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.
Submit a Nomination
Thank you for your interest in this award. Our electronic application/nomination process is currently under development. Please return for updates by early November.
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
