Avendra, North America’s leading hospitality procurement services company, is proud to announce its Meet the Truck Awards, recognizing 54 suppliers for outstanding performance.

The Meet the Truck award is part of Avendra’s Meet the Truck audit program. With multiple check points in place throughout the product lifecycle (e.g. at manufacturing plants and distributions centers), the comprehensive audits provide another level of oversight to the supply chain; ultimately ensuring customers receive the products they ordered at a quality level that meets or exceeds expectations.

“Avendra suppliers are considered among the best in the industry and we look forward to recognizing them each year for their exceptional performance and dedication,” said Karen Holden, VP of Quality Assurance & Operational Analysis. “Our Meet the Truck program is one of Avendra’s most valued services as it demonstrates our strong commitment to providing customers with quality assurance, risk mitigation and superior service throughout the supply chain.”

In 2015, Avendra’s Quality Assurance team conducted 1,000 Meet the Truck audits at 331 customer locations.  These audits were in addition to the 324 supplier audits conducted at Avendra manufacturers’ and distributors’ facilities.

The audit process involves an Avendra Quality Assurance professional coordinating a site visit at a customer location on a day they expect multiple supplier deliveries.  Contracted suppliers are not informed of the planned audit.  At delivery, Avendra rates suppliers on a variety of criteria, including order fulfillment, trailer load and product integrity and overall performance.  All criteria are equally weighted and calculated throughout the year. Results of the audits are reported to the supplier, the property, and Avendra’s Strategic Sourcing department. Suppliers who do not receive a perfect score are provided feedback to help ensure their continued improvement and are required to provide corrective action.

To receive a Meet the Truck Award, suppliers must participate in four or more Meet the Truck audits in a 12-month period and receive an average score of at least 95 percent.  Of the 800 suppliers contracted with Avendra in 2015, more than 198 suppliers received scores between 90 and 94 percent and fifty-four were eligible for the award with a score of 95 percent or above.

Avendra’s 2015 Meet the Truck Award winners are:

Berkeley Farms, LLC

Ben E. Keith – Oklahoma City, OK (DC)

Buedel Food Products Company

Cambridge Packing Co.

Charlie’s Produce

Chefs’ Warehouse – New York

Costa Fruit & Produce Company

Del Monte Meats (Monterey)

European Imports, Ltd.

Featherstone Foods, Inc.

FreshPoint – Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX

FreshPoint – Denver, CO

FreshPoint – San Antonio, TX

Gordon Food Service – Springfield, OH (DC)

Gotham Seafood Corp.

Gourmet Kitchen

Greenleaf Produce

Halperns Steak and Seafood Company – Orlando DC

Halperns Steak and Seafood Company, LLC (Parent)

Hardies Fresh Foods

Hector Larivee

J. Ambrogi Foods

K & M Foodservice

LA Specialty (Arizona)

LA Specialty (Las Vegas)

LA Specialty Produce

Louisiana Foods Processing Facility

Lusamerica Foods, Inc.

Martin Preferred Foods

Northern Haserot (DC)

Northern Illinois Milk

Pat LaFrieda Meat Purveyors

Paul W. Marks Co.

ProFish

Southern Foods Group (DBA Oak Farms Dairy) – Dallas

Santa Monica Seafood

Shamrock – Denver, CO (DC)

Shamrock – Phoenix, AZ (DC)

Simon & Leeman LLC

Sirna & Sons Produce (OH)

Soft Stuff Distributors, Inc.

Stern Produce Company

Supreme Lobster and Seafood

Sysco – Boston (DC)

True World

US Foods – Las Vegas, NV (DC)

US Foods – Los Angeles, CA (DC)

US Foods – Metro, NJ (DC)

US Foods – Philadelphia, PA (DC)

US Foods – Port Orange

US Foods – San Francisco, CA (DC)

US Foods – Tampa, FL (DC)

Wabash Seafood Co.

Z Baking Company

 

About Avendra

Formed in 2001, Avendra is North America’s leading procurement services provider serving the hospitality and lodging industries. Avendra customers gain access to contracts leveraging over $4 billion of annual purchases, expert advisory services and in-depth purchasing data and analysis. Through Avendra, customers obtain substantial savings on their purchases and other value added services to improve their operations and bottom line results. More than 7,000 hospitality businesses rely on Avendra’s procurement solutions to help meet their strategic business initiatives. For more information, please call (866) AVENDRA or visit www.avendra.com.