2015 Crest Culture Award
by Jeff Meiners
Don Duffy, Mark Stuart, Perry Altensy, Steve Zera & Jeff Meiners
Jeff Meiners & Steve Miley
Crest has held a supplier recognition event for each of the last 25 years aimed at recognizing the significant contri- butions that our key suppliers make to the success of Crest each year. We have named a supplier of the year each of those years and in the last three years have started recognizing a supplier each year that uniquely supports and pesonifies our Crest culture. This year the tornado presented Crest with a unique challenge that was responded to in magnificent fashion and our suppliers were an integral part of our response to this situation. This year’s culture award winners will be presented with $1,000 each to give to a charity of their choice in their name. By picking only five we have left so many out, but this does not diminish the effort put forth by everyone…these five simply represent the best of the many efforts that turned a tragedy into a triumph: Steve Miley of Lundberg Construction has been our general contractor for many projects including the con- struction of the original warehouse. He was here within hours of the tornado hitting and has been here nearly every day since. We have not once had to ask him twice to do anything and most often he is several steps ahead of us. The dedication and commitment of the entire Lundberg staff has made many of our jobs so much easier – we would not consider a building project without them. Perry Altensy of Quality Electric is one hard working man. He is usually the first of the construction group to arrive and the last to leave. It is safe to say that he knows as much about any of our Crest facilities as anyone here. I can’t imagine how many miles of wire he has pulled at Crest. There is absolutely no doubt in our minds that he cares as much about our facilities as we do and he brought that level of care and compassion into play getting us back on our feet after the tornado. Thanks to Perry and all of the staff at Quality Electric. Brennan and Stuart has been our insurance broker at Crest Foods for a very long time. Our business relationship has developed into one of mutual trust and respect. The entire staff at Brennan and Stuart are people we look for- ward to working with because they are simply good people. Mark Stuart is the President of this company and has been involved with our account from day one. The relationship that we together have cultivated over the years helped carry us through this claim. This wasn’t a little claim…..in excess of $10,000,000 with many different carri- ers involved due to customer ownership of stored ingredients and supplies. When many ran away and pointed the finger elsewhere, these guys stood tall and didn’t flinch – they brought sense and clarity to a very difficult situation. Thank you Mark Stuart and staff, we’re proud to call you both a supplier and friends. Don Duffy and Team Eagle have been a valued supplier of plastics and tapes to Crest for a number of years. The foundation of their business has always been exceptional service. He is on this list not so much for being part
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