Q3 19

CREWNEWS

OUR NEWS. OUR STORIES.

ISSUE 01

IN THIS ISSUE

HELLO, Hello to the Cold Crew family

I am pleased to announce the inaugural issue of our employee newsletter, CREW NEWS.

Through my years with the company, it was in learning more about my fellow employees and the other departments, facilities and regions that I realized the power of belonging to something much bigger. I see the togetherness and teamwork in action every day. I see our employees help their co-worker one aisle over, reach out to welcome someone new, remove safety hazards from our dock floors, take calls at home to answer questions and travel without notice to support other facilities. This makes us Best in People and Best in Cold.

This communication is specially designed to share our news and our stories. Crew News connects you to your fellow Crew teams across the country. Inside you will find features that include updates and information on our employees, business, benefits, diverse community and much more. We encourage you to take part in the newsletter, so send us your story at crewnews@uscold.com.

I am excited about the launch of our first issue and look forward to continuing to tell our story.

Thank you and enjoy reading.

Michelle Grimes VP HUMAN RESOURCES

HELLO COLD CREW A NOTE FROM MICHELLE

INSIDE KNOWLEDGE

DAVE’S SHOUT OUT

COLD CREW: MIND, BODY, & SPIRIT /TOTAL WELLNESS

CREW Q & A

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07 CELEBRATING OUR DIVERSECOLD CREW

08 COLD CREW GIVES BACK

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HELLO COLD CREW

LOGISTICS

HUMAN RESOURCES

SAFETY

ENGINEERING

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

CUSTOMER SERVICE TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS

ADMINISTRATION

CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT, MARKETING, &

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ACCOUNTING

ENGINEERING & OPERATIONS ENGINEERING & OPERATIONS &“

CHRISTOPH ERDEL SUPERINTENDENT, AUTOMATED WAREHOUSING / LEBANON

IT PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR CURRENT WORKFORCE. USCS STAFF WILL BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THESE NEW MACHINES AND GROW EVEN FURTHER IN THEIR CAREERS HERE.”

MARK SCHUCHTERAUTOMATION PROJECT ENGINEER / CAMDEN

“I joined the USCS team in July 2018 and the Lebanon and Wilmington automation projects were already in full swing. The overall support and involvement of upper management and those involved have made this a great project to work on. This will be a busy and exciting summer with both the automated Lebanon AS/RS and the Wilmington gantry layer picker going live. The teams eagerly await the first receipt and shipment with our new automation systems and are ready to lead USCS into the bright future of automation and conventional warehouses working side by side.”

ROBERT A. URSERYAS/RS OPERATOR / LEBANON

“Ten years ago, when the Lebanon plant first opened, I was able to start on the ground floor of a new warehouse. That was a rewarding experience that brought the promise of an exciting future. Now I have a similar opportunity with the addition of automation at US Cold. One common misconception about automation is that it will “take jobs” or “we won’t be needed.” In fact, automation will change the work that we currently perform, and create new career paths. The Cold Crew here and throughout the company will always be the cornerstone of US Cold.”

CHAD BOWENDIRECTOR OF AUTOMATIONAND INNOVATION / CAMDEN

“In 2017, we began on a journey with the management team in Lebanon to develop an expansion to service additional volume from Maplehurst bakeries. Jointly engineering and operations worked to develop a 9800 pallet 3 AS/RS crane system with integrated pick tunnels solution.

Board approval spurred a host of activity in the USCS teams. Operations, IT, Safety and Engineering are working on all aspects of the requirements to ensure a successful startup.

Christoph Erdel has been the local site lead for the Lebanon expansion project and has worked with Mark Schuchter and Alex Cocco from the Engineering team to ensure all these details were covered.

USCS accepted the first customer pallets in June. Congratulations to all the dedicated individuals who have worked tirelessly to bring this from concept to reality.”

