As hunger thrives within the school hours, students in the Marketing class open up the school store now named “Tiger Treats” for another year at HHS.
Mr. Jim Meyer, the Business and Marketing teacher, is currently in charge of the school store. But students are also involved in the small business having various roles from the Managing department to accounting department to keep business on track.
“The school store is actually owned by the Hancock Place School District, however the students in the Business / Marketing class run the store and perform all of the day to day activities associated with running a business,” Meyer said. “Any profit that is made goes right back into the store for more merchandise and anything needed to help the store run efficiently.”
Students in the Business / Marketing were given an opportunity to actually know how it’s like running a business.
“The school store was up and running last year, so we were able to continue the practical business experience that was started last year,” Meyer said.
The store is located on the 3rd floor in between rooms 302 and 304 in the science hallway, and is open from 7:20 to 7:40 before school, 11:20 to 11:30 during first lunch, 12:49 to 12:59 during second lunch and 2:40 to 2:50 after school.
In the future, Meyer hopes to expand the store and start selling school merchandise and teaming up with school departments to show what they do but also sell things they create.
“We hope to grow the store into a place where we sell Hancock merchandise as well as teaming up with the Art Department as well as other departments as an outlet to display and sell some of the items that they create,” Meyer said. “A long term goal would be to have a kiosk in the dome to sell Hancock merch during home games.”
Cole Pursley (10) one of the managers at Tiger Treats, likes working with his team members and the experience of working.
“I feel good about being in this business because it helps teach real life skills instead of just learning things that you might need, these are things you will need in life,” Pursley said.
The school store reopening provides students with many different snacks and drinks to fuel them throughout the day. It also provides students with a variety of snacks and drinks that the lunch store doesn’t sell, which can be upsetting for some students during their lunch.
“It feels good that the school store is opening back up because we sell things that the lunch store can’t so we provide more things than the lunch store,” Pursley said.
The opening of the school store has been successful so far thanks to the students who have worked hard making sales of snacks.
“Since opening, the store has been very successful,” Meyer said.
Another student who works at the school store, David Grishom (10), appreciates working at the store and learning more about business.
“I feel like working in the school store teaches me about money managing, getting to work on time and being in a work environment like this is good for future opportunities,” Grishom said.
Grishom also appreciates the school culture and what the store may bring for students.
”I feel like the school store opening back up is great for the school culture as Mr. Williams would say,” Grishom said.
