Last Wednesday, all ~400 Target interns went to a Twins Game at the brand-new Target Field in Minneapolis. Here I am below with two of my teammates, Kelsey & Beverly, in our Twins gear:
Earlier that morning, we met with a VP of Food Strategy and presented our project findings to date. Today, we presented a first draft of a couple of our deliverables to the Merchandise Planning Director for Produce. It is really cool to get exposure to such a high-level executives at the company, and they let our team of four interns run both meetings! We are presenting our final product to the entire perishables division in 2.5 weeks, and we are definitely excited to see how it all comes together!
Last Thursday, we attended a "forecast prep" meeting for our department - all of the buyers and business analysts in produce discussed the department's performance for the past two months, and their plans for promotions and other strategy for the next two months. This Tuesday, we attended the forecast meeting with our merchandise planning director and division head, and got to hear the discussion of important strategic and financial objectives for Produce for August and September.
This week was Restaurant Week in Minneapolis, and I completely fell for the marketing ploy, going to 3 fantastic restaurants for their prix fixe menus in the last week. I had some incredible Italian food at D'Amico Kitchen on Tuesday, seafood at Seven Steakhouse + Sushi on Wednesday, and today our Produce team went to lunch at Firelake Grill.
I am always on a mission to find interesting volunteer work, and on Tuesday nights I am teaching an ESL class at the English Learning Center in South Minneapolis. This morning, the all of the Target interns spent a few hours assembling donated Target furniture for Bridging, a local non-profit. On Sunday, I'm volunteering with a few friends at the Minneapolis Aquatennial on Lake Calhoun - more details to come!
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