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July 2013
Volume 4, Issue 10
Randy Arceneaux / President and CEO presents the “Employee of the Month” award to Virginia Chavez.
Once again we have the pleasure of introducing Virginia Chavez as the Employee of the Month. Virginia is the se-
cond person to be nominated and selected for this honor for a second time during her employment with AFI. Virginia
currently works under the direction of Kyle Keller in the Perishable Returns and Sanitation Department and com-
pletes 11 years of service this month. Kyle tells us that Virginia always comes in with a smile on her face and an
eagerness to get to work. Kyle believes her to be a model employee that never gives less than 100% and feels great
pride to have her as a member of his crew. PLEASE SEE EMPLOYEE ON PAGE 6
Employee of the Month - July - Virginia Chavez
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2013 Service Awards
Courtesy of Tana Bray / HR
In the News
5 Years Lalo Abalos
Joe Alvarez
Bret Baer
Mary Barrientes-HPL
Pablo Barrientes-PTG
Joseph Blackwell
Roger Browning
Yuren Casillas
Sergio Cruz
Christopher Cummins-PTG
Jeffrey Davis-PTG
Michelle Fowlkes
Enrique Franco
Paty Garcia
Mariano Gonzales
Tristan Gonzales
Daniel Hamilton
Wendell Ladd Jr.
Lawrence Laney-HPL
Francisco Lopez
Moris Marquina-PTG
Joe Marshall
Rosa Martinez
Sisto Martinez
5 Years cont. Billy Mitchell
Adrian Moreno
Isaac Morris
Ralph Moses
Robert Murillo
Ester Patino
Christopher Pawol-PTG
David Perry
Scotty Poynor-PTG
Cameron Redshaw
Michael Snyder
Joshua Stevenson-PTG
Jeremy Stone
10 Years Matthew Baber-PTG
Thomas Brown
Paula Cardona
Jorge Chavarria-PTG
Virginia Chavez
Cynthia Mauricio
Sandra Dean
Connie Elmore
John Gamble
10 Years cont. Jaime Gonzalez
Debbie Hampton
Benjamin Hinojosa
Bountem Inthavong
Robert Lanzo-PTG
Hector Larios
Donald Lucero
Ofelia Martinez
Shawn Mills-PTG
Arturo Montoya
James Moon
Vivian Munoz
Bryan Owens
Jose Perez
Natasha Petitt
Wilson Rivera
Rodney Roberson
Jeanette Rodriquez
Tony Sengthavone
Ted Sharp
Tommy Shelley-PTG
Bounyock Thiphonxay
Lucy Vasquez
Tim Walton
Andy Wright
15 Years cont. Cynthia Collie
Paul Ebben
Jose Fernandez
Jesus Garcia
Pete Garcia-PTG
Christopher Hernandez
Bob Hewitt
Rodney Kellison
Brian McMasters-PTG
Amy Norris
Mike Opitz
Larry Pena-PTG
Tito Rodriguez
David Trimble
Cynthia Turner
25 Years Mike Douglass-PTG
Dale Freeman-PTG
Preston Haberman
Jay Halbert
James Hughes
Gaylon Schultz-HPL
Jess Womack
15 Years Jesus Aguirre
Ronnie Beard-PTG
Steve Brock-PTG
20 Years cont. Rodney Rich
Dylan Romero
Tim Terry
Don Thompson
John Ware-PTG
20 Years Harold Baker-PTG
Robert Coffee
Kenny Curry
Trish Eklund
Trinidad Gomez
Scott Hahn
Darryl Henderson-PTG
Danny Jackson
Rita Koontz
Jaime Martinez
Lorenzo Moore
Clyde Morgan
Wade Phillips
30 Years Brad Hanvey
Jim Schaefer
PLEASE SEE
2013 SERVICE AWARDS
CONTINUED...
ON PAGE 3
The First Service Awards given to Employees of Affiliat-ed Foods was on February 18, 1974, in the lunchroom at the warehouse. Eligibility to receive service awards was originally de-termined by date of employment as of February 1st of the current year. This was later extended to the end of February of the current year. Affiliated Foods recognized and celebrated the follow-ing employees on Thursday, June 13th, 2013...For their service, their commitment and their contributions to Affiliated Foods. Our “Employees” are the reason for the success and they are also the key to our future.
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2013 Service Awards continued...
What would you get if you crossed a patriot with a small curly-haired dog?
In the News
35 Years Dennis Johnson
JoAnn Haddock
SoundBite Hearing System Helps With Single Sided Deafness
When Kevin Fortenberry, our IT Operations Manager, had a minor surgical procedure, he never dreamed that he would wake up to being deaf in his right ear, but he did.
Now, thanks to modern technology and a new and non-surgical innovative prosthetic device called the “SoundBite”, many are being helped. There are 2 components to the device, the ITM (In the mouth) hearing device and the BTE (Behind the Ear) microphone unit. No dental work in required other than making and fitting of the ITM. The sound is sent from the microphone to the hearing device which in turn sends the sound vibration by bone to the inter ear of the good ear…
Many people just learn to live with single sided deafness. It is estimated that over 60,000 people in the United States acquire this condition. “I am very thankful for my soundbite device. It has al-lowed me to rejoin conversations,“ , Kevin commented.
