Happy Feb Anniv!

GREEN, ROBERT	Tulsa	19 Years
GUILLIAMS, JAMES	Muskogee	19 Years
BLAIR, MICHAEL	Tulsa	13 Years
TAYLOR, LEE E	NWA	13 Years
WILCOXEN, FRED	Tulsa	12 Years
DEAN, JASON	NWA	11 Years
MELCHOR, ALICIA	Tulsa	11 Years
GALL, DALE	OKC	A Decade!
SCALES, GREG	Tulsa	9 Years
BOYNE, CRAIG	Tulsa	8 Years
STEWART, TAMMY	Russellville	8 Years
HORN, CHERYL A	FT Smith	6 Years
DEASON, THOMAS B	NWA	5 Years
HUMAN, DERRICK	Tulsa	5 Years
WILLIAMS, TRE KEYANTE	Goodyear Lawton	4 Years
HANNAH, RICHARD	Lawton	3 Years
CRUZ, MICHAEL	Tulsa	3 Years
POPA, JOHN	Tulsa	3 Years
JONES, RUSSELL BRENT	OKC	2 Years
ENRIQUEZ, CORY	Tulsa	1 Year
LANE, ZACHARY	Tulsa	1 Year
WRIGHTSMAN, SKIP	Tulsa	1 Year
CLAYBORN, PAT L	Tyson CV AR	1 Year
BIEBER, REINHARD PAUL	Tulsa	1 Year
HALL, BRAXTON	Tulsa	1 Year
SHARP, JULIE	Tulsa	1 Year
GONZALEZ-PEDROZA, RAUL	NWA	1 Year

Thank you Clay!

This is a donation to soldiers in Afghanistan coordinated by one of our own vets, Clay O'Dell in the Springdale office.

 

 
 

OKC - WCS - Kenny

Just received a phone call from Nate Smith at Sitel. He wanted me to know how much he enjoyed his vendor Kenny.

He said that Kenny is a true ambassador for Imperial which makes him love Imperial more.

He said Kenny is kind to every employee, even the difficult ones, and makes sure they are heard and any issues are resolved  immediately.

Way to go Kenny, WCS!

 

 

 

Tami Tinney | Operations Manager

WCS - Catering Springdale! Great Job Heidi

Subject: Kiwanis lunch

 

Thank you for a great lunch today.  Food was great. 

Had little time to enjoy it myself but heard lots of good comments. 

I will be sure to recommend your services. 

What I had a chance to eat was really good.

Thank you for the special attention,

Jeanne Harp

Shelley's Retirement - WE will miss you!

 

 

 

WCS! Great job Team!

All,

Please see the kind note sent from Honeywell regarding our Imperial team.  If you could please forward to all your team members to let them know how much they are appreciated that would be great!

 

Please let me know if you should have any questions.

Elaine

 

From: Lance Whorton
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2018 8:36 AM
To: Elaine
Subject: FW: Honeywell/Imperial Relationship

Lance,

 

We are coming to the final stretch of completing our new office space at 71^st/Lewis location for the Callidus and Russell Teams.  It has been a challenging experience with the new build out, however, I must say that my experience with the Imperial Team surpassed all my expectations of quality, experience,  communication, and professionalism just to name a few behaviors.

·         April -  what a wonderful route person.  Everyone loves her.  When we were going to change the type of coffee services, my only requirement was that April continue to service our account.  She is one of many of your greatest assets!

·         The presentation of Elaine, Mike and Skip during our evaluation process, was one of the best presentations I have encountered in a long time.  I was already a fan of Imperial, but the “dream team”  WOWED the Russell folks. 

·         The Design Team and Installation team worked with all our challenges, delays, problems and are still working to get this project to completion.  Please note, it is not any delay on the Imperial Team, it is the contractor delays.  I do believe Imperial was on a “holding pattern” just waiting for the time they could install.  They worked around our schedule and was greatly appreciated by all

·         The “GO LIVE” Team that were here today, and will be here January 3^rd, answered all the questions and I think the training went well.  We have a way to go to completion, but only because of the holiday vacation schedule of our employees, again, not a delay on your side.

·         The ongoing communication between Elaine, Mike and I was greatly appreciated with all the schedule changes

 

You have a dynamic team! 

In closing,  have a Merry Christmas

Thea

Honeywell

WCS - Commissary, Market and Food Teams!

Our commissary and food team is doing a great job with innovation…keep checking back, 26 new items in March!

