HOUSTON, Oct. 24, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- SYSCO Corporation (NYSE: SYY) today announced that Advance Food Company (Oklahoma City, OK) has been named as the company's 2005 Supplier of the Year. The honor was presented at SYSCO's 11th Annual Supplier Recognition Awards Ceremony in Houston. This is the first time that Advance Food Company has won SYSCO's Supplier of the Year honor. The company has been a member of SYSCO's Top 100 Suppliers in all 11 years of the program, including four appearances as a Top 10 Gold Partner.
In addition to Advance Food Company, the remaining 2005 Gold Partner suppliers, in order, included Ventura Foods LLC (Brea, CA); Campbell's Soup Company (Camden, NJ); Lyons Magnus (Fresno, CA); Schreiber Foods (Green Bay, WI); Prairie Packaging Inc. (Bedford Park, IL); Lamb Weston (Eagle, ID), Starbucks Coffee (Seattle, WA); SCA Tissue North America (South Glens Falls, NY); and Dessert Inspirations - a division of the HJ Heinz Company (Pittsburgh, PA). The 2005 Supplier Recognition Awards Ceremony recipients were selected from a group of more than 2,000 eligible suppliers located across the world. All finalists were selected based on input from SYSCO's broadline distribution companies in the United States and Canada and the company's corporate merchandising services and supply chain services departments.
SYSCO also announced Gold, Silver and Bronze medal honorees for the 2005 Charles A. Hastreiter Horizon Award, an honor named for SYSCO's late assistant vice president of merchandising services recognizing a supplier, product and SYSCO business center for superior performance in bringing an innovative new product to market. SYSCO's Baugh Supply Chain Cooperative (BSCC) Beef department was honored with the Gold award for their efforts in the successful launch of Ranch & Grill Beef. The Silver honor was presented to SYSCO's BSCC Seafood department for their Portico Seafood product line. The Bronze honor was awarded to the Cheesecake Factory (Calabasas, CA) and SYSCO's BSCC Bakery department for their efforts in bringing the exclusive SYSCO Branded dessert lines to market.
Three companies also received SYSCO's Second Annual Heritage Award, presented to the top Women and Minority Owned Businesses that supply SYSCO Brand products. This year's recipients included Gold Medalist Carita's Ranch BBQ (Boerne, TX), Silver Medalist Ocean Duke Corporation (Tampa, FL) and Bronze Medalist Renaissance Man International (Savannah, GA).
SYSCO also presented five 2005 Supply Chain Premier Carrier awards from a group of approximately 800 eligible carriers across the United States and Canada. Recipients included Schulz Transportation Services, Inc. (Sweard, NE / Southwest Region); V&S Midwest Carriers (Kaukauna, WI / Northeast Region); East West Express, Inc. (Villa Rica, GA / Southeast Region); Veteran Truck Lines (Burlington, WI / Midwest Region); and Lucky Transportation (Fontana, CA / Western Region).
SYSCO is the largest foodservice marketing and distribution organization in North America. For the fiscal year ended July 2, 2005 the company reported sales of $30.3 billion. SYSCO provides food and related products and services to approximately 390,000 restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, lodging establishments and other foodservice customers throughout the United States and Canada. For more information about SYSCO visit the company's Internet home page at www.sysco.com.
GOLD AWARD WINNERS
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1. Advance Food Company (Oklahoma City, OK)
2. Ventura Foods, LLC (Brea, CA)
3. Campbell's Soup Company (Camden, NJ)
4. Lyons Magnus (Fresno, CA)
5. Schreiber Foods (Green Bay, WI)
6. Prairie Packaging Inc. (Bedford Park, IL)
7. Lamb Weston (Eagle, ID)
8. Starbucks Coffee Company (Seattle, WA)
9. SCA Tissue North America (South Glens Falls, NY)
10. Dessert Inspirations - a division of the
HJ Heinz Company (Pittsburgh, PA)
SILVER AWARD WINNERS
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11. Pilgrim's Pride Corporation (Pittsburg, TX)
12. Windsor (Houston, TX)
13. Tyson (Springdale, AR)
14. Appetizers And Inc. (Chicago, IL)
15. Ecolab (St. Paul, MN)
16. McCain Foods USA (Oak Brook, IL)
17. PanaPesca USA Corporation (Pembroke, MA)
