The Spirit of Innovation Awards recognize and celebrate exceptional and innovative product development teams for their work on exciting new products. The awards are based on Prepared Foods' and Ventura Foods' fierce commitment to the concept that innovation is one part pioneering ideas and one part inspirational teamwork.
More than 30 entries from a broad range of companies were submitted in two categories. The categories were foods for sale in retail (grocery) stores and prepared foods for sale to foodservice operations. Winners serve as an example of team efforts in the development of foods and beverages introduced in the marketplace in 2002 through the middle of 2003.