-- Lance

 

 

From: Travis B
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2018 12:03 PM
To: Angie McAfee - HR; Johnston, Craige E., Lance Whorton
Subject: Chicken Teriyaki

 

All-

 

Whole smokes…your new chicken teriyaki is awesome!

 

Please pass that along to whomever needs to know.

 

Trav

Polar Plunge - Russellville

Our Russellville Branch has been asked to partner with Friendship Community Care - Team Dalmatians, one of our locations, to participate in the 2018 Polar Plunge.

This is an event created to raise money for Special Olympics.  During the event the participates will be jumping into Lake Dardanelle.

 

We have five employees that are willing to participate and represent Imperial Vending.  In order to participate you must raise money for Special Olympics the minimum amount needed to participate is $50.

 

We are looking for donations for our participates that will be representing Imperial during the event.

 

Any donations must be made by January 26,2018.

Please send all donations to Linda Young c/o Imperial at 1310 S. Elmira Ave. Russellville, AR  72802

 

Thank you,

Linda Young

P.S.

Our participates will be dressing up as Dalmatian Puppies while participating….

** Spot Light ** - OKC Robert

 

Robert R

 

1.      If you could switch your job with anyone else within Imperial, whose job would you want?

“The Matt” market manager

 

2.      What advice do you have for prospective Imperial candidates?

Follow the rules and you will have no issues

 

3.  What is your favorite part about working for Imperial?

The great community we have

 

4. Do you have a favorite quote?

“We are all stories in the end, so make it a good one.”

 

5. If you could change one thing about working here, what would it be?

The dex cords

 

6. If you were stuck on an island—what three things would you bring?

Seeds, water bottles, flint & steel

 

7. Tell us something about yourself that would surprise us?

I am very good at editing film

 

8. What is your biggest pet peeve?

Traffic

 

9. What kinds of hobbies and interests do you have outside of work?

Video games, gym, and send time with friends

 

10. Where would you like to go on a dream vacation?

Italy

 

11. Funniest/Weirdest request from a boss?

To hand deliver mayonnaise

** OKC Spotlight ** Tim W

1. How did you first learn about Imperial?

Through an internet job search

 

2. What is your favorite part about working for Imperial?

The people. Coworkers and Clients

 

3. What is your proudest moment at Imperial?

Being selected as Spot Light Employee

 

4. Are you messy or organized?

Organized

 

5. Do you have a favorite quote?

"People don't care how much you know, until the know how much you care." -Zig Zigler

 

6. If you were stuck on an island- what three things would you bring?

Fire, drums, and my girlfriend

 

7. Motto or personal mantra?

Set goals, not limits

 

8. What did you want to be growing up?

I wanted to run my granddads wholesale company

 

9.Where is your hometown?

Lawton, OK

 

10. If you could meet anyone, who would it be?

Warren Buffett

** Spot Light ** OKC - David

David H

1. How did you first learn about Imperial?

Internet

 

2. What advice do you have for prospective Imperial candidates?

Always be on time

 

3. What is your proudest moment at Imperial?

Receiving a $100 gift card for never calling in

 

4. If you were stuck on an island--what are three things you would bring?

Bottled water, food, matches

 

5. What kind of hobbies and interests do you have outside of work?

Fishing

 

6. What's one thing on your bucket list?

Going on a cruise

 

7. Where is your hometown?

Newcastle, OK

 

8. Where would you like to go on a dream vacation?

Bahamas

 

9. If you could meet anyone, who would it be?

George Strait

 

10. If you had to sing a Karaoke song--what would it be?

Would Have Been--George Jones

 

 

WCS - Kayla!

I just wanted you all to see the very touching letter Tracy Bush sent regarding Kayla from her conversations with Omada in OKC. I know of several other customers and coworkers that would echo the same praises! This is just one of many.

 WCS – Kayla Day!

From: Tracy Bush 
Sent: Thursday, January 4, 2018 11:57 AM
To: Keith Kosty
Cc: Kayla Day Imco Tulsa
Subject: Kayla Day

Hi Keith,

I wanted to take a couple of minutes to forward some major kudos and compliments that I received yesterday about Kayla from one of our clients.

While visiting with Elaine at Omada yesterday, she complemented our service, personnel, attentiveness, etc.; expressing that they were VERY happy with every aspect of what we bring to Omada. 

