HOUSTON (February 3, 2010 - GLOBE NEWSWIRE)—Sysco Corporation announced today that Pactiv Corporation has been named Sysco’s 2009 Supplier of the Year. The award was presented at Sysco’s Super Regional Conference held in Houston, Texas, January 19, 2010. This is the 15th year that Sysco has recognized its top performing suppliers. Pactiv, or its acquired subsidiaries, has been named a Top 100 Sysco supplier each year of the program. They are repeating their first place finish from last year.
In addition to Pactiv, the remaining Gold Suppliers include, in order: Conagra-Lamb Weston, McCormick & Company, McCain Foods USA, Sanderson Farms, Sara Lee Foodservice, Heritage Bag Company, Perdue Farms, Arista Industries, and Ventura Foods. The 2009 Supplier Recognition recipients were selected from over 2,000 eligible suppliers located across the world. The Top 100 were selected based on key business performance metrics with critical evaluation by Sysco’s U.S. broadline distribution companies and Sysco’s corporate merchandising, sourcing, quality assurance, and supply chain departments.
Also announced today are the winners of Sysco’s Sixth Annual Heritage Awards. The Heritage Awards are presented to Sysco’s top women and minority-owned businesses that supply food and food service supply products through Sysco. This year’s recipients include Gold Medalist Windsor Foods, Silver Medalist Carla’s Pasta, and Bronze Medalist Sweet Street Desserts.
About Sysco
Sysco is the global leader in selling, marketing and distributing food products to restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, lodging establishments and other customers who prepare meals away from home. Its family of products also includes equipment and supplies for the foodservice and hospitality industries. The company operates 186 distribution facilities serving approximately 400,000 customers. For the fiscal year 2009 that ended June 27, 2009, the company generated more than $36 billion in sales. For more information about Sysco visit the company’s Internet home page at www.sysco.com.
| Gold Award Winners | ||
| 1 | Pactiv Corporation | Lake Forest, IL |
| 2 | Lamb Weston | Kennewick, WA |
| 3 | McCormick & Co., Inc. | Hunt Valley, MD |
| 4 | McCain Foods USA | Lisle, IL |
| 5 | Sanderson Farms | Laurel, MS |
| 6 | Sara Lee Foodservice | Downers Grove, IL |
| 7 | Heritage Bag | Carrollton, TX |
| 8 | Perdue Farms Incorporated | Salisbury, MD |
| 9 | Arista Industries, Inc. | Wilton, CT |
| 10 | Ventura Foods, LLC | Brea, CA |
| Silver Award Winners | ||
| 11 | Schreiber Foods, Inc. | Green Bay, WI |
| 12 | Taylor Farms | Salinas, CA |
| 13 | ECOLAB | St. Paul, MN |
| 14 | General Mills Foodservice | Minneapolis, MN |
| 15 | Devi Seafoods Inc. | Visakhapatnam, India |
| 16 | Lyons Magnus | Fresno, CA |
| 17 | Pilgrims Pride Corporation | Pittsburg, TX |
| 18 | Dean Foods - Morningstar | Dallas, TX |
| 19 | Campbell Soup Company | Camden, NJ |
| 20 | AMPI | New Ulm, MN |
| 21 | Tyson Foods Inc. | Springdale, AR |
| 22 | Alpha Baking Company | Chicago, IL |
| 23 | SCA Tissue North America LLC | Neenah, WI |
| 24 | Kraft Foodservice | Northfield, IL |
| 25 | Handgards | El Paso, TX |
| 26 | Domino Brands | Iselin, NJ |
| 27 | Knouse Foods, Inc. | Peach Glen, PA |
| 28 | Sugardale Foods | Canton, OH |
| 29 | Agro Sevilla - U.S.A., Inc. | Herndon, VA |
