The Foodservice Equipment Distributors Association has selected Kent Motes, CEO of AutoQuotes, as the 2011 recipient of its President’s Dealer Based Distribution Award. FEDA will present Motes with this award during its annual convention, which takes place March 30 – April 3 in Phoenix, Ariz.

According to FEDA, this award is given to persons within the sphere of the foodservice equipment industry who have demonstrated dedication and consistent loyalty to the concept of dealer based distribution and FEDA over a long period of years. The winners have consistently exhibited and encouraged dealer friendly business practices within the market place.