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Food Counter Clerk jobs are open across fast food chains, cafeterias, coffee shops, and food halls, from entry-level and part-time roles to lead and shift supervisor positions, with specializations in drive-through service, deli and prepared foods, and beverage counter operations. Scan the live roles below and apply to whichever ones fit.
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Be Part of an Amazing Story
Macy’s is more than just a store. We’re a story. One that’s captured the hearts and minds of America for more than 160 years. A story about innovations and traditions…about inspiring stores and irresistible products…about the excitement of the Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks, and the wonder of the Thanksgiving Day Parade. We’ve been part of memorable moments and milestones for countless customers and colleagues. Those stories are part of what makes this such a special place to work.
Job Overview
As a Counter Manager, you will lead a dynamic team of Beauty Advisors while managing all aspects of a specific cosmetics brand. Your role blends leadership, creativity, and customer engagement—delivering genuine hospitality through personalized consultations, expert product application, and a deep understanding of each customer’s beauty and style preferences.
You’ll inspire teamwork to drive sales and elevate the customer experience by creating meaningful, long-lasting connections. With a strong focus on client development, you will cultivate a loyal customer base through outreach, follow-up, and consistent, personalized service.
In addition to meeting and exceeding sales goals, you’ll analyze business performance, execute vendor events and promotions, and partner with vendors and store leadership to grow the business. You'll also oversee stock presentation, hygiene standards, and team performance to ensure an exceptional and polished brand experience.
How Our Counter Managers Spend Their Day…
- Every day starts with a positive example. As a Counter Manager, you come in energized and ready to inspire your team - wearing your name badge with pride, greeting colleagues with genuine warmth, and ensuring your counter is polished, organized, and fully prepared to welcome customers. You set the tone by reviewing daily sales goals, staying informed on new launches, top-performing products, and current beauty trends - so you're equipped to lead with confidence, support your team, and deliver exceptional service to every customer.
- On the floor, you lead through action - welcoming customers with genuine hospitality, making eye contact, and starting friendly, personal conversations that build lasting relationships.
- You help maintain a shoppable space by ensuring testers are clean and well-stocked, signage and pricing are current, and displays reflect brand standards. You lead by example, jumping in to support merchandising updates and keeping the space visually appealing and welcoming throughout the day.
- You help the team Finish Strong - by coaching them to share Loyalty benefits, making sure customers leave with everything they need, and ending each interaction with a sincere thank-you, often using the customer’s name and adding a personal touch.
- You know that service starts with each other. You model collaboration, honesty, and care - supporting your peers so the whole team can better serve our customers and communities.
- And we know that excellence is a journey - we strive to improve every day, take pride in our work, achieve sales goals and learn from each other to deliver individual and store results.
Full-time colleagues are typically scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week, while part-time colleagues are typically scheduled 12-24 hours per week. Hours are dependent on business needs and colleague availability. Information regarding hours per week needed for benefit eligibility purposes can be found here.
Who You Are and What You Will Do
- Deliver exceptional customer service through personalized consultations and expert product knowledge
- Build lasting relationships with clients and drive client development through outreach and follow-up
- Review and analyze business performance of daily, weekly, monthly, seasonal, and annual sales results and implement strategies to grow business and improve results
- Plan and execute in-store and vendor-led events to drive traffic and engagement
- Maintain brand standards through proper merchandising, hygiene, and stock replenishment
- Responsible for acquiring new customers by opening credit accounts and sharing loyalty benefits
- Collaborate with vendors, personal stylists, and store leadership to optimize outcomes
- Resolve customer concerns in a professional and customer-first manner
- Stay informed on new launches, best-sellers, and beauty trends to support team education
- Manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment with strong attention to detail
- Demonstrate flexibility, sound judgment, and a passion for the beauty industry
- 3–5 years of relevant retail, beauty, or leadership experience preferred
- Flexible availability, including days, evenings, weekends and holidays with regular, dependable attendance and punctuality
- Must be able to:
- Understand and communicate effectively with customers, co-workers, and supervisors
- Read and understand employment policies and safety rules/procedures in English
Essential Physical Requirements You Will Perform
- This position requires talking, lifting, constant moving, standing, and reaching with arms and hands.
- Standing for at least two consecutive hours, lifting at least 25lbs., stooping, kneeling, crouching, and climbing ladders, reaching, including above eye level
- Requires close vision, color vision, depth perception, and focus adjustment
- Frequent use of computers and other technology, necessary to perform job functions, including handheld equipment, cash register and ability to process register transactions
What We Can Offer You
Join a team where work is as rewarding as it is fun! We offer a dynamic, inclusive environment with competitive pay and benefits. Enjoy comprehensive health and wellness coverage and a 401(k) match to invest in your future. Prioritize your well-being with paid time off and eight paid holidays. Grow your career with continuous learning and leadership development. Plus, build community by joining one of our Colleague Resource Groups and make a difference through our volunteer opportunities.
Some additional benefits we offer include:
- Merchandise discounts
- Performance-based incentives
- Annual merit review
- Employee Assistance Program with mental health counseling and legal/financial advice
Access the full menu of benefits offerings here.
