These suppliers are from a variety of areas including: contractors, local plant suppliers, producers, provisions, purchasing and transportation.
“The Spirit of Excellence Awards are a great way to thank our suppliers for helping Hormel Foods continue to build upon our heritage of innovation and quality,” said Melanie A. Faust, director of purchasing at Hormel Foods. “Each year, we look forward to presenting this award as a way of showing appreciation to our suppliers.”
Suppliers who qualified for the Spirit of Excellence Award maintained a minimum supplier rating index score of 92 over a 12-month period. This score is determined by a universal measurement system started in 1990 to ensure every supplier is held to the same standards. Criteria for the Spirit of Excellence Award included meeting performance requirements, making on-time deliveries and providing high-level administrative support.
All winners of the 2009 Spirit of Excellence Awards enter the competition for the Hormel No. 1 Award. This award is given out every five years and will be awarded in 2011 for 2006 to 2010. Criteria for the Hormel Foods No. 1 Award require the recipients to have received a Spirit of Excellence Award during four out of five years.
A.J. Lysne Contracting Corporation
Alcan Packaging
Ampac Packaging LLC
BagcraftPapercon
Ball Corporation Metal Food & Household Products
Bunzl Processor Division
Commercial Services
Crown Cork & Seal Company Inc.
Dickey Transport Inc.
Dickson Industries Inc.
East Penn Manufacturing Company Inc.
Ecolab Inc.
Environmental Land Management
Fehr Solutions LLC
Ferguson Enterprises Inc.
Jason Fett
Fieldale Farms Corporation
Fox Electric
G E LeBlanc Inc.
Gamer Packaging Inc.
Gleeson Constructors LLC
Graphic Packaging International Inc.
Green Bay Packaging Inc.
Holiday Express Corporation
Mike and Steve Hopkins
Hub Group Inc.
Hydrite Chemical Co.
Ideal
Jayhawk Boxes, Inc.
JBS Hogs
The Joseph Company Inc.
KOFAB
Lou Rich Inc.
Marzolf Swine Inc.
McFarland Truck Lines Inc.
Menasha Packaging Co. LLC
The Meyers Printing Companies Inc.
Midwest Coast Transport
Muller Pinehurst Dairy Inc.
Multivac
Newly Weds Foods
Ron Nykamp
Paris Foods
Preston Refrigeration Co.
RR Donnelley
Red Arrow Products Co. LLC
John Regier
Sealed Air Corporation Cryovac Division
Silgan Containers Corporation
Smyth Companies Inc.
Stuart W. Johnson & Co. Inc.
Superior Companies of Minnesota Inc.
Viscofan USA
Walter G. Anderson Inc.
Weber Inc.
Werner Electric Supply and Van Meter Industrial Inc.
Wolf-Tec Inc.
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