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"Open dating" of food
packages has just about every
grocery-buying shopper good
and confused.
Though It’s most helpful to
store personnel in rotating
stock, it can be used as a guide
when you select an item to buy
and when you rotate items at
home, says Rachel Kinlaw. ex
tension specialist in foods and
nutrition at North Carolina
State University
Dates stamped on food
packages can mean one of four
things: 1) Pack Date, or date
of final processing or packing.
2) Pull Date, the last recom
mended day of retail sale that
allows enough time to safely
store and use the product at
home. 3) Quality Assurance
Date, or freshness date, the
date after which the product is
not likely to be at peak
quality; and 4) Expiration
Date, the last day the product
should be used to assure
quality
Determining which one of
these four explains the date on
a particular package is usually
a matter of guesswork unless
your grocer will explain them
to you.
Unless a processor is
packaging meats, poultry or
fish under federal inspection,
he is not required to explain
his method of open dating. In
fact, a USDA $ur\*ey recently
disclosed that almost all open
dates are not explained
The quality of the food and
its freshness are more depen
dent on the storage and han
dling It has receive than on
just elapsed time, says Mrs.
Kinlaw If the food item you
buy has not been kept at the
proper temperature before or
after you buy it. the chances
are it will not measure up to
your expectations regardless of
the date on the package
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Country Boy Makes Good
Jtm Bell’s "country boy
makes good'' success story
WTU recounted recently by
"Volts and Jolts." an SbC
Electric Company em
ploye publication, on the
occasion of his 2Sth an
niversary with the
Chicago. Ill.-based com
pany.
Mr. Bell, who grew up In
Kings Mountain suid was
one of the first members of
Dr. Paul Hendricks'
award-winning KMHS
Band. Is now senior vice
president of manu
facturing. He is son of Mr.
and Mrs. Monroe James
Bell. Sr., now at Charlotte.
Jim's wife, VUma,
native of Panama, Is the
company's personnel
administrator.
SAC President John
Oenrad presented a gold
watch to Bell on his 2Sth
anniversary with the
company.
Bom and raised In
North Carolina, Jim Bell
came to the Ug city in IWU.
Prior to "emigrating"
nm-th, he served In the
Army during World War
n, achieving the rank of
Captain. He also earned a
degree In economics from
Furman University In only
33 months. (Since coming
to SAC. Jim has added an
M. B. A. from the Univer
sity of Chicago to his
academic credits. Im-
medUitely before the move
to Chicago. Jim eras a
salesman for Kraft Foods.
"During the early 80's,
economic conditions woe
nOher static In the South,"
Jtm recalled to exidatn his
move. "The pastures
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JIM BBJ. . . . Former KMer is honored
looked greener In
Chicago."
Jhn came to SAC In 1963
as a Buyer In the Pur
chasing Department.
The "couiAry boy" has
had considerable success
at SAC. After a year as a
buyer, he was transferred
to Production Control, as
supervisor of the switch
and switchgear section.
From there, he was
ivonvoted to supervisor of
the department. As
Productltm Control ex
panded. Jim's Job grew
too. He also handled Data
Processing and machine
loading functions.
"Those were exciting,
challenging assignments."
Jtm recalled. "I felt
Production Control was the
nerve system of the com
pany and I was pleased
when we got the function
going smoothly. He also
remembers the chal
lenges, end headaches, of
bringing the computer to
SAC tn 196a.
''Chuck Meyer
(TVeasuier) and I were the
upstarts who did the leg-
work and research for Jim
Martin (farmer Executive
Vice Presldent-
Manufaeturlng) end Larry
Thompson (lata VP and
Controller). Jim said,
"SAC, was really breaking
new ground tn using a
computer for manufactur-
InC control — and ere're
stlU a leader. I'm glad to
have been in on laying the
foundation."
In 1999. Jtm became Vice
President — Manu
facturing Admlidstrattan.
Hie rsiponstblUttes In-
chided Production Control,
Data Processing, Ship-
pfeig. Receiving end Pur-
chaMng. Whan he was
promoted to Vice
Prosldent-Msmu lecturing
in 1973. Jim became
raapoMlbls for the total
manufacturing tn iITt. Jim
becanM raaponslble tor Om
Jim Bell la proud of hie
Omega watdi he received
from John Conrad — and
proud of the V-yaar career
that earned that watch.
Now, Jim aska only one
more thing from SAC: "Do
you think I could ever have
an office with a window? In
36 years I've never been
able to see outside . .
Bell U grandeon of the
late Mr. and Mrs. D. A.
Bell and Mr. and Mn. R. S.
Thornburg, Route 3 far-
mere for many yeare. His
two Meters also attmded
Kings Mountain achoda,
lAXilee Bell Blnhart of
Charlotte and Dorothy
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total manufacturing
function. In November,
1974 he became SAC a
Sailor Vice President and
ttie following year was
named to the company's
board of dlrectore.
Lsxiking back. Jim com-
meiked. "I almost left SAC
after one year because I
looked around and couldn't
see ai|y room for advance-
meik. The Jobe I thought
I would like were tilled by
men not much older than I
was. But things change
and channels open up
unexpectedly. I try to tall
Diet to young people. Just
starting at SAC."
Jbn conUmiad. "I Uibik
perhaps that watching
newcomers develop has
been the beet part of my
years at SAC." With a grin,
)ie explained. "I did not
liave the reputatlan as a
"people" person, but
watching and helping
youngsters learn and find
their places at SAC over
the years has been very
rewsutUng. We have a good
crop of young people
coming up now.”
On the home front, Jim
also has quite a crop of
young people coming
along. Jim has two
children, Cbnnie and Ron,
by a previous marriage
and Is "Dad" to Llnetta,
Oary and Todd, children of
Ms wife, VUma. a wtfl-
known 8AC-er In her own
right.
Tha hlghUght of hie SAC
career, Jim aaye, has bean
the opportunity to work
with PrssIdentOwner Jtm
Conrad. "Working with
John has bean a '-•I
education. He Is a brilliant
man-suid yea, he la dif
ficult to work with. He la
datnaadlng. but stUI asks
laaa of his amployas than
he make of MmooU.
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