Food Services Assistant

Rate: £12.60 per hour

Location:

Kinross Store, Kinross, KY13 8FH

Hours:

Part time, 11.33 hours per week

Contract type:
Permanent

Business area:
Retail

Closing date: 07 February 2026

Requisition :

• Friday: 06:00 - 17:00
• Saturday: 06:00 - 17:00
• Sunday: 06:00 - 17:00

Our stores are fast‑paced environments where no two days are ever the same, especially during our busiest and most magical time of the year. They are at the heart of the local community providing outstanding value, quality and great service. As one of our Food Services Assistants, you’ll be the special ingredient that ensures our stores are set‑up brilliantly to provide our customers with a range of great‑tasting products.

• You must be above the school‑leaver age in your country.
• You must have Right to Work eligibility in the UK.
• If the shifts for this role cover hours earlier than 6:00 am or later than 11:00 pm, you will need to be at least 18 years of age.

• Preparing, packing and displaying a range of breads, pastries, sweet treats, hot foods and seasonal items to make them enticing for customers.
• Complying with food safety and hygiene standards, checking food temperatures, date checking products, disposing of waste and cleaning the food areas.
• Being tuned in to what our customers want and being on hand to serve them brilliantly, supporting with any questions, and proactively offering help.
• Replenishing stock to maintain availability and keeping shelves tidy and full of well‑presented products.
• Building great knowledge about our products, services and promotions to help provide recommendations.
• Working flexibly across the store as required.

• Friendly and welcoming with a genuine enthusiasm for helping customers and a passion for food.
• Enjoys working in a fast‑paced, physical and high‑energy environment, thrives as part of a team.
• Takes responsibility for owning tasks and uses initiative to solve problems.
• Always ready to work flexibly and productively across the store to a high standard, fully trained in a variety of skills, with opportunities to learn, develop and try new things.
• Comfortable learning to use new digital tools and technology to do your job brilliantly.
• Has great attention to detail, keeps the store clean and clutter‑free, always looking to create the best shopping experience for customers.

• Discount card – 10% off at Sainsbury’s, Argos, Tu, and Habitat after four weeks; increases to 15% discount at Sainsbury’s every Friday and Saturday, and 15% off at Argos every pay day.
• Free food and hot drinks – provided for colleagues in all our stores.
• Generous holiday entitlement – based on hours worked, plus maternity and paternity leave.
• Pension – we’ll match between 4‑7.5% of pension contributions.
• Sainsbury’s share schemes – buy Sainsbury’s shares at discounted prices.
• Shopping discounts – special offers on gym memberships, restaurants, holidays, retail vouchers and more.
• Wellbeing support – including free access to our Employee Assistance Programme.

Our vacancies may close quickly; we encourage candidates to apply at their earliest convenience.

If you need an update on your application, please contact the store you applied to. You can find contact details for all Sainsbury's stores here.

We are dedicated to being a truly inclusive retailer, where every colleague can achieve their full potential, and every customer feels welcome when they shop with us. We are proud to offer diversity and inclusion initiatives, mentorship, training and career progression pathways. As a Disability Confident Leader, we provide reasonable adjustments during application and interview stages to support all candidates.