Black Pearl Award

Award Showcasing the Black Pearl. Presented in recognition of a company's outstanding achievement in corporate excellence in food safety and quality.

• Sponsored by: F&H Food Equipment Company
• 2024 Recipient(s): Walmart Inc.

Past Awardees

• 2023 Compass Group North America
• 2022 HelloFresh
• 2021 Mondelēz International
• 2020 Ajinomoto Foods North America, Inc, Ontario, California
• 2019 General Mills, Minneapolis, Minnesota
• 2018 Eurofins Scientific, Inc., Des Moines, Iowa
• 2017 Panda Restaurant Group, Inc., Rosemead, California
• 2016 Meijer, Grand Rapids, Michigan
• 2015 Tyson Foods, Inc., Springdale, Arkansas
• 2014 Sodexo, Inc., Gaithersburg, Maryland
• 2013 Publix Super Markets, Inc., Lakeland, Florida
• 2012 The Kroger Co., Cincinnati, Ohio
• 2011 bioMerieux, Hazelwood, Missouri
• 2010 Fresh Express, Salinas, California
• 2009 Schnuck Markets, Inc., St. Louis, Missouri
• 2008 3M Food Safety, St. Paul, Minnesota
• 2007 Beef Products, Inc., Dakota Dunes, South Dakota
• 2006 Ecolab Inc., St. Paul, Minnesota
• 2005 DuPont, Wilmington, Delaware
• 2004 Jack in the Box, Inc., San Diego, California
• 2003 Wegmans Food Markets Inc., Rochester, New York
• 2002 Darden Restaurants, Orlando, Florida
• 2001 Walt Disney World Company, Lake Buena Vista, Florida
• 2000 Zep Manufacturing Company, Atlanta, Georgia
• 1999 Caravelle Foods, Brampton, Ontario, Canada
• 1998 Kraft Foods, Inc., Northfield, Illinois
• 1997 Papetti’s of Iowa Food Products, Inc., Lenox, Iowa
• 1996 Silliker Laboratories Group, Inc., Homewood, Illinois
• 1995 Albertson’s Inc., Boise, Idaho
• 1994 HEB, Co., San Antonio, Texas