Bagging

Grocery bags in shopping cart.

The responsibilities of a bakery clerk extend beyond slicing bread and baking cakes. Bakery clerks must be knowledgeable about the products in the bakery. They must know the step-by-step processes of product preparation, as well as ways to sell those products and maintain sanitation standards.

As a bakery clerk, you should develop your knowledge and skills in all of these areas to deliver the best possible bakery products to your consumers. As a courtesy clerk, one of the most important daily tasks you will do in properly bagging groceries. Bagging happens so frequently at food retail stores, it is east for associates to forget that poor bagging practices waste bags, cost the store money and upset consumers…to the point that they will discontinue shopping at the store.

This course has the following objectives:

• Identify the advantages of paper, plastic or recyclable bags
• List the steps for bagging groceries efficiently
• Describe the handling required for specialized items

Course Duration: 15m