BIDDEFORD —The Dairy Queen®/Orange Julius® located at 447 Elm St. in Biddeford recently received a PRIDE (Personal Responsibility in Delivering Excellence) Award from the Dairy Queen system for achieving a high level of cleanliness and food safety.

“We feel honored to have received such a prestigious award,” said owner Dean Wolfahrt, and co-managers, Tina Tarbox and Kim Doe. “We work hard to keep our restaurant at a high level of cleanliness to ensure that we provide a safe and enjoyable environment for our customers.”

The award is given out to those stores that demonstrate PRIDE by maintaining the Dairy Queen system’s standard of cleanliness and food safety. This is the ninth year for the PRIDE award and every restaurant that meets these standards will receive the award.

The award is delivered shortly after the time of the PRIDE assessment visit, which can occur anytime throughout the year.

The Biddeford location received recognition for their hard work in the form of a framed certificate with a picture of the crew working at the time of the assessment. The certificate states that their location achieved an Outstanding Cleanliness and Food Safety PRIDE Check by setting up for success, giving the customer a reason to return and maintaining PRIDE.

Bsed in Minneapolis, Minnesota, ADQ international Dairy Queen is the parent company of American Dairy Queen Corporation. Through its subsidiaries, 1DQ develops, licenses and services a system of more than 6,800 locations in the United States, Canada and more than 25 other countries.

It is a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (Berkshire) which is led by Warren Buffett, the legendary investor and CEO of Berkshire.

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