Over the last few weeks, three Weigel’s employees have been delivering dozens of pizzas and doughnuts to local hospitals, emergency rooms and fire stations.
After days of planning, determining where the hospitals and fire stations were in the 11 counties Weigel’s serves, Kurt Weigel, Weigel’s Recruiting Director; Brittany Obester, Recruiting Benefits Coordinator; and Kelly Bowling, HR Director, loaded up their cars with dozens of pizzas and boxes of doughnuts and headed out. Over a four-day period, they made deliveries to 15 hospitals and 18 fire stations.
“The men and women who are on the front line each day, serving our needs during this pandemic, is such a heroic dedication to their professions, and we just wanted to do a little something to let them know how much we appreciate them,” said Kurt Weigel.
The pizza idea came out of a conference call with several of the Weigel’s family members. They knew they wanted to do something to let the community heroes know how much they appreciate them for their relentless service, especially during this national crisis. The pizzas and doughnuts are products Weigel’s makes in-house daily, so it was the ideal food for Wiegel’s to supply plenty of.
“It was so gratifying to be able to make a small difference in the lives of those facing and fighting this pandemic on the front line,” said Weigel. “We are grateful for what they do every day and happy we could give them just a little bit of enjoyment during this difficult and challenging time.”
Weigel’s is a family owned and operated East Tennessee business. Weigel’s operate 68 convenience stores, a dairy and a bakery, all within a 100 mile radius of corporate headquarters in Powell, Tenn. The bright, spacious stores represent state-of-art convenience retailing, heroic customer service and unconditionally guaranteed products.
