Careers in Food Merchandising

By Willy Franzen

Looking for an entry level job or internship in food merchandising? This is an overview of how to approach the search and a list of companies that might have relevant entry level and internship opportunities.

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Food merchandising involves purchasing food products and making them appealing to consumers through marketing, product display, and pricing. As a food merchandiser, you would work with a company that makes food products or with a store in order to make a certain product desirable. If you work with a food company, you would also be a contact between the company and a store.

A typical day for a food merchandiser may include:

Arranging a food display to make it more appealing
Finding the right price point for a product
Traveling to a store and advising on how to sell a product
Researching competing products’ food displays
Figuring out why a particular food isn’t selling

Depending on where you work, you may not need a bachelor’s degree to get started as a food merchandiser. However, the experience gained through the degree program may be useful to advance in your career.

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Retail Sales Merchandiser SAS Retail Services Ashburn, VA	View
Retail Merchandise Associate Home Goods Sterling, VA	View
Retail Account Merchandiser Excell Brands Sterling, VA	View
Target General Merchandising / Stocker $16-$21/hr Target Stores Gaithersburg, MD	View
Merchandise Associate TJX Companies Sterling, VA	View
Merchandising Associate Crate & Barrel Mc Lean, VA	View
MERCHANDISING The Home Depot Falls Church, VA	View
Merchandising Assistant Manager Dollar Tree Family Dollar - Dollar Tree Chantilly, VA	View
Crew Trader Joes Ashburn, VA	View
Grocery Team Member (Stocker, Inventory, Floor Service, Customer Service) - Part Time Whole Foods Ashburn, VA	View

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Companies with Entry Level Jobs and Internships in Food Merchandising

Hillshire Brands - Hillshire Brands is based in Chicago, IL and aims to be “the most innovative meat-centric food company in the U.S.”

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Food52 - Food52 is a New York, NY based online community that brings “cooks together from all over to exchange recipes and ideas and to support each other in the kitchen.”

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Dylan’s Candy Bar - Dylan's Candy Bar is a New York, NY based company that has built "the world's largest confectionary emporium and lifestyle brand."

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Beyond Meat - Beyond Meat is a Manhattan Beach, CA based company “focused on perfectly replacing animal protein with plant protein" to create "nutritional value at lower cost.”

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NatureBox - NatureBox is a San Carlos, CA based ” high-growth e-commerce company that is reinventing the way people purchase healthy foods and groceries.”

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Hot Bread Kitchen - Hot Bread Kitchen is a New York, NY based non-profit that sells a multi-ethnic line of breads that are inspired by the people whom they are training for jobs.

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Campbell Soup Company - It’s nearly impossible to think about soup without thinking about Campbell’s. They're a billion dollar brand.

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Pirate Brands - Pirate Brands is a Sea Cliff, NY based healthy snack (I hear they prevent scurvy) company that is behind brands like Pirate’s Booty and Potato Flyers.

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Chobani - Chobani is a Norwich, NY based Greek yogurt company whose focus on simplicity has led them to remarkable growth since they launched in 2005.

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The J.M. Smucker Company - The J.M. Smucker Company is based in Orrville, OH, and they market and manufacture all kinds of food products in addition to their fruit preserves.

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ZICO - El Segundo, CA based ZICO makes the best tasting coconut water that I've tried, and it's a pretty good sports drink too.

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Technomic - Technomic is a Chicago, IL based food industry consulting and research company that has some great job opportunities for new grads.

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Driscoll’s - Driscoll's is a Watsonville, CA based purveyor of premium berries, and they have all kinds of job opportunities available.

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Dannon - You hear Dannon and you think yogurt. They're a big company and they're growing quickly as they develop new yogurt products. Check out their jobs.

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Batter Blaster - Batter Blaster is an Austin, TX based company that makes making pancakes as easy as using a whipped cream can.

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Johnsonville Sausage - If you get excited about sausage, then you need to check out jobs at Johnsonville Sausage.

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Goya Foods - Goya Foods is a big company. They have more than 3,000 employees and were the 355th largest privately owned company in 2006. Yet finding their jobs is tough.

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Russell Stover - I have to admit that Russell Stover doesn't always do it for me at Easter time, but working for them would still be a delicious opportunity.

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CytoSport - If you’re fitness focused and interested at working at one of the top brands in the supplement industry, then you should check out jobs at CytoSport.

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Food Should Taste Good - Food Should Taste Good's Join the Team page should tell you everything that you need to know about their jobs. It sounds like a pretty delicious place to work.

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Sambazon - Sambazon has some jobs that I think that some of you might be interested in, but first you should get to know the company a little better.

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POM Wonderful - Right now there are two jobs available that look like they might be good ways for new college grads to get a foot in the door at POM Wonderful.

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Wegmans - Wegmans, located in Rochester, NY, is a family-owned, regional supermarket chain that has been featured in Fortune's list of "100 Best Companies to Work For."

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