MU ITC Interns Supporting the Decision-Making Needs of Area Businesses
Sixteen MU and Trulaske College of Business students interning with the MU International Trade Center shared findings from the semester-long global market research projects with four U.S. companies each seeking to expand their sales internationally. The students have completed extensive research to identify and evaluate international markets with sales potential for each of the participating companies. Companies working with the Trade Center this Fall included: Burger Specialty Foods (California, MO), Cocoon by Thermasi (St. Clair, MO), Heron Group (Chicago, IL) and Kentegra Biotechnology (U.S. & Kenya) and Patrice’s Culinary Collective (Kansas City, MO).
In comments shared with the students following the final presentation Carl Hermreck, Senior Vice President of Burger Specialty Foods shared – “I just want to thank you guys for all the work. Obviously a lot of work went into this, and you can see it. It’s now our job to get something done with it, right. And so, we’ll take this and figure out a strategy. Hopefully, these real-life experiences mean something to you. Because, let me tell you, we sell product, we make it every day. We are real life. So that’s what we do. And I appreciate you guys and everything you do. Thank you.”