Cut Produce Specialist (Full Time, Morning Shifts)

Who We Are At Adams

At Adams, we prioritize creating a warm and welcoming environment for both our customers and team members. We believe exceptional customer service goes beyond meeting needs—it’s about treating everyone with genuine respect, kindness, and appreciation. Each team member is expected to greet customers personally, serve them with friendly, polite, and knowledgeable assistance, and always put customer needs above other tasks. Additionally, we value a workplace where employees treat each other with the same courtesy and respect as our customers, fostering a collaborative and supportive atmosphere that reflects our commitment to service excellence.

What We’re Looking For

Adams Employees are expected to provide friendly service to our valuable customers, ensuring that each experience reflects the commitment to providing quality products that Adams is known for. For the Cut Produce Specialist, this means reparing, packaging, and presenting fresh, high-quality cut produce while maintaining excellent customer service, proper rotation, and strict food safety standards. This includes working efficiently to meet department needs, keeping displays stocked and appealing, and assisting customers with product inquiries or special requests.

Your Day-to-Day

• Ensure that customers receive the best customer service by providing friendly, polite, and knowledgeable service; greet customers personally and thank them appreciatively for shopping at Adams.
• Order supplies for packing out cut fruits and vegetables and communicate with manager to ensure enough produce is ordered for the cut fruit & veggie program.
• Prepare ready-to-go items and products for the sales floor, including packing out, weighing, pricing, and labeling all items accurately.
• Maintain proper stock levels and rotate all products to ensure freshness, quality, and availability; keep cut fruit and vegetable cases full, organized, and correctly signed.
• Regularly check products for quality and be the final line for quality control by monitoring packaging, sell-by dates, and presentation.
• Receive and put away deliveries, checking all products for quality, and keep a daily runner list to track product needs.
• Keep all areas of the department clean and organized, including sales floor, cases, coolers, preparation, and production areas.
• Take customer orders in person and by phone and assist customers with product questions and selections.
  
  

What You Bring To The Farm

• Produce professional experience
• Knowledge on how to correctly cut, package and stock cut fruit and vegetables
• Excellent customer service skills
• Knowledge on produce products to help better assist customers
• Willingness to work collaboratively and communicate with a team of co-workers and managers
• Exhibit enthusiasm, positivity and/or knowledge about Adams’ products and quality
• Ability to demonstrate and set the example for Adams’ culture and values
  
  

Working Conditions

• Must be at least 18 years old
• Consistently move, adjust, and position items weighing up to 50 pounds
• Safely use knives, tools, U-boat and any other equipment necessary
• Ability to remain in a stationary position for duration of shift
• Occasionally ascend/descend a stepstool, stepladder, and/or ladder
• Repeating motions that may include the wrists, hands and/or fingers for duration of shift
• Communicate with others to exchange information
• Moving self in different positions to accomplish tasks including in tight and confined spaces
  
  

Perks of the Job

At Adams, we believe in recognizing and rewarding excellent work with competitive compensation and meaningful benefits. In addition to quality compensation, at Adams you can expect generous medical, dental and vision coverage (for applicable roles), voluntary benefits like Pet Insurance, paid time off and holiday pay, flexible pay schedules with DailyPay, and best of all, our generous Employee Discount.

The salary range for this position takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions – including skill sets, experience, training, certifications and other business needs. A reasonable estimate of the current range is: $16.50 - $23.10. At Adams, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their position, and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each situation. We’re committed to providing a supportive and rewarding environment that helps our team members thrive—both professionally and personally.

Disclaimer

The above statements are intended to describe the general responsibilities of this position. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and/or skills required for this position. It is understood that these responsibilities are subject to the needs of the business and therefore Adams retains the right to change or assign other duties to this position.