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Farmers Market Rep: Ogden - Are you looking for some extra weekend employment hours while making a positive difference in a fun-filled customer service environment? How about becoming a “bread revolutionary” for REAL Sourdough Bread, all while working in a local family-run business that creates Dutch-oven, gourmet bread for health food stores and Farmers Markets throughout Utah.
Even you may have experienced “grain brain,” “wheat belly,” or gluten intolerance and we all sadly know the cardboard flavor of modern commercial bread! Once you taste our bread, you’ll become one of our bread advocates for sure, which of course, makes selling it a breeze. And you’ll be surprised by the amazing people you will meet while selling our bread. And each week the service you provide will be acknowledged by many returning customers!
Abigail’s Oven offers a fun, interactive environment, based on serving customers with genuine food needs and tastes. Selling our bread you will meet dozens of folks who can finally eat bread again, not to mention the many others who just want to enjoy REAL Sourdough Bread for its goodness and excellent flavor.
The Position: Farmers Market Sourdough Bread Advocate
- Pay starts at $14 per hour, 10 hours per week
- An average of $560 per month for just part of a Saturday
- Steady hours with solid pay every Saturday from May through October at t the Ogden Farmers Market.
- A free gourmet bread stipend, which means you will be taking home a few free loaves of bread every week!
- This is a fast-paced environment with a chance to fuel and fan the flames of our bread revolution.
Requirements:
- Must have or be able to obtain Food Handlers Permit.
- The following days and hours are required:
- Saturdays, approximately 8–10 hours beginning at 7:00 am. From May - October.
- Must be dependable, positive, reliable, and enjoy selling good food.
- Be a self-starter; the market will be yours to grow and make successful.
- Excellent communication skills, and the ability to create relationships with customers, especially cultivating returning customers.
Responsibilities:
- Report and be accountable to the Farmers Market Manager, communicating needs, sharing problems, and reconciling inventory each week.
- Able to lift and transport multiple 27 lb boxes of bread from the bakery (or your delivery location) to the Farmers Market. Set up displays and keep bread off the ground.
- Maintain, set up, and store the booth, anchor weights, and sales kit, which includes tables, table coverings, hand washing station, trash container with liner, punch cards, aprons, gloves, cash box, banners, pop up booth, and booth wall coverings (used to protect the bread from the sun and weather) and were allowed keep sampling containers stocked, clean and sanitary.
- Maintain good hygiene during sales using hand sanitizer and washing station
- Receive (or pick up) bread keeping it cool and out of the sun. Display the bread attractively so that customers can see our selection and help themselves.
- Where sampling is allowed, make samples available while maintaining health department standards.
- Must balance and maintain the cash till. Must be able to count and make change for cash customers, explain how to make a purchase through Venmo, and/or use Square on a mobile device that you provide for credit card purchases (we will provide the dongle, fob, or hands-free device for your phone, but you must download the Square App, keep devices charged, and able to use the equipment needed).
- Learn about how our REAL Sourdough Bread is made and what its nutritional properties are (see AbigailsOven.com). Our bread has incredible word of mouth. We need bread evangelists who are as excited about our bread as our customers are.
- Sell and champion our bread at your local Farmers Market for its flavor, simple, wholesome ingredients, and must be able to explain the health benefits of our bread products.
Why Should You Apply?
- Great environment promoting a bread revolution that improves quality of life for many.
- Convenient weekend (or week-day) job for extra cash.
- Raises and promotions available in a growing company.
- The chance to meet new people in a real old-world experience!
The Bakery Location and Story:
Abigail’s Oven is based in Spanish Fork, Utah. We love this city, it still has a small-town feel even with a large upsurge in growth. We also love our location right across from the County Fairgrounds: trees, grass, sunshine, and a quiet neighborhood!
Abigail Levie started her bread business at 10, by age 14 her family of ten brothers and sisters, along with both parents joined in the enterprise. That was seven years ago, but today along with a dozen bakers, drivers, slicers, and Farmers Market salespeople, they make and deliver 4000 loaves of bread each week to more than 30 stores in Utah and Nevada, and to Farmers Markets along the Wasatch Front. Each loaf is made with just "3 Perfect Ingredients:" flour, water, and salt. These are hand-made, baked in their own individual Dutch oven, cooled, and then sliced before they are packaged and ready for you.
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