Best Places to Work
Date: January 3, 2012
Great Benefits
Ben E. Keith
What is now the eighth largest full-service institutional distributor in the nation began more than 100 years ago in Fort Worth as a small produce distributing company. Today, Ben E. Keith Co. Maintains its stellar reputation with customers and employees, offering competitive benefits designed specifically for its blue-collar workforce. In addition to dental and healthcare plans, the company also offers educational assistance, which will pay up to an employee’s master’s degree. Its retirement plan is equally impressive, with a profit-sharing plan and a pension plan that is fully funded by the company, requiring no contributions from the employee.
“We recognize we’re in a blue-collar work environment,” said HR Director Sam Reeves.
“We do it this way so if they happen to leave us before retirement, they have a nice nest egg to show for it.” And with nearly 4,000 employees servicing distribution centers throughout the region, the company has yet to have any layoffs.
“We have a great reputation,” Reeves said.
“It’s a very secure place to be.”
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