Teamsters, Consumers and Their Families Leaflet Chevys Fresh Mex Restaurants

Tell Sun Capital Partners to Clean Up Its Act

HENRY, Ill., Aug. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Teamsters, consumers and their families showed up at Chevys Fresh Mex restaurants around the country this past weekend, demanding that the company and its owners clean up their act.

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Chevys Fresh Mex restaurants, owned by Sun Capital Partners, have racked up hundreds of health inspection violations in the last 18 months, from live roaches crawling on refrigerators to flies, insects, rodents and mouse droppings.

Chevys restaurants also have been cited for bad hygienic practices, including food exposed to contamination, buildup of slime in ice machines, moldy food, moldy refrigerators, dirty bathrooms and employees not washing their hands.

Mismanagement of health and safety is not a new issue at companies owned by Sun Capital Partners.

At Sun Capital-owned Emerald Performance Materials in Henry, Ill., chemical workers represented by Teamsters Local 627 in Peoria have been locked out of work for five months. During that time there have been six accidental toxic emissions.

"Sun Capital's record is egregious," said Keith Gleason, President of Teamsters Local 627. "It is time that Chevys' owner Sun Capital Partners put health and safety first across all of its operations."

The coalition of workers and consumers will continue its public information efforts in the following weeks.

SOURCE Teamsters Local 627