2nd Place | Category: 1,000 or fewer employees
Stew Leonard’s
Industry: Grocery
Top Executive: Stew Leonard Jr., CEO
Fast Fact: This past year, 81 percent of Stew Leonard’s employees and spouses completed their physical and 88 percent of workers and spouses completed their health- reimbursement arrangements.
Stew Leonard’s, a fresh farm foods grocery store, has hired a lot of people in the process of growing from a small farm with seven employees in 1969 to a business that does nearly $400 million in sales each year, and employs about 2,000 people.
For chief executive Stew Leonard Jr., that means the company has to look out for the health of that many more workers.
Leonard is the driving force behind Stew Leonard’s “Get Your Physical” campaign, which encourages employees to develop an ongoing relationship with their primary care physicians. He also is a major proponent of the company’s Fitbit Challenge.
Additionally, an on-site nurse at Stew Leonard’s provides screenings, coaching, education and helps with referrals to doctors and facilities.
Each year the company also names a health and wellness award winner.