SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 6, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Diamond Foods, Inc. (Nasdaq:DMND), announced today that it has been selected as the recipient of Oracle's 2011 Consumer Goods Industry Excellence Award for Innovation in the award category of Business Management and Control.
Diamond was recognized by Oracle for best practices in its innovative approach to integrating multiple ERP systems into a single global ERP instance. Diamond's focus on integrating separate systems in its Kettle business units into a single, scalable global system eliminating manual processes and increasing data accuracy led to its selection as the winner.
"This relationship has clearly delivered a system that is important to us in managing across newly acquired companies in multiple locations around the world," said Ed Hickenbottom, Diamond's Vice President of Information Technology.
Ed Hickenbottom accepted the award on October 4th at the 2011 Oracle OpenWorld Conference in San Francisco, California.
About Diamond
http://www.diamondfoods.com/">Diamond Foods is an innovative packaged food company focused on building, acquiring and energizing brands including http://www.kettlefoods.co.uk/">Kettle® Chips, http://www.emeraldnuts.com/">Emerald® snack nuts, http://www.popsecret.com/">Pop Secret® popcorn, and http://www.diamondnuts.com/">Diamond of California® nuts. The Company's products are distributed in a wide range of stores where snacks and culinary nuts are sold. Corporate Web Site: www.diamondfoods.com.
Consumer Web Sites: www.diamondnuts.com, www.emeraldnuts.com, www.emeraldbreakfastonthego.com, www.popsecret.com, www.kettlebrand.com, www.kettlefoods.co.uk.
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Note regarding forward-looking statements
This release contains forward-looking statements as defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including with respect to managing acquired companies and integration of IT systems. Forward-looking statements necessarily depend on assumptions, data or methods that may be incorrect or imprecise and are subject to risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially from projections made in this release. An extensive list of factors that could materially affect our results can be found in Diamond's periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). They are available publicly and on request from Diamond's Investor Relations department.