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1st Shift Prep Cook

Mom's Meals | A Purfoods Company
Grinnell, IA Full Time
POSTED ON 7/8/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 8/5/2026
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Position Summary

Prep Cooks are responsible for preparing food and ingredients to be cooked in kettles of mixed in mixers.

Our Team Members Enjoy

  • New starting hourly wages
  • Free breakfast & lunch
  • Weekly pay structure
  • No uniforms, casual dress
  • Eligible for referral bonuses starting day 1
  • PTO accrual from day 1
  • Employee discounts on major brands
  • Employer-funded holiday savings account
  • 401k & full benefits package

Position Responsibilities May Include, But Not Limited To

  • Prepare and maintain efficient setup of the prep room
  • Understand kitchen needs for the day
  • Initiate and ensure all batches are accurate and signed off
  • Weigh prepped ingredients as needed
  • Open boxed ingredients and decant into pans
  • Ensure that equipment is returned to the dish room in an efficient manner
  • Understand and operate stick blenders in a safe manner
  • Inspect equipment after cleaning and before use to ensure that they are clean
  • Adhere to strict safety, quality, and production standards including food sanitation (GMP) guidelines

Required Skills And Experience

  • Be a team player, including the ability to communicate well with others
  • Basic reading comprehension
  • Basic math, weight, and measurement skills (pounds, ounces, etc.)

Preferred Skills And Experience

  • Prep cook experience

Physical Requirements

  • Regularly required to use hands to feel, grab, or operate objects, tools, and controls while reaching with hands and arms
  • Frequently required to stand, communicate, and listen
  • Occasionally required to walk, stoop, kneel or crouch
  • Occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
  • Visual perception to perform job including peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus
  • Able to perform repetitive movements
  • Able to work in variable temperatures (cold/hot)

Company Overview

Mom’s Meals is a home-delivered meal service providing fully prepared, refrigerated meal solutions direct to homes nationwide since 1999. We provide seniors, patients recovering post-discharge and those managing a chronic condition with tailored nutrition solutions to manage their specific needs. If you are passionate about the well-being of others and have a strong sense of community, Mom’s Meals could be the place for you! We are a family operated business looking for fun, compassionate, and friendly people who want to make a difference in the lives of others.

EEO

Mom’s Meals complies with all applicable federal and state non-discrimination laws. All qualified applicants shall receive consideration for employment without regards to race, religion, national origin, ancestry, color, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation or military status.

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