Quality Chekd Dairies Honors Sunshine Dairy Foods with the Irving B. Weber Award for Quality Excellence
May 4, 2009 – Portland, OR
Quality Chekd Dairies announced that Sunshine Dairy Foods of Portland, Oregon, is the 2009 recipient of the Irving B. Weber Distinguished Award for Quality Excellence. This top award honors Sunshine with a distinctive trophy and $25,000 check for their efforts in earning the highest scores of all Quality Chekd members in customer satisfaction, production quality, business ethics, leadership, staff development and marketing communications.
"We are proud to accept the Weber award on behalf of all our employees," said Doug Warrick, Sales Manager of Sunshine Dairy Foods. "This is a validation and pay off for our work every day. When employees see and hear that their efforts are acknowledged and their hard work does make a difference each and every day, they become more confident in their ability to be better than we have to be. We take pride in our accomplishments and strive to achieve the next level."
Quality Chekd, a member-owned organization of independent dairy processors, presented the Weber Award to Sunshine Dairy Foods at its 2009 QCS Leadership Conference held April 19-22nd at the Hyatt Regency Crown Center in Kansas City, MO. Named for Quality Chekd’s first board president, the invitation-only Weber Award is modeled after the esteemed Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award from the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Peter Horvath, president of Quality Chekd said, "The Irving B. Weber Award is the highest award bestowed upon any member dairy as it encompasses all areas of operation. We applaud the hard work and dedication of everyone at Sunshine Dairy Foods."
In addition to being named Weber Award winners, Sunshine brought home four Marketing Excellence Awards, Quality Excellence Awards for Cultured Dairy Products, and both Portland production facilities were recognized with Plant Assessment Excellence. Additionally, Sunshine Natural Egg Nog was the tasters' favorite.
Sunshine Dairy Foods has served the Northwest fresh, rBST-free dairy products since 1936, and has been a member of Quality Chekd Dairies since 1981.
For more information please contact: Lesley Rush; Sunshine Dairy Foods; 503.419.0351; lrush@sunshinedairyfoods.com.
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