Today was my first day of work as a National Association of College and University Food Service (NACUFS, for short!) Intern. It is a managment position that they take pretty seriously around here! Rachael, from Michigan State, is the other intern and we get along great. Paul is my new boss and he seems very knowledgeable in the food service world. He also has an assistant named Beth so we've been getting to know her too.
It was basically just orientation today. We toured some of the food service facilities on campus and met a lot of the managers. I'm at Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana, for those of you who don't know. We also started our Ranch dressing project. Paul had told me about it over the phone, but I had no idea that it was a $40,000+ deal!!! Basically, they are switching from using a dressing mix that needs to be prepared by the salad department, to a ready-to-use (RTU) dressing from a distributor. This will improve shelf life, thus less waste. Also, the packaging will be easier to store and we're hoping to save money as well. You'll definately here more about this project. The two main distributors that they use here are FSA (Food Service of America, it's their prime vendor) and Sysco, which we have at home.
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