ENGINEERING

FINANCE

CONTINUOUS

INFORMATION

IMPROVEMENT

TECHNOLOGY

OPERATIONS

LEBANON

OPERATIONS AND LOGISTICS ARE THE HEART OF USCS CONNECTING ALL DEPARTMENTS TO BE BEST IN PEOPLE, BEST IN COLD.

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COLD CREW CONNECTION COLD CREW CONNECTION

CONNECT

SPOTLIGHT ON

AUTOMATION

WAREHOUSE LOGISTICS

SARA LEE FROZEN BAKERY

Tyson’s spin-off of Sara Lee and acquisition by Kohlberg & Company to create Sara Lee Frozen Bakery produced a tremendous opportunity for USCS. Thanks to a team effort in which we bid against our major competitors and won, Sara Lee is one of our newest customers. Thanks go out to:

ELECTRONIC WAREHOUSE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (EWMS)A Shout Out to Aleks Malamud, Deb Molinski, and their whole team including those who did acceptance testing and plant employees who traveled from the home office to Milford to launch this project. Thanks to the entire IT team, the Innovecs team in Ukraine, the Edvenswa team in India, and Ron Longhany for being the guinea pig agreeing to be the first warehouse to run with eWM. Congratulations on a successful launch.

TEAMS · Logistics Department· COLDshare Consolidation Team· Business Analytics Team· Logistics Systems Team· Logistics AR & Billing Team· EDI Team· WMS Support Team· Customer Experience· Business Development

WAREHOUSES· Quakertown West, PA· Tracy, CA· Ft. Worth, TX· McDonough II, GA· Minooka, IL

DAVID M. HARLANUSCS PRESIDENT & CEO

INSIDE KNOWLEDGE

CUSTOMERS

TECHNOLOGY

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INSIDE KNOWLEDGE DAVE’S SHOUT OUT

OUR BENEFITS

USCS dental plan entitles subscribers to four free cleanings per year and good oral hygiene is linked to good physical health including a reduced risk of heart disease and cancer.

OUR CUSTOMERS

The long-running slogan for Sara Lee, the newest addition to our fantastic customers, is “Everybody doesn’t like something, but nobody doesn’t like Sara Lee.”

OUR SERVICE

Our warehouses keep food cold and safe. But, believe it or not, creating “cold” isn’t truly a thing. Cold is just how we describe a lack of thermal heat. Your air conditioner does not “create” cold air, it removes heat from warm air.

ENGINE ROOM

SHOUT OUT !

RESPECT

Through 2019, we will complete the conversion of all our ‘Bonaqua’ Mineralised Water packaging to 100% rPET. (recycled polyethylene terephthalate) In addition, we will launch 300 Bonaqua water stations across Hong Kong to promote the Bring Your Own Bottle Initiative.”

NEIL WATERS DIRECTOR AND GENERAL MANAGER OF SWIRE COCA-COLA HONG KONGPRESIDENT OF THE HONG KONG BEVERAGE ASSOCIATION

The Coca-Cola Company’s “World Without Waste” is a vision of collecting and recycling the equivalent of 100% of the packaging in which its products are sold by 2030 or earlier. Swire Coca-Cola’s plans to put infrastructure and incentives in place are a key driver of “Drink Without Waste,” a cross-sector plan for drastically reducing the amount of beverage packaging that ends up in landfills.

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A WORLD WITHOUT WASTE

We thank Dave Harlan for his role in “Drink Without Waste.” The Camden office no longer provides paper, plastic or Styrofoam cups for beverages to encourage employees and visitors to use refillable options. Let us know if your office also adopts this policy. Remember to Think Green, Act Green. There is no Planet B.

CAMDEN, NJ

MARK YOUR CALENDAR UPCOMING DIVERSITY CELEBRATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES

ONE COMPANY, ONE FAMILY, ONE CREW

AUGUST 26, 2019WOMEN’S EQUALITY DAYWomen’s Equality Day commemorates the August 26, 1920, certification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that gave women the right to vote. Congresswoman Bella Abzug first introduced a proclamation for Women’s Equality Day in 1971. Since that time, every president has published a proclamation recognizing August 26 as Women’s Equality Day.

