5 minutes with Mike Hendrix, Creston Hy-Vee meat department manager

AGE: 56

HOMETOWN: Originally from Poplar Bluff, Missouri; now Creston

FAMILY: Son, Kyle

WHAT ARE YOU AND THE REST OF THE MEAT DEPARTMENT DOING TO PREPARE FOR THANKSGIVING? Making sure we have plenty of turkeys and hams since we have a promotion where you can buy a ham and get a turkey free

ABOUT HOW MANY TURKEYS AND HAMS DID HY-VEE SELL LAST YEAR? About 700 total in turkeys and hams for the promotion plus 300 to 400 bigger turkeys and assorted hams

BUSIEST TIME OF YEAR: Christmastime

YOUR FAVORITE FOOD ITEM HY-VEE SELLS: Hy-Vee spiral hams or choice reserve steaks

MOST POPULAR MEAT SOLD: Ground beef

BEST PART OF YOUR JOB: Interacting with the people

ONE STRANGE REQUEST YOU'VE HAD FROM A CUSTOMER: People who buy a turkey and want it cut into pieces. We're happy to do it, but it's kind of hard to cut a frozen turkey.

WHAT'S THE MOST MEAT, IN WEIGHT, YOU'VE SOLD TO ONE CUSTOMER? Probably 300 pounds

YOUR THANKSGIVING PLANS: Spend it with my son and his girlfriend

FAVORITE HOLIDAY: Memorial Day because summer's coming or the Fourth of July because it is summer. I'm not a cold weather fan.

ONE THING MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU: What a big sports fan I am

ONE HOBBY YOU HAVE: Golfing