Welcome to Crest Foods Crest is proud to announce the hiring of Steve Starke as a Technical Service Manager in our Tech/Sales department. Steve resides in Independence, KY and will be working out of that area. His father is a retired attorney and his mother is a retired school teacher. He has 3 children Chelsey (21 years old), Alysha(17 years old) and Andrew (14 years old). Steve has been familiar with Crest Foods over the years as he has worked for Louis Trauth Dairy (Dean Foods) for the past 20 years. He comes to us with years of experi- ence in making cottage cheese, sour cream, butter milk, and yogurt. After Dean decided to close the Trauth plant, he was offered several positions but decided to come to work with Crest Foods. He will be going through an extensive training program and then he will be on the road doing Tech work for us. Steve’s interests/hobbies are ATV riding, modern technology (electronics), and watching the reality series Amazing Race and Survivor. Congratulations and welcome to the Crest Family.
The Consumer Products Department is happy to introduce our newest employee, Sue Chitwood. Sue earned her Master of Science degree in Food Science at the University of Illinois-Champaign-Urbana after receiving her BS degree in Food Science. She has worked in the Food Industry at FONA International. There she worked with flavor applications for dry mix beverages. She also worked at Tate & Lyle working with starch and sweetener optimization in ice cream, beverages, and salad dressings. Susan Chitwood Joins the Crest Family by John Arnould
The Crest Consumer Products Lab works to create or improve dry seasoning flavors for products like sour cream dips, yogurt, ice cream, and potato chips to name a few. Once developed, the seasonings are blended by Crest Foods and sold to our customers who retail them in grocery stores. Sue is already busy working with flavor formu- las, along with nutritional information the customer needs for their product packaging. Daily, Sue and the employ- ees of our lab taste products in order to make changes in the formula or “recipe” to reach our goal. Sue’s husband Tom also works in the Food Industry as a salesman. They have two wonderful daughters, Alison who is 9 years old and Katie who is 7 years old. Since the kids are back in school, I will give you a multiple choice quiz about Sue. Favorite sport to watch: A. hockey B. baseball C. tennis (Answer: A) Favorite food: A. cottage cheese B. cheesecake C. chocolate (easy question) (Answer: C of course) Favorite Celebrity: A. Justin Bieber B. Dave Letterman C. Walter Payton (Answer: C “Sweetness”) Type of family dog: A. Dachshund B. Norwegian Elkhound C. Teacup Poodle Answer: B (I bet her daughters wish they had a saddle for the dog!) Her age: I could really get in trouble with this one. Maybe she does like Justin Bieber best. I know you will all make Sue feel like one of the Crest Family. As you can tell, I (John) like the statement in our Crest Culture about “Have some fun!”
October, November & December 2011 Crest Ink 19
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