Horizon Foods Makes the Oscars; Included in the Academy Awards Gift Basket

Plainview , NY (PRWEB) July 3, 2008 -- Horizon Foods has been the leading gourmet one-stop online food source since 1979. Horizon Foods promises the finest quality food delivered to your door. Part time Job and full time Career opportunities ranging from distribution to management abound with this prestigious company. With locations all across the country Horizon Foods has been, ?Delivering fine foods to your neighborhood for over 25 Years.?

Horizon Foods, America's premier purveyor of home-delivered gourmet foods is proud to have been included in the Academy Awards® Gift Basket.

The Oscar® gift basket is indisputably the most prestigious "thank you" honorarium in the entertainment industry, or any industry for that matter. It is comprised of several dozen gifts donated by some of the most illustrious names in fashion, perfume, jewelry, fine wines, travel and other luxury products and services. The value of this year's gift basket is reputed to be one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences selection procedure is rigorous. Horizon Foods was selected from among hundreds of candidates because of the unique nature of its high-quality products combined with its personalized service. Furthermore, Horizon Foods is the first company of its kind to ever be included in an Academy Awards® Gift Basket.

The gift basket is distributed to all presenters, entertainers, producers of the Acadeemy Awards® program, and Academy executives. Of the 107 gift baskets distributed this year, 40 plus went to major celebrities. Among this year's recipients were well-established stars such as Antonio Banderas, Annette Bening, Pierce Brosnan, Leonardo DiCaprio, Dustin Hoffman, Jeremy Irons, Samuel L. Jackson, Al Pacino, Gwyneth Paltrow, Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Julia Roberts, Martin Scorsese, Barbra Streisand, John Travolta, Robin Williams, Kate Winslet, and Renee Zellweger.

Gift baskets also went to younger up-and-coming stars such as Drew Barrymore, Halle Berry, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom, Adrien Brody, Penelope Cruz, Kirsten Dunst, Jake Gyllenhaal, Salma Hayek, Scarlett Johansson, Larua Linney, Mike Myers, Natalie Portman, Chris Rock, Adam Sandler, Charlize Theron, and Ziyi Zhang. Musicians and singers included Beyonce, Sean Combs, Bill Conti, Josh Groban, Prince, Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber, and Yo Yo Ma.

Response to date for the Horizon Foods gift certificate from recipients of the gift basket, redeemable for home delivered gourmet food, has been enthusiastic and excited; enthusiastic about the unusual nature of the gift, and excited to experience it.

Horizon Foods has been, ?Delivering fine foods to your neighborhood for over 25 Years? and is now proud to be delivering the same level of excellence to the stars.

Visit Horizon Foods on the web at http://horizonfoods.com/

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