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Discover why generations of chefs and restaurant owners have relied on us for quality, service and value.

Our recent expansion allows us to deliver thousands of products: everything you need to support your fast food or family restaurant. Offering a Full Line of:

IRA Annual Golf Classic

Once again, the Illinois Restaurant Association had a

successful Annual Golf Classic event. This year’s soldout event presented by Pendleton Whisky had a fun rodeo theme, and as you can see, many golfers had fun with their costumes. In addition to 18 holes of world-class golf at St. Andrews Golf and Country Club, attendees were treated to a lavish dinner extravaganza, featuring favorites from

Lou Malnati’s, Eli’s Cheesecake Esperanza, Tandoor, Moretti’s, Antico Posto, Gaylord of India, Los Comales, Moe’s Cantina, and Turano Baking Co.

FOOD PLANT AND WAREHOUSE SKILLED SPECIALISTS

We are a company driven to helping to increase your efficiency, output and profits while reducing your hiring, recruiting and labor challenges.

Why Choose Us

When we provide temporary and permanent workers for your operation, you will receive FREE, added value consulting services designed to help to be more profitable. Team of food plant experts include:

• SQF Practitioners • OSHA-Trained Safety Experts • Hiring Managers • Flow & Productivity Specialists • Distribution Specialists • Training & Development Specialists

Stephanie Tempo

President

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Our Purpose

• Helping to match qualified candidates with excellent companies. • Reduced risk. • Fast hirining.

Qualified Team

Our teams are trained in how to make plants run smoother. Our team will help to find qualified candidates for temporary or permament positions.

We Are Different

If you have a food plant, whosesale bakery, manufacturing or distribution operation, contact us and discover why.

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Increasing Productivity of Your Warehouse Team

The value you place on material handling equipment is based on its productive use. That productivity in turn, depends heavily on the support services that can be provided to you. Voss Equipment knows this, and therefore they are committed to delivering value.

The value Voss provides is everything you should expect from a lift truck/material-handing dealership. They have the knowledge to help you acquire the right equipment for your specific needs and the quality service to make sure it stays productive.

Voss Equipment’s mission is to provide quality material handling support services to their customers, forming partnerships with them – and with their dedicated employees – Voss prides themselves that their success is built on these relationships. In short, Voss Equipment’s energies are sharply focused on a single goal: to ensure the overall effectiveness and productivity of your operation. You can find Voss Equipment’s ad on page 6.

Yogurt Demand Rises Again

Yogurt sales are up 8% year over year, according to the International Dairy Deli Bakery Association, continuing an upward trend started in late 2021 that is predicted to continue. The renewed popularity otf yogurt products is attributed to increased at-home snacking and nutritional awareness during the pandemic as well as industry innovation in the types of yogurt offered, from plant-based to drinkable yogurts. – Source: Supermarket News

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Technomic Reveals Global Opportunities for Breakfast

Technomic just released the Breakfast Global Menu Category Report, providing robust coverage, including consumer food and beverage preferences; segment patronage; key global, regional and local restaurant brands; and menu trends and insights on new product development strategies.

“The breakfast category remained largely resilient throughout the global pandemic, and now presents an opportunistic daypart for many restaurant operators and supplier partners,” explains Aaron Jourden, director of global research and insights at Technomic. “Consumers are back to using restaurants and foodservice outlets as normality returns to everyday life, but their attitudes, preferences and even venue types vary from country to country.”

Key findings include:

• 24% of consumers globally source their breakfast from a restaurant or foodservice venue, down just 2% from pre-pandemic. • 48% of consumers in Mexico dine at a

full-service eatery for breakfast—the highest percentage in North America for this segment. • 39% of consumers globally purchase a breakfast sandwich on occasion, with some of the highest popularity in Chile (53%) and

Malaysia (45%). • Four of the five most-preferred breakfast beverages among consumers globally are hot preparations, including hot coffee, hot tea, hot specialty coffee and hot chocolate.

According to a new study about today’s mealtime, 3 in 5 Americans are craving more family meals – 49% of respondents said having a family dinner is an “important way to connect,” followed by making memories (46%), learning more about family in general (46%) and continuing family traditions (45%). The Honey Baked Ham Company is helping families spend more time together at the table with tasty and convenient New Family Meals in a variety of sizes and price points to fit any family occasion.

FRANCHISE YOUR BUSINESS!

If you have a proven concept, we can help you expand it.

We have the legal and real estate experience you need. Serving Food Industry Businesses for over 35 years.

Other services:

Business Sales/Purchases, Partnership Agreements, Investor Contracts, leases, Contract Reviews, Licensing and Franchising, Employment Matters.

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