Post by Diamond Girl on Aug 7, 2006 23:12:54 GMT -5
Press Release Source: Smokey Robinson Foods Co.
Smokey Robinson to Accept Award for ''STRATEGIC BUSINESS ACUMEN''
Monday August 7, 3:31 pm ET
Motown Music Legend is Special Guest Speaker at 24th Annual Minority Business Development Agency Celebration Awards Dinner August 11 at San Francisco Hyatt Regency at 7 p.m.
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 7, 2006--Music legend Smokey Robinson will be on hand August 11 to accept the award for "STRATEGIC BUSINESS ACUMEN" for his Smokey Robinson Foods Co., which he launched in 2004. In addition, Mr. Robinson will address over 500 corporate representatives at the Minority Business Development Agency's Annual Awards Celebration at the San Francisco's Hyatt Regency.
On July 27th, Robinson's Food Company was awarded the "One To Watch" Award from the Los Angeles District Office of the Minority Business Enterprise Center honoring the top minority businesses in Southern California.
Having received many honors over his long music career, Smokey Robinson is now being recognized for his business acumen as well. Robinson started his food company in 2004 to share the favorite foods he has enjoyed from decades of touring and performing around the world. Smokey Robinson Foods products appeal to a broad, multi-ethnic consumer base and have secured national distribution in the top three U.S. grocery chains in just two years. At present, Smokey Robinson Foods are available at over 4000 grocery outlets across the country, are distributed at military bases around the world and are serving our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The August 11th Annual Minority Enterprise Development Week Awards banquet will pay tribute to outstanding minority entrepreneurs from the eight western states.
Funded by the U.S. Department of Commerce, the Minority Business Development Agency is headquartered in Washington, D.C., and is the only federal agency created specifically to foster the establishment and growth of minority-owned businesses in America. The Agency's mission is to actively promote the growth and competitiveness of large, medium and small minority business enterprises. MBDA actively coordinates and leverages public and private-sector resources that facilitate strategic alliances in support of its mission.
Yahoo Biz
Contact:
PRP for Smokey Robinson Foods
Patti Mitsui, 818-766-0443
prpgroup@aol.com
or
for MBDA
Vic Delgado, 415-744-3010
medweek2006@sbcglobal.net
Smokey Robinson to Accept Award for ''STRATEGIC BUSINESS ACUMEN''
Monday August 7, 3:31 pm ET
Motown Music Legend is Special Guest Speaker at 24th Annual Minority Business Development Agency Celebration Awards Dinner August 11 at San Francisco Hyatt Regency at 7 p.m.
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 7, 2006--Music legend Smokey Robinson will be on hand August 11 to accept the award for "STRATEGIC BUSINESS ACUMEN" for his Smokey Robinson Foods Co., which he launched in 2004. In addition, Mr. Robinson will address over 500 corporate representatives at the Minority Business Development Agency's Annual Awards Celebration at the San Francisco's Hyatt Regency.
On July 27th, Robinson's Food Company was awarded the "One To Watch" Award from the Los Angeles District Office of the Minority Business Enterprise Center honoring the top minority businesses in Southern California.
Having received many honors over his long music career, Smokey Robinson is now being recognized for his business acumen as well. Robinson started his food company in 2004 to share the favorite foods he has enjoyed from decades of touring and performing around the world. Smokey Robinson Foods products appeal to a broad, multi-ethnic consumer base and have secured national distribution in the top three U.S. grocery chains in just two years. At present, Smokey Robinson Foods are available at over 4000 grocery outlets across the country, are distributed at military bases around the world and are serving our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The August 11th Annual Minority Enterprise Development Week Awards banquet will pay tribute to outstanding minority entrepreneurs from the eight western states.
Funded by the U.S. Department of Commerce, the Minority Business Development Agency is headquartered in Washington, D.C., and is the only federal agency created specifically to foster the establishment and growth of minority-owned businesses in America. The Agency's mission is to actively promote the growth and competitiveness of large, medium and small minority business enterprises. MBDA actively coordinates and leverages public and private-sector resources that facilitate strategic alliances in support of its mission.
Yahoo Biz
Contact:
PRP for Smokey Robinson Foods
Patti Mitsui, 818-766-0443
prpgroup@aol.com
or
for MBDA
Vic Delgado, 415-744-3010
medweek2006@sbcglobal.net
