Saturday, November 7, 2009

Working retail at my last internship site...

Boulangerie Nantaise this morning. It was quite blustery this morning, but by the afternoon, the sun was out and so were the customers. I was privileged to be able to work in different parts of the bakery so that I would have experience what it would be like to run a small bakery/cafe.

I learned how important it is to have strong communications to manage the retail team and the production team. We all have to work together to make money for the company. The retail team serves the customers who come to buy the goods, and our goodies are breads, pastries and made to order sandwiches and salads. I've had a wonderful time meeting customers and working with Kutira, Dwayne and Tracy. They have been patient with the slow intern who can't quite run the cash register, nor operate the barista machine. I've learned to make sandwiches, make coffee, package up soups, sliced breads and most of all to serve customers. It has been pretty fun.

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