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Celebrating Twenty-Five Years with Northeast Foods

Lisa Glombiak, Director of MIS and Bill Paterakis Dennis Colliton, VP of Engineering and Bill Paterakis

Northeast Foods Among McDonald’s Winners of this Year’s Best of Sustainable Supply

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

McDONALD’S SUPPLIERS MAKE IMPRESSIVE PROGRESS ADDRESSING CHALLENGES ACROSS THE GLOBE

“Best of Sustainable Supply” Winners Exemplify the Company’s Commitment to

Bettering the Planet, Enriching Communities & Serving High-Quality Food

Oak Brook, Ill. (March 13, 2012) – McDonald’s announces today its 2012 Best of Sustainable Supply Chain win-ners by highlighting 51 stories of supply chain partners address challenges to help improve food sources, the envi-ronment, communities and employee wellness across the world. McDonald’s received more than 400 submis-sions from 172 different suppliers, making the 2012 selection process the most difficult yet impactful to date.

Supply chain achievements spanned diverse areas including meeting zero waste-to-landfill targets, taking the

plastic out of plastic bottles, teaching orphans how to raise chickens, helping employees attain further education,

and more. Collectively, they demonstrated the power of sharing responsibility by letting employees lead; sharing

experience by applying global lessons locally; and sharing expertise through partnerships.

A panel of executives and external experts, including BSR, Conservation International, Food Animal Initiative

(FAI) and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) selected the final 2012 Best of Sustainable Supply winners. These projects

were selected based on either measurable results or innovation.

“One of our core values is taking seriously the responsibilities that come with being a leader, and using our size,

scope and resources to help make the world a better place. Nowhere is that commitment more evident than in

our supply chain,” said Jose Armario, executive vice president, McDonald’s Global Supply Chain, Development &

Franchising. “The submissions in this year’s report demonstrate that McDonald’s supply chain is world class in its

ability to provide safe, sustainable, and assured supply of food and products our customers love.”

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Northeast Foods Wins Northeast Foods Wins Baking Management’s Baking Management’s

Innovative Bakery of the Year AwardInnovative Bakery of the Year Award

Continued on page 4

In this issue:

Baking Management Article Cover

McDonald’s Code of Conduct Page 2

Northeast Foods Walks for Love Page 3

Food Safety & Sanitation Page 8

Eye Safety Page 9

Smoking Cessation Program Page 9

NEF Scores Wendy’s Business Page 9

Health & Wellness Page 10

10 Tips to Help You Eat Whole Grains

Page 11

Celebrating 25 years at NEF Page 12

Northeast Foods Wins McDonald’s

Best of Sustainable Supply

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601 South Caroline Street Baltimore, MD 21231

800-769-2867

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Baltimore, MD 21237 877-888-2867

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877-222-2867

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McDonald’s Supplier Workplace Accountability

Northeast Foods is a major supplier to the McDonald’s system. As such, we are held to a very high standard in how we manage our business and employment relationships. During the month of May we will be undergoing our three year audit by an independent auditing company who reports their findings directly to McDonald’s. These audits are conducted to confirm that Northeast Foods is in compliance with McDonald’s Code of Conduct for Suppliers. The Code of Conduct for Suppliers states in part:

McDonald’s believes that all employees deserve to be treated with dignity and respect. In each and every aspect of the employment relationship, employers need to act towards their employees as they would themselves want to be treated. The 100% satisfaction of our inter-nal customers – our employees- is essential to the 100% satisfaction of our external custom-ers. Moreover, McDonald’s is committed to a policy of complying with the law wherever it does business, and to maintaining high standards of business conduct. As a result, McDon-ald’s has established a well-respected record and reputation for business honesty and integ-rity. These principles apply globally, form the basis for McDonald’s own ethical business practices, and are cornerstones to McDonald’s success.

