SAN BERNARDINO, Calif., March 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Stater Bros. Supermarkets recently honored its 297 Truck Drivers at the Company's 28th Annual Safe Driving Awards Banquet at the Riverside Convention Center in Riverside, California.
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The current roster of Stater Bros. Truck Drivers represents an impressive total of 3,572 YEARS OF SAFE DRIVING WITHOUT AN ACCIDENT.
The Company is especially proud of the 10 current Truck Drivers who have each driven over TWO MILLION ACCIDENT-FREE MILES and the 96 current Truck Drivers who have each driven over ONE MILLION ACCIDENT-FREE MILES. These Truck Drivers proudly wear their distinguishable "Million Mile" Jackets and Caps, which are presented to them by the Company.
At this year's Safe Driving Awards Banquet, two (2) Stater Bros. "Family" members joined the "Two Million Safe Miles Club." And eleven (11) Stater Bros. "Family" members joined the "One Million Safe Miles Club." In addition to receiving their "Million Mile" Jackets and Caps, these Truck Drivers will be featured in the Company Newsletter.
"I am extremely proud of our professional Truck Drivers' safety record for safe miles driven, which leads the Supermarket Industry in Southern California," stated Jack H. Brown, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Stater Bros. Markets. "Our Annual Safe Driving Awards Banquet is the Company's way of showing our professional Truck Drivers how important and valuable their safe driving records are, not only to the success of Stater Bros. Markets but for the safety of the communities we are privileged to serve."
Stater Bros. was founded in 1936 in Yucaipa, California, and is the largest privately owned Supermarket Chain in Southern California and the largest private employer in both Riverside County and San Bernardino County. The Company currently operates 167 Supermarkets, and there are over 18,000 members of the Stater Bros. Supermarket Family.
STATER BROS ... PROUDLY SERVING SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FAMILIES FOR 76 YEARS
Contact: Susan Atkinson
Vice President Corporate Affairs
P.O. Box 150 -- San Bernardino, CA 92402
Phone: (909) 733-5038
SOURCE Stater Bros. Supermarkets
