
How would you describe the application and interview process?

Freshco Cashier:
Well the application process, it took about a month or two, a little bit longer I’d say, but I mean, yeah. So when I got the call, I came into the interview. I was dressed professionally and two people interviewed me.

Interviewer:
What questions did the interviewer ask during the job interview?

Freshco Cashier:
I guess one of the questions, what are your worst qualities? So for me, I mean, I’m a bit shy, so I said that I’m a bit shy and I like to make sure everything’s correct. So sometimes I’d ask a question again just to make sure that I knew what I was doing.

Interviewer:
What other advice would you give to a job seeker looking to gain employment?

Freshco Cashier:
Go in with a positive attitude and although the waiting process is quite long, but don’t worry. If that job’s meant for you, then you’ll get it.