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By Kristen Smith, editorial assistant, digital content GEORGETOWN, ON—Sanja Vago, co-owner of Latitude Food and Drink, which opened in late October on the main street of Georgetown, ON, says the bistro-style restaurant doesn’t fit neatly into any one category.

Vago—a self-described foodie— and her husband, Ed, saw an opportunity for a casual, everyday independent restaurant with sophisticated, fine-dining fare in their hometown.

The couple didn’t have any prior industry experience, but with the help of friend and restaurateur Matt Sutherland of Toronto’s Fat Cat, who

acted as a consultant throughout the process, they opened the 50-seat eatery at 99 Main St. S. They brought on Owen and Amanda Vulpe to run the day-to-day operations. The pair most recently worked together at What’s Cooking in Erin, ON and both bring a long list of industry experience to Latitude. Amanda has serving and management experience from the Royal York Hotel and Owen has worked for Oliver & Bonacini Restaurants as well independent Toronto eateries, such as The Rushton.

“We’re making traditional dishes with contemporary, modern touches,” said Vago, who noted sourcing locally makes sense given Georgetown’s

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location, which has access to some year-round produce.

Executive chef Owen Vulpe plans to create seasonal menus.

“We’re right in the middle of where all the food comes from,” said Vulpe, who is aiming to reduce Latitude’s carbon footprint “through smart purchasing” and local sourcing.

Latitude’s roasted chicken dish is Vulpe’s attempt at a chef joke; instead of stuffing the breast, the polenta is stuffed with goat’s cheese and served with sautéed rapini and smoked paprika tomato ragout. The carbonara style parpadelle pasta includes varieties of pork: pancetta, guanciale and double-smoked bacon.

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New steaks for Fairfax with Keg VANCOUVER—Toronto-based Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited has picked up a 51 per cent majority of Vancouver’s The Keg Restaurants in a deal announced mid-November.

The Keg Restaurants Limited president and chief executive officer David Aisenstat will continue to own 49 per cent of the company and the management team will remain the same, according to a news release.

“Fairfax will bring additional expertise and resources to The Keg,” Aisenstat said in the release.

Aisenstat told the Vancouver Sun in late November that the deal had been in discussion for several years and that there were “no real

material plans” to change the concept of the Keg. The Sun estimated the deal to be worth more than $150 million.

The Keg has approximately 9,500 employees, more than 100 restaurants and system-wide sales of approximately $500 million, according to the company.

The Keg’s third quarter 2013 report declared gross sales of the 102 Keg restaurants in the royalty pool as $116,016,000 for the quarter (a decrease of 2.7 per cent from the same quarter last year) and $354,771,000 in year-to-date gross sales, a two per cent decrease from the previous year.

The company attributed the decrease in gross sales to the closure of three corporate restaurants in the U.S. at the beginning of the year and the closure of one additional U.S. corporate restaurant during the third quarter.

In Canada, The Keg will be opening new locations in Quebec, Ontario and Alberta within the next year, Aisenstat told the Sun. The Fairfax deal is expected to close in January 2014; financial terms have not been disclosed.

The news comes three weeks after Fairfax’s Prime Restaurants became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cara Operations Limited through a “strategic financing partnership”.

Foucault and Loseto win Ontario Gold Medal Plates mousse of rabbit liver, chestnut puree and pickled turnip to earn her a spot at the national competition. Chef Jonathan Korecki of Sidedoor Contemporary Kitchen and Bar won silver and chef de cuisine Katie Brown Ardington of Beckta Dining and Wine took home the bronze.

Loseto of George Restaurant took the gold medal on Oct. 30 in Toronto with an Ahi tuna dish with jasmine carrot and pear. Tyler Shedden of Café Boulud took Winners and Olympic athletes at Ottawa the silver medal at the Toronto event and Gold Medal Plates. Photo by Greg Kolz.

Victor Barry of Splendido placed third.

Foucault and Loseto will compete Following two Gold Medal Plates competitions in Ontario, Edgar’s chef Marysol Foucault and against each other and nine other chefs at the chef Lorenzo Loseto will head to the 2014 Gold Canadian championship including: • Calgary winner Duncan Ly of Yellow Medal Plates finale in Kelowna, BC on Feb. 7 Door Bistro; and 8.

