Mills Sweeps Taste Awards                 
The Produce News, April 1, 2002

The National Board of the American Tasting Institute awarded Mills Family Farms Wholeaves® with its highest award for taste in the Foodservice Whole Leaf Lettuce Category for Romaine, Romaine Hearts, Green Leaf and Red Leaf .

A prestigious panel of professional chefs blindly judged several entries in the Whole Leaf Lettuce category and found Mills Family Farms Wholeaves® to be superior in taste, appearance, freshness and overall impression.

Mills Family Farms, grower and shipper of Great Northern Wholeaves®, will be presented with the Gold Medal Taste Award for all the Whole Leaf Lettuce categories at Carnegie Hall on April. James Mills, senior vice president, and David Mills, senior vice president, will be present to accept the award.

"We were thrilled, yet not surprised with the judges’ decision," said James Mills. "It seems to be the unanimous opinion of all those who have seen and tasted Wholeaves®. Now we can officially say that Wholeaves® are the best tasting leaf lettuce available."

Great Northern Wholeaves®, representing Mills Family Farms latest patented line of whole leaf lettuce, are available in Romaine and Hearts, Green Leaf and Red Leaf, Green Cascade Mix®, and Celery.

Mills’ years of expertise in growing fine lettuce combined with their patented no-cut process has made Wholeaves® the leader in the industry for a product that is rapidly becoming a foodservice staple. Mills Family Farms Wholeaves® are single lettuce leaves that are separated by hand from the core, individually selected, meticulously cleaned, and carefully hand packed. The success of the product lies in their convenience, versatility, excellent shelf life, cost effectiveness and, above all, quality.