About Us
This is a great time to join Macy’s! Whether you’re helping a customer find the perfect gift, streamlining operations in one of our distribution centers, enhancing our online shopping experience, buying in-style and on-trend merchandise to outfit our customers, or designing a balloon for the Thanksgiving Day Parade, we offer unique opportunities to be part of some of the most memorable moments in people’s lives.
Join us and help write the next chapter in our story - Apply Today!
This job description is not all-inclusive and may not apply to colleagues covered by a collective bargaining agreement. Macy's Inc. reserves the right to amend this job description at any time. Macy's Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to an inclusive work environment.
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This position may be eligible for performance-based incentives/bonuses. Benefits include 401k, medical/vision/dental/life/disability insurance options, PTO accruals, Holidays, and more. Eligibility requirements may apply based on location, job level, classification, and length of employment. Additional benefit details are available at macysJOBS.com.
Eligible for Sales Commission
Be Part of an Amazing Story
Macy’s is more than just a store. We’re a story. One that’s captured the hearts and minds of America for more than 160 years. A story about innovations and traditions…about inspiring stores and irresistible products…about the excitement of the Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks, and the wonder of the Thanksgiving Day Parade. We’ve been part of memorable moments and milestones for countless customers and colleagues. Those stories are part of what makes this such a special place to work.
Job Overview
As a Counter Manager, you will lead a dynamic team of Beauty Advisors while managing all aspects of a specific cosmetics brand. Your role blends leadership, creativity, and customer engagement—delivering genuine hospitality through personalized consultations, expert product application, and a deep understanding of each customer’s beauty and style preferences.
You’ll inspire teamwork to drive sales and elevate the customer experience by creating meaningful, long-lasting connections. With a strong focus on client development, you will cultivate a loyal customer base through outreach, follow-up, and consistent, personalized service.
In addition to meeting and exceeding sales goals, you’ll analyze business performance, execute vendor events and promotions, and partner with vendors and store leadership to grow the business. You'll also oversee stock presentation, hygiene standards, and team performance to ensure an exceptional and polished brand experience.
How Our Counter Managers Spend Their Day…
- Every day starts with a positive example. As a Counter Manager, you come in energized and ready to inspire your team - wearing your name badge with pride, greeting colleagues with genuine warmth, and ensuring your counter is polished, organized, and fully prepared to welcome customers. You set the tone by reviewing daily sales goals, staying informed on new launches, top-performing products, and current beauty trends - so you're equipped to lead with confidence, support your team, and deliver exceptional service to every customer.
- On the floor, you lead through action - welcoming customers with genuine hospitality, making eye contact, and starting friendly, personal conversations that build lasting relationships.
- You help maintain a shoppable space by ensuring testers are clean and well-stocked, signage and pricing are current, and displays reflect brand standards. You lead by example, jumping in to support merchandising updates and keeping the space visually appealing and welcoming throughout the day.
- You help the team Finish Strong - by coaching them to share Loyalty benefits, making sure customers leave with everything they need, and ending each interaction with a sincere thank-you, often using the customer’s name and adding a personal touch.
- You know that service starts with each other. You model collaboration, honesty, and care - supporting your peers so the whole team can better serve our customers and communities.
- And we know that excellence is a journey - we strive to improve every day, take pride in our work, achieve sales goals and learn from each other to deliver individual and store results.
Full-time colleagues are typically scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week, while part-time colleagues are typically scheduled 12-24 hours per week. Hours are dependent on business needs and colleague availability. Information regarding hours per week needed for benefit eligibility purposes can be found here.
Who You Are and What You Will Do
- Deliver exceptional customer service through personalized consultations and expert product knowledge
- Build lasting relationships with clients and drive client development through outreach and follow-up
- Review and analyze business performance of daily, weekly, monthly, seasonal, and annual sales results and implement strategies to grow business and improve results
- Plan and execute in-store and vendor-led events to drive traffic and engagement
- Maintain brand standards through proper merchandising, hygiene, and stock replenishment
- Responsible for acquiring new customers by opening credit accounts and sharing loyalty benefits
- Collaborate with vendors, personal stylists, and store leadership to optimize outcomes
- Resolve customer concerns in a professional and customer-first manner
- Stay informed on new launches, best-sellers, and beauty trends to support team education
- Manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment with strong attention to detail
- Demonstrate flexibility, sound judgment, and a passion for the beauty industry
- 3–5 years of relevant retail, beauty, or leadership experience preferred
- Flexible availability, including days, evenings, weekends and holidays with regular, dependable attendance and punctuality
- Must be able to:
- Understand and communicate effectively with customers, co-workers, and supervisors
- Read and understand employment policies and safety rules/procedures in English
Essential Physical Requirements You Will Perform
- This position requires talking, lifting, constant moving, standing, and reaching with arms and hands.