• Edmonton representative Paul Schufelt On Nov. 18 in Ottawa, Foucault of Edgar’s of the Century Hospitality Group; prepared wild boar belly and rabbit loin with

• Jonathan Thauberger of Crave Kitchen + Wine Bar, Regina; • For Winnipeg, Kelly Cattani of Elements the Restaurant; • Trevor Robertson of the Radisson Hotel, Saskatoon; • The Acorn’s Brian Skinner, who won the Victoria competition; • Roger Andrews of reLiSH Gourmet Burgers, St. John’s; and • Martin Ruiz Salvador of Fleur de Sel in Lunenburg, NS. A team of local and national food and wine judges decided the winners of each competition.

A Montreal representative will be determined this month at a private event.

Since 2004, Gold Medal Plates has generated more than $7 million for Canada’s Olympic athletes.

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Vulpe trained at Humber College and started cooking as a co-op student at Mark McEwan’s North 44. While he has classic French training, Vulpe told ORN he enjoys preparing Canadian food. He said Canada is lucky to have so many cultures bring their cuisines here. “I’m taking those different parts and putting them together through a classic French cooking lens,” he said.

In addition to the formal menu is a list of casual, share-plate items printed on a chalkboard wall. Items range from house cured olives for $4 to a $15 charcuterie or cheese platter.

Average check is between $35 and $40 with wine.

The Vulpes are excited to let customers help guide them when it comes to tweaking dishes or making changes to the menu. “I’m really hands on at the tables,” said Amanda.

Karen Pertrachenko Studios was brought on as a designer for the 800-square-foot, one-room restaurant. Vago said they tried to achieve a warm and inviting feel with the concept, menu and design, calling it “casual country, with sophistication.”

Reclaimed barn wood was sourced from Acton, ON to decorate large portions of the walls and a birch log structure separates the back portion of the restaurant—which is slightly raised—from the front.

“In that second level, we’ve given it the

illusion of privacy,” Vago said, who notes the area is suitable for large parties or special functions but also open enough not to be secluded.

Vago said main street residents, in particular other restaurant owners, were supportive and helpful in the months prior to opening.

“We’ve been really welcomed by everybody in the downtown Georgetown core,” said Vago.

She said, instead of looking at other restaurants as competition, her hope is that all the main street businesses will build the amount of downtown traffic together.

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n a world where businesses are trying to indelibly stamp a customer with their brands, one company in Houston appears to be taking the idea quite literally—the Pi Pizza Truck offers customers the chance to get a free slice (or $8 off a pie) daily for life if they’re willing to get one of 15 Pi Pizza-specific tattoos from a nearby tattoo parlour.

If it sounds unlikely, think again: the promotion is in its second year and close to 50 people have chosen to be emblazoned with these $60 to $200 markings forever proclaiming their loyalty to Pi Pizza—a privilege made clear by the fact they were willing to pay to be walking advertisements in return for the promise of something free.

When it comes to putting a price on the value of freebies, however, restaurateurs often have to walk a fine line between prestige and profitability.

“We’re so used to sampling and things being given away for free that it’s nice to know that people will pay for things,” joked Doug Townsend, director of marketing for Taste

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of Nova Scotia, at this year’s OCTA Tourism Summit in November.

For the restaurateur, tradeshows, conferences and events create a culture of giveaways that—although a world away from the excess of the ’80s and ’90s—still translate to a line item on a profit and loss statement, and the price of doing these events can sometimes lead to sticker shock for chefs.

“I came as close to vomiting as I could when our accountant told us how much we had spent on travel, food and time on the event schedule for last year. It was disturbing,” said chef John Currence from City Grocery in Oxford, MS to Eater during a 2012 hot topic panel.

“Even one course for one hundred people—if you’re going to ship the ingredients over, you spend lots and lots of money. In addition to all the expenses, you’re taking time away from your restaurant.”

Although these giveaways and promotions may be a minor part of a large company’s marketing budget, smaller operators may find it a

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Editorial advisory CounCil Mickey Cherevaty Consultant, Moyer Diebel Limited Marvin Greenberg Consultant Jack Battersby President, Summit Food Service Distributors Inc. Barney Strassburger Jr. President, TwinCorp Paul LeClerc Partner, Serve-Canada Food Equipment Ltd. Paul Mancini Director of Retail, Inventory and Wholesale, LCBO Ralph Claussen Director Food and Beverage Operations Woodbine Entertainment Group Adam Colquhoun President, Oyster Boy John Crawford Director of Sales-Canada, Lamb Weston Tina Chiu Chief Operating Officer, Mandarin Restaurant Franchise Corporation Martin Kouprie Chef/Owner, Pangaea Restaurant Joel Sisson Founder and president of Crush Strategy Inc. Leslie Wilson Vice-president of Business Excellence Compass Group Canada Chris Jeens Partner W. D. Colledge Co. Ltd.

bit more taxing to offer something for free that cuts into an already razor-thin profit margin.