McDonald’s strongly believes that those suppliers who are approved to do business with the McDonald’s System should follow the same philosophy, and in the best interest of the Sys-tem, McDonald’s will refuse to approve or do business with those who do not uphold, in ac-tion as well as words, the same principles. McDonald’s recognizes that its suppliers are inde-pendent businesses. Indeed, it honors that very independence because it provides strength to the relationship. Nonetheless, actions by those with whom McDonald’s does business are sometimes attributed to McDonald’s itself, affecting its reputation and the goodwill it has with its customers and others. It is only natural then that McDonald’s expects its partners in business to act with the same level of honesty and integrity.

For these reasons, McDonald’s has established the following policy. Compliance with this policy is required of all suppliers, and is the responsibility of each individual supplier. Suppli-ers shall ensure that their Subcontractors comply with this policy for employees working on product supplied to McDonald’s. Failure to comply with this policy will be sufficient cause for McDonald’s to exercise its right to revoke a supplier’s approved status. McDonald’s reserves the right, as a condition of continuation of approval, to conduct (or have its designee con-duct) periodic, unannounced inspections of suppliers and their facilities and business practic-es to verify compliance with these standards.

The complete Code of Conduct for Suppliers is posted in the plant and refresher training will take place during the month of April.

Don Mann

Vice President, Human Resources

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Make Half Your Grains Whole

10 Tips to Help You Eat Whole Grains

Any food made from wheat, rice, oats, cornmeal, barley, or another cereal grain is a grain product. Bread, pasta, oatmeal, breakfast cereals, tortillas, and grits are examples. Grains are divided into two subgroups, whole grains and refined grains. Whole grains contain the entire grain kernel—the bran, germ, and endo-sperm. People who eat whole grains as part of a healthy diet have a reduced risk of some chronic diseases.

1. Make Simple Switches: To make half your grains whole grains, substitute a whole-grain product for a refined-grain product. For example, eat 100% whole grain bread or bagels instead of white bread or bagels, or brown rice instead of white rice.

2. Whole Grains can be Healthy Snacks: Popcorn, a whole grain, can be a healthy snack. Make it with little or no added salt or butter. Also, try 100% whole-wheat or rye crackers.

3. Save Some Time: Cook extra bulger or barley when you have time. Freeze half to heat and serve later as a quick side dish.

4. Mix it up with Whole Grains: Use whole grains in mixed dishes, such as barley in vegetable soups or stews,

and bulger wheat in casseroles or stir-fries. Try a quinoa salad or pilaf.

5. Try Whole Wheat Versions: For a change, try brown rice or whole-wheat pasta. Try brown rice stuffing in

baked green peppers or tomatoes, and whole-wheat macaroni in macaroni and cheese.

6. Bake up some whole-grain goodness: Experiment by substituting buckwheat, millet, or oat flour for up to half of the flour in pancake, waffle, muffin or other flour-based recipes. They may need a bit more leavening in order to rise.

7. Be a Good Role Model to Children: Set a good example for children by serving and eating whole grains

every day with meals or as snacks.

8. Check the Label for Fiber: Use the Nutrition Facts label to check the fiber content of whole-grain foods. Good sources of fiber contain 10% to 19% of the Daily Value; excellent sources contain 20% or more.

9. Know What to Look for on the Ingredient List: Read the ingredients list and choose products that name a whole-grain ingredient FIRST on the list. Look for "whole wheat", "brown rice", "bulger", "buckwheat", "oatmeal", "whole-grain cornmeal", "whole oats", or "wild rice".

10. Be a Smart Shopper: The color of a food is not an indication that it is a whole-grain food. Foods labeled

as "multi-grain", "stone-ground", "100% wheat", "cracked wheat", "seven-grain", or "bran" are not usually

100% whole-grain products, and may not contain ANY whole grain.

