FMI Announces Winners of 2006 Retailers' Choice Awards, Recognizing Product Innovation and Potential

May 9, 2006
CHICAGO, IL — May 9, 2006 — The Food Marketing Institute (FMI) today announced the winners of the 2006 Retailers’ Choice Awards, a global competition recognizing the grocery industry’s most dynamic and innovative new food, beverage and consumer products. The awards were presented during a special ceremony at the 2006 FMI Show, one of the world’s largest annual food trade events.

The categories, winning companies and products are:

  • Bakery — Big Shott’s, Big Shott’s Edible Shooters.
  • Beverages — Unistraw International, Sipahh Milk Flavouring Straws.
  • Condiments and Sauces — Unilever, Inc., Wish-Bone Salad Spritzer.
  • Dairy and Dairy Substitutions — Old Fashioned Foods, Inc., Aerosol Cream Cheese.
  • Entrees/Prepared Foods/Meal Solutions — Alexia Foods, Alexia Artisan Breads.
  • Equipment — Robinson Rubber Products, Altra Ware Silicon Cookware.
  • Health and Beauty — American Home Health, Inc., PS Sanitizing No Rinse Hand Spray.
  • Pet Products — Chomp, Inc., Yip Yap, Pit Pat and Sniffers.
  • Shelf Grocery — ACH Food Companies, Mazola Pure Cooking Spray.
  • Snack, Confectionary, Candies and General Merchandise — C-Me LLC,Eat It! Snacks & Sweets Trivia Game.

To qualify for the competition, products must have been introduced in the past year and be completely new, a category or line extension, or relaunched or repackaged. Products were displayed in the New Product Showcase on the FMI Show exhibit floor May 6-8. Retailer and wholesaler attendees voted for their favorite products, and votes were tallied May 8.

For details about the Retailers’ Choice Awards, please visit the FMI website at www.fmi.org.

About FMI

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