Thanks to Amir Abolfathi of Sonitus Medical who is the inventor and The Food and Drug Admin-istration who approved the “SoundBite” in January 2011…Many lives are being changed by this innovative device for those who have single sided deafness.
References and excerpts from Article Ada News, August 15, 2012 , New device restores single sided deafness By: Jennifer Garvin/ www.hear-it.org / www.singlesideddeafness.com/ssd_report.pdf / www.sonitusmedical.com
ITM
BTE
Virtually Invisible
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2013 Truck Rodeo - Amarillo Texas
In the News
From left to right:
Michael Hernandez- 3rd place- 48’ category
John Hamula- 2nd place- 48’ category
Les McLaughlin- 1st place- 48’ category
Pedro Garcia- 1st Place- 28’ category
Christopher Cummins- 2nd - 28’ category
Luther Carter– 3rd place- 28’ category.
The Truck Rodeo event was held on June 15 at the south perishable
dock lot. 16 drivers competed in the event- 8 in each category. The 1st
place winners will compete at the National Truck Rodeo competition in
Orlando, FL in September. Thanks to all our participants!
Courtesy of Billy Stovall / Director
of PTG, Rick Sims / Safety Man-
ager for PTG and photos courtesy
of Kourtney Evans.
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AFI’s Warehouse Incentive Program
At Affiliated Foods, when we hire a new order selector there is a working standard that must be met in the first 60 days of employment. The Warehouse Management System calculates time for each store order based on Engineered Labor Standard. This time / standard must be met at 100% by the first 60 days. Once the selector achieves 100% of standard and keeps that standard or above, they become qualified order se-lectors. This process helps orders to be pulled in a timely manner.
July 2013 Above and Beyond…
Grocery Qualified
Pablito Duarte Jose Rodriguez
Paul Garcia Zepeda Top Pay
Gerado de la Paz Salvador Lara
Samuel Escobar Edward Robles
Juan Ibarra Ralph Bouyi
Perishable Qualified
Jeremy Maldonado Luis Castillo
Amatu Bouyi Omar Gallegos Ramiro Rivera
Top Pay Juan Mireles
Tristian McBeth
HBC Qualified
Ashley Himes
Courtesy of Jimmy Ross / Director of Warehouse Operations, David Trimble / Assistant Director of
Warehouse Operations, Enrique Barreras / Dry Grocery Supervisor, Ralph Telles / Perishable Supervisor
and Preston Haberman / HBC Supervisor
In the News
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EMPLOYEE: July Employee of the Month
STORY: cont. from
Page 1.
Plains Dairy Announces Promotion
Courtesy of Mary Reed / Plains Dairy
In the News
Roy Mende has been named
Production Manager for Plains
Dairy. Roy brings many years of
production supervision to the table
and this coupled with his
knowledge of Plains Dairy as our
Assistant Chief Engineer for the
past several years makes Roy an
excellent choice in taking on this
leadership role in production.
Please join us in welcoming Roy
into his new position.
Virginia is married and has four grown children and five grandchildren who live in Amarillo, Dal-las, and Houston. She loves to decorate her home, shopping, gardening and cooking for the family. And most of all she loves being a grand-mother. The family loves to get together for re-unions, holidays and vacations. Virginia’s favor-ite food is chili releno’s and she loves to watch Mexican soap operas. Virginia’s mother has been the most influential in her life. She taught her to work hard and enjoy life. Virginia’s most memorable moments at Af-filiated was when she received the Employee of the Month in 2005. She is very honored and ap-preciative of the recognition. She plans to con-tinue working and someday retire. She knows life is too short and plans to enjoy, live and love. She selected a gift certificate from The Plaza. Virginia will also receive an additional 250 Safety bonus points. Congratulations, Virginia!
Employee of the Month for July 2013 - Virginia Chavez
Courtesy of Rita Koontz / Human Resources
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Courtesy of Val Clawson / DeJarnett and Western Family
Aloha Chops
1. Place chops coated with the Shurfine Pork Sea-soning & Coating Mix in a shallow casserole dish.
2. Bake 30 minutes at 375º F. 3. Drain pineapple juice, reserving juice, and combine with ham. Spoon mixture around chops. 4. Pour reserved pineapple juice over entire dish and return to oven for another 20 minutes.
Before serving, garnish with maraschino cherries, a sprig of parsley or watercress.
Plains Dairy Announces Award
From the Kitchen Counter
Courtesy of Mary Reed / Plains Dairy
6 1packet 1can 1c.
Pork or Veal Chops Shurfine Pork Seasoning & Coating Mix Shurfine Crushed Pineapples Cooked ham, diced
Affiliated Foods Fall Food Show 2013
Start making plans to attend the 2013 Fall Food Show
“Home for the Holidays”
August 15, 2013
Pictured Above, Dub Garlington, President and Robert
Chavez, Robert Chavez, is a Transport Driver for Plains
Dairy. Robert received his 5-year award for his em-
ployment with Plains Dairy.
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A Note of Thanks!
Affiliated Foods “ Team 2013” A Note of Thanks!
“THANK YOU” to all who have contributed to the success of the Newsletter”!
A special thanks to Dale Thompson and Kevin Fortenberry for their continued support and help!
The Affiliated Family News
Cathy Gallivan / [email protected]
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