Winona Foods, Inc. has been named 2015 Grocery Vendor of the Year at US Foods. This is Winona’s second Vendor of the Year award at US Foods in the past 3 years.

US Foods announced the winners at their 2015 Fall Forum on November 3. Winona Foods was chosen as the top Grocery supplier award based on variety of metrics including sales growth, gross margin improvement, merchandising support, product quality, divisional sales support, exclusive brands and logistics.

“Winona Foods is honored to receive this recognition from US Foods. Our strategic partnership continues to flourish on an annual basis and we will continue to supply US Foods with high-quality service, safe and innovative products, along with our national support network”, says Bob Starkey, vice president of business development at Winona Foods. “We are very proud of our team, these achievements don’t come about from one person’s efforts. We have an entire organization that goes above and beyond to enable us to receive such recognition.”

Winona Foods supplies a diverse portfolio of cheese, sauces and cooking oils to the foodservice, industrial and retail industries.

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