DALLAS, July 19, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- At the
conclusion of a rigorous, one-year judging process, Dean Foods is
proud to recognize three locations as recipients of the 2016 Dean
Foods CEO Environmental Health and Safety Award:
- Fluid Milk Winner: Meadow Gold Dairy - Billings, Montana
- Ice Cream Winner: Dean Foods - Buena Park, California
- Logistics Winner: Barber's Dairy - Birmingham,
Alabama
The award is one of the company's top honors. Each location was
selected over Dean Foods' nearly 70 other facilities for its
outstanding dedication to world-class environmental health and
safety in the categories of fluid milk, ice cream and
logistics.
"At Dean Foods, our employees and their safety are top
priorities," said CEO Gregg Tanner,
who traveled to each location to present the awards. "We are
impressed by the standard of excellence demonstrated by our
employees in Billings,
Buena Park and Birmingham.
Excellence takes hard work, and this award allows us to honor those
team members who have gone above and beyond. We are delighted to
recognize them for this achievement."
The Dean Foods CEO EHS Award is the culmination of an intensive
assessment process. The awards are based on multiple criteria
including: injury rates, workers compensation statistics,
behavior-based safety elements such as observation and coaching,
internal audit scores and employee training. The locations were
then scrutinized by Dean Foods' senior leadership who took into
account employee engagement, best practices and the 'safety
culture' within the location. Team members in Billings, Buena
Park and Birmingham have truly proven themselves the cream
of the crop.
CONTACT: Dustin Cox, 214-721-7766
or media@deanfoods.com
About Dean Foods
Dean Foods® is a leading food and
beverage company and the largest processor and direct-to-store
distributor of fresh fluid milk and other dairy and dairy case
products in the United States.
Headquartered in Dallas, Texas,
the Dean Foods portfolio includes DairyPure®, the country's first
and largest fresh, white milk national brand, and TruMoo®, the
leading national flavored milk brand, along with well-known
regional dairy brands such as Alta Dena®, Berkeley Farms®, Country
Fresh®, Dean's®, Garelick Farms®, Friendly's®, LAND O LAKES®* milk
and cultured products*, Lehigh Valley Dairy Farms®, Mayfield®,
McArthur®, Meadow Gold®, Oak Farms®, PET®**, T.G. Lee®, Tuscan® and
more. In all, Dean Foods has more than 50 national, regional and
local dairy brands as well as private labels. Dean Foods also makes
and distributes ice cream, cultured products, juices, teas, and
bottled water. Almost 17,000 employees across the country work
every day to make Dean Foods the most admired and trusted provider
of wholesome, great-tasting dairy products at every occasion. For
more information about Dean Foods and its brands, visit
www.deanfoods.com.
*The LAND O LAKES brand is owned by Land O'Lakes, Inc. and is
used by license.
**PET is a trademark of The J.M. Smucker Company and is used by
license.
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