Jan. 15, 2010 – Fort Wayne , Ind. – At the recent Pizza Patrón Awards ceremony, held in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Lincoln Foodservice Products took home the 2009 Vendor of the Year Award. This prestigious award recognizes Lincoln’s distinguished working relationship with Pizza Patrón. Lincoln, a Manitowoc Foodservice brand, received the award for its ongoing and consistent support of the growing pizza chain. “Lincoln clearly stepped up to the plate this last year to achieve a 3-1/2 minute bake time for their products, delivered on the required energy efficiencies, and put together a complete turnkey package for their ovens. Pizza Patrón is now solidly positioned to achieve steady growth within the Latino segment they serve,” said Tom Kurgan, vice president of marketing for Lincoln.	Left to right: Tom Kurgan, VP Marketing Lincoln, Bob Dellert, Business Development Manager for Lincoln, Guillermo Estrada-Mendizabal, President Pizza Patrón, Brian Abraham, E-Source Sales Rep
Accepting the award on behalf of Lincoln was Tom Kurgan, Bob Dellert, business development manager for Lincoln/Manitowoc Foodservice and Brian Abraham, sales representative for E-Source Hospitality Equipment.
About Pizza Patrón - Pizza Patrón, America's #1 Latin pizza brand, offers traditional pizza, wings and sides in its community based, Latin-influenced stores. Pizza Patrón was founded by restaurateur Antonio Swad in 1986, in Dallas, Texas, and today operates 95 dine-in and carry-out restaurants in six states. In 2007, the brand received international news coverage when it decided to accept Mexican Pesos at all of its locations, gaining over 500,000,000 media impressions worth over million in the U.S. alone. The company’s medium AMIGO PIZZAS® start as low as and X-Large LISTA-NOW READY™ pepperoni pizzas start as low as all day, every day. About Manitowoc Foodservice Manitowoc Foodservice, a division of The Manitowoc Company, Inc., designs, manufactures and supplies best-in-class food and beverage equipment for the global foodservice market.  Manitowoc Foodservice offers customers unparalleled operator and patron insights, collaborative kitchen solutions, culinary expertise and world-class implementation support and service, whether locations are around the corner or across the globe.  With operations in the Americas, Europe and Asia, the company has a portfolio of best-in-class brands including Cleveland, Convotherm®, Delfield®, Fabristeel, Frymaster®, Garland®, Jackson, Kolpak®, Kysor//Warren®, Kysor Panel Systems®, Lincoln, Manitowoc® Ice, McCall®, Multiplex®, Merrychef®, Servend® and Manitowoc® Beverage Systems.  For more information, visit www.manitowocfoodservice.com.  About The Manitowoc Company, Inc. The Manitowoc Company, Inc. is a multi-industry, capital goods manufacturer with over 100 manufacturing and service facilities in 27 countries. It is recognized as one of the world’s largest providers of lifting equipment for the global construction industry, including lattice-boom cranes, tower cranes, mobile telescopic cranes, and boom trucks. Manitowoc also is one of the world’s leading innovators and manufacturers of commercial foodservice equipment as described above.