On July 15, 2025, Crest proudly hosted a life-saving blood drive with a goal of collecting 32 donations—and our incredible community went above and beyond! With 39 registered donors, we collected 34 successful blood products during a time of critical need. These donations will help save an estimated 102 lives. That’s impact you can feel.
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Crest operates on a fiscal year basis to avoid having everything happen at once at the end of the calendar year. As a result, our New Year’s Eve is on July 31st with August 1 being the start of our new year. Most people probably missed the count down, but year-end is always a good
Steve Meiners recently ran across Jim Spangler, former Crest Foods Engineering Manager. Jim was out in the yard calmly watering the grass. He says, these days he hangs around home and “piddles around” a lot. His home in Franklin Grove looks great. You can tell he dedicated plenty of time to upkeep! Yardwork and home
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Congratulations to our Recent Retirees! Mark Hussey (12/4/24) Al Duthie (12/27/24) Peggy Reineke (12/31/24) Marc Smith (1/31/24) Jeff Capes (1/13/25) Chris Pfoutz(4/1/25)
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By: Amanda Hering, Benefits Manager I am pleased to share that our health plan scored an A+ rating for overall performance and expectation for the 2024 calendar year. In fact, we are trending at the same level and rate as we approach the half-way point of 2025! Many factors are analyzed when calculating a performance
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Just a few miles from Ashton lies Franklin Creek State Natural Area, which offers 1,025 acres of forests, rocky bluffs, wetlands and prairie, all threaded together by Franklin Creek. Not too long ago, Crest Foods partnered with Franklin Creek Conservation Association to help continue their ADA accessible path all the way to Mill Spring. In
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Congratulations to the employee winners of our second annual March Madness competition! All employees were randomly assigned an NCAA Men’s Basketball Team to follow, and when the Florida Gators claimed victory, so did these employees! Crest Winners received a prize pack of assorted Crest Foods swag along with their bragging rights.
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The hourly employee safety team has been hard at work (and having some fun!) putting together some electric handlift safety “plays” in Redzone! We used our monthly meeting time in April to gather at the Main Plant Equipment Storage Area where we able to safely mock up common situations employees might encounter while using handlifts
My husband, Adriane, and I spent 9 days traveling through Colorado and South Dakota. We took the Cog Railway to the top of Pikes Peak and enjoyed the beautiful scenery along the Spearfish Canyon Byway. In Colorado, we were able to visit the gravesite of Buffalo Bill, Garden of the Gods, Rocky Mountain National Park,
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Congratulations to our most recent CIP winners. Keep those continuous improvement ideas coming! Christian Peterson (Mix B): Provide important pre-testing and swab information on the batch sheets that Mix uses. This will give Lead Mixers the information they need to verify that all testing is done before they blend. Samantha Milani (Production A): A new
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