Avista Selected as 2009 Utility Company of the Year by Unified Foodservice Purchasing Co-Op, LLC

Kentucky-based United Foodservice Purchasing Co-Op, LLC has selected Avista as its 2009 Utility Company of the Year. Avista was selected from more than 600 utility companies across the country with which UFPC and its owner-operators do business.

UFPC is the exclusive supply chain management company for Yum! Brands, Inc., the world's  largest restaurant company, whose chains include A&W, KFC, Long John Silver's, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell. Yum! Brands, Inc. operates over 37,000 restaurants in over 110 countries worldwide.

"We are pleased to award Avista with our 2009 Utility Company of the Year," said Marcus Fister, Director, National Energy, Unified Foodservice Purchasing Co-Op. "The award recognizes the great work, time, integrity, effort and dedication that Avista exhibits, specifically for our organization. Avista has provided a tremendous value to UFPC and their efforts do not go un-noticed."

Avista works with UFPC and its members on projects that will reduce energy consumption at their restaurant facilities. Northwest Restaurants, a Yum! Brands franchise that owns eight KFCs in the Spokane area, worked with Avista to receive energy efficiency incentives when they installed new ovens for a new food product.

Through Avista's energy efficiency rebate and incentive programs, CLC Restaurants, a Yum! Brand franchise that owns 17 Taco Bell Restaurants in Avista's service area, implemented 24 projects, saving enough energy to power 38 homes for one year and enough natural gas to serve about four homes. Craig Langel, owner of CLC Restaurants, said, "It has been a pleasure working with UFPC and Avista on these projects. Congratulations on the well-deserved award."

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