Foodbuy Advantage January 2019 I Canada
Dark chocolate muffin event
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JANUARY CONTENTS
Program Announcements
CHEF’S CORNER Chef Andre Blanchet
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Learn about Foodbuy’s new and extended contracts to take advantage of the savings.
Program Highlights
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Learn about upcoming promotions, changes to existing programs and new product news.
Price Watch
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Determine the month’s highs and lows by specific category and/or supplier.
Market & Commodity News
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Find out the latest communications in the market that may impact current programs.
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Andre Blanchet, Corporate Executive Chef, Restaurant Associates, Compass Group Canada
Although spending his earlier years where he was raised in RouynNoranda Quebec, Chef Andre Blanchet eventually moved to the small farming community of Elmvale Ontario, where food was definitely an afterthought. In the background, he was raised and exposed in a community of 1400 people that was home to some of the most sought after maple syrup, cattle, and dairy. Being raised so close to Horseshoe Valley, Andre took up snowboarding as a hobby which eventually led to an instructor role. During one mild, green Christmas, Andre asked the human resources department at Horseshoe Resort what he could do in the interim of there being no snow, to afford his (at the time) childhood sweetheart, a promise ring. They found him a spot in the kitchen at Silks Fine Dining. From there, his culinary career had begun. After completing a diploma in Culinary Management at Georgian College, Andre decided he would apply to the best restaurants in Toronto, landing at Auberge du Pommier. He then decided he
wanted more education, and signed on for a 3yr apprenticeship with Fairmont Hotels and Resorts at the esteemed Royal York Hotel, where he stayed in the organization for almost 7 years, spanning across the globe in beautiful Banff and Lake Louise, Alberta, as well at the Savoy Hotel in London England. Still not feeling fully exposed to the finest, he took a chance and handwrote letters to all 50 restaurants on the SanPellegrino Top 50 list. The restaurants that were willing to take him on, he would eventually go work at. This brought him to some of the most recognized Michelin-starred restaurants in the world including Alinea in Chicago, three different Gordon Ramsay restaurants in the United Kingdom, and the famed Restaurant Alain Ducasse in Paris. Along his travels, he met Chef Jamie Oliver and Gennaro Contaldo, whom they immediately formed a bond over their love of food, where he was asked to team up in re-opening his signature FIFTEEN restaurant, and work on Jamie’s international publication Jamie Magazine, and help with the beginning of the now famous Jamie’s Food Tube channel. Upon returning to Canada, he was given the opportunity to lead the kitchens at the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise in Alberta as Chef de Cuisine designing menus and running the ship for their restaurants. Eventually he followed his heart back to Toronto, to work with his good friend Chef Corbin Tomaszeski at Starwood-Marriott hotels where he worked
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CHEF’S CORNER predominantly at the Westin Harbour Castle, and taskforced at the Sheraton Gateway, eventually finishing by being on the opening team for the St. Regis Hotel as part of the Marriott takeover.
When Jeff Bell and Ed Kusins gave him the opportunity to join Restaurant Associates, he dazzled them with smoking guns and circulators during his 1hr multi-course cooking test, as application for his role as Regional Executive Chef. He has since taken on a larger role in overseeing food nationally, as the Culinary Innovation Director for Restaurant Associates. He says his greatest accomplishment in the kitchen to-date is to have watched his cooks and apprentices work their way up in the kitchen, to the point where one is now the Chef De Cuisine for JeanGeorges Vongerichten.
Andre’s Feature Recipe: When reading recipes, the more ingredients to read, the easier to walk away from it. That’s why I’m giving you Andre’s Signature Lollipop recipe, that has only 3 ingredients, and they really pack a punch! Ingredients: • 2 parts couverture white chocolate • 1 part creamy blue cheese • Crushed pistachios Method: In a thick bottom pan over low-medium heat, begin melting the white chocolate while stirring with a rubber spatula. When it’s melted, slowly crumble in the blue cheese in stages and stir until melted. The temperature and fat contents won’t agree with each other at first, but be patient. Eventually it will look the colour of pastel green and be a smooth melted mixture. Remove from heat and refrigerate until firm. At this point you can spoon small amounts out, and roll them using your hands. You should be aiming for chocolate truffle size balls. Roll them into the crushed pistachio nuts and place on your serving board. At this point, you can use Dollar Store lollipop sticks to skewer and serve. Remember to ask your guests if they like blue cheese, and make extra, cause they are highly addictive.
Tips:
1) For extra flavor, you can roast the chocolate in the oven or in a much hotter pan until golden brown for extra depth. 2) Adjust quantities to your liking. For more savoury, add more cheese. For more sweet, add extra white chocolate.
