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Kaleidoscopethe the employee newsletter of
100% Employee-Owned for over 17 years March 10, 2017 Celebrating our 136th anniversary!
Cleanliness breeds satisfaction, and conveys an organized professional image. You know the feeling when you walk into spotless, lemony-fresh room? It makes you happy because you know you're walking into a clean space. It also improves energy and overall satisfaction!
Dirty and cluttered spaces adversely affect morale. Keeping your workspace clean helps maintain a better image in front of our employees and our customers. It's important to make a good impression on customers when visiting our locations.
Overflowing trash, dirty floor & windows, and disorganized desks send a clear mes-sage - you’re overwhelmed or otherwise lacking professionalism. Let's not kid our-selves... clients know how hard it is to work
efficiently in a dirty, cluttered and disorganized environment. A messy workspace might bring your ability to prioritize into question. Our cus-tomers want a company that can handle their orders swiftly and efficiently.
Keeping things clean also helps to stop the spread of germs, helping employees take fewer sick days. On average, sick days cost U.S. busi-nesses more than $225 billion dollars each year, and result in a 54% loss in productivity.
Our goal is to look our best by March 20th, the first day of Spring!
Promote employee-health by keeping your work environment clean; you'll reap the rewards by taking fewer sick days. A nickel's worth of pre-vention is worth a hundred dollars of cure.
"Spring Cleaning Week" will be March 13th - 17thSpruce up & de-clutter your work stationPurge old computer files & emailsRearrange flowers in the coolerInform your team of new initiatives & leadsNegotiate your workloadGather information on new items
Complete unfinished projectsLose unproductive habitsEngage in an attitude renewalAnalyze your customers & competitionNeaten & clean the sales floor & vehiclesIdentify barriers to increase productivityNever give up on good ideas – Plant a seed!Get to it! Make your workplace impressive
The Kennicott Brothers Annual Shareholders Meeting will be held Mar. 21 at Maggiano's restaurant in Oak Brook (Illinois) from 4:00 to 8:00 pm. All employees are welcome (and highly encouraged) to attend what promises to be a fun-filled evening! Dinner and drinks are complimentary. Our area locations will be closing early to allow for prompt arrival.
Contact Tenelle Barnes ([email protected]) orMichelle Antonietti ([email protected]) for more info.
When: March 21Dinner at 5:00 pmMeeting Begins at 6:00 pm
Where: Maggiano's restaurant240 Oakbrook Ctr.Oak Brook, IL 60523
ALL ATTENDEES must RSVP to Mariaby 3/17 at [email protected] or
312-492-5627 to reserve your spot!
For travel & lodging info reach outto Mary Chris at 312-492-5617
You're Invited to the25th AnnualShareholders Meeting
All employees are welcome; you don't needto be an ESOP member to attend!
Find out our share price!
Join us for dinner before we reveal this year's stock price!
All Corrected W-2 & 1095-c Forms Arriving Today Today your location will be receiving a physical package containing updates to those employees' W-2 & 1095 forms that were previously missing information. Not everyone's forms were affected - but if you receive these updates today, please include them with your original W-2 and 1095c when you file with your accountant or other method of tax submission. If you have already filed your tax returns, you shouldn't need to refile, since these are merely informational fields... BUT feel free to consult your accountant or tax advisor to confirm this. Please email [email protected] with any questions.
UpdateOn the K2K / E-Commerce front, several tasks have now been completed in Komet: a. The Kennicott/Komet e-commerce portal is moving
along nicely; it is planned to be rolled out to 10 of Milwaukee’s customers in the coming week.
b. Vendors for whom we want to publish inventory directly through our e-commerce portal can now be turned on and off per location. This allows locations to pick and choose which vendors product they want to offer to their e-commerce customers.
c. A feature to enable cut-off times per vendor and location has now been implemented. This ensures that customers will not be able to order product that can’t arrive to their location on time.
d. Branding of the e-commerce site as "South America Order Xpress" (not Komet) has been completed. Like Holland Order Xpress, this will be a Kennicott brand.
Please direct any questions on Komet to Nikki Roth at [email protected].
Brandy West, Chicago, participated in the Purple Plunge in Lake Zurich, IL on March 4th. She and the other participants helped raise $41,000 for cancer research!
Participants have frolicked in frosty Lake Zurich at Breezewald Park's beach to raise money for the American Cancer Society on the first Saturday in March
since 2014. The event has raised about $67,000 for the national cancer organization, Purple Plunge founder Paul Hunt said.
Brandy Takes the Plunge
Nordlie Dayton welcomes Jessica Welsh as a part-time Supply Assistant. She is originally from Vandalia, Ohio where she lives with her husband and 5 children. This is her first position in the floral
industry and she is looking forward to providing excellent customer service in a new capacity and learning all she can in her new position.
Rita Atherton - Twin Cities - March 13
Carol Fetterman - Saginaw - March 13
Jonte Scott - Detroit - March 15
Kim Peragine - Detroit - March 16
Patricia Harmsen - Grandville - March 17
Scott Slimmen - Grandville - March 18
Jon Castillo - Alsip - March 19
Deb Grey - Grand Rapids - March 19
Mark Your CalendarsUpcoming Events
March 15 Wedding/Event Show Nordlie Cleveland
March 15 Spring Design Show Kennicott Indianapolis
Mar.17-19 Nordlie Spring Training Nordlie Detroit
March 21 Annual Shareholder's Meeting / ESOP Dinner
Maggiano's / Oak Brook IL
March 29 Spring Design Show Kennicott South Bend
March 30 Spring Design Show Kennicott Twin Cities
April 5 Wedding Design Gala Nordlie Dayton
May 22-24 Floriology Institute Kennicott Alsip
May 25 Summer Design Show Kennicott Alsip
We're hiring for the following positions: Fresh Sales Trainee (Alsip) Fresh Salesperson (Atlanta)Fresh Sales Trainee (Chicago) Supply Salesperson (Chicago)Fresh Salesperson (Elk Grove)Fresh Flower Sales (Twin Cities)Supply Dept Customer Service (Twin Cities)
Please feel free to send your resume to Tenelle Barnes (Human Resources) via email at [email protected] or by fax to 312-492-8202 or by mail to:
Kennicott Brothers Company 1638 West Hubbard St. Chicago, IL 60622 Attn: Human Resources
Job Postings
Arnold's Movie ReviewLogan
It's the near future. The school and the X-Men are gone, save for Charles and Logan and neither of them are in great shape. But a young mutant is about to send both of them on a journey that will have them paying the
ultimate price. This seems a fitting end to the franchise, having the young take over for the old. showing just how far a person will go for a "cure".
I give it three and a quarter roses.~ Arnold (Kennicott Chicago)