Posted 10 months ago
PT Grocery Clerk
@ Food Basics
Guelph, Ontario
Overview
Food Basics is hiring a part-time grocery clerk for an existing permanent position in a unionized bargaining unit. The role involves serving customers, stocking merchandise and creating displays in the grocery department, with flexible shifts including nights, weekends and holidays. The hourly wage starts at $16.60 and follows the collective agreement.
Pay:
From $16.60 an hour
Responsibilities:
- Assist and serve customers in the grocery department
- Stock merchandise and create displays
- Keep products in stock and up to standard
Requirements summary:
- Customer service driven
- Good product knowledge and attention to detail
- Able to lift up to 50 pounds
- Able to stand for long periods and work under minimal supervision
- Retail experience considered an asset
Tools & skills
Source and dates
Employer career site / ATS feed · careerpage
- Employer posting date
- 2026-01-12
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-16
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-06
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 | Retail |
| Schedule | day, evening, holidays, weekends, overnight |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Store |
| Position | Mostly standing |
| Physical demands | physical high · lift 50 lb · computer low |
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Food Basics
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Full company description
Since 1995, Food Basics has been helping customers save money on their grocery needs by providing Always More for Less. Food Basics operates on three guiding principles: Always Fresh, Always in Stock and Always at Great Prices. Food Basics is the discount banner of Metro Ontario Inc. and currently operates 139 stores across Ontario. Metro Inc. is a food and pharmacy leader in Ontario and Québec.
- LinkedIn followers
- 7,504
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 2,521
- Reported office locations
- 5559 Dundas St W, Toronto, Ontario M9B 1B9, CA
- Other recorded names
- Food Basics
- Profile identifies a recruitment agency
- No
Since 1995, Food Basics has been helping customers save money on their grocery needs by providing Always More for Less. Food Basics operates on three guiding principles: Always Fresh, Always in Stock and Always at Great Prices. Food Basics is the discount banner of Metro Ontario Inc. and currently operates 139 stores across Ontario. Metro Inc. is a food and pharmacy leader in Ontario and Québec.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Retail |
| Company size | 10,001+ employees |
| Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario |
| Organization type | Public Company |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 268 |
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Position Title: PT Grocery Clerk
Position Type: Part time
Job Requisition ID: 45928
Banner: Food Basics
Employment Type: Permanent
This position is part of a unionized bargaining unit. The hourly wage for this position starts at $16.60 and is established in accordance with the collective agreement. Depending on a candidate’s relevant knowledge, skills, education, and prior experience, a higher hourly wage may be offered. Any hourly wage offered for this role, whether starting or higher, will fall within the wage scale established for this position in accordance with the collective agreement.
This is a posting for an existing permanent part-time position
Be in the action and help make the difference when serving our customers. Become a brand ambassador and share your passion for food with our customers! Our grocery team is fundamental to Food Basics’s overall success with a focus on in stock, & always up to standard.
If you are interested in assisting customers and are passionate about the food industry the grocery department is waiting for you!
General Qualifications
- Customer service driven
- Able to stock merchandise and create displays
- Good product knowledge and attention to detail
- Able to lift up to 50 pounds
- Retail experience considered an asset.
- Able to stand for long periods of time and work under minimal supervision
- Must be available to work flexible shifts which may include nights, weekend and holidays
The responsibilities and relationships assigned to this role may change as is necessary to achieve Metro's business objectives.
Disclosure on Use of Artifical Intelligence in Recruitment: At METRO, we are commited to transparency and fairness in our hiring practices. In compliance with Ontario's Employment Standards Act (Bill 149), we disclose that METRO and certain third-party job boards we use incorporate artificial intelligence (AI) technology to assist in screening, assessing, or selecting applicants for positions. The use of AI helps us efficiently review the large volume of applications we receive, ensuring that every candidate's profile is considered promptly and consistently. This technology supports our goal of providing an equitable and streamlined recruitment experience for all applicants. While AI tools support our recruitment procedures, all decisions throughout the process are made exclusively by METRO's Talent Acquisition team or METRO employees. At no stage does AI determine recruitment outcomes.
METRO is committed to providing an inclusive work environment that reflects the communities we serve. The company values, respects and relies on the diversity of backgrounds, experiences, and points of view because it allows us to innovate, make better decisions and better understand our customers. We will consider qualified applications from all walks of life to build the best team.
We encourage you to let us know if your current condition requires accommodation in the recruitment process so that we can accommodate you.
Please note that we will only contact those whose applications are selected.
We respectfully request that agencies do not contact us or send us unsolicited applications.
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