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Excellence in Innovation Awards


What are the Excellence in Innovation Awards?
The Excellence in Innovation (EII) Awards are a unique opportunity to acknowledge outstanding product development teams and the innovation used to design and launch successful new products, while providing new products and companies with priceless worldwide exposure.

Co-sponsored by Prepared Foods and the American Egg Board, the EII Awards are designed to recognize innovative new products introduced nationally (commercially) during 2011-2012 and the inspirational teamwork and creativity that made these new products possible. The EII Awards are steeped in a deep history of recognizing landmark food and beverage product launches, while rewarding true excellence in innovation, whichPrepared Foods began over eight years ago.

The Excellence in Innovation Awards will be presented in two categories: Retail and Foodservice, the winners of which will receive their awards during the Excellence in Innovation Awards Ceremony at Prepared Foods' New Products Conference. There, the winners will also offer a presentation on the strategies involved in creating the winning product and in the challenges the product development team had to overcome.

To submit your nomination for the 2012 Excellence in Innovation Awards, please click on the appropriate category (Retail or Foodservice) ballot bar and summarize the product, its innovative qualities and the product development team and the challenges they had to overcome in formulating the product.

You may submit more than one nomination per company; however, only one product may be submitted per ballot.

Confidentiality

The Excellence in Innovation Award nomination is not intended to divulge any proprietary or confidential company or product information. The information you provide is only intended to allow the judges enough description to differentiate between many innovative product development teams and their exciting new products.

The two 1st Place Winners are asked to receive their Excellence in Innovation Awards at the prestigious 30th annual New Products Conference. The Excellence in Innovation Awards ceremony will precede the Awards reception on Monday evening, September 10, 2012. This visual presentation should highlight the teams' major accomplishments and innovative aspects of the product.

There, 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners will be recognized, with all winners receiving a crystal award in recognition. The six winners are encouraged to provide samples of the products, so that the 250 attendees of the New Products Conference are given the opportunity to taste the award-winning new product.

Winners also are recognized with a feature article in Prepared Foods, appearing in the October 2012 issue of the magazine.

The deadline for entering your Excellence in Innovation Award nomination is June 15, 2012. Submit your nomination today! Winners will be notified in July.

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