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Awards

food vendor of the year The Vendor of the Year award goes to the vendor

that has made the greatest contribution to
the Applebee's system during the past year.
Smithfield Farmland Sales Corp was cited for
developing key programs and new products in
partnership with Applebee's culinary team, along
with strategic cost management.

"Smithfield Farmland's ability to be great partners
in the product development life cycle while
providing excellent ongoing support for other key
products is what sets this vendor apart," said
Mike Leikam, president of Centralized Supply
Chain Services. "The company received high
marks across all criteria from the culinary, quality
assurance, and supply-chain teams."

distributor of the year

The 2015 Applebee’s Distributor of the Year
recipient was SSA Milpitas. This honor is
awarded annually to the distributor that best
delivers against the following criteria: Value,
Product Quality & Consistency, Service &
Responsiveness, Reliability, and Innovation.
SSA Milpitas consistently ranks at the top of all
Applebee's distributors in Fill Rate and On-Time
Delivery.

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