Switch lanes and drive your career forward. KeHE’s Shifting Gears program provides warehouse employees with the opportunity to grow their career and become a professional truck driver with advanced training. Listen in as Greg Sikorski, Sr. Dir. Safety, explains how the program works and Arturo Barbosa, Truck Driver, shares his experience completing Shifting Gears.

We stand for love. We stand against hate and violence, and we address incivility with courage.

KeHE’s CEO, Brandon Barnholt, released this statement as the company’s stance on all incivility. In this episode, he unpacks what it looks like to love others well and stand courageously. Treating others with LOVE creates a culture of dignity and respect that is the fruit of our labor.

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KeHE’s Ellettsville Distribution Center (DC) is employing individuals with developmental and intellectual disabilities. After a RARE leadership training, Senior Director Dave Boyer was inspired to foster inclusion at the DC. Supported by Autumn White, this program has sparked a culture of joy in the midst of change for DC19.

“Being sustainable means the pace we’re running now is going to get every future generation to their finish line, at or better than how we’re living today.”

Andrew McGrath—VP of Digital Product Strategy and a member of KeHE’s sustainability council—joins us to discuss sustainability at KeHE. His practical insights into human lives and the environment bring KeHE’s purpose full circle: we SERVE to makes lives better.

KeHE Cares partners with Compassion International to improve the lives of impoverished children in Honduras. In this episode, Lilly Guillen Rios and Dijana Silijanoska share stories of how they SERVE to make lives better for children in Honduras. Their stories will inspire you to consider what you can do to show compassion and support to children in need.

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CAREtrade’s mission is to identify and promote a set of brands that advance a higher purpose than commercial success and are aligned with KeHE’s dedication to serving. Small Axe Peppers is a brand that has fully embraced our culture and the network provided through the program.

Listen as Laura McCord—executive director over CAREtrade—and Daniel Fitzgerald, the founder of Small Axe share the journey brands go on from concept to consumer!

January is National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. In this episode, Randy Shaw interviews two KeHE Cares partners who are on the frontlines in this war: Chris Baker with INK180 and Simone Halpin from Naomi’s House.

It is estimated that more than 40 million women and children worldwide are currently enslaved as sex workers—an issue not just around the world, but in our own communities as well. Awareness is one of the first steps in freeing people from this horrible exploitation.

Employee Benevolence seeks to provide a holistic, restorative solution to relieve heavy burdens experienced through catastrophic events in life: unexpected medical costs, natural disasters, or other problems that create overwhelming needs. Jenn Ricks, SVP of People Operations, and Eric Fields, Sr. Dr. of Stewardship and Advocacy, tell the story of how KeHE employees help one another through generosity.

Ownership has its privileges. And its responsibilities. As an employee-owned company, KeHE grants shares to its employees in the ESOP retirement program. That means employees are also owners of the company. In this episode, Adrienne Binder, senior communications manager and podcast host, interviews KeHE employees Paul McDowell and Tiffany Valdez on what it means to work with the ownership mindset. Paul is a truck driver in Florida, and Tiffany is in territory sales in Southern California. While they hold completely different jobs within KeHE, both Paul and Tiffany exemplify what it means to think and act like an owner.

The KeHE Cares Foundation (KeHE Cares) captures the heart and soul of our company.  In this episode, Adrienne Binder interviews Randy Shaw, who leads KeHE Cares and helps our employee-owners discover volunteer opportunities in the U.S. and abroad. Randy explains the philosophy of KeHE Cares and how employees can participate in bringing goodness to our local communities, the U.S., and even the world.