Objective/Meaning  In the case of the sharp rise in labor costs, how to effectively and reasonably use and allocate the labor is the main problem faced by the whole fresh agricultural products distribution industry at present. By studying the employment models of the fresh agricultural products distribution industry, it is helpful to improve the distribution service level and reduce the operating cost.

  Methods/Procedures  In this paper, through conducting the field visits and online research on some domestic fresh food distribution enterprises such as Fuzhou Chaoda Trade Co., Ltd., Yonghui Superstores Co., Ltd., Pupu Supermarket, Le Gaga Holdings Limited, and Fuzhou CD Fresh Distribution Company, their employment models were analyzed and summarized, as well as the advantages and disadvantages. Then, the development suggestions were further put forward.

  Results/Conclusions  The study found that at present, most of the fresh agricultural products distribution industry adopted the employment models such as part-time employment, full-time employment, time wage system, piece wage system and responsibility subcontracting system. In fact, these modes had advantages and disadvantages, and they could not maximize the labor utility of fresh food distribution enterprises. However, the successful experience of the partnership system adopted by Yonghui Superstores was worth learning from. Therefore, the countermeasures were put forward including promoting the partnership system to form the community of interests between enterprises and employees, strengthening the training of employee’s skill and professionalization level, doing a good job in human resource reserve to reduce the risk of personnel turnover, and regulating the employment to protect the legitimate rights and interests of employees, etc.