SALT LAKE CITY, June 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- USANA Health
Sciences, Inc. (NYSE: USNA), a global nutritional company, today
announced that it has received one silver and nine bronze American
Business Awards, acknowledging the hard-work and dedication of its
management team and employees. USANA has also received recognition
from The Best of State, Communicator Awards, Telly Awards, and AVA
Awards, among others, earning the company more than 50 accolades
during its first two quarters.
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Honoring organizations and business individuals across the
nation, The American Business Awards presented USANA with
medals for having one of the country's best Management Teams, CEO,
company, communications department, warehouse operations, and
social media campaigns this year. USANA's Chief Legal Officer and
General Counsel, Jim Bramble, was
named Maverick of the Year for his notable guidance and commitment
to ethics, while Chief Communications Officer, Dan Macuga, and Executive Director of Marketing,
PR and Social Media, Ashley Collins,
were both named PR Executive of the Year for their vision and
leadership in public relations. Executive Assistant, Andrea Chen also earned notable honors and was
named Support Staffer of the Year for providing exceptional
assistance to USANA's President of the Americas and Europe, Kevin
Guest.
"To be recognized and honored by the American Business Awards in
multiple categories is a privilege and a testament of our
commitment to producing high-quality, innovative products," said
Macuga. "USANA continues to push the envelope and excel in
everything we do, and we are thrilled to have received such a large
amount of accolades already during our 20th anniversary."
Other notable accolades earned during the first two quarters
include:
The Best of State Awards are given to companies or
individuals based off of their excelled endeavors, innovative
approaches and methods, and contributions to creating a better
quality of life in Utah.
- Science/Technology—Research and Development
- Dietary Supplements (9th honor since 2003)
- Health/Nutrition Beverage—Rev3 Energy™ (4th honor since
2009)
- Health/Nutrition Product (2nd honor since 2009)
- Overall in Merchandising & Consumer Services (2nd honor
since 2008)
The Communicator Awards recognize big ideas in marketing
and communications, honoring work that transcends innovation and
craft, and this year USANA was honored with a number of gold and
silver awards: nine for writing and design for the company's print
publications, two for video production, an award for crisis
communications, one for The Healthy Home and another for the
company's corporate blog, What's Up, USANA?
The Telly Awards honor the finest film and video
productions, including groundbreaking online, local, regional, and
cable television commercials and programs. Acknowledged for its
high-impact TV ads and online videos, used to promote its brand,
educate consumers and support its distributors, USANA received five
Telly honors.
The company was also recognized by The AVA Awards earlier
in the year for its outstanding concepts, direction, design,
and production of media, with eight video production awards and two
social media honors.
Other accolades received include two Hermes Creative
Awards, a Communitas honor, and top rankings as
"Distributors Choice" Best Company in Network Marketing, for the
15th consecutive year since 1997, from NetWork Marketing Today
& The MLM Insider Magazine.
For more information about USANA's products and company, visit
www.USANA.com.
About USANA
USANA Health Sciences (NYSE: USNA) develops and
manufactures high-quality nutritionals, personal care, energy and
weight management products that are sold directly to Preferred
Customers and Associates throughout the United States, Mexico, Canada, Australia, New
Zealand, Hong Kong,
Japan, Taiwan, China, South
Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, the
Netherlands, France,
Belgium and the United Kingdom. Learn more at
the USANA website (www.usana.com), stay current with the
official USANA lifestyle blog (www.whatsupusana.com),
like us on the USANA Facebook page
(www.facebook.com/usanahealthsciences), or
follow USANA on Twitter (@usanainc).
Media Contact: Ashley Collins
Executive Director of Marketing, PR, and Social Media
USANA Health Sciences, Inc.
(801) 954-7280
media(at)us.usana(dot)com
SOURCE USANA Health Sciences, Inc.