BRIARPATCH FOOD CO-OP | Winter 2020
Signs Signs, Everywhere a Sign!
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riarPatch is bursting at the seams with creativity and thinking outside of the box. But who’s behind the scenes posting on Facebook, creating beautiful displays, working with our volunteers and answering owners’ questions… and making all of those signs? Meet the Co-op’s Marketing and Merchandising Teams! 1. Describe the purpose of your job to someone from another planet. 2. What is your favorite travel destination? 3. If you were in a salad, what ingredient would you be?
4. You’re shipwrecked on a deserted island: what two items do you bring with you? 5. Dog or cat person?
Rebecca Torpie | Marketing Manager 1. I help humans find food they like and help them have fun while they find it. 2. Amsterdam, NL 3. Radish. You don’t always see them in salads, but when you do, they’re quite crunchy- it’s the extroverted introvert ingredient. 4. My pug and my copy of Man’s Search for Meaning 5. I think that question has been answered.
Michelle Peregroy | Merchandising Manager 1. I work with an amazing team of humans to coordinate displays, promotions and product selection that reflect BriarPatch’s values and meet our customers’ needs. 2. Eastern Sierras in the fall time. 3. An avocado. They are delicious and packed full of nutritious goodness. 4. A pot to boil water and an even bigger knife than Carly’s. 5. Dog of course!
Carly Davenport | Merchandiser 1. I bring products into our store and organize them in a way that makes them easier to find and purchase. 2. Norway…even though I have never been there…lol 3. Maters. They make the salad colorful and a little bit sweet! 4. A water filtration straw and a really big knife 5. Dog
Seanan Maher | Marketing Assistant 1. Okay so I’m what you call a “Marketing Assistant”. Wait no, let’s go back a little farther, this won’t make sense. Okay so, on Earth we have these things called “stores”, wait no hang on... Alright, so have you heard of “money”? What about “goods and services”? Um... This is going to be harder than I thought... 2. I would give a great deal to visit New Mexico currently, but anywhere that has the promise of aliens or other unexplainable phenomena is fine by me! 3. The many many identical human teeth 4. Um... two more boats? 5. I love cats! Their cute little claws, their hard exoskeletons, their mandibles, their hundreds upon hundreds of legs... all wrapped up in a 7 ft. bundle of love! EDIT: I have been informed that what I have been caring for is in fact, NOT a cat, and that I am no longer allowed to bring pets into the office.
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