Cory Named Finalist Among New Jersey’s Top Businesses and Business Leaders

Furniture World News Desk on 12/2/2014

Cory First Choice Home Delivery reported that it has been named a finalist in the 101+ Employee category in the 2014 NJBIZ Business of the Year awards program. The award program, produced by NJBIZ, New Jersey’s premiere business news publication, is presented by EisnerAmper LLP and sponsored by Comcast Business.

The Business of the Year awards program celebrates New Jersey’s most dynamic businesses and business leaders who share a commitment to professional excellence, business growth and the community. Finalists were selected in six categories: Business of the Year (1-50 Employees), Business of the Year (51-100 Employees), Business of the Year (101+ Employees), Corporate Citizen of the Year, Emerging Business of the Year and Executive of the Year.

CEO Patrick Cory commented, “It was exciting to learn that Cory had been chosen as a finalist amongst the many nominees and it is an honor to be one of the eight finalists in the 101+ employee category. I congratulate my fellow finalists in this category, AmeriHealth of NJ, Annin & Co., Collabera, Eisai Inc., MWW, Prudential Center and the NJ Devils and QualCare Alliance Networks, Inc.”

Finalists and winners were chosen by an independent panel of judges including: James W. Hughes, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; David W. Opderbeck, Seton Hall University School of Law; Shino John, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; and Peter Kasabach, New Jersey Future.
The Business of the Year award finalists will be recognized and the winner in each category will be announced during an awards dinner on December 8, 2014 at the Palace at Somerset Park in Somerset, NJ.

About Cory Home Delivery: One of the oldest and largest specialized home delivery carriers in America, Cory Home Delivery, founded by Joseph Cory in 1934, today is in its third generation of family management and ownership. Based in Secaucus, New Jersey, the company serves many of the top 100 furniture, appliance, and electronics retailers in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. The company dispatches a modern fleet of 500 customized vehicles daily, delivering more than $2.1 billion of consumer products to more than 1.6 million consumers annually. www.corycompanies.com