Source: www.MyPlate.gov DG TipSheet No. 4

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Tip #1 – Do Something You Enjoy Exercise doesn’t have to mean spending hours at the gym peddling away on a stationary bike. It doesn’t mean you have to spend money on exercise gadgets you will likely never use, either. Anything you do to get your body moving is going to be better than doing nothing. Walking is an easy exercise that you can do just about anywhere, in any climate, not to mention that it’s what your body was designed to do. Bike riding, dancing, gardening, weight lifting, swimming, playing a favorite sport, house cleaning and even playing in the yard with your children are just some of the ways you can add exercise into your daily routine. Tip #2 – Schedule Time for Exercise As you would a meeting or a doctor appointment, sometimes the only way to make time to exercise is to put it on your daily schedule. We’ve all got busy lives and we’re often so busy taking care of others that we never seem to make time for ourselves. Once exercise be-comes part of your daily To-Do list, you’re more likely to do it. Some people have only a certain time during the day available for exercise while others will have to vary the time each day. Some people need a nudge and for them, exercising with a friend is a good solution. Choose whichever way works best for you. Just remember to actually go and do it! If you’re having trouble keeping this commitment, ask yourself this question, “If I had a meeting with the president, would I keep it?” Keeping your own commitments is just as important, if not more important than keeping your commitments to others. Tip #3 – Remember that Exercise Can Energize Even though you might feel too tired to exercise, give it a try anyway. You might be surprised to find how energized you feel while you’re at it and afterwards, when you’re finished. Exercise is a great stress-reliever too and if you know anything about stress, you know that it is one of the body’s biggest energy-sappers. Tip #4 – Don’t be Afraid to Mix it up Like anything that is done over and over again, exercise can become mundane. When you get bored with exercising, you’re less likely to keep at it. To keep from getting bored with your workout routine, change it. If you’re tired of walking, try cycling. If you’re into weight lifting, try alternating this with cardiovascular exercises throughout the week. Tip #5 – Always Begin by Warming up Regardless of the type of exercise you choose, it is very important that you begin each session by warming up your muscles. Stretching helps prevent damage to muscle tissue and it gets your blood flowing. It gets your heart pumping, too. Just five minutes is all it takes to get your exercise session off to a good start. Tip #6 – Join a Sport If you really want to stick with something, joining a team is one of the best ways to do it. Get some people together and join a volleyball league. Take up tennis or racquetball. Go bowling or start golfing. All of these are great ways to get out and do something, and since they’re fun, you won’t even know you’re exercising.

Employee Success Story

We all have goals we want to achieve or resolutions we want to keep. Most of us at one time have vowed to quit smoking, lose weight, get in shape or spend more time with the family. While many of us never actually start toward reaching that goal, one of our employees has set out and achieved two at the same time.

Kathy Blash, Office/Human Resources Manager at Auto-matic Rolls of New England, was determined to quit smoking so that she could be more involved with her grandchildren. She wanted to get healthy and feel better. On December 7th, she decided to quit her 2 pack a day habit by substituting cigarettes with Nicotene gum until one month later, she quit that too.

As anyone who has ever tried to quit smoking knows, it typically results in some weight gain. She was watch-ing the pounds creep up and decided it was time to make a change. She joined Weight Watchers with a friend and started to exercise every day. She has lost 48 pounds and walks at least 3 miles every day, even in the harsh New England winters. She has also changed her eating habits drastically. “I hated all kinds of good foods” she says. “I never ate fish or veg-etables. Now I mix all types

of veggies together and roast them up for dinner, they are to die for! There are a lot of good foods out there that I never even tried until now and I love them.”

Kathy is now an exercise con-vert who loves her daily walks at the local track, or when time is short, simply walks laps around the bak-ery. Four laps is a mile and she typically won’t stop until she hits that 8th lap. She laughs when she shares that when she first started walk-ing around town, people would stop her to ask if she needed a ride, thinking her car had broken down. Now fellow employees cheer her on with each lap around the bakery. She loves walking with her iPod listening to her favorite music. Kathy is a mentor for others in the bak-ery trying to lose weight. She admits that her energy level is much higher than before and she feels great. She en-joys cooking new healthy meals that are delicious and satisfying. She shares good Weight Watchers recipes with colleagues and provides support when needed. Con-gratulations to Kathy and her new found “healthy” way of life. For anyone else trying to get healthy, we have re-sources available that can help. Just ask your HR repre-sentative for more infor-mation.

6 Easy Exercise Tips

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Health & Wellness Update Even if You Don't Love to Run... You Can Run to Love.

By GAY WAGNER

ONLY 1 WEEK LEFT!

