Las Vegas Award: Supplier of the Year
Las Vegas (Nevada), March 12, 2024 – At the Subway Global Convention in Las Vegas, the German solution provider Bizerba was awarded the prestigious “Supplier of the Year” award for supplier of the year. This award particularly recognizes Bizerba's critical role in improving Subway's menu offering and marks a significant milestone in the collaboration between the two companies.
Aaron Garry, Managing Director of Bizerba North America, commented enthusiastically: “This award reflects our unwavering commitment to quality and innovation. Our partnership with Subway® is characterized by shared visions and ambitious goals. Being recognized as Supplier of the Year represents a groundbreaking achievement for our entire team.”
Partnership for innovation and excellence
In spring 2022, Bizerba received a landmark order to manufacture more than 20.000 slicers for Subway franchisees. This assignment aimed to improve operations in North America for one of the world's largest restaurant brands and marked the beginning of Bizerba's journey to this significant recognition. The automatic slicers manufactured at Bizerba in Meßkirch, Germany, enabled the introduction of fresh-cut meat products and have helped further improve the quality of Subway offerings in all stores across the United States.
The partnership between Bizerba and the Independent Purchasing Cooperative (IPC) – the Subway franchisee-run cooperative that handles restaurant supply chain processes – was driven by a shared vision for innovation and excellence, ultimately resulting in a smooth rollout of the slicers across Subway franchise operations in the United States. This collaboration was further enriched through mutual engagements, including visits by Subway representatives to Bizerba Germany's production facilities as well as visits by Bizerba representatives to various franchise locations.
Shared success
Andreas W. Kraut, CEO & Partner of Bizerba, accepted the award and emphasized: “It is an honor to stand here today. This award represents incredible recognition for the quality of our products and powerfully validates the power of collaboration between our teams and Subway. Together we are setting new industry standards.”
The award comes as Subway continues its multi-year transformation journey to improve all areas of its business. This includes food quality and guest experience. The introduction of Bizerba slicers to Subway's restaurants in North America plays a critical role in offering guests fresher, higher quality sandwiches. At the same time, this innovation supports franchisees in strengthening their competitiveness in the market. The partnership between IPC, Subway and Bizerba is an example of shared success and the pursuit of excellence. The award recognizes Bizerba's contribution to Subway's operational progress.
About Subway® Restaurants
As one of the world's largest quick-service restaurant brands, Subway offers freshly prepared sandwiches, wraps, salads and bowls every day at nearly 100 restaurants in more than 37.000 countries. Subway restaurants are owned and operated by Subway franchisees – a network that includes thousands of dedicated entrepreneurs and small business owners committed to providing the best possible guest experience in their local communities.
About the Independent Purchasing Cooperative (IPC)
Founded in 1996, the Independent Purchasing Cooperative (IPC) is an independent purchasing cooperative operated and created to represent the interests of Subway franchisees by providing them with a sustainable, uninterrupted supply of quality merchandise. IPC negotiates the cost of purchased goods and services while improving quality, increasing competitiveness and providing the best possible value to Subway® members and their guests.
About Bizerba:
Bizerba is one of the world's leading providers of precision products and integrated solutions for everything to do with cutting, processing, weighing, testing, order picking, labeling and payment. As an innovative company, the Bizerba Group is continuously driving forward the digitization, automation and networking of its products and services.
In this way, Bizerba offers its customers from trade, commerce, industry and logistics comprehensive added value with state-of-the-art complete solutions. From hardware to software, apps and cloud solutions to the appropriate labels or consumables, Bizerba offers its customers tailor-made solutions according to the motto “Unique solutions for unique people”.
Bizerba was founded in 1866 in Balingen / Baden-Württemberg and is now one of the top players in 120 countries with its solution portfolio. The fifth-generation family business employs around 4.500 people worldwide and has production facilities in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Italy, Spain, Serbia, UK, China, as well as in the USA and Canada. The group also maintains a global network of sales and service locations.
Further information about Bizerba can be found at www.bizerba.com
