Did you hear the MOOS? We won at the New York State Fair! On Thursday, August 31st we received awards at the New York State Fair highlighting our insanely delicious, fresh, and local dairy products. We won Best Milk, Best Flavored Milk, Best Chocolate Ice Cream, AND Best Open Class Ice Cream in New York…
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Joanne is a prime example of a Stewart’s Partner who took control of her professional growth resulting in an incredibly successful 30-year career. Currently working with the Corporate Risk Management Team, Joanne started out as an Administrative Assistant at Stewart’s, planning to only work here as a side job to help pay for college. Joanne…
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Summer is a time when blood donations slow down. Yet the need for blood donations doesn’t take a summer vacation. That’s why for the eighth year in a row, Stewart’s Shops is treating Red Cross blood donors to free pints of ice cream as a part of the “Give a Pint, Get a Pint” program…
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Stewart’s Shops/Dake Family recently contributed a generous donation of $100,000 to the Wilton Wildlife Preserve for a project to develop an Outdoor Education Center that will become the focal point for visitors and users of Camp Saratoga. This Center is being named after Larry Gordon, a long-time transformative Wilton leader and Saratoga County planner who…
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The Stillwater Public Library, located in the village of Stillwater in Saratoga county is receiving $75,000 from the Stewart’s Shops/Dake Family for their new community library. Construction on the library has begun and is expected to be completed in late 2023. “We weren’t sure where to turn after discovering every window needed an upgrade in…
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Devotion, fairness and taking up the time and mental space to remember his employees are just a few of the reasons Stewart’s Shops President and President Gary Dake, has been once again honored with leadership recognition in the annual Top Workplaces report. (His leadership among large employers was last recognized in 2021.) Employees say Dake…
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Saratoga County 4-H is receiving $100,000 from Stewart’s Shops/Dake Family for their 4-H Lead the Legacy Campaign to raise funds for a new educational facility at the Saratoga County 4-H Training Center in Ballston Spa. The Center is used by 4-H youth clubs and for community events and attracts over 12,000 youth each year. “It’s…
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Partners at Stewart’s Shops are wearing their “Stewart’s Smiles” as they received their 2022 Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) statements this week. A $19 million contribution was made to 3,000 active employees’ ESOP accounts which equates to 16% of each Partner’s 2022 wages. Additionally, ESOP participants saw their account balances grow by 12.5% in 2022….
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Congratulations to the Stewart’s hauling team for winning the 2022 TANY Safety Council Fleet Safety Award for both the medium class, general commodities truckload category and the large class category. These awards recognize safe driving. Our team of 125 drivers traveled over 3.8 million miles safely in 2022! Now, that’s a lot of driving! Stewart’s…
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The sound of fiddles, guitars, banjos, and ukuleles fills historic Caffè Lena, but this time it’s not a professional band on stage. It’s a group of school children gathered in a circle, learning to play music together. For the last three years, young families have been flocking to the venue in Saratoga Springs to try…
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