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As we move into the warmer months, it is easy to see why we all live here. The area has so much to offer outdoors, so I thought I would tell you about one of my favorite places to visit just minutes from Syracuse. The Salmon River in Pulaski is that spot.
From fishing to hiking to rafting, floating even whitewater kayaking, it is amazing treasure less than an hour north of Syracuse. Get out and enjoy. Stop in to The Mill House Market for lunch or dinner the food is fantastic and fresh and staffed with hard-working folks.
Eric Stone Appointed to Chief Operating Officer
Eric joined Byrne effective May 9, 2022. Over the coming months Eric will work alongside Dan Wood, who announced his planned retirement last September to ensure an effective transition during 2022.
Eric will be responsible for overseeing the strategic execution of capacity planning for distribution, production, purchasing, and engineering of the Byrne portfolio of warehouse and manufacturing operations Eric will also be responsible for the day-to-day operating activities, which include expense, cost, and margin control, financial goal management, production planning, project management, and engineering
Things are 'moving' along at Byrne Cortlandville
Our team continues the process of retooling the facility to produce extended shelf life (ESL) products, including milk and Half & Half. New processing and filling equipment lines will be installed, and the building footprint will be expanded. The company is expected to employ more than 80 people as production fully resumes in late 2022. Byrne employs about 500 people in its Central New York dairy plants and warehouses.
COVID-19 Update
A month ago, we re-instituted the use of masks at our facilities in response to significant uptick in infection rates throughout our region. We are watching the numbers on a daily basis and have established some metrics on when to depart from the mask protocol. Those metrics are:
Two weeks of the following:
Onondaga and Cortland County positivity rates below 5 %
Onondaga and Cortland County 7 day trend of positivity rates below 7 %
Less than 8 of our Byrne employees out with active cases No County / State / Federal mask mandates in place.
For now, we need everyone’s continued cooperation to stay the course, wear masks properly, and take prudent measures with social distancing, use of hand sanitizer, vaccination / boosters as they become available. We will continue to provide you with periodic updates with our goal to move away from mandatory mask wearing as soon as the data supports the ability to do so.
Dan Wood
Eric Stone Appointed to Chief Operating Officer [CONT]
Eric joins Byrne from HP Hood where he spent the last five years as a Director, Senior Director, and Multi-Site Director of Operations In his most recent role as Multi-Site Director of Operations his responsibilities included leading two well-established ESL dairy plants in Oneida, NY and Philadelphia, PA His position encompassed vision, strategy, goal development, and implementation to drive facility performance
Before his role at HP Hood, Eric held roles at Cooper Tire & Rubber Company and MillerCoors for a total of 33 years, collectively He held roles of increasing responsibility, starting as a part time laborer, and progressively growing into production and quality roles before moving into management Over the span of his tenures at both companies, his responsibilities ranged from Manager of Quality Assurance, Business Unit Manager, Packaging, Unit Manager and Operations Manager of Packaging His roles stretched through Arkansas, Georgia, and California
CONTINUED ON PG 2
Eric holds an MBA & Bachelor of Business Administration from Georgia Southern University
Effective April 1, 2022, Empower officially acquired the fullservice retirement business of Prudential. Access to 401K can still be made through www.retirement.prudential.com. Login to increase your deduction, enroll in contribution accelerator, view balances, and add or update beneficiaries.
UKG does not transfer beneficiaries to Prudential. If you have not done so, please login and enter your beneficiaries. Why is this important? Because life happens: marriage, birth of a child, divorce, loss of a loved one. You want to be in control of where your money goes!
Memorial Day Monday, May 30, 2022
Independence Day Monday, July 4, 2022
Labor Day Monday, September 5, 2022
Thanksgiving Day Thursday, November 24, 2022
Christmas Day Monday, December 26, 2022
New Year’s Day 2023 Friday, December 30, 2022 (observed)
Guess who!
Do you know who the kiddo in the middle grew up to be? We'll reveal the answer in the next issue!
BYRNE MILESTONES
Jacob Vanderpool
Abdul Ameeri
Mohammad Sakhi Ghawsi
Sayed Munawary
Mohammad Asif K.I. Omerkheil
Carlton Green, Jr.
Mike Mattison
Christopher Osinski
Martin Prophet
Andrew Shellman, Jr.
