From left, Scott Strull, UniPro executive vice president sales; Bob Stewart, UniPro chief executive officer; Julie Dunderdale, Maplevale Farms merchandising director; Chris Loomis, Maplevale Farms executive vice president; John Stevels, UniPro regional sales vice president; and Don Gilligan UniPro executive vice president sales; during the UniPro award luncheon held at the Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, La. Maplevale Farms received the UniPro Food Service 2016 Key Distributor Award. Submitted photo

FALCONER — Maplevale Farms received the UniPro Foodservice 2016 Key Distributor Award at UniPro’s Spring Conference in New Orleans, La.

Bob Stewart, UniPro chief executive officer, presented the award at UniPro’s annual awards luncheon held this year in the Morial Convention Center.

The UniPro Key Distributor Award recognizes UniPro member companies for their exceptional accomplishments and growth, for their dedicated participation in UniPro procurement, logistics, sales and marketing programs and for their strong commitment to the UniPro organization.

Maplevale Farms operates from a 200,000-square-foot building in Falconer. Today, purchasing from more than 300 manufacturers and offering more than 10,000 products, Maplevale Farms has gradually grown from its humble beginnings into one of the area’s leading foodservice distributors. The Maplevale Farms service area includes Western New York, Northwestern Pennsylvania and Northeastern Ohio.

Maplevale Farms would like to thank their loyal customers and hard working associates, without them the honor of receiving this award would not be possible.

Maplevale Farms has been a member of UniPro Foodservice since 1973.

UniPro Foodservice is the nation’s largest independent foodservice distribution cooperative, operating from more than 700 distributor locations.

UniPro members serve all segments of the foodservice industry, including independent restaurants, healthcare operations, schools, military bases and convenience stores.