Apprenticeship Fresh Food Specialist

This apprenticeship, which earns you two IHK qualifications, is still relatively new. It combines creativity, sociability and business talent with professional and social skills. Besides goods receiving and sales, you learn the most important business processes in retail, including range design and planning marketing campaigns. The apprenticeship lasts three years. After passing the exam you are a retail merchant with the additional qualification of certified fresh food specialist (IHK). Alongside vocational school, you attend exclusive EDEKA seminars, for example on product and sales knowledge, and get thorough exam preparation.

• You are responsible for purchasing, marketing and product presentation through to sales
• You serve and advise customers in our high-quality fresh food areas
• You contribute your own creations
• You oversee merchandise management and business processes in retail
• You get to know all activities in retail, with a focus on fresh and service-oriented food areas
• You learn everything about complying with and monitoring hygiene regulations

• Enjoyment of customer contact
• Good communication skills and a pleasant manner
• Quick grasp of things
• Independence and a sense of responsibility
• Organisational talent
• Interest in business contexts
• Creativity
• Willingness to work in a team
• Enjoyment of working with fresh food