July 2019
New Cold Beverage Contract Details inside.
JULY CONTENTS
CHEF’S CORNER Line Lapalme Encouraged by her entourage and driven by her desire to improve herself, Line Laplame continues her studies at the Institute of Tourism and Hospitality of Quebec (ITHQ).
Program Announcements
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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
After beginning her career in various restaurants within the Montreal area, Line takes her first steps in the food service sector through an internship at CVC Food Services Inc. Ambitious and wilful, she will evolve as well on operational functions as on support functions. Line Lapalme, Culinary Director— Compass Group Québec, Canada
Coming from the farming community, the Compass Quebec Group’s Culinary Director, Line Lapalme, has grown and evolved in the culture of local, fresh and quality products. This childhood in nature has marked his character and formed the quality of his taste. Driven by her love and passion for cooking (and food), she decided to get involved in the culinary sector at an early age.
Line will join the ranks of Compass Group Canada following the merger of the two companies in 2000. This will be an opportunity for her to return to her first love, cooking, and to use her years of experience in management positions to flourish in the position of Culinary Director. Line Lapalme recipe of the classic blueberries croustade, featuring beautiful local blueberries, next page.
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Find out the latest communications in the market that July impact current programs.
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CHEF’S CORNER Vegan croustade with blueberries, maple syrup and grilled buckwheat PREP TIME: 15 MIN COOK: 35 MIN PORTIONS: 8
FIRST STEP: THE CRUNCHY PART INGREDIENTS • 3 cups oatmeal • ½ cup whole-wheat flour • ½ cup grilled buckwheat (kasha) (shelled and roasted buckwheat seeds) • ½ cup maple syrup • ½ cup coconut oil • 1 tsp. grounded cardamom SECOND STEP: THE BLUEBERRIES
METHOD 1. In the bottom of a baking dish, place the blueberries, ¼ cup maple syrup and cardamom. Stir and reserve. 2. In a bowl combine the oatmeal, whole-wheat flour and grilled buckwheat. 3. In a small bowl, combine the unmelted coconut oil and maple syrup. Pour into the bowl of dry ingredients and stir with your hands until a smooth paste is obtained. 4. Place the mixture on the top of the bluberries without compacting it, then bake in the center rack at 350ºF for 30 to 40 minutes. Let it cool a bit before eating. Variation: replace cardamom with cinnamon and nutmeg and use local berries. The croustade can be stored at room temperature for up to 4 days. To keep it crispy, it’s best not to cover it too much.
INGREDIENTS
The buckwheat is gluten-free and is very nutritious and more and more grown in Quebec.
• 4 cups blueberries
Be sure to pick up shelled and roasted seeds.
• ¼ maple syrup • 1 tsp. grounded cardamom
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—Line Lapalme
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PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS FLOW - Cold Beverage Contract Foodbuy is pleased to announce a two year contract extension with Flow Hydration as of April 2019. This exciting partnership will help operators and customers choose a product with sustainably sourced packaging and great new flavours! Flow has more healthy minerals than most bottled waters, and is NATURALLY alkaline (+pH of 8.1). That means our minerals come from the earth, not an artificial process. Flow’s naturally occurring magnesium, calcium, bicarbonate, and potassium are SUPER hydrating and balancing for your body. It’s like the difference between organic and conventional—Flow is the organic avocado of hydration. A pack you can back. • • •
Packaged in 100% recyclable, paper-based Tetra Pak carton +/- 68% of packaging, free of PET and BPA, comes from a renewable source – one of the highest in the industry Our paperboard comes from FSC- certified trees
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Contains a bio-based cap made of sugar cane Products packaged in cartons are transportation-efficient – less greenhouse gas emissions Has 60% lower global warming potential than PET plastic bottles
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PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS NĀKD - New Snack Contract Foodbuy is pleased to announce a new contract on Nākd bars with CDC Foods (brokers for Natural Balance Foods) effective July 1, 2019. Natural Balance Foods is a young British company with products produced in the UK. Nākd bars are a great way to eat nutritious, healthy food without compromising on taste while on the go. These simply made and beloved bars contain 100% natural ingredients, just raw fruits and nuts smooshed together. With no added sugars or syrups, these bars are wheat, dairy and gluten free—NON-GMO verified, Vegan and Kosher certified. With a soft, chewy texture in a variety of flavours, they are surprisingly filling when containing less than 5 ingredients, keeping you satisfied until your next meal! Nākd bars are listed and made available for ordering through our broad-line distributor Coremark. More information on this product can be accessed here. For more information about the company, please visit their website at https://www.naturalbalancefoods.co.uk/
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PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS NESTLÉ - Ice Cream Catalogue 2019 Foodbuy is pleased to announce the arrival of the Nestle Ice Cream Catalogue 2019. Nestlé is the world’s largest food and beverage company with more than 2000 brands ranging from global icons to local favorites and present in 191 countries around the world. Trusted by Canadians for over 25 years and ranking number one in ice cream nationally, Nestlé and Foodbuy have committed to partnering in the single serve category by supporting your location with Canada’s number one selling ice cream novelties. You can access our new catalogue here.
