Check out this extra sweet update on our newest facility from our CEO, Tricia Wallwork. ????
Growth. I recently visited our Spartanburg construction site with my dad, nephew, and key team members who are driving this mammoth project to stand up a 200,000 SF greenfield manufacturing and distribution center in beautiful Upstate South Carolina (thanks Missy Ellis, Jake Lunday, and Kevin Eckerich!) Approximately 500 people have been on-site every day to make it all happen, and we are now reaching the home stretch. Spartanburg is the largest project in?Milo's Tea Company, Inc.?history. It's double the size of our plant in Tulsa which opened in 2020 at the height of COVID. We are investing yet again because we need more capacity to deliver #MilosMoments Across America! ?? Over the past year, I've been watching the photos and time lapse camera as the foundations, walls, and equipment go up, and this #ProudCEO is amazed (and a little scared...). The facility is more than just a factory in our network; it's a huge step in making more opportuniTEAs for our future. At scale, this site will employ more than 200 people that will bring the place to life. This is the third facility that the TEAm and I have had the honor of opening since 2020. Standing up a new factory is a very complex thing - tons of equipment, utilities, facilities... But I happen to think one of the hardest parts of the ramp up is transferring our #PeopleFirst culture. It takes laser focus on every aspect of our Enterprise Operating System but some of the most important systems are: ?? The process to find and grow Authentic Leaders - people who are humble, hungry, share our values and believe our mission of delivering #MilosMoments. ?? Ensuring exceptional corporate communication across all of our sites so every person knows the strategy, metrics, and where they fit. ?? Constantly celebrating people who demonstrate our Hungry, Agile, and Together (aka HAT) values in all of our meetings, huddles, and gatherings, as well as on Milo'sTV. It starts with the leaders who set the stage for everything, so if you know any rock stars in the area who would think what we're all about is extra sweet too, please send them to our website?drinkmilos.com/careers?to join our TEAm! ? #DrinkMilos