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Awards

Food Vendor of the Year

American Beverage Marketers was critical to the success of the Applebee’s
Neighborhood Drink of the Month program in 2019. They worked closely with
the beverage team to innovate, develop, test, and commercialize key ingredients
under tight timelines, and did it in a way that exemplified true partnership.
ABM consistently brought industry insights, trends, and ideas to help grow the
Applebee’s beverage business which earned them the Applebee’s 2019 Vendor
of the Year award.

Distributor of the Year

The Applebee’s 2019 Distributor of the Year was PFG Nashville. They excelled
in service to our Member operators. They focus on taking great care of our
members restaurants and work well with CSCS on promotions and LTO to
ensure continuity of supply to Applebee’s restaurants.

They service 76 Applebee’s restaurants in the Southeast. This is the second
time PFG Nashville has been named Applebee’s distributor of the year in the last
five years.

This years winners were
announced and honored at Results through
the 2019 Applebee’s BIM in Relationships
Beaver Creek, CO.
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