NEXTY Award winners are determined in a two-round judging process in the New Hope Network office prior to Expo West. Exhibiting brands can nominate their products, explaining how they exemplify the NEXTY judging criteria of Innovation, Inspiration and Integrity.

Originally intended to be a live, rapid-fire event, WomanMade leveraged the power of technology to carry on virtually via Zoom, committed to advancing and providing much-needed support to female-founded food and beverage businesses.

These one-of-kind awards recognize product development teams for all their creativity, problem solving and execution behind new offerings debuting from March 2019 through March 2020!

Whole Foods Market awarded three national suppliers, those available in four or more Whole Foods Market regions, and 11 local and regional partners with “Supplier of the Year” recognition and honored others for their contributions in categories aligned with Whole Foods Market’s mission.

TKI manufactures Sunfiber, the globally recognized soluble prebiotic fiber. This award is the latest in a number of prestigious international honors earned by Japan-based Taiyo Kagaku dating back to 1997. 

The PlantCarton™ brand is the culmination of Evergreen Packaging’s longstanding commitment to sustainability with an emphasis on the importance of using renewable materials in packaging.   

Presented to CP Kelco’s Didier Viala, president, and Sophie Moyal, senior vice president of human resources, the Fi Innovation Award for Diversity & Inclusion recognizes an organization for creating a work environment that offers equal opportunities for all employees irrespective of gender, race, religious background, sexual orientation and physical or mental ability.

The Small Business Spotlight Awards, introduced in September, honor and celebrate inspiring, unique, and customer-obsessed small businesses selling in Amazon’s stores.

McCormick US Branded Flavor Solutions was honored as Supplier of the Year for the highest level of performance in areas such as sales growth, innovation, service level and overall support of Sysco and its customers.

With the culmination of the 2019 Stacy's Rise Project, the program has awarded more than $300,000 to women in the food and beverage industry to advance their business plans.