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Million Dollar Club membership continues to grow and inspire
national corporations with induction into the Million Dollar Club, 10 of whom are new honorees. The prestigious award honors cor-
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porations and procurement executi- ves who have demonstrated unwave- ring support for Hispanic Business Enterprises through purchasing from Hispanic suppliers. This year's hono- rees, which include several Fortune 500 companies, purchased goods and services from $25 million to more than $1 billion in 2010. Twenty-five of
this year's hono-
rees are repeat winners; 10 are first- time honorees. The latter are Alcatel- Lucent, General Electric, Healthplan, Kraft Foods, Shell Oil, Sodexo, Spring Nextel, SUPERVALU, Target and Well Point. Repeat winners are AT&T Services,
Avis Budget Group, Bank of America, BMW of North America, Ford, Gene- ral Motors, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, JPMorgan Chase, Marriot International, MGM Resorts International, MillerCoors, NBCU- niversal, PepsiCo, Pfizer, 7-Eleven, Southern California Edison, Coca- Cola, Kroger, Toyota Motor, UPS, Veri- zon, Walmart and Wells Fargo. "The 2011 Million Dollar Club inductees truly understand the value
he United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce has honored 35 national and inter-
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CortesÃa Wells Fargo presents a $450,000 check to the USHCC Foundation on September 20th.
of supplier diversity, and believe in the importance of integrating HBEs into their overall business practices," said Javier Palomarez, the Hispanic
chamber's president and chief executi- ve. "These corporations have mastered strategic sourcing and procurement policies and have increased opportuni-
ties for first- and second-tier Hispanic suppliers around the nation. Their pro- curement decisions are helping drive small business in America."
J. RodrÃguez
Ford Company was honored with induction into the Million Dollar Club.
