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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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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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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I took two weeks to visit Guanajuato, Mexico, to see my family. While there, I was able to do a lot of relaxing and visiting with relatives and enjoyed the beautiful weather. There were a lot of street vendors I was able to try different foods from. Growing up in Mexico, I love to visit
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A Year of Miles, Smiles, and Meaning What a phenomenal year it’s been for the Crest Walking Club! Our members laced up, pedaled hard, and made every mile count—logging an incredible 20,358.43 miles walking/running and 6,325.6 miles biking. That’s not just movement—it’s momentum with purpose. Thanks to all that activity, we raised a whopping $30,159
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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
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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