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PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS Nutritional & Ingredients QUAKER® - SKU Event For more than 140 years, Quaker® has been the leading expert in oats and has been dedicated to researching this powerful grain to understand everything it has to offer. There are a variety of Quaker® products to suit every taste of Canadian families from coast to coast. With muffins as the 2nd most preferred snack when seeking indulgent items and chocolate as #2 in its flavour! We are pleased to announce the on trend muffin flavour Dark Chocolate Cherry willInformation be available in bulk format, 8 lb. pail frozen muffin batter, Listing effective January 1, 2019.
Dark Chocolate Cherry Frozen Muffin Batter Product Description
English
Dark Chocolate Cherry
French
Chocolat noir et cerises
Case Weight
Case Pack
FLC Code
8LB
8.1LB
1
60777
Dimensions
Case
Width (SAP L)
21.7cm
Height (SAP H)
16.2cm
Depth (SAP W)
21.7cm
Case/layer Code Date
PKG Weight
Case List Price
UPC Code – Unit
0 555 7760777 0
25x6
210 days
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PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS Carson Wagonlit Travel As part of our effort to streamline travel costs and standardize across locations, Compass Group Canada will transition to a single travel management company, Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT) in early 2019. CWT is an industry leader in business travel management. The company specializes in four key areas of travel management: traveler and transaction services; program optimization; safety and security; and meetings and events. Present in more than 150 countries, CWT is the local and global partner of choice, providing best-in-class service to its clients. The transition to CWT will also bring some new, exciting benefits to our travelers. They include: • Modern Global tools and services to ensure a consistent, quality experience, including professional, efficient travel counselor service, and implementation of industry leading Concur booking platform. • Secure, mobile access to all their travel details—including flight status and their traveler profile—via the CWT To Go™ travel app. • Comprehensive traveler tracking capabilities for locating and assisting travelers in an emergency. • More airline, hotel and rental car options that fall within the parameters of the travel policy. • Increased travel policy awareness and compliance (use of company-approved suppliers, etc.), allowing Foodbuy to leverage its volume with suppliers to obtain favorable pricing and service levels.
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Specific details and action items will be shared in early 2019. For now, please continue to book your travel reservations with the same webpage you currently use, and instruct your teams to do the same. All existing reservations at the time of transition will be honoured. Due to travel industry regulations, please use your travel credits prior to the transition, as they cannot be transferred to CWT. Users will need to work directly with the airline for any remaining credits after the transition. While the transition to CWT will bring many benefits, we realize change can be a challenge. We will rely on your cooperation and patience during this transition.
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PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS Nitrile - Gaining market prominence On January 1, 2019, a pricing increase will be implemented on the product category of Nitrile. This is a result of several factors including the popularity of the product in the marketplace. As demand continues to rise, there is increased pressure on capacity development. Handgards is working to minimize impact by evaluating supply sources and production options while investigating new synthetic raw materials, ensuring the right products for the right tasks while providing more prevalent pricing. We recommend cost avoidance options such as vinyl to mitigate this price adjustment.
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PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS Ready to Drink Tea A growing category in cold beverages Ready-to-drink tea is a growing category across all channels and regions in Canada with sales growth especially apparent in the premium category. Bottled brewed teas such as Pure Leaf and Gold Peak as an impulse item is a great tactic for incremental sales! Ready-to-drink tea heavily over indexes with meal occasions and should be merchandised adjacent to salads, sandwiches, fruits and dips.
Compass - Fiscal Year 2018 (Ready-to-drink Tea Category) Top Brands
# of Cases
# of Cases Prior Year
Mix %
YOY Case Growth/Decline
Nestea
58,685
59,267
47%
-1.0%
Lipton Pure Leaf
36,642
35,566
30%
3.0%
Lipton Brisk
16,018
13,710
13%
16.8%
Gold Peak
7,123
3,599
6%
97.9%
Kevita Kombucha
1,002
-
1%
100%
Peace Tea
1,192
-
1%
100%
Other
3,129
1,837
3%
70.3%
Total
123,791
113,978
100%
8.6%
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Did You Know? 5th
Tea is the most consumed beverage category in Canada and is growing +8.4 YOY
Ready to drink tea category is growing +14 YOY and is perceived as a healthy drinking option
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of all tea consumption is with meals
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PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS Healthy Snacking Consumers look for healthy snacking options throughout the day in our business.
