Johnsonville

Send out the honk of congratulations and appreciation to Johnsonville driver Pat W., who’s been driving for Johnsonville since April 2004. A decade after he started, he hit the one-million-mile mark, recently Pat surpassed two million miles! His trucking team also celebrates Pat, who will also receive a plaque from the ATA (American Trucking Association) for achieving this career milestone. When he’s not making deliveries for our customers, Pat has represented Johnsonville in the Wisconsin Truck Driving Championships five times and most recently placed 2nd in his division 5-axle sleeper. We send our appreciation for Pat's safe driving record and amazing service. Way to go, Pat!

Convenience Store News named Johnsonville’s Chipotle Cheddar Sausage as a “2024 Best New Product” in the Foodservice-Lunch category. The tasty new product combines chipotle seasoning with real creamy Wisconsin cheddar cheese that packs a flavor punch. The Best New Products program recognizes marketers that introduce the most innovative, high-quality products into the c-store channel that meet consumers’ evolving needs. Judging was supervised by Past Times Marketing, a New York-based consumer research and product testing firm. Contest entries were rated and awarded points by consumers based on taste, value, convenience, healthfulness, ingredients, preparation requirements, appearance and packaging. Congratulations to the Johnsonville team behind this tasty sausage link, and yet another “best new product” recognition!

Today, we paid tribute to those veterans who work at our Sheboygan campus, with a flag-raising ceremony and a special speaker. Johnsonville’s Members wanted to recognize and show their appreciation to its fellow coworkers who have served our country. Following the flag-raising ceremony outside its headquarters, Johnsonville hosted a reception in the afternoon, complete with handwritten thank-you notes from other Johnsonville Members to its coworkers who’ve served and comments shared by CEO Don Fussner. Special guest Allen Nohl, United States Army veteran and Johnsonville’s 12th Member, shared his stories of his time, service and survival in Vietnam. To the men and women who have served our country, thank you for your service, dedication and the sacrifices you have made for our freedom. We are proud to support and stand alongside you today and every day. #VeteransDay?#JVLWay

Our team of sausage producers also produce amazing results across Sheboygan County. Johnsonville was active during the United Way of Sheboygan County’s annual “Day of Caring” event, with 53 of our Members volunteering across nine different projects in the community! Using their STO (service time off) hours, they joined another 1,000 volunteers across the county who collectively offered up 4,500 hours of service to our amazing nonprofits. Some of the projects supported by Johnsonville Members included: painting garden fences and packaging up meals at @freshmealsonwheels; yard work and indoor painting at the Bridgeway House; indoor and outdoor prep at the Walderhouse in Kohler Co., to name a few!? ? An additional 15 Members flexed their grilling skills at the post-volunteering event to host the popular brat fry that raised more money for the #SheboyganCounty United Way chapter.? ? Johnsonville has been a proud sponsor for the United Way for 20+ years and with our generous and talented Members, it feels good to impact on our community this way, together.? #communityservice #volunteer #dayofcaring #JVLWay?

Thanks to the hard work and dedication of our manufacturing Members each and every day, people around the globe enjoy our flavorful products. So, should we just recognize and appreciate them on ONE day each year? Goodness NO! But, since today is #NationalManufacturingDay, we do want to take this opportunity to give all our Members a big SHOUT-OUT and THANK YOU! Your commitment to quality, safety and loving your neighbor are the not-so-secret ingredients in our recipe for success. Thank you for all you do for Johnsonville, our customers, consumers and the community! #JVLWay #NationalManufacturingDay #thankyou #appreciation

Attention life-long learners interested in jump-starting a career: We’re now accepting applications for 2025 internships, co-op and rotational career development positions. Check these out and apply at https://lnkd.in/gBts4FQD INTERNSHIPS ? Information Technology ?Accounting/Finance ?Recruiting ?Sourcing ?Sustainable Swine Resources ?Category Leadership ?Consumer Insights ?R&D Product Insights ?R&D Product Development ?Microbiology Lab ?Environmental Health & Safety ?Strategy & Competitive Intelligence CO-OP POSITIONS ?Mechanical/Project Engineer ?Controls/Electrical Engineer ?Food Safety & Quality ROTATIONAL CAREER DEVELOPMENT POSITIONS ?Finance ?Food Safety and Quality ?Sourcing, Operations and Logistics (End-to-End Supply Chain)

How do you handle difficult conversations? Steve is our Sr. Director of Learning & Culture and shares the four steps he uses in thinking through tough choices, on this Being at Work podcast with HRD* | A Leadership Development Company. He shares his strategy for initiating difficult conversations and his personal journey in shifting from a victim mentality to taking ownership. Listen to Steve and podcast host @ here: https://lnkd.in/gv7b2wGf. #BeingAtWork #Podcast #JVLWay #Leadership

It was smelling great around here when seven teams of Johnsonville interns and co-op members competed in a sausage-making contest to see whose sausage flavor would be crowned the best. The teams donned their frocks and gloves to craft their specialty sausages within our technical center. Each team received 10 pounds of pre-salted pork and then began grinding the meat, mixing ingredients, stuffing the sausages, grilling and presenting their final product. Johnsonville intern Trevor said their Old Fashioned-Flavored Sausage (which took 2nd place) developed nicely after the team made a “big, old fashioned and let it simmer in a pot to thicken into a syrup.” The teams presented their creations to a panel of six judges from the company’s R&D department, describing their flavor and what sparked the idea. The judges sampled each, and awarded points for originality and creativity, appearance, cooking performance, flavor, texture and Johnsonville fit. The winning flavor was Teriyaki Egg Roll, featuring teriyaki sausage in an egg roll, stuffed with pad thai noodles.?Other sausage varieties were: Cinn-fully Sweet Breakfast Brat; Greek Freak; Blue Moon-Flavored Sausage; Al Pastor; and the BBQ Bacon Mac. NOTE: The sausage created for this internal contest was produced in a testing facility and not made for public consumption. #NationalInternDay #SummerInterns #JVLWay

There was plenty to celebrate recently as part of a local "Illuminating Project" that put the spotlight on 34 Johnsonville Members and the company's culture. The Illuminating Project, LLC founder, Juliane Troicki, Ph.D. , recently presented Johnsonville with the first "Illuminating Award for Excellence in Employee Appreciation." She established the award to recognize companies for creating a strong culture that focuses on their employee’s development and well-being.?Troicki presented the award after being inspired while interviewing 34 Johnsonville female Members as part of the "Illuminating Women Project" that Johnsonville sponsored, to shine a light on female leaders in the community and workplaces.? Johnsonville Owner and Chairwoman Shelly Stayer sponsored the Illuminating Women Project at the company because "this was a great opportunity to say, ‘thank you,’ in a meaningful way to these unsung heroes who are making an impact not only in our family-owned company but also in the meat industry and in their communities.” Read more: https://lnkd.in/dw2knkkN #IlluminatingProject #inspiringwomen #companyculture #appreciation #JVLWay Photography By Studio L

We have a hall-of-famer amongst Johnsonvillle! Congratulations goes to Johnsonville’s over-the-road driver Kirk Phillips, who’s been a Johnsonville Member since 1981 and has accumulated 3.1 million miles without an accident, injury or moving violation! His impressive record and safety accomplishments were recognized by the National Private Truck Council Driver Hall of Fame during their annual conference. He was one of just four drivers who are inducted annually. To qualify, a driver must have driven 3 million+ miles, 20 years or 50,000 hours of consecutive driving without a preventable accident. Read more: https://lnkd.in/getPWpwy #JVLWay #OTR #HOF #Safety