Zenith Award, Agricultural sector
Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce
May 2001 - San Juan, Puerto Rico

Excellence in Quality Award: Sakito Extreme Juice
Puerto Rico Products Association
April 2001 - San Juan, Puerto Rico

National Minority Exporter of the Year
October 2000 - Washington, D. C.

Atlanta Regional Exemplary Exporter of the Year
September 2000 - Atlanta, Georgia

Export Company of the Year
Puerto Rico Minority Business Development Center
September 2000 - San Juan, Puerto Rico

Excellence in Quality Award: Lotus 64 fl. oz. Refrigerated Pineapple Juice Carton
Puerto Rico Products Association
April 1999 - San Juan, Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico’s 1998 Ernst &Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award: Julio F. Méndez, Agribusiness
June 1998 - San Juan, Puerto Rico

SME Outstanding Executive 1997, Manufacturing Sector
May 1998 - San Juan, Puerto Rico

Distinguished Entrepreneur of 1997, Marketing
Puerto Rico Economic Development Administration
December 1997 - San Juan, Puerto Rico

Outstanding Executive Award, Agricultural Sector
SME Southern Region
July 1997 - Ponce, Puerto Rico

Distinguished Entrepreneur in the Agricultural Sector
Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce
June 1997 - San Juan, Puerto Rico

One of the Outstanding Manufacturing Corporations of the Decade
Puerto Rico Economic Development Administration
April 1997 - San Juan, Puerto Rico

Pinnacle Award
Procter & Gamble
March 1997 - Cincinnati, Ohio

Governor’s Cup “In Recognition of Outstanding Efforts by a Private Sector Company to Develop the Local and Regional Economy”
Southern Growth Policies Board (SGPB)
September 1996 - Kansas City, Missouri

Distinguished Entrepreneur of 1996, Innovation
PR Industrials Association
April 1996 - San Juan, Puerto Rico

Ninth DuPont Award
E.I. DuPont de Nemours, Inc.
November 1995 - Chicago, Illinois

Distinguished Entrepreneur of the Year, Innovation
Puerto Rico Economic Development Administration
November 1994 - San Juan, Puerto Rico

Excellence in Quality Award: Caribik Sun Premium Orange Juice
Puerto Rico Products Association
April 1993 - San Juan, Puerto Rico

Manufacturing Industrialist of the Year
Puerto Rico Products Association
April 1992 - San Juan, Puerto Rico

Distinguished Entrepreneur of the Year, Export
Puerto Rico Economic Development Administration
November 1991 - San Juan, Puerto Rico

Excellence in Quality Award: Caribik Sun Passion Fruit Nectar
Puerto Rico Products Association
April 1990 - San Juan, Puerto Rico

XV International Trophy for Quality
1990 - Miami, Florida