Farm Frites receives top honour as supplier of Pringles ingredients

Last week the Procter & Gamble Company recognized its top performing external business partners during an awards ceremony at its Business Partner Recognition Dinner.

Potato Dehy supplier Farm Frites was among those receiving a top honour.

The objective of the annual event is to recognize and celebrate those key contributors who have demonstrated partner excellence. This year about 80 supplier and agency partners were represented at the awards dinner.

“We have tremendous partnerships with our external business partners around the world,” said Bob McDonald, P&G’s chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer. “These partnerships are powerful because they are focused on a common purpose - to touch and improve people's everyday lives.”

Among P&G’s more than 75,000 suppliers and agencies, 12 received the highest honor of being named “Business Partner of the Year” including:

• Albany International Corp.
• Éltex Ltd.
• Ernst &Young
• Farm Frites International B.V.
• FIRMENICH
• Infosys Limited
• Novozymes
• PEGAS NONWOVENS
• QPSI / RockTenn
• Southern Graphic Systems, Intl.
• Yamada Electric
• ZAHORANSKY AG

“I congratulate all of our award winners, especially those who were recognized as ‘Business Partner of the Year,’” said Rick Hughes, chief purchasing officer. “Our external business partners are an important part of the Company’s ability to innovate and grow, and critical to the work we do at P&G every day. Every consumer who uses a P&G brand benefits from these relationships, which enhance our ability to fulfill our Purpose of touching and improving consumers’ lives.”

In addition to the select few “Business Partner of the Year” awards, all companies performing consistently at high levels within P&G’s internal performance management system earned Excellence Awards. The 86 external business partners receiving this distinction, awarded to only about 0.1% of P&G’s global suppliers.

“I want to commend the award winners, and all of our external business partners, for the strategic role they play to help us win in the market place and serve our consumers better than anyone else,” said McDonald.


Farm Frites was represented at the event by Piet de Bruijne (CEO Farm Frites) and Danny Dresselaerts (CEO Europe).

Farm Frites is the largest supplier of raw materials for P&G Pringles in Europe.

Piet de Bruijne received the award from Bob McDonald, P&G chairman, president and chief executive officer.

Farm Frites expresses extreme pride to make it to this elite group of suppliers of the Procter &Gamble Company.