And a lot of people are saying them.
From industry-specific journals to nationally recognized magazines, The Schwan Food Company and its employees are earning recognition. Below are just a few examples.

The Schwan Food Company
Ranked 62nd on Forbes magazine's “500 Largest Private Companies 2005“
Ranked on InformationWeek magazine's list of top 500 IT innovators, the eighth highest showing food-and-beverage company
Third-largest food-processing company in the United States
Second-largest privately held firm in Minnesota

Schwan's Global Food Service Group
“Supplier of the Year“ - UniPro
“Bakery In-Store Vendor of the Year“ - Kroger
“Wholesale baker of the year“ - Wholesale Bakery magazine
SYSCO Top 100 Supplier
Awarded first-place honors at the 2005 American Pie Council's National Pie Championship for Mrs. Smith's® and Edwards® brands

Schwan's Global Supply Chain
“2003 Producer of the Year“ - Refrigerated & Frozen Foods magazine

Schwan's Research and Development
“Best New Product“ - New Products magazine, 2003
“Spirit of Innovation“ - Prepared Foods magazine, 2003
“Innovation Award“ - Frozen Food World

Schwan's Global Consumer Brands
Freschetta® Brick Oven™ pizza was voted one of the top 10 new products launched in the United States during 2003 - The National Frozen and Refrigerated Food Association

Schwan's University
Twice Ranked No. 2 in the nation in the American Society for Training and Development’s BEST Awards Program. Received three Best Practice awards from Corporate University Xchange in 2003 and 2004. Two of the awards recognized Schwan’s University internal marketing efforts and one recognized their role in “the overall transformation of the enterprise.“

Schwan's Contact Services
Received two honors in 2004 from the SQM Group, the leading authority for the contact-center industry. The recognition included an award for having the highest level of employee satisfaction in the retail industry and was given “World Class Customer Satisfaction“ status, which carred over into 2005.