Once again this year, the Crest Foods Hourly Employee Safety Team (S.A.F.E. ), sponsored a Summer Safety Poster Contest. All children and grandchildren of Crest Foods employees, full time or temporary, were eligible to participate. The goal of the contest is to help promote safety at home and at work and to show off the […]
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When you picture Customer Service, you probably think of entering orders and confirming them with the customer. While that is a big part of this team’s day, there is much more to Ingredient Division Customer Service then you may expect. This team is the primary point of contact for our external customers and each Coordinator
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In late August, early September we hosted two sessions of First Aid/CPR/AED Training here at Crest. This course teaches you how to provide high-quality CPR on an adult, use an AED, and learn basic first-aid skills. It also builds teamwork skills and shows how vital the use of effective communication is in an emergency. Stephanie
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Crest Foods has had a long run of surrounding ourselves with amazing suppliers, which means each year it becomes more and more difficult to choose a “Supplier of the Year.” With that being said, this year we had a stand out; a company whose time and dedication touched all three of our divisions. St. Charles
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Congratulations to our recent CIP winners, as well as the fiscal year end CIP winners!
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By Steve Meiners Recently two members of the Crest Team accomplished long distance challenges of note. Both Jeff Friday and Maurice Millan should be congratulated for their accomplishments. Jeff Friday – Jeff and his wife participated in the 52nd annual Ragbrai Bike Event. This is a bike road rally across the state of Iowa. Jeff
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By Steve Meiners I had dinner with Sue and Rob Osborne recently to catch up on ‘life in retirement’. Sue was a Production Manager in Contract Packaging when she retired in 2021. She started in 1987 as a Second Shift Production Supervisor. She and her husband live in the rural Dixon area. They have been
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For those who may not know, our Tech Service Team provides service after the sale, one of the many ways Crest Foods sets itself apart from our competition. From September 8th to the 12th, the team held their annual meeting at Bear Lake, Utah, along with our National Accounts Managers, to align on strategy and
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Contract Packaging is in the process of expanding their capabilities through the investment in four new automated packaging lines that will come into service over the course of the next year. Each of these lines will start with long-term volume already committed to them resulting in more consistent utilization of our existing production space. They
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In July, myself, my husband Keith, our daughters Kaelynn and Quinn, and our bonus daughter, Reilly, took a trip to Panama City Beach, FL. We were gone for 10 days and spent a ton of time at the ocean. We stayed across the street from the beach, where we lucked out because it was never
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