Diageo North America Celebrates Top Performing Partners at 15th Annual Supplier Awards

Diageo North America held its 15^th Annual Supplier Awards, recognizing the invaluable contributions of its supplier and agency partners. These partners have been instrumental in driving value for Diageo by delivering outstanding quality, innovation, service, and performance.

“Creating meaningful impact starts with recognition and appreciation. These awards celebrate the remarkable achievements and contributions of our value chain partners to our brands and our business. We are privileged to honor these invaluable partnerships that are essential to our success in North America,” said Sanjeev Ganesh, Vice President, Procurement Supply, Diageo North America.

The awards were presented in nine categories, each representing specific supply and procurement criteria that positively impacted Diageo's success over the past year while demonstrating strong commitment to the company's business goals.

Below are the categories and the 19 winners for Diageo North America’s 2025 Supplier Awards:

Breakthrough Performance: Greenfield Global Inc. and Jones Lang Lasalle (JLL)
Operational Excellence: Thorium, East Coast Warehouse and Safeway Dray
Innovation Excellence: Planned Packaging of Illinois Corp. (PPOIC) and NielsenIQ
Value Creation: Proof Media Mix & the Bottling Company International (BCI)
Local Hero: OI and Kaplan
Spirit of Progress: Blockskye and Pratt Industries
Supply Strategy Hero: Newell Construction
Distinguished Honors: Translation, Langly Farms, MGP Ingredients and Homestead Family Farms
Supplier of the Year: CCL Label