I am terrible at this blog thing! i mean where are the pictures and where's the creativity? Honestly it is the last thing that's on my mind at the end of an eleven hour work day!
Monday was my first official work day. It was a little intimidating when I got the projects I would be working on. But I soon learned that asking many questions is the only way to learn. I will never be able to survive this summer if I don't adopt this habit. Paul is very patient and helpful and I will be utilizing this to the max.
My projects include setting up a new soup rotation for the dining halls this fall. This is going to entail lots of coordination, emailing, patients, and work. This is probably my most stressful and labor intensive project for the summer. Well, so it seems right now but anything can happen as I have seen so far. A project can seem easy at first but once you actually get into it many problems can arise.
Another project includes setting up a new beverage area in one of the dining halls. I'm not exactly sure what I am supposed to be doing on this yet.
Another project includes setting up "relations" with a new company that produces glutin free products. I will be Paul's sidekick on this one.
Another project involves organizing a special order for the fall with a dessert sauce company
And the final two projects are in the bakery :) I will be purchasing cupcake wrappers for gourmet cupcakes and helping with the development of a new concession stand dessert. I even get to work in the bakery for a few days next week. Can't wait to be in the bakery again. I miss it so much.
Yesterday, Tuesday, was a very busy day. I got to really dig into my projects in the morning. Then mid morning Johnsonville came and we tasted several samples. WOW! Who knew there were so many different kinds of sausage? Then we talked about concessions for fall, went to lunch with the Johnsonville representative, and came back to discus more about concessions for the fall. What a day! But it was a very fun, informative day.
Today I was able to make progress on my soup project but more importantly I was able to make progress on a seemingly simple project that has turned out to be a huge headache....getting item numbers for some new products. I have learned that persistence most definitely pays off and patience is key. We also did more testing of food. I definitely am not going to go hungry here that is for sure.
When I get more organized I hope to get more pictures on here but I guess that means I need to start taking pictures....not my forte.
No comments:
Post a Comment