Retail Sales Assistant Apprenticeship with Additional Fresh Food Specialist Qualification 2027
Original title: Ausbildung zum Verkäufer mit Zusatzqualifikation Frischespezialist (m/
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Start Date
On request
Sector
Food retail
Salary
Competitive salary
Listing data as of November 10, 2026
About this Apprenticeship
Train as a retail sales assistant in the fresh food department while also working toward an IHK fresh food specialist qualification. The sales assistant apprenticeship takes two years; the additional qualification ends with a separate IHK exam after around three years. You can add a third apprenticeship year to qualify as a retail management assistant or complete the additional qualification as a trained sales assistant.
What You'll Learn
- Learn the varied tasks in retail, focusing on fresh food and customer service
- Serve and advise customers in our high-quality fresh food departments
- Operate tills, balance takings and advise customers about our services
- Create displays that encourage sales and help with product selection, marketing and setting up merchandise
- Store and handle fresh food correctly and follow hygiene standards
- Plan sales promotions and tastings and use inventory management data to assess their success
Requirements
- Enjoy working with customers and understand their needs
- Friendly manner, neat appearance and good communication skills
- Creativity, a sense of responsibility and commitment
- Enjoy working with fresh food
- Interest in how a business works
- Team spirit and the ability to learn quickly
What Edeka-Zentrale AG & Co. KG offers
- A large, caring team: As one of Germany's largest apprenticeship providers, we use our experience to support and develop you throughout your training.
- A secure and meaningful job: You supply food to local people and make an important contribution to society, even in difficult times.
- Short commute: Your apprenticeship is close to home.
- Variety: Learn about different departments and tasks in our stores and build expert knowledge of retail and food.
- EDEKA Food Academy: Exclusive seminars provide practical knowledge and thorough exam preparation.
- Digital training: EDEKA next lets you learn anywhere at times that suit you. The EDEKA Azubi Guide provides a digital training record and other help in one app.
- Creative competitions: Share your ideas and win appealing prizes.
- KickOff: An AzubiStarter Day in September at the start of training, with interesting talks and a varied show programme.
- Graduation celebration: Celebrate at our graduation gala after successfully completing your apprenticeship.
- Career prospects: Many development and further training programmes help you progress, including becoming self-employed within EDEKA.
- Staff discount
- Parking
- Travel cost allowance
- EDEKA insurance service
- Work clothing
- Free bank account
- Holiday
- Christmas bonus
- Appealing location
- Employer contributions to savings plans
- Holiday bonus
- Gift on the birth of a child
- Preventive health care
- Good transport links
- Company pension scheme
- Further training
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