Five foodservice supplies companies named.

Allied Buying Corp., a Lombard, Ill.-based foodservice equipment and supplies buying group, recognized a series of factories for their contributions as part of the organization's Suppliers of the Year Awards.

Those companies recognized by ABC's dealer members include:

• Light Equipment & Furnishings – Nemco Food Equipment 
  • Runner Up – Cadco Ltd.
• Heavy Equipment – Intermetro Industries
  • Runners Up: Nor-Lake & Continental Refrigerator
• Supplies – The Vollrath Co.
  • Runner Up: Cambro Mfg.
• Tabletop – Libbey Cos. (Libbey/Syracuse/World Tableware)
  • Runner Up: Service Ideas
• Marty Patterson, vice president of national accounts for The Vollrath Co., was named ABC's Supplier Sales Executive of the Year.