
Emergency Preparedness at H-E-B: Serving Partners, Customers, and Communities
H-E-B provides food, prescription services, and fuel for more than half of the state of Texas. For this top-rated grocer, keeping stores open is critical to disaster response and recovery in each community it serves.
Staying on the front lines of disaster relief with mobile kitchens, food banks, and supporting local charity organizations, H-E-B maintains a “last to close, first to open” policy so Texans can get the supplies they need to recover faster.
In this episode, Director of Emergency Preparedness Justen Noakes unpacks how his department rises to the challenges of today’s threat landscape to better support H-E-B’s partners, customers, and communities.
Tune in to hear how Justen and his team:
- Navigate rollercoaster supply chain challenges
- Utilize modern threat intelligence solutions to protect their people
- Prepare employees to respond to disasters at work and at home
- Develop strategies for upleveling their emergency preparedness program
The Employee Safety Podcast is hosted by Peter Steinfeld, SVP of Safety Solutions at AlertMedia.
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