Portfolio Interview

1. How are you connected, either directly or indirectly, to the food industry?
a. “I am involved directly. As a Marketing Associate, my responsibility is to sell food and other supplies to customers while simultaneously building relationships with the individuals involved. As a food distributor, I work directly with many different types of institutions. My clients include various restaurants, cafeterias, pizza places and even a deli. I keep the customers updated with specials, acting as a liason between the company SYSCO and the client. I place the food and equipment orders, and assure the customer their products are in safe hands.”
2. What services do you provide to Delta Gamma specifically?
a. I place orders for food, cleaning chemicals, and paper products. I commute to Delta Gamma once a week to place the orders, present flyers for specials, and mandate important information regarding payments and contracts.
3. Overall, how would you rate the nutritional quality of food available in America?
a. I feel its getting better, however still not ideal. Natural foods markets, while priced at a higher rates than typical grocery stores, are becoming more and more apparent and growing in popularity.
4. How would you rate the quality of food that SYSCO provides to its customers?
a. SYSCO has implemented three different grades for its products. Everything that comes in must sustain certain qualifications in order to be approved for distribution. The USDA directly regulates and approves our dairy products, SYSCOs packaging and distributing methods are also regulated, and products come from an approved list of suppliers. SYSCOs particular infrastructure provides for a smaller window for error in its products. The company also provides a $1 million insurance policy for all of its distributions. SYSCO also offers gluten-free, fat free, and whole wheat options. ENUTRITION customers can look up facts.
5. Due to its corporate size, how does SYSCO ensure this quality to its customers?
a. If a customer buys something /..reimubursmant..guantee of sales..so customers are satisfied.. HAACP when things come in they must have a certain tempuratures..guidelines for food intake. for frozen foods.dry items meats..
6. As an employee of SYSCO, the global leader in food sales and distribution, how do you feel about the company’s relations with its employees?
a. District meetings.
7. Based off the company’s website, SYSCO’s earnings for 2010s fiscal year, ending July 3, 2010 was $37,243,495. Do you feel the revenue the company has earned is distributed appropriately? Or into the hands of few? Why or why not?
a. there is a hierarchy..drivers, marketing ass..human resouces, accounting,,so any positions..employs..oppertunities..warehouse..night and day
8. What do you think about the mass production and distribution of food in the United States? Do you think food company’s hold health and nutrition above revenue?
a. Somewhat..the customer is going to get what they want..
b. economy has a huge pull most people

9. As a member of this country’s food industry, why do you think junk food advertisements in the media effectively attract Americans to consume the unhealthy products?
a. industry people losing jobs..not ging to choose for organic options.
b. places like whole foods and traders joes versus target walmart, if people had the money thy would wchoose to be more healthy
c. us us food birites foods competetores !

Name and occupation title of Interviewee: Beverly Mayer Marketing Associate
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