February 2021
BFC Staff Recognition
Each month, Co-op employees nominate colleagues they want to honor, and a committee comes together to vote on a winner. Our staff have all been heroic over these last months, but we still like to highlight where people shine!
BFC Staff Recognition for April, May and June
Each month, Co-op employees nominate colleagues they want to honor, and a committee comes together to vote on a winner. Our staff have all been heroic over these last months, but we’d like to lift up these three gems in particular for standing out in a stellar crowd!
A Day in the Life of a Brattleboro Food Co-op Employee, Pandemic Style
I work at the Shareholder Services desk at the Co-op. In mid-March I returned one week early from a trip to the Pacific Northwest and California, quarantined for two weeks, and then came back to find a completely transformed workplace. It was shocking: the business had been completely reinvented in less than a month. No customers at 10 am on Tuesday when I arrived, just a sort of warehouse feel with a bunch of very busy colleagues, as though all the grocery aisles were just for storing food for purchase, none of the browsing or chatting, just dry storage, cold storage, freezers full of future shipments.
BFC Staff Recognition for March 2020
Each month, Co-op employees nominate colleagues they want to honor, and a committee comes together to vote on a winner.
Staff Recognition for February 2020
Each month, Co-op employees nominate colleagues they want to honor, and a committee comes together to vote on a winner. This month Monica in the Front End was selected. During the holiday season, a shopper checking out through her line was $4 short on her grocery bill. Monica kindly opened her wallet and pulled out the money to pay for the remainder of that person’s bill. This was an example of exemplary customer service and we thank Monica for making someone’s holidays a bit more special.
A Big Thank You to Chris Ellis, Staff Nutritionist for Changing Lives
Chris has been a part of the Brattleboro Food Co-op family for many, many, years. She has been our Staff Nutritionist and provided support to hundreds of staff and shoppers in one-on-one consultations as well as thousands more with her years of writing in Food for Thought. She also works in Early Education Services with a deep pride in delivering these children delicious and organic food. Her impact on the children of our community might be her greatest superhero strength, and for this we are deeply in debt to her work. You may have noticed that she has authored less articles recently in Food for Thought and while she will continue to write in Food for Thought it will be less often. This shift is occurring as we decrease the print editions of Food For Thought and manage the Co-op’s financial situation.
Letter from Lizi Rosenberg
Dear Friends,
January Staff Recognition
Each month, Co-op employees nominate colleagues they want to honor, and a committee comes together to vote on a winner. For January, Emily in the Front End was selected. She is being honored for her consistently outstanding customer service and a deep commitment to an amazing customer experience for every person she interacts with here at the Co-op.
September Staff Recognition
Each month, Co-op employees nominate colleagues they want to honor, and a committee comes together to vote on a winner. In September, Jeff in Security won for his outstanding work. In the words of his colleague: “Jeff is very responsive and on top of all security issues when they come up, and even when we don’t notice.” Thanks Jeff for your hard work and commitment to the safety of the Co-op!
August Staff Recognition
Each month, Co-op employees nominate colleagues they want to honor, and a committee comes together to vote on a winner. This month we had so many nominations we selected two staff members for the award!
BFC Staff Recognition for June
Each month, Co-op employees nominate colleagues they want to honor, and a committee comes together to vote on a winner. This month Sam, a cook and baker in our Commissary Kitchen, was selected. As her colleagues stated: “Sam has been such as asset to our department. She is extremely flexible working in the kitchen and on the Deli line filling in/covering shifts. This is very much appreciated.”
Congratulations, Sam!