Foundation A solid base to set the tone for the rest of the day
Bridge Extending or maintaining energy levels
Mental Pick Me Up A brief distraction to clear the mind
Treat/Reward A small indulgence as a personal reward
Nutrition bars are the perfect, on trend snack to meet customer’s needs. These top brands can help ensure you have a great healthy snacking variety in your retail space. See below the top SKUs we recommend being stocked at all times. Look for flavor extensions of these top brands too! Brand
Item
SKU
Kellogg
NutriGrain 10064100284453
Bar Cereal Strawberry 27gr
Kellogg
Special K
00064100567580
Crisp Special K Strawberry 25gr
Kellogg
Vector
10064100122229
Vector Energy Bar Chocolate Chip 55gr
Clif
Clif Bar
00722252125040
Bar Energy Chocolate Chip 68gr
Clif
Clif Bar
00722252124081
Bar Energy Crunchy Peanut Butter 68gr
Clif
Builder's
00722252616418
Bar Protein Chocolate Peanut Butter 68gr
Clif
Builder's
00722252626455
Bar Protein Vanilla Almond 68gr
Kind
Kind Bar
00602652172694
Snack Bar Dark Chocolate Nut & Sea Salt 40gr
Kind
Kind Bar
00602652172700
Snack Bar Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter 40gr
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Did You Know? 56
of snacking occasions reflect some need for nourishment
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of consumers want their food/beverage to deliver an “energy boost” health benefit
80
of consumers say they are willing to pay more for foods with health attributes
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PRICE WATCH Price Watch - January 2019 The information below offers a snapshot of some of the price changes customers can expect to see in January. Please review complete list of updates here.
Egg Burnbrae $0.06/kg Price Decrease Based on EFC price trend, there will be a price decrease and VA improvement for certain items from Jan to March 2019. Price decrease $0.06/kg, total price decrease is $11,948 and total rebate increase is $31,656.
All Maple Leaf 2.01% Trade Increase 2.01% trade increase on contracted items. Announced in August 2018 of $0.12/kg on all products to take effect Oct 1, 2018. Delay October to January = $40,664 (CGC), $26,159 (MDG)
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Yogurt Danone 3.8% Price Increase Price increase is triggered by CDC price increase in September 2018. This increase has been delayed for two months and the increase rate was negotiated from 5% to 3.8%. Price increase per case is around 60 cents.
Bakery The Original Cakerie 2% Price Increase All The Original Cakerie brands and Sysco Imperial products incuring a 2% general trade price increase. Mitigate by moving to Aryzta as vendor is unable to provide contract pricing.
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MARKET & COMMODITY NEWS Introducing New Item Attributes on MyOrders Compass Group Canada is introducing an exciting new attribute functionality in the MyOrders application. Users are able to filter the products with higher discretion for product source and/or nutritional content on the Order Guides and the DC Catalogs. The attributes will be ready and visible via a drop down menu going live on Monday, December 10, 2018. Example from the user interface:
These attributes, managed and maintained by Sysco and manufacturers. Units will continue to easily locate sustainable, allergen safe and diet restricting products as needed through MyOrders. Item attributes and definitions are listed below and can also be accessed here.
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MARKET & COMMODITY NEWS Biodegradable – product will decompose naturally and organically. Catch Weight – where an items individual weight might vary, the price is based on the final weight of the product or case. Gluten Free – does not contain grains that include gluten (ie: wheat, barley, rye and their cross-bred hybrids). Green – product is formed or part-formed from recycled components, be manufactured in a more energy-conservative way or be supplied to the market with less packaging. Halal – product can be lawfully consumed by Muslims as certified by an Islamic organization. Kosher – product is processed in accordance with the requirements of the Kashruth. Certification is made by a Rabbi or Rabbinical organization and identified by the appropriate Rabbi or Rabbinical organization symbol. Local – food produced or processed in the province or territory in which it is sold. Low Sodium – the food contains: a) 140 mg or less of sodium per reference amount and serving of stated size and, if the reference amount is 30 g or 30 mL or less, per 50 g; or b) 140 mg or less of sodium per 100 g, if the food is a prepackaged meal Made in a Peanut Free Facility – Product has been classified as made in a facility free of peanuts. Made In Canada – item is made in Canada. Marine Stewardship Council Item – item has been classified as MSC certified. Non GMO – product was not genetically modified. No Sugar Added – 1) The food contains no added sugars and no ingredients containing added sugars or ingredients that contain sugars that functionally substitute for added sugars. 2) The sugars content is not increased through some other means except where the functional effect is not to increase the sugars content of the food. Nut Free – item is produced in a nut free facility. Ocean Wise – Ocean Wise is a Vancouver Aquarium conservation program, created to help businesses and their customers identify and purchase sustainable seafood. Organic – product has an organic content of greater than or equal to 95% and has been certified according to the Canadian requirements for organic products. Sustainable – products that have been certified as sustainable by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) or the Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) certifying to Best Aquaculture Practices (BAPs). Trans Fat Free – the food contains less than 0.2 g of trans fatty acids per (i) reference amount and serving of stated size, or (ii) serving of stated size, if the food is a prepackaged meal Vegan – product does not contain meat, fish, poultry, eggs or dairy products including byproducts of these ingredients. Vegetarian – product does not contain meat, fish or poultry, including by-products of meat, fish and poultry.
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