Butterball, LLC Receives Plant of the Year Designation
Refrigerated & Frozen Foods Magazine Honors Mt. Olive Location
Raleigh, NC, June 06, 2009 --(PR.com)-- Butterball, LLC, the largest turkey producer in the United States, has been recognized as the 2008 Plant of the Year, in the Meat, Poultry & Seafood division, by Refrigerated & Frozen Foods magazine.
The distinction honors processing facilities that have shown exemplary performance across several categories, including worker and food safety, community involvement, environmental initiatives and innovation. Most recently, Butterball’s Mt. Olive complex achieved Rising Star Status from North Carolina’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP) – a distinction that commemorates worksites that serve as superior examples for workplace health and safety.
“Achieving this status has been a vision of the leadership group at Butterball and this facility for several years,” says Complex Manager, Phil Paulk. “Butterball has always placed associate welfare at the forefront of all that we do. It took every associate in the plant — both hourly and salary — working together, focused on and committed to safety to achieve this recognition.”
Butterball’s Mt. Olive facility employs more than 2,000 hourly associates with an additional 200 management and support staff. Each week, the location produces 2.5 million pounds of fully cooked products.
As part of Mt. Olive’s operational goals, continuous learning as well as extensive sustainability efforts are implemented at all plant levels. The management team is required to complete 40 to 80 hours of leadership training annually while plant associates participate in supervisor apprentice and college reimbursement programs. The facility has also implemented a water conservation and recycling system that saves more than 91 million gallons of water per year.
“What truly differentiates us as a special facility is the people that we employ,” Paulk says. “It is the chemistry amongst our leadership and associates that have enabled us to continue to grow our customer base and lead our industry in product innovation.”
About Butterball, LLC:
Butterball, LLC, the largest producer of turkey products in the United States, is headquartered in Garner, N.C. For more than 50 years, the iconic brand’s succulent whole bird products have been a central part of special moments. Today, company also has a broad array of offerings for retail, deli and foodservice that help make meals something to celebrate every day. Butterball products are enjoyed domestically and internationally.
The company’s three-pronged approach to Doing Business Right focuses on self-governance, sustainability and social responsibility. The initiative plays a key role in providing internal oversight for integrating values that are important to the company.
As the industry leader in quality and food safety, the company employs numerous processes to ensure the health of flocks and implements recognized prevention measures to exceed food safety standards in its six plants, located in North Carolina, Colorado, Arkansas and Missouri. In addition, Butterball has surpassed important workplace safety and health benchmarks set forth by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Voluntary Protection Program.
For more information about Butterball, visit www.butterball.com. You can also call 1-800-BUTTERBALL for answers to your most puzzling questions about turkey preparation.
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The distinction honors processing facilities that have shown exemplary performance across several categories, including worker and food safety, community involvement, environmental initiatives and innovation. Most recently, Butterball’s Mt. Olive complex achieved Rising Star Status from North Carolina’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP) – a distinction that commemorates worksites that serve as superior examples for workplace health and safety.
“Achieving this status has been a vision of the leadership group at Butterball and this facility for several years,” says Complex Manager, Phil Paulk. “Butterball has always placed associate welfare at the forefront of all that we do. It took every associate in the plant — both hourly and salary — working together, focused on and committed to safety to achieve this recognition.”
Butterball’s Mt. Olive facility employs more than 2,000 hourly associates with an additional 200 management and support staff. Each week, the location produces 2.5 million pounds of fully cooked products.
As part of Mt. Olive’s operational goals, continuous learning as well as extensive sustainability efforts are implemented at all plant levels. The management team is required to complete 40 to 80 hours of leadership training annually while plant associates participate in supervisor apprentice and college reimbursement programs. The facility has also implemented a water conservation and recycling system that saves more than 91 million gallons of water per year.
“What truly differentiates us as a special facility is the people that we employ,” Paulk says. “It is the chemistry amongst our leadership and associates that have enabled us to continue to grow our customer base and lead our industry in product innovation.”
About Butterball, LLC:
Butterball, LLC, the largest producer of turkey products in the United States, is headquartered in Garner, N.C. For more than 50 years, the iconic brand’s succulent whole bird products have been a central part of special moments. Today, company also has a broad array of offerings for retail, deli and foodservice that help make meals something to celebrate every day. Butterball products are enjoyed domestically and internationally.
The company’s three-pronged approach to Doing Business Right focuses on self-governance, sustainability and social responsibility. The initiative plays a key role in providing internal oversight for integrating values that are important to the company.
As the industry leader in quality and food safety, the company employs numerous processes to ensure the health of flocks and implements recognized prevention measures to exceed food safety standards in its six plants, located in North Carolina, Colorado, Arkansas and Missouri. In addition, Butterball has surpassed important workplace safety and health benchmarks set forth by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Voluntary Protection Program.
For more information about Butterball, visit www.butterball.com. You can also call 1-800-BUTTERBALL for answers to your most puzzling questions about turkey preparation.
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919-844-2749
www.butterball.com
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