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Vol. 13 No. 5
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Briefs in this week's issue
• Fiserv promotes several employees within Lincoln’s Bank Solutions • UNL College of Business Administration appoints Plowman dean • Jenkins joins Olsson Associates as firm’s chief financial officer • Thought District names Olson president of Lincoln-based firm • Fortney joins KOLN/KGIN TV in Lincoln as new evening anchor • General Fire names Hottovy to staff as administrative assistant • Boddy named executive director for Nebraska Health Care Assoc. Special Section: Construction & The Environment |
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Here is brief summary of our feature stories.
by Jim Brazda
Recent investments in custom mixing equipment has allowed R.U. Nuts Co. to add new accounts and post 12 percent growth in 2009, said Charlotte Ralston, owner. The company has also expanded into Omaha with a regular, twice-a-week delivery route.
“We’re kind of an inch-by-inch growing company,” Ralston said. “We’ve always had steady, but slow growth.”
R.U. Nuts Co. is a wholesale distributor of snack foods, as well as a coffee roaster. In addition to bulk foods, R.U. Nuts has begun packaging snacks and selling them under its own label, Ralston said. Since the company owns its packaging equipment, it can also create custom packaging for its wholesale customers.
Snitily Carr looks to diversification to create new avenues of growth
by Matrissa Leggett
Advertising agency Snitily Carr is looking for ways to diversify as a means of continuing to grow the company in times of increasing competition and economic issues.
“Our goal is to look at additional products we can develop by looking at the talents that we have,” President Dave Snitily said. “We want to look at additional things we can create such as software development and marketing tools without losing our original focus.”
Since being founded in 1992, the Lincoln- and Omaha-based company has experienced a typical annual growth rate of 5 to 10 percent with the exceptions of 2001 and 2009 when it experienced slight decreases.
Heritage Financial Services growing with new products, more employees
by Richard D. Brown
Heritage Financial Services has offices in Nebraska, Iowa and South Dakota in order to more effectively service its regional client base, but owner Thomas L. Wilkinson believes the firm’s 40-years of growth can be attributed to seeking out industry-savvy professionals and enhancing expertise in new and growing product lines.
“We don’t have any single product or concept which has led to our growth,” Wilkinson said. “Rather our approach has been that of a planning organization, and the products sold address the issues of our clients.”
“In the past few years we’ve added 16 new adviser positions company-wide, including two to our Lincoln office,” Wilkinson said. “Within the next 60 days we’re going to be expanding our Sioux City office by two people and one adviser is being added to our Sioux Falls office.”
Niche in historic preservation boosts Berggren Architects of Lincoln
by Matrissa Leggett
During the past three years, Berggren Architects has maintained an average of 5 to 7 percent growth, said owner Jerry Berggren...
Focus on energy efficiency in news draws customers to Home Energy Defense
Since opening in June of 2007, Home Energy Defense in Lincoln has grown form doing home energy audits to also selling and installing energy efficient products...
Shanks expands Physicians Weight Loss Centers in Lincoln and Omaha
As the only franchise owner of Physicians Weight Loss Centers west of the Mississippi, Brian Shanks has opened two Lincoln locations and is in the process of opening more in Omaha...
Lincoln Orthopaedic Center aiming to meet the challenges faced by industry
Health care reform and changes in Medicare reimbursement are creating challenges for Lincoln Orthopaedic Center, which experienced an overall decrease in revenue during 2009...
Christian Heritage grows with additional programs
by Matrissa Leggett
Christian Heritage in Walton, Neb., is looking to grow its two new programs started in 2009, which add to its core service of foster care...
Multiple options available to protect, recover computer data
by Matrissa Leggett
In today’s world of technology, data recovery can range in scope from a single disk drive to an enterprise SAN solution, according to Randall Spellman, design engineer with Alexander Open Systems...
Behlen Manufacturing dives into green products with new business unit
by Michelle Leach
During a time when manufacturers’ customer orders are down an average of 40 percent, Behlen Manufacturing is eyeing an acquisition that could bring dozens of jobs to the Columbus area in the near future, according to Chairman Tony “TR” Raimondo...
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