One Week to Go

I went back over to Red Clay Cafe on Monday. I followed around Tamala the unit manager. She had me working the cash register again. I also wrote the weekly specials for 2 weeks. I saw how FoodPro was updated daily to get supplies for the next day. In the afternoon we also went out to one of the eatery units to help out with the parent's orientation for the freshmen.

Tuesday I was scheduled to follow Chef Paul around the retail center at Tate II. He sent me to do inventory with the stockroom manager. Standing around in the freezer for extended periods of time is no fun. The stockroom manager and I also rearranged the stockroom so that all the products used by specific retail units were grouped together. Paul also showed me how to do forecasting and he had me update some of the patron counts in FoodPro.

Wednesday was spent with Chef Bryan at Bolton. The executive chefs at the dinning halls have things very different from the retail operation. Bryan also showed me forecasting and price checks. The number of items and the volume of product moved though was significantly higher.

Thursday we took another field trip. This time we went to Zaxby's corporate headquarters. Zaxby's is a quick casual chicken place that is based out of Athens, but has over 400 units from Texas to Virginia. We spent some time in the R&D unit hearing about how they test new products. Then we were in the test kitchen and got to try some new gravies that they are in the process of adding to their menu. After that we got a tour of one of the local units and got to eat some of their food.

To round the week out, we went out to Summit and did prep work for the Freshmen College closing banquet that is on Monday. There were a lot of little details that had been handled all summer, but they're finally all coming together for the final event. All of the flowers that we ordered came in yesterday. Arrangements had to be made for each of the tables and center pieces were put together for the banquet tables. Flower arranging isn't something that I do all that often, but most of the arrangements look really good. The white and green color scheme goes well with the blue and white table cloths. Also, all of the signage that we designed came in and looks really nice. This event is going to be worth all of the effor that went into planning it.