OCTOBER 1, 2019NATIONAL DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT AWARENESS MONTHOctober is National Disability Employment Awareness Month. In 1945, Congress declared the first week in October as “National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week.” In 1998, the week was extended to a month and renamed. The annual event raises awareness about the contributions of individuals with all types of disabilities and employment barriers that still need to be addressed.

Hispanic Heritage Month, celebrated Sept. 15th to Oct. 15 promotes history, culture and contributions of Hispanic-Americans. It includes those whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico the Caribbean, and Central and South America. Communities mark the achievements of Hispanic and Latino Americans with festivals and educational activities.

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1. Merlin Swire, Chairman of John Swire & Sons (HK), taking part in the group’s International Women’s Day Event

2. Greg Schaffer, Jodie Weaver, Kim Jones and Wanda Velez celebrating Hispanic Heritage.

3. USCS sponsorship table featuring give- aways branded with our logo and a Captain Freeze cut out.

CELEBRATE YOUR CULTURE BY SHARING PHOTOS, TRADITIONS, RECIPES, ETC. crewnews@uscold.com

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ACROSS THE POND / SWIRE CELEBRATING OUR DIVERSE COLD CREW

PROGRESS

SEPTEMBER 15,2019 HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH

CELEBRATING DIVERSE OURCOLD CREW

MARCH 2,2019LEHIGH VALLEY IRON PIGSLehigh Valley Iron Pigs celebrated Hispanic Heritage at Coca-Cola Park. USCS sponsored the event and joined in on the celebration. During the game, the team became the “Lehigh Valley Coquis.” The Coqui is a small frog native to Puerto Rico, and national symbol of pride for Puerto Ricans.

RED CROSS GIVING DAY SOUTHERN REGION

March 27th is Giving Day. It is an opportunity for local communities to come together on one day to help families who have been impacted by a home fire or other disasters and urgently need Red Cross services. USCS Southern Region locations raised donations for residents who suffered a fire at an apartment complex in Dallas. This fire impacted about 70 people of all ages. Food, blankets, clothes, and toys were collected and donated.

COLD CREWGIVES BACK

7. SCOTTISH RITE CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL

2. TANGO TAB - FEED THE CITY

4. BANNER HANGING AT THE BASEBALL GAME

5. MUSIKFEST POSTER 2019

5. PANCREATIC CANCER AWARENESS RIBBON

6. UNITED WAY BACKPACK UNITED

1. BACK PACKS WITH SUPPLIES

3. TOYS DONATED TO THE RED CROSS

SCOTTISH RITE CHILDREN’S HOSPITALSOUTHERN REGION

Christmastime 2018, the Southern locations gathered donations for Scottish Rite Children’s Hospital. Everyone supported this outreach and collected a great amount of donations for the children hospitalized over the holidays.

BLAZER BASEBALLWESTERN REGION - SOUTH

This year, USCS Tulare South sponsored the local high school baseball team the Blazers.

MUSIC FEST AND PANCREATIC CANCER RESEARCHNORTHEAST REGION

The Northeast Region donated to Musik Fest and Pancreatic Cancer Research through proceeds from local golf outing sponsorships.

TANGO TABFEED THE CITYSOUTHERN REGION

At the TangoTab - Feed the City event, USCS had a great turn out! Feed the City activates volunteers of all ages, races and religious beliefs to work together to make meals for people in their community. USCS Southern Region group helped about 100 people make 3,142 sandwiches to go with chips and oranges. These meals were donated to fight hunger in the community.

BACKPACK UNITED MID-WEST REGION

USCS Lebanon supported United Way of Central Indiana through Backpack United. Employees collected school supplies that were used to fill backpacks for school children in the Lebanon community. Items donated included: pens, pencils, notebooks, paper, folders, and glue sticks.

