Nikki Ramos (Production B) Twenty years has flown by! Prior to Crest, I was working at Avery Dennison in Rochelle. When they moved their factory to Mexico, I applied at Crest Foods, and have been here ever since. When I first started here, I was on 1st shift working as a line worker, runner, and stacker. I moved to 2nd shift where I currently work on the line. I think one of my favorite memories of my time here is when I received my 10 year trip and had the opportunity to visit Mallorca, Spain. Vickie Monsarratt (QA C) I was living in the Chicago area before moving out this way. As it would have been quite a commute to drive between here and Chicago, I found work at Crest Foods through a temp agency. Starting out, I worked on the production line and then trained to be and worked as a line operator, before finding my home in QA 13 years ago. Over my years here, there have been so many memorable moments and a variety of people, all special in their own way. One of my fondest times is when we had the opportunity to pick a charity that Crest donated to. We chose The Hooved Animal Humane Society. Jeff Meiners took a group of us from QA to tour the farm and it was such a wonderful and en- lightening day! To top it off, Jeff increased the amount of the donation. Emily Smith (Controller) Twenty years…really?! I never expected to meet this milestone so soon. I came to work at Crest Foods one month after turning 16 and haven’t stopped. While I thought babysitting was enough of a high school job my parents knew different and told me I had an interview at Crest Foods, be ready. In 1999 I started on a high school production crew, when volume wasn’t what it is today. I spent 4 years in production on the line or leading warehouse assembly crews and even filled in as production supervisor a short time when we ran Warm Delights on Sundays. Management knew I was working towards an Accounting degree and help was needed and in 2003 I started working in the Accounting department part-time while attending NIU. Just a short 16 years later and a handful of Ac- counting positions (intern, PL clerk, Staff Accountant, Financial Accounting Manager and now Controller) and I’m still here! Of all the many Crest Foods memories I can still remember having trouble packing cartons 6 on top of 6 on line 2 or hoping to be scheduled
for the easier onion soup line. How wonderfully generous all employees are when another is in need. How grateful I was to not go into labor at work because Pat Hilliker was just itching to deliver a baby in the ambulance. And project code 15-0409TOR is forever burned into my brain, the date of the tornado.It has been and still is quite an experience to grow up within a company full of people so willing to share their knowledge and experience to make every area of Crest the best it can be. My coworkers are my second family who have celebrated with me through graduations, my marriage, birth of my 2 boys and everything else along the way. No, I wasn’t ready at 16 and never would have guessed I would still be here, however, I truly have enjoyed these last 20 Crest years. Thank you Mein- ers Family and Crest Foods for my first ‘real’ job, putting me through college, a wonderful 10 year trip and this beautiful ring! I am so glad to experience all Crest offers and cannot wait to see what the next 20-30 years bring.
Construction is moving along at the West Facility and we are on our way completing 3 new production rooms, a me- chanical room, a washroom and a maintenance area. The support columns are in place and we’ll start constructing the mezzanine right after the holidays and are still working toward a completion date in April.
January, February & March 2020 Crest Ink 5
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