Philip Szpiczka, Sr
James Dart
James Hatch
Shawn Nelson
William Chappell
Ryan Kilts
Marybeth Romanowicz
Zachary Allard
Nicholas Almanzi
Dzemal Korman
Richard Ofosuhene
Sebastian Ohmer
Christopher Taylor
William Quince
Abby Comstock
Florimar Casillas
Timothy Kilts
David Belvick
Laurie Renshaw
Kristhen Jimenez-Terrazas
David Young
Rebekah Conley
Qissiys Islam
Mack Jones
Michael Davis
Gabriel Santos
Milton Thayer
Adam Biddlecome
Dawn Bush
Christopher De Santis
Adam McNitt
Marcel Augustono
Khem Bhujel
Travis Campell
Frederick Luebke
Timothy Kraus
Gary Krajacic
Mensur Mujkic
Jason Stucker
Stacey Byrne
Ryan Elliott
Stephen Waldron
Robert Biggs III
Alan Reed
James Conley
Maria Lalak
Nichole Burlingham
Torrey Crast
Lucille Gillespie
Matthew Dennis
Anthony Valleriani
Joseph Strong
John Box
Michael Domres
Bruce Williams
Michael Haldane
Gerald Jones
Clarence Martin
Thomas Byrne
Guy Neff
Eric Grenier
James Obrist
Thomas Ruffrage
Gene Balcum
Ken Carter
Byrne Dairy Launches Three New Ice Cream Flavors
Byrne Dairy is excited to announce the introduction of three new Mighty Fine ice cream flavors, available now at Byrne Dairy & Deli dip stands across Central New York.
The new flavors Maine Blueberry, Chocolate Raspberry, and Chocolate Covered Cookie Dough join over 25 popular flavors and are produced at Byrne’s Ice Cream Center in Syracuse.
BIG News...
Now there's two new ways to conquer even the biggest appetite. Introducing Raspberry and Cocoa-Nilla Bigwich®! The Raspberry Bigwich® features black raspberry ice cream between two chocolate-chocolate chip cookies, while Cocoa-Nilla offers creamy vanilla ice cream and two rich chocolate cookies. Available NOW at a Byrne Dairy & Deli near you!
Flavor of the Month
Enjoy special pricing on this classic flavor throughout the month of May at a Byrne Dairy & Deli location near you!
STILL full half gallon sizes!
STILL full half gallon sizes! Didyou
We currently produce 19 flavors of Mighty Fine ice cream available at Byrne Dairy & Deli dip stands across Central New York. Which is your favorite?
Extended Shelf Life, or ESL products, are becoming increasingly popular with retailers and restaurants and household consumers alike. A combination of high temperature and an Ultra Clean filling environment allow us to package products with a shelf life of 180 days.
Byrne currently manufactures ESL products at our Dewitt facility soon, we will also be able to produce ESL products at Byrne Cortlandville!
Byrne Hollow Farm Organic Milk
12-ounce PET bottles (7 varieties)
Half & Half, Light Cream & Heavy Cream
Did you know? We're also an aseptic manufacturer Aseptic milk products produced in a sterile environment at our Dewitt plant have an even longer shelf life even at ambient (room) temperature Learn more in our next issue! Follow
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All Byrne facilities are actively involved in the continued rollout of “Decision Based Safety Management” (DBSM). DBSM is a safety program based on observations of work tasks, focusing on coaching opportunities that reinforce safe practices and pointing out opportunities to correct unsafe behaviors. Over the past year, managers and supervisors have performed these observations, and we are now expanding the program to involve all employees at every level Our goal is to continue to evolve our safety culture and get people thinking about “doing the right thing when nobody’s watching.”
Safe behaviors are something we need to think about at work and at home. Challenge yourself on some common safe and unsafe behaviors: Do you text while driving? Do you ever use safety glasses at home? Do you always wear your seatbelt?
Consistently adopting safe behaviors will help you avoid a potentially life-changing incident.
Sustainability Station
Byrne is building a sustainability team that will be examining our business from Farm to Freight –working to build sustainable practices across our entire supply chain. Stay tuned for more information!
WHAT IS...Continuous Improvement?
Removes unnecessary work and costs from our processes.
Improves communication across the business
Standardizes how we do our work.
Fosters the desire and action to reach perfection in what we do and how we do it. …and it is rewarding!
Since 1933, Byrne Dairy has been producing quality dairy products in Central New York.
At Byrne we pride ourselves in keeping a direct relationship with all of our farmers. We continue to pick up the milk daily and haul it ourselves directly to our processing facilities Some of our farmers have been with Byrne for generations!
