HR Execs on the Move

Chobani

Since our founding 10 years ago, we`ve always been a different kind of company. After moving to New York from his native Turkey, our CEO Hamdi Ulukaya thought everyone deserved better options, so he set about making delicious, nutritious, natural, and accessible Greek Yogurt right here in the U.S. Our mission since day one has been to provide better food to more people. And now as the No. 1-selling Greek Yogurt brand in America and the second largest overall yogurt manufacturer, we believe every food maker has a responsibility to provide people with better options, which is why we`re so proud of the way our food is made. From the very first batch that came off the line in Upstate New York, in 2007, our cups have been crafted using only natural, non-GMO ingredients. We refuse to use any preservatives. Our yogurt contains no artificial flavors, artificial sweeteners, or preservatives. It has been a busy 10 years for Chobani. Along our journey, we`ve constantly innovated our offerings to evolve with customer tastes and preferences, leading with values, and putting our people first. As we look to the future, Chobani is reinvigorating its founding mission with a vision to make universal wellness happen sooner using food as a force of good. Our vision builds on the company`s founding mission to provide better food for more people, while laying out how Chobani is defining wellness and where the brand will invest to achieve it: • Nutritional Wellness: Scaling our efforts to provide better food for more people. • Social Wellness: Increasing our investment in the communities we serve and the people who craft our food. • Environmental Wellness: Building a supply chain that ensures the planet`s health. This evolution supports Chobani`s ambition to become a food-focused wellness company and providing better food to all people.

The Bakery Cos.

Biscuitville

For over 50 years, Biscuitville has been a local, family-owned company known for serving up authentic Southern breakfast food made fresh daily from locally sourced ingredients. With over 60 quick-casual locations in North Carolina and Virginia, we`ve assembled a new, driven, and experienced leadership team committed to unprecedented growth. Since our rebranding in 2014 as Biscuitville Fresh Southern®, we`ve embarked on completely remodeling all our restaurants. And, in stark contrast to most of our competitors, we`ve experienced double-digit sales increases throughout fiscal year 2017. We`re proud of the fact that our fresh-baked biscuits have become almost legendary here in the South. (Garden & Gun magazine included them among their “100 Southern Foods You Absolutely Must Try Before You Die.”) Yet what truly sets us apart is our entrepreneurial spirit. We build amazing teams of passionate individuals while creating an open, collaborative environment designed to foster personal growth. And we encourage that growth to extend beyond the workplace: Our restaurants all close at 2 p.m., and our corporate headquarters closes at 3 p.m. every Friday—allowing for a work-life balance not found anywhere else in our industry.

Kalera

Kalera is a produce grower and a world leader in the science and technology for vertically farming the highest quality produce. Kalera combines the latest data-driven process automation technologies with the science of hydroponics to create the perfect growing conditions for plants to thrive. We give plants everything they need to thrive in nature and in return, they deliver an abundance of clean, fresh, healthy and nutritious produce. Our produce is virtually perfect because we measure and meter every element they require to grow strong. The cleanroom standards of our growing facilities means that pest don’t chew on our leaves, and we never have to kill them with chemical pesticides. We never use genetically modified seeds. Our plants are the cleanest simply because they are never in contact with dangerous environmental pathogens. This is the future of produce, with our growing environments creating an eternal spring in terms of growing cycles and a resulting abundance of everything we grow available year-round. Our flagship HyCube model is installed at the Orlando World Center Resort. Every day, that facility provides produce for the largest Marriott resort and conference center in the world. We also support the restaurant and food service trade with the finest possible selection of specialist produce. Chefs can depend on the absolutely dependable consistency from our HyTaste brand of succulent leafy greens, micro greens, baby greens, flowers and vegetables. Kalera is also offering a number of select living plant products to retailers interested in the best locally grown hydroponic produce. This is the future of farming and the science of great greens.

Packers Sanitation Services Incorporated

pest prevention and intervention solutions for food processing facilities, supporting more than 725 partner plants every day. Its team of more than 16,500 skilled food sanitors, microbiologists, technical experts, engineers and safety specialists are committed to protecting people and brands by keeping USDA, FDA and CFIA processing facilities clean, safe and audit-ready. The PSSI team works hand-in-hand with every partner to develop customized, comprehensive programs for smarter and more efficient employee and food safety.