FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 5, 2000

DAWN ANNOUNCES RBA 2000 SEARCH FOR SUCCESS GRAND PRIZE WINNER

Dawn Food Products, Inc. announced Kevin Mercer of Pat's Country Bakery in Churchton, MD as the Grand Prize Winner in its Search for Success contest at the RBA 2000 Show in Washington D.C.

Mercer's name was chosen when he and other RBA Show attendees entered the contest by stopping at various locations within the Dawn booth. At each station contestants heard presentations on selected Dawn products and merchandising programs and got a card stamped with a letter from the word SUCCESS. Mercer received $500 worth of Dawn product as the Grand Prize Winner. Eleven hourly winners received $100 in Dawn product and four contestants were awarded Dawn's "Down Home" Cookie Bags.

Dawn Food Products, Inc. is one of the world's largest bakery manufacturers and distributors as well as one of the nation's oldest manufacturers of bakery mixes and bases. Since 1920, Dawn's dedicated employees, outstanding products and valued customers have made the Dawn name synonymous with excellence. American-owned and operated, Dawn currently supplies a complete line of quality, consistent mixes, bases, icings, glazes, fillings, frozen dough, par-baked and fully baked products and equipment to the food industry worldwide.

For more information, please contact Dawn Food Products, Inc., 2021 Micor Drive, Jackson, MI 49203. Phone: (800) 248-1144 or (517) 789-4400. Fax: (517) 789-4465. Or Web site: www.dawnfoods.com.

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