Employee Announcements

Name: Justin Rogers Title: Technical Service Manager Briefly share your work experience/background: 23 years in the Dairy business mainly working with Ice Cream/Frozen Desserts and Culture. Tell us about your family: Been Married to my wife Kathy for 18 years. I have two daughters. Hannah, 15, and Caroline, 12. What are you looking forward to the […]

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

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)

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

Congratulations to all of our employees who have been promoted from January through May 2025! Brandi Ankney – QA A Shift Dan Yates – West Plant Manager Jennifer Lally – A West Production Supervisor Lisa Roberts – A West Shift Lead

Name: Caleb Barry Title: Production Manager Briefly share your work experience/background: I started my career in the quality field before transitioning into continuous improvement and operations management roles. Through that I developed a strong multi-faceted background in manufacturing as well as continuous improvement. I have now spent over 15 years in various manufacturing settings transforming

Name:  Buck Buchanan Title:  Southwest Territory District Sales Manager Briefly share your work experience/background: I’ve started in the dairy business 36 years ago.  My first job was stacking 68# blocks of butter.  From there I progressed from Lab Tech through to Plant Manager where I was in Tulare, CA for 17 years.  In 2017, I

Congratulations to all of our employees who have been promoted over the last five months: Kyarra McGlown – Receiving Clerk, Alma Hernandez – A Shift Production Supervisor, Valerie Serrano – C Shift Senor Lead Line Operator!