18. Fresh Mark Foods / Sugardale Foods (Massillon, OH)
19. Holten Meat Inc. (Sauget, IL)
20. Vanee (Berkeley, IL)
21. Dean Foods / Morningstar (Dallas, TX)
22. Sugar Foods Corporation (Sun Valley, CA)
23. Rich Products Corporation (Buffalo, NY)
24. King & Prince Seafood Corp. (Brunswick, GA)
25. Renaissance Man International (Savannah, GA)
26. McCain Snack Foods (Lisle, IL)
27. Cottage Bakery, Inc. (Lodi, CA)
28. Sturm Foods, Inc. (Manawa, WI)
29. Basic American Foods (Walnut Creek, CA)
30. Libbey Glass (Toledo, OH)
31. Vollrath (Sheboygan, WI)
32. Bakery Chef (Westmont, IL)
33. WW Johnson Wholesale (Minneapolis, MN)
34. Cargill Meat Solutions / Excel (Wichita, KS)
35. American Health Products (Glendale Heights, IL)
36. Pacific Cheese Company (Hayward, CA)
37. Producers Rice (Stuttgart, AR)
38. Southern Specialties (Pompano Beach, FL)
39. Peco Farms (Tuscaloosa, AL)
40. Heritage Bag (Carrollton, TX)
BRONZE AWARD WINNERS
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A. Duda & Sons, Inc. (Salinas, CA)
Sturm Foods, Inc. (Manawa, WI)
Alpha Baking Company (Chicago, IL)
Anco Fine Cheese (Fairfield, NJ)
Arthur Schuman Inc. (Fairfield, NJ)
Atlantic Mills (Lakewood, NJ)
Best Maid (River Falls, WI)
Blount Seafood Corp. (Fall River, MA)
Border Foods (Farmers Branch, TX)
Brooklace, Inc. (Westhaven, CT)
Burger Maker Inc. (Carlstadt, NJ)
Cargill Meat Solutions (Wichita, KS)
Cargill Meat Solutions - Excel (Wichita, KS)
Carla's Pasta, Inc. (South Windsor, CT)
Chef Solutions / Pennant (Schaumburg, IL)
Continental Mills (Seattle, WA)
Custom Foods (Alsip, IL)
Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. (Kansas City, MO)
Dannon (White Plains, NY)
Daymark Food Safety Systems (Bowling Green, OH)
Dean Distributors (Burlingame, CA)
Eagle Family Foods (Gahanna, OH)
Foremost Farms USA (Baraboo, WI)
Friendship Dairies, Inc. (Jeroco, NY)
Georges Farms, Inc. (Springdale, AR)
Gold Kist Inc. (Atlanta, GA)
Greenline Produce Co. (Bowling Green, OH)
Icelandic Seafood (Newport News, VA)
Innovasion Cuisine (Kent, WA)
Handgard (El Paso, TX)
Hanover Foods Corp. (Hanover, PA)
HP Hood (Binghamton, NY)
John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. (Elk Grove Village, IL)
Julian Freirich Food Products (Salisbury, NC)
Kellogg's Food Away From Home (Battle Creek, MI)
Klement's Sausage (Milwaukee, WI)
Lakeside Foods (Manitowoc, WI)
Lee Kum Kee (City of Industry, CA)
Lower's Foods Inc. (Richmond, UT)
Mann Packing (Salinas, CA)
McCormick & Company (Hunt Valley, MD)
Michael Foods - Eggs (Minnetonka, MN)
Michael Foods - Potatoes (Minnetonka, MN)
National Dairy Brands, LLC (Houston, TX)
National Provisions, Inc. (Miami, FL)
Northwest Packing (Vancouver, WA)
Orca Bay Seafoods (Renton, WA)
Pacific Coast Products (Lodi, CA)
Patterson Frozen Foods (Patterson, CA)
Red Gold (Elwood, IN)
Regal Springs Trading (Bradenton, FL)
Roth Kase USA Ltd. (Mendham, NJ)
Snyders of Hanover, Inc. (Hanover, PA)
Sterno Group - Division of Candle Corporation of America
(Des Plaines, IL)
Sun Orchard Inc. (Tempe, AZ)
Swift & Company (Greeley, CO)
Trident Seafoods (Seattle, WA)
Trinidad / Benham (Denver, CO)
Tulkoff Food Products, Inc. (Baltimore, MD)
Tyson Poultry (Springdale, AR)
Woodland Foods (Gurnee, IL)
HERITAGE AWARD WINNERS
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Gold
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Carita's Ranch BBQ (Boerne, TX)
Silver
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Ocean Duke Corporation (Tampa, FL)
Bronze
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Renaissance Man Foodservice (Savannah, GA)
SUPPLY CHAIN PREMIER CARRIER AWARDS
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Midwest Region
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Veteran's Truck Line, Inc. (Burlington, WI)
Northeast Region
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V&S Midwest Carriers (Kaukauna, WI)
Southeast Region
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East West Express, Inc. (Villa Rica, GA)
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Southwest Region
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Schulz Transportation Services, Inc. (Sweard, NE)
Western Region
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Lucky Transportation (Fontana, CA)
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