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Milo’s was founded as a restaurant in 1946 by Milo and Bea Carlton after Milo returned from serving our country in World War II. Milo’s philosophy was simple: use high quality, real ingredients, listen to your customers, and never sacrifice taste. This vision still guides us today as we source real ingredients and never add colors or preservatives. Seventy-eight years later, Milo’s is still a family-owned business and also a Certified Women Owned Business with corporate headquarters in Bessemer, Alabama. Milo’s is also a Platinum-Certified Zero Waste Manufacturer devoted to sustainable practices and the stewardship of local communities and the environment.
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Employees at our company have a positive vision for the future because the vision is developed with them and shared among them. During annual and quarterly strategic planning, each team is asked to share their collective recommendations for corporate and team priorities. This is reviewed by the Executive Team, which incorporates suggestions into a set of priorities which is shared back with the team for review and amendment. All of this is reinforced through weekly thought leadership videos from our CEO, monthly leadership gatherings, and quarterly Town Hall meetings hosted by the Executive Team.
Our company values are aligned with our employees’ because we are a People First company, valuing people over profits. Our Corporate Values – Quality, Integrity, Responsibility, and Safety – ensure that we are doing right by our associates, our customers, and our fans. Our Team Values – working Hungry, Agile, and Together (Wearing the Milo’s HAT) – ensure that we lift each other up and hold each other accountable to winning together. Milo’s is committed to uplifting our associates, customers, and fans without regard to gender, race, or creed.
Our CEO serves as a model of our company values by being transparent, approachable and accessible. Tricia Wallwork models our HAT values, displaying a Hunger for growth, existential Agility as we navigate exponential growth, and working Together with leaders at every level to achieve goals. She shares successes generously, and brutal facts quickly and transparently. She also models our commitment to people and planet by championing internal DIB and sustainability efforts and personally supporting community causes that uplift others.
We show respect and ensure all voices are heard, and ideas are valued through:
• Quarterly eNPS surveys. Leaders meet with teams to review results and develop action plans. Results are also discussed at town halls.
• Pulse surveys are conducted between eNPS surveys to understand progress against action plans.
• Employees are encouraged to nominate Values Champions – corporate and operations associates recognized monthly for commitment to our corporate values of working Hungry, Agile, and Together, which we call “wearing the HAT”.
• Associates give “Hats Off” acknowledgements to colleagues through our intranet, Unite, and are encouraged to use Unite’s “Ask Milo’s Anything” feature.
Employees collaborate throughout our company through daily team huddles, weekly function team meetings, monthly leadership gatherings, and quarterly strategic planning sessions. This is part of an enterprise operating system known as Milo’s Growth System, or MGS. In addition to Function Team structures, we have many ad hoc and standing cross-functional groups advancing projects and workflows. As a hybrid organization, we value the daily use of online communications platforms including Microsoft Teams, Monday.com, and Salesforce to plan and execute work.
Culture, growth and passion behind our brand
The people that I work with.
I am proud of the product that we sell
Salary and benefits are great.
The top 3 reasons I love working for Milos is because #1 the culture is one of a kind. #2 Milo's is a People First company and one way they show that is being generous to its employees is through their benefits package. #3 Milo's does a great job teaching and growing their employees.
1. The work environment is fantastic. Everyone is positive and encouraging. We all work together to achieve common goals.
2. The company truly lives the things they preach. Milo's talks the talk and walks the walk. I feel like I am given fantastic benefits and a great work life balance.
3. People come first at Milo's. My team cares for one another and enjoys being around one another. The company also does a fantastic job of encouraging associates and showing when someone does a great job.
People First culture
Amazing products with loyal fan base
Excellent pay and benefits
ur approach to positive impact we believe in hiring and growing authentic leaders, delivering the most delicious quality products on time and in full to our customers, and giving back to the communities we serve. we call this living people first. as our business grows exponentially, we are hyper-focused on growing our people and investing in community. we champion these efforts through partnerships, education, and events to support and celebrate our diverse workforce and networks. pathways for prosperity for all annual pay equity study growth pathways for 100% of associates associate engagement donating time and money protect our planet for future generations recycling and reuse of manufacturing waste carbon reductions in manufacturing remarkable water stewardship purposeful partnerships milo’s 1% pledge purposeful partnerships across our ecosystem
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