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Baker Help Wanted: Join a creative team!
Do you like to bake? Then Downtown Grocery is the place for you! Downtown Grocery is seeking a responsible and enthusiastic individual to work in our Bakeshop preparing made-from-scratch foods! We're a unique type of food business that's located in a beautifully rebuilt historic building on Wausau's "Main Street."
The Bakery position is Part-Time for right now, but Full-time would be available later in the year as we incorporate your work into our daily routine. The typical work week includes eight-hour shifts, Monday through Saturday to start 7:00 AM or 8:00 AM and to end as late as 3:00 PM or 4:00 PM.
The job responsibilities include the following:
- Prepare made-from-scratch baked goods including old-fashioned favorites and unique items.
- Such as breads, rolls, flatbreads, sweet rolls, muffins, scones, bars, cakes, cookies, and pies.
- Demonstrate an ability to follow recipes while maintaining consistency, flavor, and quality.
- Work independently as all tasks from prep to clean-up is the job responsibility.
- Demonstrate an ability to plan and complete tasks from start to finish.
- Develop new recipes from world-inspired flavors and old-fashioned favorites.
- Be mindful of food allergies such as gluten-free and dairy-free.
- Assist other team members to manage the bakery department, inventory, and food costs.
- Incorporate local, regional, and organic ingredients into the prepared selections.
- Keep kitchen clean, orderly, and organized.
- Demonstrate the use, knowledge, and importance of food safety procedures.
INTERESTED APPLICANTS
We are looking for an enthusiastic, creative, motivated, and responsible team-player that likes to work in a fast-paced environment while completing tasks per time-sensitive schedules. Applicants should be flexible, accurate, and speedy with the ability to work independently and to work in a team. The position requires a high school diploma, and a college degree or diploma is preferred. Demonstrated work experience is preferred for this position. The Food Safety certificate is required, if the applicant does not hold a certificate, we'll pay for you to attend the class at the end of the probationary period.
PAY AND BENEFITS
We're a performance-based organization and increase compensation for those demonstrating an ability to understand our team, business, and customers. Pay is based on experience and an ability to contribute to the team. All employees receive a generous store discount on purchases from our business and other benefits too.
WHAT IS DOWNTOWN GROCERY?
Downtown Grocery is a community-focused grocery store featuring an everyday farmers market and prepared foods "homemade in our kitchen." We organize Downtown Grocery into two major departments, a Market and a Kitchen. In our Kitchen, we specialize in made-from-scratch foods including soups, entree's, sides, appetizers, sauces, salads, dressings, croutons, and bakery. In our Market, we feature produce, dairy, meats, frozen, bulk, beer, wine, and wellness. We're a friendly and dynamic workplace where employees have an ability to grow as individuals, as a team, and as members of the community!
NEXT STEP
Please call Kevin for a pre-interview phone call, 715-573-3847. Stop-in today to pick-up an application or email a request for an application, then drop off or email the completed application to food@downtowngrocery.com. Thank you for your interest in Downtown Grocery 607 Third St Wausau WI 54403! Sincerely, Kevin & Megan
