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Heron Foods is a frozen food supermarket chain in the Midlands and Northern England.

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What's the average pay for a sales assistant at Heron Foods?

The average pay for a sales assistant at Heron Foods is between £5.02 and £10.38 per hour.

The top paying employers for retail and sales assistants are Apple, Avanti West Coast and Prada.

Last updated 19 February 2024

What is the Real Living Wage?

The Real Living Wage is a voluntary rate employers can sign up to that is based on the real cost of living.

Location Real Living Wage
London £13.15
Rest of the UK £12.00

What is the legal minimum wage?

The minimum wage is the legal minimum you must be paid per hour.

Age group Legal minimum wage
23 or older £10.42
21-22 £10.18
18-20 £7.49
Under 18 £5.28
Apprentices £5.28

How we know this

Based on data from 82 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between February 2022 and February 2024.

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What are retail and sales assistants saying about pay at Heron Foods?

  • Best thing

    Colleagues & learning how to deal with the public

    Worst thing

    Probably pay

    5.5

    Heron Foods Sales assistant, August 2023

  • Best thing

    Leaving at end of shift
    Staff you work with

    Worst thing

    Too many hours every week for the pay you get.
    Not enough staff
    No investment in people as everyone is just a number.
    Expected to answer phone no matter what, if you’re on holiday they expect youto cover shop if any issues.
    No other benefits like other retailers for staff.
    Head office don’t have a clue what it is like in shop.
    Low contracts and pay for sale assistants so you are lucky to get any one who cares or just a stepping stone for them to get in the job ladder via government work schemes.
    Shop lifters and threats
    Too many more to say.

    1.1

    Heron Foods Manager, November 2022

  • Best thing

    Working in a team

    Worst thing

    The pay and the amount of shifts covered

    2.8

    Heron Foods Sales assistant, September 2022

  • Best thing

    Weekly pay

    Worst thing

    Expected to do too much for rubbish pay
    Nasty abusive customers
    Never finishing in time
    Other staff not sharing workload
    Other staff not doing stocktake
    No breaks if on a 6 hour staff

    3.3

    Heron Foods Sales assistant, February 2021

  • Best thing

    It’s a first job for me it is quite an easy job to do

    Worst thing

    The pay and amount of hours I get

    9.4

    Heron Foods Cashier, January 2021

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