WINNERS OF THE B&CMA 2009 SAFETY CONTEST ANNOUNCED!

Chairman’s Award for Safety Excellence

Bakeries with less than 200 employees for demonstrating an outstanding commitment and dedication to employee safety and excellence in achieving a lost-time accident frequency rate of 0 for the year 2008

BREMNER  RY KRISP -  Minneapolis, Minnesota

JOHN WM. MACY'S CHEESESTICKS – Elmwood Park, New Jersey

A bakery with less than 500 employees for demonstrating an outstanding commitment and dedication to employee safety and excellence in achieving a lost-time accident frequency rate of  0  for the year 2008

KELLOGG COMPANY – Grand Rapids Bakery, Grand Rapids, Michigan

A bakery with less than 800 employees for demonstrating an outstanding commitment and dedication to employee safety and excellence in achieving a lost-time accident frequency rate of 0.529 for the year 2008

KRAFT FOODS CANADA – Lakeshore Bakery

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

A bakery with more than 800 employees for demonstrating an outstanding commitment and dedication to employee safety and excellence in achieving a lost-time accident frequency rate of 1.27 for the year 2008

LANCE INC. – Charlotte Bakery, Charlotte, North Carolina

Awards Presented By Mail:

The following bakeries won the Award of Safety Merit for achieving a lost-time accident rate that is at least 50% below the current rate for the cookie and cracker industry and an improvement over last year:

Bremner Food Group, Inc. – Poteau Operation, Poteau, OK

Bremner Food Group, Inc. – Tonawanda Operation, Tonawanda, NY

Chattanooga Bakery Inc. – Chattanooga, TN

Creative Food Ingredients – Perry, NY

Kellogg Company – Augusta Bakery, Augusta, GA 

Kellogg Company – Charlotte Bakery, Charlotte, NC

Kellogg Company – Chicago 31st Bakery, Chicago, IL

Kellogg Company – Chicago Bakery, Chicago, IL

Kellogg Company – Columbus Bakery, Columbus, GA

Kellogg Company – Louisville Bakery, Louisville, KY

Kellogg Company – Rome Bakery, Rome, GA

Kraft Foods Inc. – Nabisco Biscuit Company, Fair Lawn, NJ

Kraft Foods Inc. – Nabisco Biscuit Company, Richmond, VA

Kraft Foods Canada – East York Bakery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Newly Weds Foods – Horn Lake, MS

The following bakeries earned a Certificate of Safety Achievement for achieving a lost-time accident rate that is at least 50% below the current rate for the cookie and cracker industry:

Interbake Foods LLC/Norse Dairy Systems –Green Bay, WI

Kellogg Company – Cary Bakery, Cary, NC

Kraft Foods Inc. – Nabisco Biscuit Company, Atlanta, GA

Newly Weds Foods – Chicago, IL 

Newly Weds Foods – Cleveland, TN 

Newly Weds Foods – Springdale, AR

Newly Weds Foods – Watertown, MA 

The following bakeries earned a Certificate of Safety Improvement for improving their lost-time accident rate over that recorded for the previous year:

Bremner Food Group, Inc. – Ripon West Operation, Ripon, WI

Bremner Food Group, Inc. – Ripon East Operation, Ripon, WI

Bremner Food Group, Inc. – South Beloit Operation, South Beloit, IL

Bud’s Best Cookies, Inc. – Birmingham, AL

Columbus Bakery-Kroger, Columbus, OH 

Ellison Bakery Inc. - Fort Wayne, IN

Fehr Foods Inc. – Marietta OK

Interbake Foods LLC – Front Royal Bakery, Front Royal, VA

Kellogg Company – Cincinnati Bakery, Cincinnati, OH

Kellogg Company – Florence Bakery, Florence, KY

Kellogg Company – Kansas City Bakery, Kansas City, KS

Kraft Foods Inc. – Nabisco Biscuit Company, Portland, OR

Kraft Foods Canada – Scarborough Bakery, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada

Oak State Products, Inc. - Wenona, IL 

Richmond Baking - Southern Operation, Alma, GA

Schulze & Burch Biscuit Company, Chicago, IL