Conversely, the owner of a 30-seat restaurant may have increased control in timing, scope and flexibility offered by not having to wade through levels of bureaucracy for permission; an advantage food trucks and pop-ups are capitalizing on to build brand awareness among millennials and younger diners using Instagram, Pinterest and Twitter.

As consumers become increasingly aware of corporate branding, the medium has also changed. Originally a clever way to get around the issues of selling tacos in a design studio by offering them as an add-on to buying an artist-created poster or card, Toronto’s La Carnita’s branded artwork turned what could have been a free giveaway into a profit builder while growing a loyal (and recognizable) following.

While millennials may scoff at the company-logoed golf shirts of the ’80s (or at best, wear them ironically), they’ll publicly align themselves with a brand voluntarily on Facebook or Twitter without a second thought.

And although it may not be a physical tattoo on their bodies, it’s arguably a much more visible stamp of approval … and they’ve done it for free.

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FDA moves to eliminate trans fat from U.S. diet SILVER SPRING, MD—The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Nov. 7 that it is taking steps to eliminate artificial trans fats from the American diet, saying the fats are no longer “generally recognized as safe” for consumption.

“While the consumption of potentially harmful artificial trans fat has declined over the last two decades in the United States, current intake remains a significant public health concern,” said FDA Commissioner Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D. in a release.

Consumption of trans fat—often described as “bad” cholesterol—can result in increased risk of coronary heart disease.

The reduction of trans fat in the American diet could prevent 20,000 heart attacks and 7,000 deaths from heart disease annually, Hamburg added.

Bill Jeffery, national co-ordinator for the Centre for Science in the Public Interest says it is difficult to know how the FDA’s proposed changes will affect Canadians.

“It may be that U.S. food manufacturers [who] export to Canada will just export a safer product with less trans fat in it, or may-

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be they’ll see Canada as a market to dump their foods and maybe we’ll end up with more trans fat coming across the border,” Jeffery told the CBC. According to Jeffery, scientists from Health Canada show that a ban of trans fat could save 1,000 lives a year and nearly half a billion dollars in health care costs.

Food & Consumer Products of Canada (FCPC) said in a statement that it is aware of FDA’s proposed changes.

“Canada once had the highest levels of trans fat consumption in the world,” the FCPC said. “Today, the majority of Canada’s food supply is trans-fat-free and Canadians have access to thousands of reformulated products.”

The FDA is currently in the process of asking U.S. manufacturers how long it would take to reformulate products without trans fats during a 60-day comment period.

Numerous retailers and manufacturers, according to the FDA, have already demonstrated that they are capable of making products without harmful trans fats.

Since 2003 the intake of trans fat among Americans has declined from 4.6 grams per day to about 1 gram per day in 2012, according to the FDA.

limited-ser vice chain.

• The Keg Steakhouse & Bar—service, full-service chain.

• MR. SUB—service, limited-service chain.

• La Cage aux Sports—atmosphere, full-service chain.

• Second Cup—atmosphere, limitedservice chain.

• St-Hubert—brand image, full-service chain.

• Tim Hortons—brand image, limited-service chain.

• Scores Rotisserie & Ribs—brand loyalty, full-service chain.

• Harvey’s—brand loyalty, limited service chain.

“Technomic is pleased to identify and recognize these leading chains for their success at satisfying customers,” said Technomic executive vice-president Darren Tristano in a Nov. 11 release. “It’s important to point out that it’s the consumers who rated the chains and selected the winners. In essence, this award is from the customers themselves.”

Winners were recognized at the Canadian Trends & Directions Conference held in Brampton, ON on Oct. 22.

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A&W opens 800th in Canada

CHICAGO—Technomic Inc. has presented its inaugural Canadian Restaurant Consumers’ Choice Award winners.

The awards were based on consumer feedback rating leading Canadian restaurant full-service and limited-service chains on more than 60 different qualities.

