Meat Clerk resume examples for 2025

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Updated March 26, 2025
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Meat Clerk Resume

 
Kenneth Harper
Meat Clerk
83311 S. First Rd., Alexandria, VA | (460) 555-7779 | kharper@example.com
Work Experience
Meat Clerk, Safeway - Alexandria, VA
2020

Cut meat products ensure correct temperatures as well as condition of meat

Make sure sales floor is nicely arranged, rotated timely fashion way.

Provide prompt, efficient and friendly customer service.

Seafood Clerk, Publix - Jacksonville, FL
2019 - 2020

Receive, open, unpack and issue sales floor merchandise.

Ordered Seafood Products and stocked them on the shelves.

Established a friendly environment by keeping a positive attitude and a helping hand.

Pizza Cook, Sonic - Tulsa, OK
2014 - 2019

Train new hire how to prep food ,cook and close the kitchen at night.

Open Restaurant Kitchen at 6am Prepare, expedite, and charge orders Dishes, Trash, Cleaning

Provided courteous and informative customer service in an open kitchen format.

Dated, labeled and stored all food materials and cooked food products.

Skills
Specific Food Items, Menu Items, Dishes, Steam Tables, Customer Service, Display Counter, Storage Areas, Unload Trucks, Product Rotation, Pizza HUT
Education
High School Diploma
2014 - 2014
 

How to write a meat clerk resume

Craft a resume summary statement

A well-written resume summary is basically an elevator pitch. You are summing up your skills and experience in a few sentences to wow recruiters, hiring managers, and decision makers into giving you an interview. Here are some tips to putting your best foot first with your resume summary:

Step 1: Start with your current job title, or the one you aspire to. Are you a passionate manager? A skilled analyst? It's a good starting point.

Step 2: Next put your years of experience in meat clerk-related roles.

Step 3: Now is the time to put your biggest accomplishment or something you are professionally proud of.

Step 4: Read over what you have written. It should be 2-4 sentences. Your goal is to summarize your experience, not recite your resume.

These four steps should give you a strong elevator pitch and land you some meat clerk interviews.

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List the right project manager skills

Your Skills section is an easy way to let recruiters know you have the skills to do the job. Just as importantly, it can help your resume not get filtered out by hiring software. Here is how to make the most of your skills section and make sure you have the right keywords:

  1. Look at the job listing and skills listed. You need to include the exact keywords from the job description to get your resume in front of an actual human. Do you have those skills? Fantastic! Be sure to list them.
  2. Include as many relevant hard or technical meat clerk skills as possible for each job you apply to.
  3. Be specific with the skills you have and be sure you are using the most up to date and accurate terms.
These five steps should give you a strong elevator pitch and land you some meat clerk interviews.

Here are example skills to include in your “Area of Expertise” on a meat clerk resume:

  • Grinders
  • Basic Math
  • Math
  • Pallet Jack
  • Expiration Dates
  • Product Knowledge
  • Customer Satisfaction
  • Cleanliness
  • Food Products
  • Food Handling
  • Display Cases
  • Excellent Organizational
  • Customer Orders
  • Grocery Store
  • Unload Trucks
  • Sales Floor
  • Product Quality
  • Cross-Selling
  • Safety Regulations
  • Slicers
  • Service Counter
  • Safety Procedures
  • Customer Service
  • Fresh Meat
  • Safety Guidelines
  • Perishables
  • Balers
  • Provide Customer Assistance
  • Inventory Control
  • Groceries

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How to structure your work experience

Your work experience should be structured:

  1. With your most recent roles first, followed by earlier roles in reverse chronological order.
  2. Job title, along with company name and location on the left.
  3. Put the corresponding dates of employment on the left side.
  4. Keep only relevant jobs on your work experience.

How to write meat clerk experience bullet points

Your resume is your chance to show your biggest accomplishments. Don't just list your job responsibilities, instead take the opportunity to show why you're really good at what you do. Here is how you do that:

  • Start with strong action verbs like managed, spearheaded, created, etc. Your goal is to show what you did and verbs will help demonstrate your contributions.
  • Use numbers to quantify your achievements. Did you save time with a new report? Increase revenue? How large was the team you managed?
  • Keep it concise. You're highlighting your achievements. Consider if all details you are sharing are relevant, or can be written more efficiently.

Here are examples from great meat clerk resumes:

Work History Example #1

Food Clerk

Stop & Shop

  • Processed customer orders at the deli, seafood, and prepared foods at various locations.
  • Provided assistance to deli customers.
  • Handled products and food in the deli department in accordance with safety and sanitation guidelines.
  • Opened and closed bakery/deli department.
  • Processed and accurately counted exchange media accurately including cash, check, WIC vouchers, food stamps, coupons, etc.

Work History Example #2

Grocery Clerk, Stocking

Stop & Shop

  • Helped in maintaining relationships and open communication with all levels of management.
  • Maintained open lines of communication with team members to ensure customer satisfaction.
  • Maximized production flow through successful communication and teamwork.
  • Developed relationships with customers and co-workers, this open communication was beneficial to the company overall.
  • Provided premier customer service through communication and serving customers.

Work History Example #3

Meat Clerk

Kroger

  • Ensured assigned area is fully stocked, and ensured the quality of produce meets the Kroger Co. standards.
  • Managed quality communication, customer support and product representation for each client.
  • Facilitated inter-departmental communication to effectively provide customer support.
  • Acquired the knowledge and began utilization of merchandising premium cuts of beef, lamb, pork, chicken, and seafood.
  • Washed and sanitized meat room and equipment as per government-approved sanitation guideline.

Work History Example #4

Meat Clerk

Safeway

  • Ordered and recorded delivery of merchandise.
  • Cleaned, cut and packaged beef, pork fish and poultry.
  • Answered customer phone calls to handle inquiries and orders pertaining to the deli department, and routed calls for other departments.
  • Trained in Produce, Customer Service, Checkout, Self-Checkout, Deli, and Floral.
  • Maintained delivery documentation for received, damaged, and items that were taken out of store after reset.

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Add an education section to your resume

Employers are looking for a few things when looking at the Education section of your resume:
  • The highest degree you have achieved.
  • TWhere you attended school, and the dates (Although if you graduated some time ago, leave the date off to avoid ageism)
  • TField of study
  • TAny honors, relevant coursework, achievements, or pertinent activities

Here are some examples of good education entries for resumes:

High School Diploma

2014 - 2014

Highlight your meat clerk certifications on your resume

If you have any additional certifications, add them to the certification section.

To list, use the full name of the certification and the organization that issued it, along with the date of achievement.

If you have any of these certifications, be sure to include them on your meat clerk resume:

  1. EPA Amusement Operators Safety Certification (EPA)
  2. Certified Professional - Food Safety (CP-FS)
  3. Certified Food Manager (CFM)

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