
Meat Department
Round Lake Beach, ILFull-time$15.25–16.98/hrSeen 6 days agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago
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Job overview
The Meat Department role provides customer service and product knowledge while supporting merchandising and store operations across Fresh departments. The Food Clerk helps customers, maintains product displays, stocks and rotates merchandise, uses job-specific technology, and follows food safety and quality procedures. Previous retail or food service experience is helpful but not required. The position includes a step pay plan and benefits such as medical coverage, retirement contributions, and paid leave.
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Round Lake Beach, IL
Full time
R000712079
As a family company, we serve people and communities. When you work at Meijer, you’re provided with career and community opportunities centered around leadership, personal growth and development. Consider joining our family – take care of your career and your community!
Grab the Good Stuff:
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Weekly pay
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Team member discount
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401(k) with company contributions
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Paid parental leave
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Paid education assistance
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Development programs for advancement and career growth
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Medical/dental/vision
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And more!
Please review the job profile below and apply today!
Responsible for delivering remarkable customer service by providing customers with exceptional product knowledge, efficient service and a friendly attitude; will be exposed to a variety of retail tasks related to product, customer service and merchandising.
Feed your community. Grow your career.
At Meijer, we’re a family company that serves people and communities. When you join our team, you’re not just filling shelves, you’re helping families put food on their tables and creating moments of connection every day.
If you enjoy working with food, helping customers, and staying active in a fast‑paced environment, this role could be a great fit.
Why You’ll Love Working Here
We invest in you—because when our team thrives, our communities do too.
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Weekly pay
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Team member discount
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401(k) with company contributions
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Paid parental leave
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Paid education assistance
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Development programs for advancement and career growth
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Paid family care leave
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Medical/dental/vision
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And more!
What You’ll Do
As a Food Clerk, you play a key role in creating a fresh, welcoming, and well‑run store experience within our Fresh departments.
You’ll:
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Build positive connections with customers and teammates
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Share product knowledge and help customers find what they need
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Maintain full, fresh, and visually appealing product displays
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Stock, rotate, and merchandise product according to standards
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Use technology to complete tasks efficiently and accurately
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Follow food safety, sanitation, and quality procedures
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Work across departments including Meat, Seafood, Bakery, Deli, Produce and Grocery
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Support other tasks as needed to keep operations running smoothly
Every shift, your work helps keep our store running smoothly and our customers coming back.
What You Bring
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A friendly, customer‑first mindset
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Strong listening and communication skills
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Comfort learning and using job‑specific technology
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Attention to detail and ability to stay organized
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Ability to follow processes and safety standards
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Calm, focused approach in a fast‑paced environment
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Willingness to be physically active, including lifting, bending, twisting, and standing for extended periods
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A passion in working with customers every day
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Previous retail or food service experience is helpful, but not required
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You have the ability to perform physical tasks, such as lifting, bending, twisting, and standing for extended periods
We are committed to offering competitive pay that reflects market standards and ensures consistency within our organization.
This job has a step pay plan that generally starts between the rates below with raises occurring after predetermined hours worked. The actual rate offered will meet or surpass the legal wage requirement for the job's location.
$15.25 - $16.98
We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, life insurance, a 401(k) plan with employer match, disability leave, and paid time off (PTO). In addition to these core benefits, we are committed to supporting your overall well-being and career growth. Our offerings include a variety of programs designed to support your personal and professional development, such as paid parental leave, paid education assistance (including free education), a childcare subsidy, and more. We are dedicated to creating a work environment that promotes work-life balance, long-term health and financial security, and continuous professional development.
We opened our doors more than 90 years ago with the goal of helping people provide for themselves and their family. Today we’re a multi-billion dollar retailer with more than 70,000 employees across six states. Our Midwest geography includes corporate offices in Grand Rapids, Michigan, plus manufacturing facilities, distribution centers and over 270 stores across Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and Wisconsin.
Meijer is an Equal Opportunity Employer, fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We are committed to treating all persons with dignity and respect. Meijer's policy is to not discriminate because of any applicant or team member's race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, religion, age, physical or mental disability, uniformed service or veteran status, or any other lawfully-protected classification. If you have a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of your application, please click here to submit your request . Submissions that are not seeking help to complete the application due to a disability will not be responded to.
How this job compares
Set against the 75,876 open Customer Service jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$15.25–16.98/hr
- Illinois median$16–18/hr2,210 hourly ranges
- US median$17–19/hr33,630 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $16.12/hr, is 5% below the Illinois median midpoint ($17/hr) — in the middle half of Customer Service hourly ranges in Illinois.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 2,821 open Customer Service jobs in Illinois and 75,876 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Illinois
- Dollar Tree463 open
- McDonald's267 open
- Walmart223 open
- Experience
- Customer Service postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (9,707 postings).
- Education
- 1,506 of the 75,876 open Customer Service jobs (2%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 29, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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