| 30 | Otis Spunkmeyer | San Leandro, CA |
| 31 | Libbey Foodservice | Toledo, OH |
| 32 | Red Gold, LLC | Orestes, IN |
| 33 | National Beef | Kansas City, MO |
| 34 | Renaissance Man Food Services | Savannah, GA |
| 35 | Trinidad Benham Corporation | Denver, CO |
| 36 | Holten Meat Inc. | Sauget, IL |
| 37 | Awrey Bakeries, LLC | Livonia, MI |
| 38 | Wells' Dairy, Inc. | Le Mars, IA |
| 39 | Dan's Prize Inc. | Gainesville, GA |
| 40 | Advance Food Company | Enid, OK |
| Bronze Award Winners | ||
| American Italian Pasta Company | Kansas City, MO | |
| Arthur Schuman, Inc. | Fairfield, NJ | |
| Azar Nut Company | El Paso, TX | |
| Bay Valley Foods | Westchester, IL | |
| BelGioioso Cheese, Inc. | Denmark, WI | |
| Best Maid Cookie Co. | River Falls, WI | |
| Calumet Diversified Meats, Inc. | Pleasant Prairie, WI | |
| Camerican International, Inc. | Paramus, NJ | |
| Cargill | Minneapolis, MN | |
| Carla's Pasta Inc. | South Windsor, CT | |
| Case Farms | Morganton, NC | |
| C.H. Guenther & Son, Inc. | San Antonio, TX | |
| Clement Pappas Company | Carney’s Point, NJ | |
| Continental Mills | Seattle, WA | |
| Darigold, Inc. | Seattle, WA | |
| Dole Fresh Vegetables, Inc. | Monterey, CA | |
| Eggs America, Inc. | Boise, ID | |
| Fishery Products International | Danvers, MA | |
| Flowers Foods | Thomasville, GA | |
| Gold Standard Baking, Inc. | Chicago, IL | |
| Grecian Delight Food, Inc. | Elk Grove Village, IL | |
| Heartland Catfish | Itta Bena, MS | |
| Heinz North America | Pittsburgh, PA | |
| Hoffmaster Group, Inc. | Oshkosh, WI | |
| Hormel Foods | Austin, MN | |
| Icelandic USA, Inc. | Newport News, VA | |
| Indian Harvest | Bemidji, MN | |
| International Pacific Seafoods, Inc. | Fullerton, CA | |
| J&J Produce Inc. | Loxahatchee, FL | |
| The J.M. Smucker Company | Orrville, OH | |
| J.R. Simplot Company | Boise, ID | |
| Kellogg's | Battlecreek, MI | |
| Kerry Food and Beverage | Beloit, WI | |
| Lakeside Foods | Manitowoc, WI | |
| Lower Foods, Inc. | Richmond, UT | |
| MANN PACKING | Salinas, CA | |
| Marcho Farms, Inc. | Harleysville, PA | |
| Mar-Jac Poultry, Inc. | Gainesville, GA | |
| Mission Foods | Irving, TX | |
| National Frozen Foods Corporation | Seattle, WA | |
| National Deli Corporation | Miami, FL | |
| Neil Jones Food Company | Vancouver, WA | |
| Pacific Cheese Company | Hayward, CA | |
| Pacific Coast Producers | Lodi, CA | |
| PanaPesca USA Corporation | Pembroke, MA | |
| Ralcorp Frozen Bakery Products | St. Louis, MO | |
| Rich Products Corporation | Buffalo, NY | |
| Rotella's Italian Bakery, Inc. | LaVista, NE | |
| Roth Kase USA Ltd | Monroe, WI | |
| Saputo Cheese USA, Inc. | Lincolnshire, IL | |
| Signature Breads, Inc. | Chelsea, MA | |
| Southern Specialties | Pompano Beach, FL | |
| Sugar Foods Corporation | New York, NY | |
| Sunkist Growers Inc. | Sherman Oaks, CA | |
| Superior Foods, Inc. | Watsonville, CA | |
| Sweet Street Desserts | Reading, PA | |
| Trident Seafoods Corporation | Seattle, WA | |
| Vanee Foods Company | Berkeley, IL | |
| Vitality Foodservice, Inc. | Tampa, FL | |
| Windsor Foods | Houston, TX | |
2009 Heritage Award Winners
Gold
Windsor Foods (Houston, TX)
Silver
Carla’s Pasta (South Windsor, CT)
Bronze
Sweet Street Desserts (Reading, PA)
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