Today, we started the 2nd half of our Food Industry Survey Tour. We took the bus to Chicago and visited the Chicago Board of Trade. Trading starts at 9:30 a.m. and closes at 1:15 a.m. They bought and sold wheat, rice, corn, etc.
Our 2nd stop was at the Information Resources Inc. This company gathered information from retailers concerning what products were bought, by whom, buying behaviors, and sold it to the manufacturers, brokers, and retailers which helped in decision making. Kimberly Clark was one of the companies that bought data from Information Resources. I wore my red suit from Petite Sophisticates. I felt like a city girl walking in my red suit and holding my portfolio.
Our last stop of the day was at Delray Farms. It's an inner city grocery store that had a large produce, seafood, and meat section to service their Asian, Hispanic, and African American clientel.
We stayed at the Holiday Inn in Skokie, Illinois. I roomed with Fontrise Charles and Ebony Daniels.
Went with Deyoung, Shamsheila Ibrahim, Sieuw Ping, and Suk Kien to a Chinese restaurant in a strip mall across the street. Shamsheila and I looked around at the Barnes and Noble store. Then, went swimming back at the hotel with Deyoung, who was from Malaysia.
Watched 'Good Times' and 'What's Happening' with Ebony.
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