H&S Bakery and Northeast Foods will be participating in two charity

events in April. Both fall on the same day, Sunday April 15th, and support

different- but equally important- causes. One is the Ronald McDonald

House Red Shoe Shuffle 5k Run & Walk to benefit the local Ronald

McDonald House. The other is Walk MS for Multiple Sclerosis. Information

for both is available at each facility and has been sent out in recent payroll

stuffers. You don’t have to actually walk or run to benefit these two great

charities, simply go online and make a contribution. Every little bit helps

both these organizations make a difference in people’s lives.

We are asking our employees, family members and friends to join our

team in walking and raising contributions for this important cause. This

year we want to help make their Towson MS Walk the most successful

yet. Our goal is to raise $10,000 in pledges that H&S Bakery will match,

adding $20,000 to the MS Society annual goal of 1.1 million. Registration

is free and easy, simply register online at www.walkMSmaryland.org or

complete a paper registration form and return it to your HR department.

When you register online, make sure you select ”Join a Team”, then select

team “Bread for MS”. We are asking each walker to raise a minimum of

$100 in contributions which can be made online or mailed in. Once regis-

tered, you will receive a packet in the mail with important event infor-

mation including donation envelopes. Each person who raises $100 will

also receive a special event t-shirt.

The walk will take place on Sunday April 15, 2012 at 10am, registration

begins at 9am. This is a 5K walk around the scenic Johnny Unitas Stadium

at Towson University and area neighborhoods. Free parking is available

on the campus. Strollers are permitted but dogs are not allowed on the

walk.

Please join us for our first annual H&S Bakery and Northeast Foods MS

walk. Help us give back to our neighbors in need who are struggling with

MS. Bring the children, get some exercise and enjoy the fresh air while

helping those with Multiple Sclerosis. If you have any questions or difficul-

ty in registering, please contact Gay Wagner in the HR Department at 410-

558-3050 x3517 or email at gwagner@nefoods.com.

Get Ready to Shuffle Sunday, April 15

th at 9 a.m.

We are SO excited that the Red Shoe Shuffle is almost here! The response has been overwhelming and this is sure to be an amazing inaugural 5K Run & Walk to benefit our House.

If you haven't registered yet, it's not too late! And if running or walking isn't your thing, you can still register as a "snoozer" to shuffle in spirit. Once registered, don't forget to customize your fundraising page and help spread the word about the event.

Meet Our Honorary Chair... Brooke Lauren Shockley, Age 14

Brooke has been staying at our House for 8 months while receiving treatment for Osteosarcoma at Johns Hopkins Children's Center. We walk and run for Brooke and the thousands of children who call the Ronald McDonald House their home away from home each year. They are our inspiration!

www.redshoeshuffle.org

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NEF Now Services

Wendy’s!

Northeast Foods is proud to announce that it will begin to serve 155 Wendy's restaurants in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia (DC).

The agreement between Wen-dy's Franchisee, DAVCO., headquartered in Crofton, Maryland, and Northeast Foods is set to begin in the se-cond quarter of 2012.

Northeast Foods will provide Wendy's with both the premi-um and the regular buns. The buns will be baked in Mary-land, at the Automatic Rolls of Baltimore facility and shipped frozen to the restaurants.

Northeast Foods is excited to begin the relationship and looks forward to growing the business in the future.

SAFETY FIRST Safe employees, productive employers

Encouraging the use of personal protective equipment and discouraging tam-

pering with machine guards are a few of the best ways to combat workplace

eye injuries.

In conjunction with Prevent Blindness in America’s Workplace Eyes Health and

Safety Month, please use the tools available to you in assisting with protecting

yourself against eye and other injuries. Please see your Safety Manager if you

have questions.

EYE & FACE PROTECTION

Many things can cause an eye or face injury, in-

cluding flying particles, chemicals and harmful

light. PPE is needed to protect you against these

hazards.

FIT AND CARE

Proper fit is just as important as choosing the

right type of eye or face protection.

Make sure the PPE fits snugly on your face and

doesn’t slide down your nose.

Use a headband to secure PPE.

