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Meat - Meat Wrapper

@ Safeway

Vancouver, British Columbia

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Overview

Safeway, a franchised store in the Sobeys family, is hiring a Meat Wrapper to wrap, package, price and label meat and poultry products and to serve customers in the meat department. The role includes stocking, rotating products, prepping the service case and training junior staff, with flexible hours and overtime.

Responsibilities:

  • Wrap, package, price, label and date meat and poultry products
  • Provide customer service and promote products
  • Handle, rotate and organize products to company standards
  • Order and receive stock; process department shrink
  • Train junior staff

Requirements summary:

  • Customer service experience
  • Full knowledge of department operations and skills
  • Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment
  • Able to lift up to 50 lbs; two-person lift above 50 lbs
  • Ability to stand for long periods

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Source type not verified · sobeys

Employer posting date
2026-09-11
First seen by our source
2026-10-10
Source record updated
2026-10-10

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Job details

SeniorityEntry level
DepartmentRetail
Scheduleovertime
Travelair: none · ground: none
Work settingStore, Restaurant or kitchen
PositionMostly standing
Physical demandsphysical high · lift 50 lb · computer low

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Full company description

Safeway operates as a banner of Albertsons Companies. Locally great and nationally strong, Albertsons Cos. (NYSE: ACI) is one of the largest food and drug retailers in the United States. Albertsons Cos. operates stores across 34 states and the District of Columbia under 20 well-known banners including Albertsons, Safeway, Vons, Jewel-Osco, Shaw’s, Acme, Tom Thumb, Randalls, United Supermarkets, Pavilions, Star Market, Haggen, and Carrs. Albertsons Cos. is committed to helping people across the country live better lives by making a meaningful difference, neighborhood by neighborhood. In 2019 alone, along with the Albertsons Companies Foundation, the company gave nearly $225 million in food and financial support. These efforts helped millions of people in the areas of hunger relief, education, cancer research and treatment, programs for people with disabilities and veterans outreach.

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Reported office locations
  • 5918 Stoneridge Mall Rd, Pleasanton, CA 94588, US
Other recorded names
  • Safeway
Specialties
  • Grocery
  • Pharmacy
  • General Merchandise
  • Retail
  • Grocery Manufacturing
  • Distribution
  • Supermarket
  • Organic Produce
  • e-commerce
  • and food
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Safeway operates as a banner of Albertsons Companies. Locally great and nationally strong, Albertsons Cos. (NYSE: ACI) is one of the largest food and drug retailers in the United States. Albertsons Cos. operates stores across 34 states and the District of Columbia under 20 well-known banners including Albertsons, Safeway, Vons, Jewel-Osco, Shaw’s, Acme, Tom Thumb, Randalls, United Supermarkets, Pavilions, Star…

FieldValue
IndustryRetail
Company size10,001+ employees
Organization typePublic Company
Year founded1915
SpecialtiesGroceryPharmacyGeneral MerchandiseRetailGrocery ManufacturingDistributionSupermarketOrganic Producee-commerceand food
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Job description
What began as a meat delivery business in Stellarton, Nova Scotia has grown to over 128,000 teammates at corporate-owned and franchised/affiliate store locations. Sobeys Capital Incorporated and its independently owned and operated franchise stores operate over 1,500 stores in all 10 provinces. You may know us as Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Lawtons Drugs, Voilà, or another of our banners, but we are all one extended family.
Please note that this career opportunity is for a role at an independently owned and operated franchised/affiliate store location.

Ready to start fresh?
The Meat Wrapper is responsible for carrying out the full range of duties of the position in a professional, accurate and timely fashion. The Meat Wrapper will deliver exceptional customer service, foster customer loyalty, fulfill customer needs and actively contribute to an environment of employee and customer engagement.
Here’s where you’ll have an impact:
• Adherence to all Food Safety Protocols, Standard Operating Procedures, corporate policies and Health and Safety, and other programs and initiatives
• Provide customer service to meet customer needs
• Accurately wraps, packages, prices, labels, and dates all meat and poultry products in a financially responsible manner
• Keep work area clean and presentable at all times
• Handle, organize, and rotate products in accordance with company standards
• Accurately records information in all appropriate logs
• Perform program execution and merchandising product, following company presentation standards
• Handle and prepare deli products in accordance with company quality standards and food safety protocols
• Increase store sales by actively promoting products
• Participate in the training of junior staff
• Order and receive stock in accordance with company inventory control procedures
• Maintain and prepare meat products for service case, if applicable
• Process department shrink
• Other duties as required

What you bring to the table:
• Customer service
• Service standards
• Customer offering
• Full knowledge of department operations and skills
• Ability to work independently in a fast paced environment
• Customer Service
• Interpersonal Skills
• Job Knowledge
• Adaptability/Flexibility
• Dependability
• Productivity
• Teamwork
• Enthused Selling
• May be required to lift up to 50lbs
• Two person lift required for weights exceeding 50lbs
• Ability to stand for long periods of time
• Physical work including; but not limited to bending, lifting, and reaching
• Exposure to varying temperatures over short periods of time
• Exposure to sanitation and cleaning chemicals
• Flexible hours and overtime

Our affiliate and franchise stores offer teammates competitive total compensation packages that will vary by role, location and store ownership. To learn more about this opportunity—including expected range of compensation in accordance with Pay Transparency Legislation where required —please click the “I’m interested” or "Apply" button above. Individual Compensation is determined based on qualifications, experience, and internal equity within the range provided.

External websites may share our organization's job postings which includes compensation information based on similar roles and market benchmarks. These figures are provided for general comparison purposes only and are not issued or verified by our organization.
We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to support efficiencies in the candidate screening, assessment, and recruitment processes. These AI tools do not make hiring decisions on behalf of the Company, these decisions are made by our Hiring Teams.
We are committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process and will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of this process.
Please note: Successful candidates will be required to provide documentation to prove their legal ability to work in the position during the onboarding process. Documentation will be assessed by the employer prior to commencement of work.

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