Memories

Below is a collection of memories submitted by retirees from the many areas of our company in honor of our 100th Anniversary. Browse through the stories and pictures below and see how many people you recognize or remember!

Sam "Not So" Young
Rehoboth Beach, DE

"I spent a little over 12 years with Fearn (Le Gout) as a Sales Rep. That title changed several times over the years, but I was still a "Sales Rep" and proud to have been one. As with all "Le Gout Guys & Gals", the National Sales Meeting regardless of where it was held, was the highlight of the year. All of the Sales Promotions for the upcoming year were presented in the form of "Skits". Many of these were with some "Fun" included. I remember 2 that stuck with me, even if I do not remember which product was being promoted at the time.

The first was of Al Excell making a presentation as "Foster Brooks" having a drinking problem. (Later, I was able to use Al in this character in a Sales Promotion to my Major Distributor Customer.)

The second was of Jack Kemp, who was the shortest member of the Sale Force entering a room and needing to duck his head to get through the door. He was wearing "Dry Wall Installer Stilts". The meeting was held up for several minutes as everyone was laughing extremely hard.

I enjoyed my 12 plus years as a "Le Gout Guy."

Debbie Egnatuk
Marshall, MI

"I answered an ad in the Battle Creek Enquirer, "Lab help wanted. One year college chemistry preferred". I had just finished one year at KCC and was looking for a summer job. I began in May of 1969 and retired on September 7, 2005 on my 55th birthday. I guess you could say my summer job lasted 36+ years! I have many wonderful Kellogg memories. I began working in the 5th floor lab as one of those "lab girls" in the white jackets. I made many life long friends and give thanks every day for the gift of a glorious retirement."

E. Nick Gautier
Rocky Point, NY

"I retired from Sunshine Biscuit Co. which was located in Long Island City, New York, in 1984.

One of my fondest memories was to take the elevator up to the roof of the Sunshine Biscuit building and maintain the neon sign. The building with a thousand windows could be seen by the passengers of the elevated subway trains, to the Queensboro Bridge, and to the eastside of Manhattan, so it got a lot of exposure.

We had a railroad bring supplies to be used by the bakery. Trailer trucks would bring our cookies to all the boroughs and to New England.

The Sunshine Kids

Keeping the conveyor belts running smoothly and the machinery in good working order was my job as maintenance man and electrician for almost 25 years.

I remember when the "Shick" system was first brought into the New Jersey plant. My job was to see it working smoothly. It was used to pump sugar and flour into storage bins. From storage bins it was pumped into used bins. It was then scaled for weight. Of course, sampling the cookies was the easy part of my day. Before the move to Sayerville, New Jersey, I remember how sugar was pumped into huge storage tanks in amazingly large quantities. Before that, 100 lb bags were used to store sugar. Sunshine Biscuit prided itself by not using any preservatives in their cookies.

Employees were allowed to shop for cookies on Thursdays at discounted prices. You can be sure we enjoyed those treats. Our children especially loved "chocolate chip" cookies. They are grown now, but they still remember when daddy was the sweetest man around. My wife worked in a local bakery, so we were known as the sweetest couple in town."

Ronald Hansen
Lincoln, NE

"I want to thank you for the Christmas box and look forward to it each year. I was hired at the Omaha plant in 1957 and was there for 33-1/2 years and I want to say that I appreciated working there. I thank you for all my wages, benefits and all the good things you allowed for me and my family. You are the greatest company a person could ever work for. Thanks."