THORNTON ELEMENTARYSOUTHERN REGION

At the beginning of the school year, our Arlington location raised enough money for 10 back packs full of supplies for students at Thornton Elementary, the elementary school located closest to the facility.

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D’ANDRE SIMONTON COOKING UP SOME DELICIOUS BBQ

WAREHOUSE SUPERVISOR / MCCLELLAN PARK4 YEARS WITH USCS

D’Andre Simonton was raised by his grandparents in the small town of Dubach, Louisiana, and that’s where he learned about making the best barbeque you ever tasted. His grandparents smoked hogs and beef and hosted friendly family competitions to see who would reign true Pit Master. D’Andre has never entered an official competition, but he knows he is good, real good, because he puts his own twist on preparing it.

If you are wondering what the secret is to his barbeque sauce, guess again. He doesn’t use barbeque sauce. He says the smoke is the flavor and for those of you who slather your meat with barbeque sauce D’Andre asks, “What are you trying to hide?”

In the tradition of his grandparents, D’Andre makes cooking a family affair and gets the greatest joy from the smiles delicious homestyle barbeque puts on someone’s face. For D’Andre the smell of barbeque wafting from the grill evokes memories of family reunions and good times.

What’s in D’Andre’s future for his passion?He sees a restaurant called Big D’s.

DO YOU SHARE D’ANDRE’S PASSION? CONNECT WITH HIM AT: dsimonton@uscold.com

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PEOPLE. PASSION. COLD CREW: MIND, BODY, & SPIRIT / TOTAL WELLNESS

USCS offers an Employee Assistance Program service

as part of your Health Advocate benefit. You

can talk to a licensed EAP counselor who will help you learn coping skills for stress,

depression, parenting issues, substance abuse and other

temporary setbacks. Unlimited free telephonic sessions are available 24/7 using

HEALTH ADVOCATE.

If you prefer in person sessions, you can receive three

free per year. Use your USCS mobile app and click on health

and then Health Advocate.

OCTOBER IS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH!

SCHEDULE YOUR YEARLY MAMMOGRAM. According to the American Cancer Society, regular mammograms can help find breast cancer at an early stage, when treatment is most successful.

GET YOUR MEDICATION COSTS DOWN!

ARE YOUR PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION COSTS HIGH? Sometimes, manufacturer coupons can be used to reduce prescription costs for brand name medication. Please contact your physician, or pharmacist to see if a discount is available.

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STRIVE TOSTAY HEALTHY

Photo by, Tim Mossholder on Unsplash

PROTECT

Q &Baby It’s Cold Outside Dean Martin

Ice Ice Baby Vanilla Ice

Cool Under HeatThe Clash

Cool Girl Tove Lo

Cold Maroon 5 featuring Future

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Captain Freeze, this is your first interview. These are your first words. What do you have to say?

Thank goodness my throat thawed out.

How did you become a Captain?

It came with the Shield.

What is your 5-year plan?

To work my way up to General Freeze.

What would be your biggest accomplishment in your life:

To finally be accepted as an Avenger.

Who do you admire and why?

Elsa, because she keeps things Frozen.

Last thing you binged watched?

Ice Road Truckers but my guilty pleasure is the Bachelorette. Favorite snack?

Magnum Ice Cream Bars.

One thing you’re exceptionally good at?

Break dancing.

If you could describe yourself in three words what would they be?

Motivating, Protective, and Loveable

What’s your best dating advice?

Start with a good ice breaker.

What is your greatest fear?

33 degrees

Favorite Quote?

Don’t Give Safety the Cold Shoulder.

Favorite Part about your job?

Chilling with the Cold Crew.

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CREW Q & A

CAPTAIN FREEZE’S PLAYLIST

GETTING TO KNOW CAPTAIN FREEZE

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