At this year’s Intergastra in Stuttgart, Germany’s trade association for catering and commercial kitchen equipment (GGKA) presented its Best Partner awards for the 17th time in recognition of the performance of its suppliers. The 80 members of the association were asked to select their best partners according to aspects such as technical design and quality, reliability, complaints handling, goodwill and sales policy. 15 prizes were awarded in each category. The evaluation takes place using an automated procedure; in order to avoid unrealistic awards, all the nominated suppliers had to have received a minimum number of ratings from trade dealers.
The stringent award procedure means Hupfer can be all the more pleased about first place in this year’s logistics category.
“We have a good level overall among the suppliers,” said Rudolf Lacher, Chairman of the GGKA, as he praised the prize winners. He was pleased about the high level of participation from specialist dealers, which he said, “also underlines the importance of the Best Partner award in our industry”.