UNFI’s Risk and Safety Team Recognized as Gold Winner in 2020 Golden Bridge Business and Innovation Awards
October 28 2020 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
One of North America’s Largest Food
Distributors Recognized for Exceptional Workplace Safety Amidst the
COVID-19 Pandemic
United Natural Foods, Inc. (NYSE: UNFI) (“UNFI”) today announced
that its Risk and Safety Team has been recognized as the Gold
Winner for Workplace Safety by the 12th Annual Golden Bridge
Business and Innovation Awards. This recognition follows an
extended period in which UNFI has been expanding its risk
management initiatives and safety measures to protect more than
21,000 associates across its 59 distribution centers and additional
office locations.
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UNFI’s Risk and Safety Team Recognized as
Gold Winner in 2020 Golden Bridge Business and Innovation Awards
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The annual Golden Bridge Awards honor the world's best in
organizational performance, products, services and more. Public and
private organizations operating across sectors are eligible to
submit nominations. This marks the first year in which UNFI has
participated in the process and received recognition as a
winner.
“Since March, UNFI’s risk and safety, human resources and
operations leadership have seamlessly collaborated to implement
swift, meaningful and wide-ranging actions to safeguard the health
and safety of our warehouse associates. We are very proud that
these risk and safety efforts have been recognized during this
extremely trying year that has presented extraordinary health and
wellness challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Jill
Sutton, UNFI’s Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel and Corporate
Secretary. “UNFI has relentlessly focused on creating safe and
secure workplaces for our valued associates across North America.
As a result of increased investments in safety, we have implemented
enhanced cleanings, enacted stringent hygiene practices,
distributed important protective gear and maintained
socially-distant workstations at all facilities. Our disciplined
focus and meaningful investments have helped us successfully
safeguard associates and keep the food supply chain moving
throughout the pandemic. We are determined to build on this
momentum and continue fulfilling our role as an essential business
in the months ahead.”
UNFI continues to evaluate and introduce new risk and safety
initiatives and is in the process of rolling out company-paid
in-home COVID-19 testing for all associates regardless of health
plan or previous exposure to the virus. The company is also
piloting a voluntary wellness mobile app designed to help
associates monitor their health and has revised its close contact
rules in response to last week’s Center for Disease Control
guidance.
“Since the earliest days of the pandemic, we have recognized
that keeping our workforce safe and limiting the spread of COVID-19
at our facilities are critical to keeping America fed,” added Andre
LaMere, UNFI’s Senior Vice President of Risk and Safety. “Our
dedicated Risk and Safety Team is committed to its role in keeping
our associates safe so that UNFI can meet its stakeholders’ needs
in the face of changing operating environments. Our operations
leadership has been steadfast in their partnership and support for
our COVID-19 protocols and continues to hold workplace safety as a
central goal as they deliver excellent customer service. We also
want to take this opportunity to thank our valued associates for
their partnership, focus on safety and tremendous efforts this
year. We are proud to reinforce our commitment to the safety of our
front-line associates.”
UNFI’s designated team of experts consistently monitors
pandemic-related updates while adopting and evolving our latest
protocols to provide assurance, safety and support to associates as
they work to keep America fed. The company recently expanded its
team by adding Brett Norton, who has joined UNFI as Vice President
of Occupational Safety after previously leading worldwide safety
programs at Starbucks Corporation. Mr. Norton has extensive
experience implementing effective safety programs that utilize
leading indicators to address safety issues before injuries occur
and threats emerge.
“I am excited to join a strong Risk and Safety organization and
look forward to working with UNFI associates and leadership on
continuing to move food forward by doing the right thing and
keeping our workforce safe every day,” concluded Mr. Norton.
About United Natural Foods
UNFI is North America's premier food wholesaler delivering the
widest variety of products to customer locations throughout North
America including natural product superstores, independent
retailers, conventional supermarket chains, ecommerce retailers and
food service customers. By providing this deeper 'full-store'
selection and compelling brands for every aisle, UNFI is uniquely
positioned to deliver great food, more choices and fresh thinking
to customers everywhere. Today, UNFI is the largest publicly-traded
grocery distributor in America. To learn more about how UNFI is
Moving Food Forward, visit www.unfi.com.
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