Clean eye and face protection often so that you

can see clearly. Use water and non-abrasive soap

to avoid scratching the lenses then let air dry.

Our new Smoking Cessation program is off to a very strong start. We have 18 employees currently enrolled in the program and expect more to join as the summer approaches. The feedback has been very positive and we

hope to have success stories to share in future newsletters.

When you, and/or your spouse, are ready to quit smoking, get started by calling:

1-866-454-5375, then SELECT Coaching, Option 2

You will then receive a Quit Smart packet in the mail and have access to unlimited telephonic coaching sessions while you go through the program.

Tell them the company you work for and that you want to quit smoking. You will be assigned a personal counselor and receive a Quit Smart kit. You will work with that counselor to determine the best program to help you stop smoking and they will work with you until you succeed.

Take back your health and call today!

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No matter what your title is, or what de-

partment you work in, your job is very

important. As a person employed in the

food industry, you are responsible for

helping to make the products we pro-

duce that many people from Maine to

Georgia may eventually come into con-

tact with. All our products are baked in

an oven so it isn’t likely that a person

would develop a foodborne illness from

ingesting our products. We still have to

be on guard for any possible contami-

nant that may come in contact with our

finished products.

Because your job touches so many lives,

you have to take special precautions

when working. Northeast Foods has

many policies for proper sanitation and

hygiene, standard operating procedures,

sanitation standard operating proce-

dures, GMP’s and other work rules. Our

policies are designed to keep you the

employee safe and to protect our cus-

tomers. Part of your job is maintaining

an awareness of the company require-

ments. It’s important that you know and

understand all the rules related to work-

ing with and around food products at

Northeast Foods and that you always

follow them. This is why we provide an-

nual refresher training.

To protect against possible metal inside

products, all our plants use metal detec-

tors that would reject a metal contami-

nated product. If the metal detector

failed, a physical hazard, like foreign ma-

terial may hurt the person eating it, but a

Your Job is Very Important

By NANCY OSWALD

microbial contamination could affect

many more persons. We need good sani-

tation. If equipment is kept clean, with

no food residue, it takes away bacteria’s

food source, preventing the microorgan-

isms from growing. Microorganisms are

passed on by the human hand which is

why we expect all persons to follow good

personal hygiene practices and other

food safety procedures.

Good hygiene practices: Maintain ade-

quate personal cleanliness, wear clean

uniforms that are in good condition,

wash hands thoroughly before beginning

work, every time you use the restroom,

take a break or when your hands may

have become soiled or contaminated.

Follow all plant GMP’s, to include re-

move all jewelry and store in your per-

sonal locker, wear gloves when required,

store personal belongings in designated

areas, and no eating or drinking except

for designated areas. Never prop or

leave a door open.

Bacteria are constantly changing and

adapting to their environment. Many are

becoming increasingly heat resistant. We

have to keep our work areas clean, con-

stantly be vigilant to follow the plant

rules and procedures. Maintaining con-

stant awareness of food safety and fol-

lowing proper procedures means you

contribute to a safe food product you

can be proud to help produce.

Never stop thinking of ways to keep

people safe.

Proper Hand Washing 101

Food Safety & Sanitation

When (although not inclusive):

after touching ears, nose, mouth, hair.

any contact with infected or otherwise unsanitary areas of the body.

after use of a tissue, coughing or sneezing.

hand contact with unclean equipment or work surfaces.

hand contact with soiled cloth-ing, shop rags, or any other material that is soiled.

handling raw food.

eating or drinking.

after using the restroom.

after normal work stoppage.

as frequent as hands are thought to need it.

Procedure:

wet your hands with clean warm running water.

apply a small amount of anti-bacterial soap.

rub your hands together about 10 times.

Lather well beyond your wrist, up to your elbow is possible. Work all surfaces thoroughly including wrists, palms, back of hands, fingers, and under fin-gernails. rub hands together for at least 20 seconds. (need a timer? hum the “happy birth-day” song from beginning to end twice).

thoroughly rinse with clean running water.

dry hands completely using a single use towel or electric hand dryer.

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