ABC Honors Top Suppliers, Sales Execs

Allied Buying Corp. (ABC) honored top suppliers and sales executives with its annual Supplier of the Year awards during its Fall Conference in Lombard, Ill.

The suppliers were ranked by ABC and its dealers in the areas of sales growth, market penetration and profitability, as well as the quality of their products, service levels and sales managers, manufacturers’ reps and customer service agents.

The winner of the Tom Wilhelm Distinguished Supplier of the Year award, given to the top overall supplier, was American Metalcraft. American Metalcraft also received the team award for Outstanding Sales Team of the Year.

The ABC Sales Executive of the Year award went to two sales executives this year: Josh Callahan of Cal-Mil Plastic Products and Dennis Park of Vollrath.

In addition, ABC presented Suppliers of the Year awards in five categories. The winners were:

• Smallwares: Vollrath (Runner Up: Cambro Mfg.)
• Tabletop: GET Enterprises (Runner Up: Arc Cardinal)
• Table Service/Buffet: Cal-Mil (Runner Up: Tablecraft)
• Light Equipment and Furnishings: Waring (Runner Up: Robot Coupe)
• Heavy Equipment: Lakeside Mfg. (Runner Up: John Boos and Co.)