Janine Faber, a Meijer Healthy Living Advisor, was our guest speaker in class today. Janine is a registered dietitian at Meijer for the Central and Southern Ohio location. There is a team of dieticians who coordinate the Meijer Healthy Living Program that is funded through sponsorships from companies. The goal of the Meijer Healthy Living program is to increase sales and promote customer loyalty by creating and communicating health solutions and product knowledge to shoppers. This program plans and organizes community events, in-store events, publications, a website, and media occurrences. Social media such as Facebook, Twitter, and Blogs are monitored daily to post tips and answer questions. The role of the nutrition professional in this program is to communicate with the public about the benefits of healthy living and to share their knowledge, ideas, and tips to reach healthy living goals.
This program will positively affect my dietetics practice and future career from how many people they reach out to daily about nutrition. I never knew what the role of a nutrition professional for a grocery store was and I assumed it was a horrible job from being stuck in a grocery store every day. After Janine talked to us about her role at Meijer my views have completely changed. She seems like she really loves and enjoys her job from all the events that are put on, magazine publications, being in the media, etc.. Now, I would be interested in working for a program like the Meijer Healthy Living program.
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