-: So I'm Cayla.
I'm a retail registered dietician at ShopRite.
The counseling that I do is very individualized
I think I see a pretty wide range
of people with different medical conditions.
A lot of times I kind of start off my counseling sessions
by talking about the My Plate.
It's kind of a good place to start off.
So when I first see someone for nutrition counseling
I'm asking them a lot about their medical history
because I do work out of a supermarket
I don't have access to any of the medical records
unless they provide them to me.
So I'm asking a lot about medical history,
any kinds of medications that they're on,
I want to find out more about what they are eating
'cause again, everyone is very individualized
in terms of what they like to eat or what they're avoiding.
So that's almost the benefit of seeing a retail dietician
is that if you see a dietician in a doctor's office
or in a private practice they most likely
won't be connected to a full supermarket
so because I am in the supermarket
and I'm right next to all of the products
I can easily say, hey you know what?
I'm gonna show this to you.
Let's walk around the store really quick.
That's also something that a lot of people also
enjoy about my services is that, you know
they have an idea of what they're supposed to eat
but then they come to the store
and they can't figure out what would be a good choice
without turning round every single product
and with me there, I turn around products all day
so I know a lot of the nutrition labels
on a lot of different foods
so it's easier for me to make suggestions.
I work five days a week
and most of my hours are between like 9:00 and 10:00 a.m.
And like 5:00 and 7:00 p.m. I guess.
But there is one day a week I do work late
so I'll do one night or one day that is
11:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. and sometimes
it can be even a little bit later.
I hold cooking classes in the evenings.
I think that no matter how busy the store is during the day
there's a lot more people who have availability at night.
So my culinary classes do happen after work hours
so that's one day that I'm usually at the store late.