Summer Retail Internship Program

Job Description

Summer Retail Internship Program

This Summer Internship opportunity is designed to be mutually beneficial for both our candidates and the company. For candidates, this valuable experience offers insight into a potential career path post-graduation, allowing you to explore retail leadership in a real-world setting. For the company, this internship provides an excellent opportunity to evaluate prospective leaders and build our talent pipeline.

The Summer Retail Internship program is open to Students in any major who are eager to gain hands-on experience in a dynamic retail environment.

Internship Details

• Interns will participate in an 11-week program.
• This is a full-time commitment, requiring 40 hours each week.

Why Choose Us

Our people are the heart and soul of our company, passionately serving our customers and communities. We deeply value and invest in our associates as individuals, recognizing that they create the vital connections that drive our business forward. By putting people first, we cultivate more meaningful, less transactional relationships with our associates, dedicating our resources and energy to their professional growth and development.

Our ambition is to create Customers for Life, which we strive to achieve by bringing people together around the joys of food and inspiring well-being. We differentiate ourselves by making the retail experience effortless, inspiring, affordable, and personal. Our core values, grounded in a commitment to caring, guide every interaction and decision we make as a team.

Qualifications & Work Environment

• Must be enrolled in good standing at a college or university.
• Must currently be a rising senior or a recent graduate (having graduated recently).
• Must be able to commit to working full-time (40 hours per week) during the summer of 2026.
• Possess excellent customer service skills and behaviors, demonstrating a friendly, responsive, knowledgeable, and passionate approach.
• Ability to work courteously in a fast-paced, multi-functional environment, both independently and as part of a team.
• Capability to deal effectively with potentially difficult situations, such as dissatisfied customers.
• Ability to frequently reach, lift, and maneuver objects of varying dimensions and weights up to approximately 50 lbs.
• Ability to stand for long periods of time, walk, move rapidly, bend, stoop, twist, and turn frequently. Manual dexterity and good hand-eye coordination are necessary.
• Willingness to work in varying temperature conditions, including exposure to approximately 150°F (hot cases), 35°F (cold cases), 28°F (cooler), and -20°F (freezer). The general working conditions consist of a temperature-controlled store environment.
• Availability to work full-time with occasional evenings and weekends based on business needs.
• Travel will be required.