Choice of the Year Ukraine
Choice of the Year Ukraine is a national annual competition in Ukraine with the objective of determining the most popular and highest quality products and services on the domestic market. The Choice of the Year award ceremony is held annually close to the end of the calendar year. Companies that win receive a patented golden medal, designed specifically corresponding to the year of the award, are granted the exclusive right to use the winning Choice of the Year logo on their products' labeling and packaging for the following year. The name and logo are patented according to law of Ukraine.
Organization
Choice of the Year Ukraine was founded in 2001 and the award ceremony following the marketing research to determine the winners in each product category has been held every year since. Subsidiaries of Choice of the Year are now opened in Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan.Up to these days 112 companies, 37 foreign and 75 Ukrainian companies in 183 nominations have taken part in competition. In 2013, more than 250 nominations were offered to Ukrainian companies in order to participate in the contest and gain national recognition.