Apprenticeship as Fresh Food Specialist

This new apprenticeship gives you two IHK qualifications. It combines creativity, sociability and business talent with professional and social skills. You learn goods receipt and sales processes as well as business processes in retail, including assortment design and planning marketing campaigns. After passing the exam you are a retail merchant with the additional qualification of certified Fresh Food Specialist (IHK). Besides vocational school you attend exclusive EDEKA seminars covering product and sales knowledge and exam preparation.

• You are responsible for purchasing, marketing and product presentation through to sale
• 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

• Enjoy working with customers
• Good communication skills and a pleasant manner
• Quick grasp of new things
• Independence and a sense of responsibility
• Organizational talent
• Interest in business contexts
• Creativity
• Willingness to work in a team
• Enjoy handling fresh food