ABC and SEFA recognize dealers and foodservice equipment manufacturers for their performance.
During their spring meetings, ABC and SEFA, both dealer-based foodservice equipment and supplies buying groups, recognized their members and suppliers performance over the past year.
Following are the ABC award winners:
- Outstanding Sales Achievement (Suppliers) – Volume Growth: The Vollrath Co, Cal Mil and Bakers Pride
- Supplier Awards of Merit – Sales Effort: Oneida Global Foodservice, Continental Refrigerator and Diversified Ceramics.
- Outstanding Supplier Support (Dealer Members): Hockenbergs, Atlanta Fixtures & Sales, Hotel & Restaurant Supply, and Birmingham Restaurant Supply (BRESCO).
- Member Volume Growth: Hubert North America Service, LLC, Hotel & Restaurant Supply, and BRESCO.
- Member Volume Growth Awards of Merit: TriMark Economy, Louis Wohl & Sons, and Buffalo Hotel Supply
ABC also recognized the following retiring members of the foodservice industry: Eve Hou, G.E.T. Enterprises; Mike Bainum, Hockenbergs; and Jim Cali, Market Forge.
SEFA presented the following 35 awards:
- Member of the Year – Instawares, LLC.
- Supplier of the Year – True Food Service Equipment
- Executive of the Year – Gary Dykstra, Manitowoc
- Trainer of the Year – Larry Lyons, Vulcan FEG
- Built to Last – Restaurant Depot & Jetro Cash & Carry
- Leadership – C & T Design & Equipment Company, Inc.
- Above & Beyond – Action Sales
- President's Club – Oswalt Restaurant Supply
- President's Club – Culinary Depot
- President's Club – Breckenridge Kitchen Equip & Design Inc.
- High Achiever – H. Weiss, LLC.
- High Achiever – LoneStar Restaurant Supply & General Sales
- High Achiever – Manning Brothers Food Equipment Co.
- High Achiever – Restaurant Equipment World
- The Insider – A.D.E.
- Circle of Excellence – Anchorage Restaurant Supply
- Circle of Excellence – Associated Food Equipment & Supplies
- Circle of Excellence – Louisiana Food Service Equipment, Inc.
- Breakthrough – Trident Food Service Equipment Corp.
- Breakthrough – Thompson & Little, Inc.
- Breakthrough – Myers Restaurant Supply, LLC.
- Breakthrough – Franke Worldwide
- Journey – Grady's Restaurant and Bar Supply
- Great Start – Avanti Restaurant Solutions, Inc.
- Honorary SEFAPro – Don Sours, True Food Service Equipment
- Outstanding Supplier for Enterprising Solutions – The Vollrath Company
- Outstanding Supplier for Refrigeration – Kolpak
- Outstanding Supplier for Heavy Equipment – Vulcan FEG
- Outstanding Supplier for Fabrication – Advance Tabco Co.
- Outstanding Supplier for Supplies – Carlisle FoodService Products
- Outstanding Supplier for Light Equipment – Cambro Manufacturing Co.
- Outstanding Supplier for Tabletop – American Metalcraft, Inc.
- Market Leader: Marketing – Hamilton Beach
- Market Leader: Dealer Support – American Panel
- Partners In Success: – Scotsman Ice Systems & Ice-O-Matic