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PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS CANADA BREAD - Discontinuation Canada Bread has decided to exit all aspects of the frozen business across all categories including: • Soft Breads and Rolls • Crusty Breads and Rolls • Artisan Breads and Rolls • Bagels • Croissants, Biscuits and Scones Canada Bread expects to conclude this transition by September 13th. To help mitigate the impact to your business, Foodbuy’s Preferred Supplier for Frozen bread is Weston’s. Bagel products will also be provided through Aryzta with products expected to be available by late July/August. We are finalizing some options with other suppliers to make sure the entire category is covered. We ask that you speak to your Account Manager should you have any questions.
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PRICE WATCH Price Watch - July 2019 The information below offers a snapshot of some of the price changes customers can expect to see in July. Please review complete list of updates here.
Bacon, OBP Branded Olymel -11% Price Decrease 11% decrease in price. Still above 2018 pricing on bacon. Expect rise in prices to continue next month due to impact of ASF.
Coffee, Roast & Ground - Roasters Brand Club Coffee 1% Price Increase Negotiated contract extension with a price increase around labour, packaging, freight and overhead cost. Continue to purchase Roasters Brand, our preferred selection.
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Coffee - Seattles Best Brand Starbucks -4% Price Decrease 4% decrease in price on Seattles Best Brand due to negotiation.
Paper Tissue/Towel/Napkin Kruger 1.3% Price Increase Virgin pulp price increase resulted in overall industry price impact. Kruger is secondary supplier with selected SKUs not impacted. Move spend to preferred supplier - Cascades.
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MARKET & COMMODITY NEWS OLYMEL - Ingredient Listing Change Olymel is about to make an ingredient change in its breaded and parfried poultry products. In order to maintain a good operational flexibility, the ingredient statements of their breaded poultry products will be modified to include the option of using canola or soybean oil. This applies to both fully cooked breaded products and uncooked breaded products made in their Quebec and Ontario plants. Several evaluations have been made on their products to ensure and maintain the same level of quality through this change. Olymel is also taking advantage of this change to update ingredient declarations, nutrition information and labeling rules to the latest requirements of the Food and Drug Regulations and the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations. These changes will be phased in starting in May for National branded products. Any change to private label branded product labels will be implemented only once they have received written consent from each customer. If you have any questions about these changes, do not hesitate to contact your Olymel representative. More information on this change can be accessed here.
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MARKET & COMMODITY NEWS DIVERSEY - Chemical Update We wanted to provide an update to the business on the Diversey Chemicals transition that has been underway since the start of May. We are 57% complete Phase 1 of the project, and have currently transitioned 43% of our business. We would like to remind everyone to keep an eye on inventory levels. Managers are encouraged to make best efforts to use-up existing chemical inventory and only place additional orders for critical items (such as sanitizer) to last until the week of your scheduled installation. Poor inventory management will lead to delayed transitions, and significant missed opportunity. There will be senior sector review of all units who don’t transition in time due to over-ordering of EcoLab products. We would like to remind units that doing a case by case comparison on price is not the correct methodology. Diversey products have a longer usage period due to their high dilution rates. With the recent transition, we have identified an issue between the price shown on the MOG and the price that units are invoiced. There is a project underway that will address this issue in September. In the interim, we have attached a Sysco contract price list for all Diversey products that can be referenced. We will continue to audit all transactions and ensure that our distributors are charging units correctly. If you have any concerns, please submit a pricing ticket with BuySmart. The Sysco contract price list can be accessed here.
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