The Wonderful Company

It's official: The Wonderful Company is No. 3 on PEOPLE Magazine | PEOPLE.com's 2024 Company that Cares list! 🏆✨ This special honor recognizes the commitment we have long embodied to build a better and healthier world. The Wonderful Company, our founders, Lynda and Stewart Resnick, and their foundations are proud to have directed more than $2.5 billion to philanthropy and corporate social responsibility efforts focused on education, health and wellness, community development, and environmental sustainability in California’s Central Valley, Fiji, and beyond. Our workforce has donated $67 million through Wonderful Giving, served as Wonderful Neighbors, and helped more than 1.5 million community members. Wonderful earned a spot in our first year of eligibility and is the only agriculture company included, behind only Cisco and Hilton. We were chosen from a competitive pool of thousands of U.S. companies based on Great Place To Work US’s extensive research and assessment of confidential surveys sharing firsthand accounts of our company’s culture and leadership. Our people make a difference every day, and we are so proud PEOPLE® has recognized and honored their efforts and commitment. We are excited to continue the work we have done all around the world. To see our positive impact in action, visit csr.wonderful.com.

Meet Mana Moini, director of sales at Wonderful Pistachios & Almonds (WPA)! Mana joined POM Wonderful in 2013 as a trade marketing manager and transitioned to her role as director at WPA in 2018. Today, she has almost 20 years of experience in sales! Outside of the office, Mana hosts her own podcast called HUMANATY. Inspired by Wonderful’s culture of giving, Mana’s leadership podcast emphasizes kindness and human connection as a way of giving back to the community. When she’s not working or recording episodes, Mana enjoys meditating and spending time with friends and family. Thank you, Mana, for everything you do! #WeAreWonderful 💚

Congratulations to the winners of our 2024 “Way of Work” (WOW) Global Competition, our annual continuous improvement competition that began with 700 projects involving nearly 2,000 colleagues. 🏆 In their projects, groups identified challenges or opportunities for efficiencies, safety improvements, and cost-savings for our business. Then, they developed systematic solutions rooted in our Wonderful Way values. Ultimately, 28 semi-finalists emerged, and nine projects were chosen as finalists in each of the three categories—Agriculture/Farming, Manufacturing/Operations, and Business/Community. We’re so inspired by our colleagues' imagination and innovation. Thank you to all the participants and congratulations to the winners! 🏆 Sowing Life: Sebastian Rodriguez, Jorge A. Hernandez, Perfecto Guzman Gallegos, Perla Cabrera, Javier Reyes, and Pablo Alejandro Heredia. 🏆 ISF Packaging: Zachary Lenander, Alex Ramirez, Gerardo Garza, ARINDAM SAHA, and Luis Campana. 🏆 Kroger Shipments: Sean Pratt, Chris Coon, Dustin Wellman, Angel Esteban, Michael Reuland, Nora Villalobos, and Patty Mendez.

We are proud to announce our new president of wines, Steve Myers! He now sits at the helm of our portfolio of diverse luxury wine brands, which includes JUSTIN Vineyards & Winery in Paso Robles, Lewis Cellars in Napa Valley, and Landmark Vineyards in Sonoma. Myers spent the last 14 years as president of Distinguished Vineyards, which includes Markham Vineyards in Napa, MacRostie Winery in Sonoma, and Argyle Winery in Oregon. Myers has also held senior executive positions in strategy, sales, and marketing at The Duckhorn Portfolio, Beam Wine Estates, and Allied Domecq PLC Wines. This marks a moment for us, as this is the first time that we are forming a standalone wines business based on the success of our growing wine brands. Please join us in raising a glass to the arrival of Steve Myers. We are thrilled to be ushering in this new chapter for our California wines brands and are honored to be under his capable guidance and leadership. To many fruitful years to come!

Happy National Honey Bee Day! 🐝 Did you know that one-third of the food consumed by Americans comes from crops pollinated by bees? With over 62,000 hives and 2.5 billion honey bees, Wonderful Bees takes care of our winged friends so they can pollinate crops, produce honey, and sustainably support the future of our food across the world!

This National Non-Profit Day, we are celebrating the power of community! 🌟 Applications for Wonderful's Central Valley Community Grants are open now until August 31st to directly support transformative initiatives at schools and nonprofits in California’s Central Valley. 💸 Every year, Wonderful awards $1M in grants ranging from $1,000 and $100,000. This program is part of our ongoing commitment to being Wonderful Neighbors by supporting the communities our employees call home, fostering a sense of care and involvement with local and regional organizations. Non-profits and organizations that support one or more of our nine eligible communities are encouraged to apply: Avenal, Delano, Del Rey, Firebaugh, Lost Hills, Mendota, Sanger, Shafter, and Wasco. 📝Tag a local Central Valley non-profit you support and visit csr.wonderful.com to learn more about our commitment to the areas where our employees live, work, and play! To apply, visit https://lnkd.in/ggUxEjw2.

We are proud to be #GreatPlaceToWorkCertified and appreciate the shoutout from Great Place To Work US in a recent article about empowering employees as brand champions. GPTW highlights that the best companies ensure their values are woven into every aspect of their operations, not just their marketing messages. Together, our 10,000-person workforce walks the talk in our mission of leaving people and the planet better than we found them.

Meet Dhruba Misra, senior manager of Enterprise Applications for IT (EA-IT) at The Wonderful Company. Dhruba has over 20 years of experience in manufacturing and IT consulting, with 13 of those years spent tackling unique challenges and opportunities in supply chain management to serve our Central Valley businesses. This year, Dhruba submitted a project called “Farm to Shelf: Producing, Packing, and Delivering the Perfect Mandarin with IoT and Cloud Technologies” to the Manufacturing Leadership Council, where Wonderful was named a category winner for Digital Supply Chains! Outside of his award-winning role, Dhruba is a regular speaker for Oracle and donates his Wonderful Giving dollars to non-profits in developing countries. Join us in congratulating Dhruba! #WeAreWonderful

We are thrilled to share that The Restaurant at JUSTIN Vineyards & Winery has once again earned a MICHELIN Star and a MICHELIN Green Star distinction from the world-renowned The MICHELIN Guide. While the MICHELIN Star is awarded for culinary excellence, the MICHELIN Green Star highlights restaurants at the forefront of the industry when it comes to their sustainability practices. Not only is each among the highest honors in dining, The Restaurant at JUSTIN is the only winery in the country to receive both for three years in a row! Congratulations to Executive Chef Rachel Haggstrom and her entire team of culinary experts on this prestigious recognition. To experience what earned The Restaurant at JUSTIN this coveted award, book a dinner reservation here: https://lnkd.in/gFGYZnZY.

It’s here! Lewis Cellars has been making wine for over 30 years, and today the team is excited to reveal refreshed bottle designs. Lewis is also thrilled to announce the opening, coming soon, of a new estate property on Napa’s famed Silverado Trail, complete with a gorgeous tasting room, winery, and vineyard. Until then, rest assured that the team will continue bringing you wines with the signature Lewis style and consistency now and in the years to come. Discover Lewis: LewisCellars.com