And then… she started RAVING about the service she always receives from Kayla.  She raved about her promptness, attentiveness, friendliness, positive and friendly demeanor, knowledge… I mean, I think at one point she had used all of the positive descriptors available while expressing her gratitude for Kayla’s awesomeness.  And multiple times, she made me assure her that I would make sure her supervisor knew how grateful and appreciative they are for Kayla’s work and how awesome she and the service she provides is.

On a more personal and professional note, I concur with everything Elaine said and greatly appreciate all that Kayla does for me and the clients of Imperial.

Thank you very much!

Kind regards,

Tracy Bush | Account Manager

 

WCS - Maria!

Yes she is great!

 

From: Julie Sharp
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2018 11:46 AM
To: John Slaughter
Subject: Cleaning

John,

I just wanted to tell you how much I appreciate Maria -- who cleans now.  She does a great job cleaning the restrooms, especially the one upstairs!  Thank you.

 

Julie Sharp

OKC News

Congratulations Kevin Martin

We would like to announce the promotion of Kevin Martin to Route Manager. Kevin has done an outstanding job performing his duties as a route driver and has shown the drive and initiative to move into his new role. Kevin exceeds in each of Imperials Core Values and has a genuine love for Imperial. His attitude is contagious and we believe will help boost morale.

Kevin’s new role will be to work closely with the food routes and combo routes. Kevin will spend some extended time with the management team in Tulsa, understanding some new innovation with the food routes.  He will lead our 2018 initiatives of reducing food spoilage, the new product specific planograms, the spring food launches, and merchandising to maximize sales in Oklahoma City. He will be an instrumental piece in taking our food routes to the next level.

Please feel free to reach out to him if needed

405-615-7301

kmartin@imperialco.com

Lawton Chamber Meeting - WCS

 

 

 

 

 

 

Russellville Party Pix

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WCS - Robert W! Tulsa Markets

From: Jay
Sent: Thursday, January 4, 2018 8:19 AM
Subject: Imperial on the job at Macy's

Julie

Hope you and your family had a great holiday. Just wanted to give a shout out to my route driver Robert Warren. He did an outstanding job for Macy’s peak 2017 and is still continuing to exceed expectations with service. I truly want to thank you and Robert for the outstanding service this year. It was our busiest season to date at the Owasso facility and I did not receive any constructive feedback related to vending and that makes my job easier. The Imperial team was on point every step of the way.

Great pic of Imperial on the job before sun rise. 

Thank you!

Jay


...........

I couldn’t agree more, Robert does an amazing job for clients, consumers and Imperial!!!

Thanks for your encouragement


Lance

Happy New Year- Jan Anniv!

	Depart	Years
MONTGOMERY, RODNEY	Tulsa	23
WILSON, BRANDON	Tulsa	18
RUSSELL, BEN	Tulsa	16
BALLENGER, LISA	Muskogee	16
BOWEN, RICHARD	Tulsa	16
WHORTON, LANCE	Tulsa	16
TRAILL, CODY A	Tulsa	14
PEREZ, ARTURO	Tulsa	13
DRY, MICHAEL	Tulsa	12
POWERS, RC	OKC	10
BENITEZ, PAULA	Tulsa	10
SPEER, REGINA	Ft Smith	8
WESTBROOK, CONNIE	Ft Smith	8
WILCOX, CHARLENE	Ft Smith	8
CLARK, STEVE	Ft Smith	7
PENTLIN, JIMMIE A.	Tulsa	6
SPARKS, TIFFANY D.	Lawton	6
EBERLY SR., DUANE	OKC	5
BROOMFIELD, MONIQUE M	Goodyear OK	5
LOGAN, ALLAN	Tulsa	4
WILSON, KALEY	OKC	4
GUYLL, JUSTIN TYLER	NWA	4
JONES SR, MARVIN L.	Ft Smith	4
PROUT, MONA	Tulsa	3
CEBALLOS, VALENTIN	Russ	3
NUNEZ, YESENIA	NWA	3
ISON, ERIC	Tulsa	3
REED, ALEXANDER	ANO AR	3
GONZALEZ, NORMA	Tulsa	3
BRISCOE, JOHN WESLEY	OKC	2
BURNS, DAVID	OKC	2
OCONNOR, PAUL W	Stillwater	2
FAIN, SAMUEL DEWAYNE	Tulsa	1
COURTNEY, MICAH	Tulsa	1
BARNARD, KYLE ROBERT	OKC	1