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Yum, purchasing co-op honor best supplier partners with STAR Awards

Yum, purchasing co-op honor best supplier partners with STAR Awards

LOUISVILLE Ky. Yum! Brands Inc., the parent of such restaurant brands as KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, together with the Unified Foodservice Purchasing Co-op LLC honored its top suppliers at the annual STAR Awards here. —

Yum and UFPC honored Tyson Prepared Foods and Tyson Mexican Original, which won the 2008 U.S. Food Supplier of the Year Award, together with Taco Bell’s U.S. Food Supplier of the Year Award and Pizza Hut’s U.S. Food Supplier of the Year. —

Simmons Prepared Foods was recognized as KFC’s Food Supplier of the Year, while Griffith Laboratories was honored as Long John Silver’s Supplier of the Year. —

The Delfield Co. and Manitowoc Foodservice were presented with a U.S. Equipment Supplier of the Year Award, while Graphic Packaging won U.S. Packaging Supplier of the Year. —

First-time attendees to the STAR Awards event were Windsor Foods, Pilgrim’s Pride, Giles Foodservice Equipment, FBD Partnership and Graphic Packaging. —

McLane was recognized for U.S. distribution, while Eco Sure and Steritech Brand Protection Services were acknowledged for food safety. —

Previous STAR winners who were invited to the gala event included Leprino Foods Co., Paradise Tomato Kitchens and Griffith Laboratories. —

Yum and UFPC selected the winners through the STAR—Supplier Tracking, Assessment and Recognition—program, which uses audits and surveys to rate performance levels. —

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