08/17/2026
Some recognitions are about what you’ve built. This one is about where you built it.
Haverhill isn’t just an address on our label. It’s the city that gave us our first customers, our first employees, our first “we believe in you.” It’s the neighbors who stopped by, the local businesses who stood beside us, and the families who made a place for our food at their tables — three times a day, year after year.
So when the people of this city choose you as their Community Leader in Business, it lands differently. It’s not a plaque. It’s a hometown saying you’re one of ours.
Thank you, Haverhill. Thank you to every hand that shaped this — our team, our partners, and the community that never let us forget who we’re doing this for. We’re not finished. We’re just getting started, right here where it began.
This belongs to the team on the floor at 5 a.m., the drivers on the road before sunrise, the hands that pack every order like it’s going to their own family. It belongs to the local partners who grew with us and the customers who chose us again and again.
Haverhill, you saw all of that. Thank you!
Congratulations to every honoree on this year’s list. This city is full of people worth celebrating.