- Standing for at least two consecutive hours, lifting at least 25lbs., stooping, kneeling, crouching, and climbing ladders, reaching, including above eye level
- Requires close vision, color vision, depth perception, and focus adjustment
- Frequent use of computers and other technology, necessary to perform job functions, including handheld equipment, cash register and ability to process register transactions
What We Can Offer You
Join a team where work is as rewarding as it is fun! We offer a dynamic, inclusive environment with competitive pay and benefits. Enjoy comprehensive health and wellness coverage and a 401(k) match to invest in your future. Prioritize your well-being with paid time off and eight paid holidays. Grow your career with continuous learning and leadership development. Plus, build community by joining one of our Colleague Resource Groups and make a difference through our volunteer opportunities.
Some additional benefits we offer include:
- Merchandise discounts
- Performance-based incentives
- Annual merit review
- Employee Assistance Program with mental health counseling and legal/financial advice
Access the full menu of benefits offerings here.
About Us
This is a great time to join Macy’s! Whether you’re helping a customer find the perfect gift, streamlining operations in one of our distribution centers, enhancing our online shopping experience, buying in-style and on-trend merchandise to outfit our customers, or designing a balloon for the Thanksgiving Day Parade, we offer unique opportunities to be part of some of the most memorable moments in people’s lives.
Join us and help write the next chapter in our story - Apply Today!
This job description is not all-inclusive and may not apply to colleagues covered by a collective bargaining agreement. Macy's Inc. reserves the right to amend this job description at any time. Macy's Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to an inclusive work environment.
BEAUTY00
This position may be eligible for performance-based incentives/bonuses. Benefits include 401k, medical/vision/dental/life/disability insurance options, PTO accruals, Holidays, and more. Eligibility requirements may apply based on location, job level, classification, and length of employment. Additional benefit details are available at macysJOBS.com.
Eligible for Sales Commission
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Who's Hiring
- Whole Foods Market272
- Fleetpride62
- Replacement Parts50
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- Automotive Parts Headquarters32
Top Industries Hiring
- Chemicals & Materials
- Retail
- Automotive
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in food counter clerk jobs.
- High school diploma or GED equivalent preferred by most employers
- Food handler card or ServSafe certification required in many states
- Experience operating a point-of-sale system such as Toast or Square
- Ability to stand for extended periods and lift up to 25 pounds
- Strong customer service and verbal communication skills
- Basic cash handling and accurate change-making ability
Tips for Your Food Counter Clerk Job Search
Tailor your resume to each counter format
A fast food counter resume should highlight speed and order accuracy, while a deli or cafeteria role rewards food handling and portion knowledge. Swap in the right details for each listing instead of sending one generic resume to every opening.
List food safety certifications you hold
Many food counter clerk postings filter for a food handler card or ServSafe certification before interviews are scheduled. Add any certification you hold, even if it's not required by every listing, because it moves your application past that first screen.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists food counter clerk openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Name the POS systems you have used
Employers replace 'cash register experience' with specific system names like Toast, Square, or Clover in job postings. Listing the exact terminals you've operated tells a hiring manager you won't need extra training on day one.
Prepare for scenario questions about rush periods
Interviewers for counter roles ask how you handled a long line, a customer complaint, or a wrong order under pressure. Rehearse two or three specific situations from past jobs so you can answer those questions with real details, not vague generalities.
Follow up within two business days of your interview
Counter and food service managers often hire quickly because shifts need to be filled fast. A short, direct follow-up message after your interview signals reliability and keeps your name in front of the person making the decision.
Food Counter Clerk Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most food counter clerks?
Whole Foods Market, Fleetpride, and Replacement Parts are hiring the most food counter clerks right now, with openings concentrated in Florida, Texas, and California, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Volume shifts seasonally, so checking current listings regularly gives you the most accurate picture of where demand is highest.
How many food counter clerk jobs are remote?
About 1% of food counter clerk openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting the in-person nature of most counter service work. The small share that includes flexible arrangements typically involves order management, scheduling coordination, or customer support tasks attached to a counter operation rather than hands-on service.
How do you become a food counter clerk?
Most food counter clerk roles require no prior experience, just a willingness to work in a fast-paced environment. You apply directly to an opening, complete a short interview, and if selected you receive on-the-job training covering food safety, the register, and service procedures. Getting a food handler card before you apply can speed up the hiring process in states where one is required.
Can I get hired as a food counter clerk with no experience?
Yes, food counter clerk is one of the most accessible entry-level roles in the workforce, and employers commonly hire candidates with no formal food service background. Highlighting transferable skills like handling cash, working in a team, or serving customers in any setting strengthens your application. Availability for opening or closing shifts also makes you a more attractive candidate when managers are building schedules.
What does the food counter clerk interview process look like?
Most food counter clerk interviews are brief, lasting roughly fifteen to thirty minutes, and are conducted by a shift supervisor or store manager on-site. Expect questions about your availability, how you handle busy periods, and whether you've worked with customers before. Some employers ask you to complete a short trial shift or shadow a current employee before an offer is extended.
Where can I find and apply to food counter clerk jobs?
You can find and apply to food counter clerk jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from employers across the United States. Search for roles that match your location and schedule, then apply directly to each listing that fits. Applying early improves your chances since many food service positions fill within days of being posted.
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