Vicorp Restaurants Inc., the Denver-based operator of Village Inn and Bakers Square restaurants, received 45 blue-ribbon awards at the 2008 American Pie Council National Pie Championships for its pies. Vicorp, which filed for bankruptcy last month, received more blue-ribbon awards than any other commercial baker.
Whole Foods Market has rebranded the former Wild Oats location in Capitol Hill to Whole Foods, changing the exterior signage.
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. of Boulder has begun assembly on three qualification test units for the Phalanx All-Light Marine TV camera program. Ball Aerospace will build three camera systems in 10 months under contract to Raytheon Co. Separately, the company has won an award for quality and technical performance from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. Ball Aerospace won in the large business product category.
Digital Info Security Co. announced the release of its PolicyBridge II Email Archiving & Compliance service, an archiving and monitoring solution for regulatory compliance.
ProLogis, a Denver-based distribution facility operator, and Kraft Foods announced that an 800,000-square-foot building near Chicago developed by ProLogis has been recognized for advanced environmental design by the U.S. Green Building Council.
Qwest announced that it has been honored as North American Partner of the Year by Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories Inc. Qwest was recognized for its strength in offering contact center solutions via network-hosted Genesys.
Pure Brand Communications of Denver has been retained by Stetson, a provider of country and Western headwear, apparel and footwear, to serve as its marketing and communications agency.
Arete Partners LLC, a Denver- based management and human capital consultancy, has been launched. Arete has an office in Chicago and plans to open offices in Los Angeles and Mexico City this fall.
St. Regis Aspen has received the Spirit of Excellence award from Carlson Marketing for providing excellent service to corporate groups in the areas of purchasing, planning, operations, on-site delivery and billing in 2007.
Access Plus, Pennsylvania’s enhanced primary care case management program that is run in partnership with Broomfield-based McKesson Health Solutions, has been named one of the Top 50 Programs at the 2008 Innovations in American Government Awards by the Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard Kennedy School.
