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Entry-level supermarket jobs

Supermarket work is one of the most common first jobs in the UK, and most chains hire on availability rather than experience. This page collects entry-level vacancies from every supermarket and grocery wholesaler we cover, so you can compare chains in one place instead of visiting each careers site. There are 302 supermarket vacancies on Step Into Jobs right now.

Which chains are hiring

This page covers the major grocers and the wholesalers that supply convenience stores. Chains stagger their recruitment, so the mix here changes week to week - one retailer running a recruitment push can dominate the list for a fortnight and then disappear from it.

That is the reason to browse by type rather than by brand. If you are willing to work for whichever chain is hiring near you, you have several times the options of someone waiting on one.

Live Supermarkets vacancies

  1. Retail Assistant - Part Time
    Farmfoods - Yeovil, Somerset, United Kingdom, GB - £10.95 - £12.81 per hour
  2. Retail Assistant - Part Time, Early Starts
    Farmfoods - Forfar, Angus, United Kingdom, GB - £10.95 - £12.81 per hour
  3. Stock Assistant
    Aldi - Hindpool, North West England, GB - GBP 13.12
  4. Retail Assistant - Part Time
    Farmfoods - Congleton, Cheshire, United Kingdom, GB - £10.95 - £12.81 per hour
  5. Retail Assistant - Part Time
    Farmfoods - Bradford, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom, GB - £10.95 - £12.81 per hour
  6. Retail Assistant - Part Time
    Farmfoods - Tamworth, Staffordshire, United Kingdom, GB - £10.95 - £12.81 per hour
  7. Retail Assistant - Part Time
    Farmfoods - Wolverhampton, West Midlands, United Kingdom, GB - £10.95 - £12.81 per hour
  8. Retail Assistant - Full Time
    Farmfoods - Wolverhampton, West Midlands, United Kingdom, GB - £10.95 - £12.81 per hour
  9. Retail Assistant - Part Time
    Farmfoods - Clacton-On-Sea, Essex, United Kingdom, GB - £10.95 - £12.81 per hour
  10. Retail Assistant - Part Time
    Farmfoods - Mexborough, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom, GB - £10.95 - £12.81 per hour
  11. Service Colleague
    ASDA - Omagh, Northern Ireland, GB - GBP 13.1
  12. Warehouse Operative - Luton
    Ocado Group - Luton, England, UK - £12.93 per hour
  13. Attendance and Family Engagement Officer
    Co-op Academy Brierley - Leeds, Yorkshire and the Humber - £25,824 - £27,576
  14. Special Needs Teaching Assistant
    Co-op Academy Delius - Bradford, Yorkshire and the Humber - £19,604
  15. Learning Support Assistant
    Co-op Academy Southfield - Bradford, Yorkshire and the Humber - £19,303 - £19,332
  16. Site & Premises Assistant
    Co-op Academy Brierley - Leeds, Yorkshire and the Humber - £25,185 - £25,989
  17. Retail Assistant - Part Time
    Farmfoods - Telford, Shropshire, United Kingdom, GB - £10.95 - £12.81 per hour
  18. Branch Assistant
    Booker Group - Westbury-on-Trym, South West England, GB
  19. Warehouse Yard Operative Nights - Various Start Times
    Aldi - Ellistown, East Midlands, GB - GBP 16.64
  20. Picker
    Booker Group - Leeds, Yorkshire and Humberside, GB
  21. Branch Assistant Nights Loader
    Booker Group - Leeds, Yorkshire and Humberside, GB
  22. Skilled Butcher
    Booker Group - Plymouth, South West England, GB
  23. Part Time Branch Assistant 25 Hours
    Booker Group - Team Valley Trading Estate, North East England, GB
  24. Optometrist in Deeside
    ASDA - Deeside, WALES, GB
  25. Warehouse Operative - Day Shift
    LIDL - Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, GB - GBP 13.0 - 20.0

Showing 25 of 302. Search more supermarkets jobs.

What the work involves

Roles divide into shop floor and checkout, replenishment on night or early shifts, warehouse and distribution, and home delivery driving. Pay is usually hourly and set at or a little over the National Living Wage, with premiums common on nights.

Contracts are frequently part time with a stated minimum of hours. Check the contracted hours on each vacancy rather than assuming, because the same job title is offered at very different weekly hours by different chains.

How to apply

Each vacancy links to the original advertiser, where that retailer runs its own application process. We do not collect applications ourselves.

Common questions

Which supermarket is easiest to get a job at with no experience?

All the major chains hire entry-level staff without prior retail experience, so the practical answer is whichever is actively recruiting near you. Availability for evenings and weekends generally matters more to a supermarket than a CV does.

How old do you have to be to work in a supermarket?

It varies by chain and by role. Many take on staff from 16 for shop floor work, while roles involving alcohol sales, some machinery, or night shifts have higher minimum ages. The individual vacancy states its requirement.

Do supermarket jobs include weekend and evening work?

Usually, yes. Stores staff to their busiest trading hours, so entry-level contracts are commonly built around evenings, weekends and early mornings. Night replenishment shifts often pay a premium.