The Innovation Awards for Foodservice serve to elevate and honor the products and solutions that help foodservice operators and professionals work smarter, safer, and more sustainably.
2022 Award Winners
SUSTAINABILITY SOLUTIONS:
- Anchor Packaging: Crisp Food Technologies® Containers
- Frieling: TouchFree Chiller
- Source by Mojix - First-Mile Traceability
TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS:
- Alto-Shaam: Converge® Multi-Cook Ovens
- Parts Town’s e-commerce marketplace, Parts In Town
- Chipotle Innovates Culinary Process for Tortilla Chips with Chippy
- Zitti
HONORABLE MENTION:
HEALTH + SAFETY SOLUTIONS:
- Mojix: ytem for Food
- CDN Measurement: Waterproof Thin Tip Thermometer
HONORABLE MENTION:
- Source by Mojix - First-Mile Traceability



Winners are selected by a panel of judges comprised of SmartBrief editors and executives of well-known organizations and brands in the foodservice industry.
2022 Judges

Nitin Malhotra
Senior Director of Enterprise PMO
Chipotle Mexican Grill

Jorge Hernandez
VP, Quality Assurance
The Wendy’s Company

Shannon Tolliver
Social Responsibility and Environmental Sustainability Manager
White Castle

Laura Abshire
Director, Sustainability Policy and Government Affairs
National Restaurant Association

Kevin Steele
CIO
National Restaurant Association

Amy Sung
Director of Content
Food & Travel, SmartBrief

Janet Forgrieve
Writer & Editor
Food & Travel, Retail, SmartBrief

Tricia Contreras
Editor
Food & Travel, SmartBrief
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