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Food Sampling Brand Ambassador
@ at Acosta
Newmarket, Ontario
Overview
Acosta, through its Mosaic agency, is hiring a part-time Food Sampling Brand Ambassador to promote products and offer samples to shoppers in Sobeys grocery stores. The work covers product promotion, simple food and beverage sampling, station setup and teardown, and post-shift reporting. Schedule is Thursday to Sunday on casual shifts, paid $21 per hour, with training provided before the first shift.
Responsibilities:
- Promote products and offer samples to shoppers in Sobeys stores
- Share key product information and answer customer questions
- Prepare simple food and beverage samples
- Set up, maintain and tear down the sampling station
- Complete reporting after each shift
Requirements summary:
- Food Handler and Smart Serve certificate before the interview
- Available Thursday to Sunday
- Customer service, retail or sales experience preferred
- Ability to stand for the shift
- Access to a smartphone with photo capability
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
Tools & skills
Source and dates
Employer career site / ATS feed · oraclecloud
- Employer posting date
- 2026-10-08
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-08
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-10
These dates describe the source record, not a live verification that the employer is still hiring. Check the original posting.
Job details
| Seniority | Entry level |
| Department | Sales |
| Schedule | day, evening, weekends |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Store |
| Position | Mostly standing |
| Physical demands | physical moderate · computer low |
| Languages | English |
| Licences & certifications | Food Handler, Smart Serve |
| Perks mentioned | Paid training |
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at Acosta
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Do you thrive in customer-facing environments and enjoy building connections with
others? Join our team as a Brand Ambassador and create memorable consumer
experiences by showcasing and sampling products from some of today’s leading brands!
At Mosaic, we help some of North America’s most recognized brands connect with
consumers through engaging, memorable experiences. With more than 30 years of industry
expertise, we are a trusted leader in sales and marketing solutions.
Position Details
This is a permanent part-time opportunity offering ongoing casual shifts throughout the
year. Scheduling is based on business needs, and weekly shifts are not guaranteed.
Training is also provided before your first shift!
Schedule:
• Thursday & Friday: 1:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
• Saturday & Sunday: 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Salary:
• $21/per hour
Responsibilities:
• Promote products and offer samples to shoppers in local Sobeys grocery stores
• Share key product information and answer customer questions
• Meet sampling targets while delivering engaging customer interactions
• Prepare simple food and beverage samples (e.g., coffee, desserts)
• Maintain a clean and organized sampling station (set up, maintain, and tear down)
• Complete reporting after each shift
• Must have Food Handler and Smart Serve Certificate prior to the interview
• Must be fully available Thursday-Sunday
• Previous customer service, retail, or sales experience preferred
• Confident engaging with customers and delivering key product messaging
• Ability to stand for the duration of a shift and assist with the setup and teardown of
the sampling station (all materials stored on-site)
• Access to a smartphone with photo capabilities and to complete reporting
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work independently and represent brands professionally in a retail
environment
Typically, a mosaic is where all the pieces fit together nicely. That’s not us. This Mosaic is where every piece stands out. That’s because each person at our agency brings their own, unique set of skills to every brief, build, interaction, reaction, design and idea.
As part of the Acosta Group, Mosaic is one of the original marketing agencies who specialize in interactions, experience isn’t just what we have, it's what we create. With 3,000+ team members and hubs in Toronto and Dallas, we’ve spent over 35 years bringing brands to life through experiential marketing, integrated commerce campaigns, and field sales strategies that drive real behavior change.
From awareness, to earned, brand equity, consideration, and sales — we approach every project with people in mind, regardless of the channel or discipline. The result is an idea that can spark emotion and create action — whether it’s a sale or a smile. We celebrate bold thinking and embrace curiosity as we shape what’s next.
Acosta Group is an equal opportunity employer and will ensure that applicants with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact [email protected]. Be sure to include "Applicant Accommodation" in the subject of your email to expedite the request.
Acosta Group believes in good faith that the minimum and maximum annual salary or hourly compensation range for this opportunity is accurate and reasonable at the time of posting.
AI and Automated Decision-Making Notice
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