01/24/2022
A bakery clerk job description involves filling customers’ orders for cakes, breads and other baked goods. In large bakeries the clerk may only have time to assist customers, but in a smaller bakery the clerk may have time to assist the baker with tasks like measuring ingredients and mixing dough.
Position Description
A bakery clerk is primarily responsible for working the cash register at a bakery, bagging baked goods, taking customers’ money and making change.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities of a Bakery Clerk
• Greets customers in a pleasant and helpful manner.
• Takes and fills bakery orders for customers.
• Answers customers’ questions about food ingredients, cake designs and other aspects of the baked goods.
• Applies ingredient tags and price tags to pre-baked foods.
• Operates cash registers and credit card machines when customers pay for their bakery items.
• Arranges cakes, pies, muffins, rolls and other baked goods in an attractive manner in the display cases and on shelves and counters.
Makes certain that displays are filled with products and not low on merchandise or empty.
• Ensures displayed baked goods are fresh, and removes any that could have become stale after a period of time.
• Verifies that customers who have communicated food allergies are not sold products that could be dangerous to their health.
• Keeps work areas sanitary by mopping floors and wiping counters to immediately clean up any spills.
• Assists bakers with measuring ingredients, mixing dough, pouring batter and other basic duties.
