Crown Food Packaging receives 'Spirit of Excellence' Award

The Food Packaging USA affiliate of Crown Holdings, Inc. has received a ‘Spirit of Excellence’ Award from Hormel Foods for the fourth consecutive year.

Crown supplies Hormel with rectangular-shaped cans in two different sizes for the SPAM family of products, along with other metal cans of various sizes.

“The Hormel Foods supplier quality management process has provided us an avenue to honor our suppliers for their commitment to providing excellent product quality and service that meet or exceed our requirements,” says Donald Nelson, director of purchasing for Hormel Foods. “Crown’s on-going special efforts help us achieve our quest for superior customer satisfaction and continued quality improvement of our products and services.”

Eligible companies were selected for the award according to various criteria, including performances involving deliveries, product quality, customer service, administration, and plant quality audits.

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