Fresh Food Manager

More about the role

Our Fresh Food Managers take real pride in what goes on our shelves. With a genuine passion for produce and a keen eye for detail, you'll put our customers at the heart of everything you do, making sure our stores are stocked with proper good food every day.

Reporting directly to the Store Manager, you’ll bring a proactive attitude to lead your team, keep availability high, and deliver outstanding service to our local community.

In this role, you’ll be on hand to:

• Put customers first: Inspire your team to deliver friendly, attentive service, actively listening to customer feedback and keeping our fresh counters vibrant and fully stocked.


• Lead and coach your team: Manage shift scheduling, training, and talent development, giving colleagues the confidence and capability to succeed in their roles.


• Build a supportive culture: Partner with other Managers to lead an encouraging, performance\-driven department where colleagues work with purpose.


• Plan and deliver standards: Manage department routines thoroughly, ensuring market\-leading product availability, safe and legal compliance, and smooth day\-to\-day operations.

We value your hard work and commitment, and in return, we provide:

• Generous holiday entitlement


• Discretionary bonus scheme


• 15% discount in our supermarkets and convenience stores from the day you join us


• Additional 10% discount card for a friend or family member


• Genuine career progression and development opportunities \- read more about our Leadership School here


• Subsidised in\-store cafe or shop floor ranges


• Free parking


• Competitive pension and life assurance


• Healthcare / Wellbeing benefits including Aviva Digital GP


• 'MyPerks' with discounts at high street shops, cinemas and gyms, and lots more


• Optional payroll charity donations


• A range of family\-friendly policies including 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave along with neonatal and fertility leave

More about you

Whether your experience comes from retail, hospitality, leisure, or travel, if you care about quality fresh food and love delivering great service, you'll fit right in with us.

You'll be the kind of person who:

• Has experience leading, supporting, and bringing out the best in a team in a fast\-paced environment.


• Is a natural communicator who enjoys sharing knowledge, helping others succeed, and keeping everyone in the loop.


• Builds strong, positive working relationships across the whole store team, staying adaptable and open to new ways of doing things.


• Listens attentively to both colleagues and customers, acting on feedback to make things better every shift.


• Leads and steps up with confidence: Confidently steps in as Manager in Charge, running shifts smoothly, handling daily priorities with ease, and keeping our essential food safety standards spot\-on.

We've outlined below what our typical process looks like, this can vary slightly depending upon the role or team you've applied for. Our goal is to provide a positive and accessible experience for all applicants, ensuring everyone has the support they need to showcase their best selves.

Our resourcing team are on hand to help with any questions about your application and you can reach them by e\-mailing resourcing@morrisonsplc.co.uk.

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Find an opportunity that's right for you

Once you've found a role that's right for you, you can apply via this site. If it's your first time applying with us then we'll need all your essential information and we might ask you to upload your most recent CV. If you've applied for roles with us before then we should recognise you and you won't need to share these details again, unless something has changed that you need to update us on.

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Online Assessment (Customer Assistant roles)

After your application, we might send you an e\-mail and ask you to complete an online assessment. This is typically a situation judgement test where we'll ask you ten questions with mutliple choice answers and takes around 10\-15 minutes to complete. The questions will give you a feel for the types of scenarios you might encounter working in our stores \- think customer first.

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Let's find out more

For some of our stores and site roles, if you've been successful with your application we might just e\-mail and ask you to book a slot for your interview. For other roles our resourcing team will get in touch with you to find out a bit more about you and why you applied. They'll also answer any questions you might have about us and the role. After all, it's a two way process!

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Interview

Our interviews are typically face to face but can sometimes be virtual. Don't worry, we'll advise either way. Your interview can differ depending on the role or team. Part of the interview may include some competency questions against our Ways of Working (listed below).

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Final Stage

With some of our roles there might be a second interveiw. This tends to be for roles in our Head Office and some salaried positions across our stores and sites. As part of this second stage, we might ask you to complete a task, such as a SWOT analysis or something similar, and present it back during the interview. This helps us understand your approach and thinking about the role.

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Decision

Our resourcing team or the store or site you've applied to will be in touch with you as soon as they can to let you know the outcome. If you've been successful we'll share the details of our offer with you and follow up with everything you need on e\-mail.

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