Hormel Foods Corp. recently awarded 87 suppliers with a 2015 Spirit of Excellence Award for their roles in the company’s continuous improvement process throughout the last year. These suppliers are from a variety of areas including contractors, pork procurement, provisions, ingredients, packaging and transportation.
“The Hormel Foods Spirit of Excellence Award program recognizes the suppliers that truly go above and beyond in helping us continually improve our products and services,” said Tyler L. Hulsebus, director of purchasing at Hormel Foods. “We’re honored to partner with these outstanding suppliers.”
Suppliers that qualified for the Spirit of Excellence Award maintained a minimum supplier rating index score of 92 throughout a 12-month period. This score is determined by a universal measurement system that began in 1990 to ensure each supplier is held to the same standards. Award criteria include meeting performance requirements, making on-time deliveries and providing high-level customer support.
In addition to the Spirit of Excellence Award, suppliers compete for the Hormel No. 1 Award every five years. This spring, the company will announce the Hormel No. 1 Award recipients. The award honors suppliers that have provided long-term, consistent, superior performance during the five-year period from 2011 to 2015. One of the criteria for the award requires recipients to have received a Spirit of Excellence Award during four out of five years. A special event will be held this summer to honor the Hormel No. 1 Award recipients.
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Contractors (24) |
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A.J. Lysne Contracting Corporation |
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Allweather Roof |
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Avure Technologies, Inc. |
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Busch, LLC |
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Cybertrol Engineering, LLC |
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East Penn Manufacturing |
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Environmental Land Management, LLC |
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Evapco, Inc. |
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Fehr Solutions, LLC |
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Fox Electric |
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Gleeson Constructors & Engineers, LLC |
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Hybrid Mechanical, LLC |
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Hyster Company |
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Jasper Engineering |
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Kestner Electric |
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KOFAB |
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Lou Rich, Inc. |
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Multivac, Inc. |
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Rockwell Automation |
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The Dupps Company |
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The Joseph Company, Inc. |
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Weber, Inc. |
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Werner Electric |
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Wolf-Tec Inc. |
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Procurement (30) |
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Country Pork LLP |
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Darren Schweiger |
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Daryl Muilenburg |
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David Schultz |
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Donley Farms Inc. |
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Gary Anderson |
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H&K Livestock |
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Haverkamp Bros |
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Honeysuckle Farms, LLC |
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HUFCO, LLC |
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Hufford Brothers |
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Jerlyn Spronk |
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Josie's Pork Farm Inc. |
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K & B Farms, LLC |
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KBQ INC |
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Lake Country Pork LLC |
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LB Pork Marketing, LLC |
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Lizard Creek Acres |
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Lorraine and Josh Pinkelman |
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Lynn Thate |
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Lynn's Farm Inc. |
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New Fashion Pork, LLP |
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Proline Protein Inc. |
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Rebco Pork Inc. |
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Roe Farms Inc. |
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Sperr Brothers |
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Spring Valley Farms, LLP |
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Spronk Brothers III, LLP |
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Stan Schaefer |
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Wayne Maloney |
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Provisions (3) |
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Fieldale Farms Corporation |
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Koch Foods |
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Kustom Pak Foods |
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Purchasing (27) |
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Airlite Plastics Co. |
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Ball Metal Food Container, LLC. |
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Bemis North America |
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Birdsong Peanuts |
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Bunzl Processor Division |
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Crown Cork & Seal USA, Inc. |
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Dickson Industries, Inc. |
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DXP Enterprises Inc |
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Flatout, Inc. |
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Gamer Packaging, Inc. |
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Hydrite Chemical Co. |
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Menasha Packaging Company, LLC |
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Meyers |
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Minnesota Corrugated Box, Inc. |
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Multisorb Technologies |
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Newly Weds Foods |
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ProAmpac |
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Progressive Packaging, Inc. |
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Red Arrow |
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Sargento Foods Inc |
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Sealed Air - Food Care Div. |
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Silgan Containers LLC |
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Silgan Plastic Food Containers |
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Smyth Companies, LLC |
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Veritiv |
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Walter G. Anderson Inc. |
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Winpack Ltd. |
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Transportation (3) |
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Dickey Transport, Inc. |
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Holiday Express Corporation |
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K & B Transportation, Inc. |
Source: Hormel Foods Corp.