The winners were determined by analyzing five key criteria—food and beverage, service, atmosphere, brand image and brand loyalty.

The awards went to: • Cora—food and beverage, full-service chain.

• Booster Juice—food and beverage,

MONTREAL—A&W Canada opened its 800th location in Canada on Nov. 22 at 655 President-Kennedy Ave. in downtown Montreal.

“With 34 new expansions across the country in 2013, and over 70 openings in the past two years, we are pleased with A&W’s rapid expansion,” Paul Hollands, president and chief operating officer of A&W Food Services of Canada Inc., said in a release.

“Today, we are thrilled to open our 800th restaurant in the country and our sixth urban concept restaurant in downtown Montreal, and we are looking forward to a continued high pace of expansion,” he said.

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The new geographies of local Left: Andrew Wiens.

Top right: Trevor Benson.

Bottom right: Suresh Doss.

TORONTO—On the heels of the Ontario government creating a reference point for defining local with the passing of the Local Food Act, taste of place was a hot topic at this year’s Ontario Culinary Tourism Summit on Nov. 13 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.

New Zealand-based professor C. Michael Hall, author of Think Global, Eat Local: Innovation & Sustainability in Food Tourism urged the audience via Skype to think about the “new

geographies” of local food and sustainable eating.

“We’re rethinking distance, and where our food comes from and where our customers come from,” he said.

In terms of mapping out local in this province, Trevor Benson, Ontario foodservice designation program co-ordinator at the Ontario Culinary Tourism Alliance announced the start of Feast ON, a new designation to

Ontario grant helps Schreiber café open SCHREIBER, ON—The Ontario government is pitching in to help a Northern Ontario woman open a 30-seat café in downtown Schreiber, located north of Lake Superior.

Schreiber resident Bev Stortini will open P.J.’s Café early next year thanks, in part, to a $125,000 conditional grant from the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC).

“They didn’t just hand me the money,” Stortini told ORN, adding that she was denied after her first application and had to appeal. “In the end, they saw how much it meant to the community.”

Stortini said the bulk of Schreiber’s businesses are located along the Trans-Canada Highway, but the site for P.J.’s Café will be in the downtown and central for local residents.

The NOHFC grant is earmarked for renovations and equipment purchases and will reimburse half of the cost of each individual purchase up to a total of $125,000. Conditions stipulate Stortini must also stay in business for three to four years.

Stortini says her café will be unique among businesses in the downtown core, adding that there used to be a Robin’s Donuts, which closed.

The 30-seat cafe will be open from 7 a.m. until 6 p.m. and serve coffee, made-to-order wraps, homemade soup and an assortment of desserts.

The café will hire three full-time employees and provide several part-time positions.

“I want to hire students to keep the stu-

MP Michael Gravelle (left) and Bev Stortini.

dents employed—there’s not a lot of employment in our community for students—I think that’s important,” Stortini said.

Since 2005, the NOHFC has created 2,855 jobs through an investment of nearly $87 million.

On Nov. 14, the Ontario government announced the latest round of grants which included P.J.’s Café and three others: the Town of Terrace Bay received $50,000 to complete a waterfront development study; Cast To You, in Marathon, received $24,850 for a fishing and camping-products business; and School of Rock, in Marathon, received $17,255 to purchase musical instruments.

“I am very pleased that our government is again demonstrating its firm commitment to Northern Ontario by investing in these significant local projects,” Natural Resources Minister Michael Gravelle said in a statement.

“The NOHFC continues to be a key tool for building strong, more competitive economy, with prosperous northern communities,” he said.

promote local food and drink on restaurant menus.

“From food trucks to fine dining, we want to encourage foodservice providers to partner at the local, regional level in a way that showcases how they’re plugging into the taste of place,” said Benson. A searchable website, set to launch in January 2014, will allow customers to build itineraries around specific taste trails. Operators must commit to a manifesto that includes tracking and tracing Ontario food and drink purchases as close to the point of origin as possible and identifying the provenance of Ontario food and drink on their menu. On a procurement level, participating restaurateurs must provide proof that 25 per cent of total annual food receipts reflect Ontario food and beverage purchases respectively.

A corresponding launch—Experience Assessment Tool (EAT)—will help businesses to be market-ready for food tourism by using a rating system based on market readings, tourism offerings and other measurables.

As a successful example of food tourism opportunities, Doug Townsend, director of

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marketing at Taste of Nova Scotia, talked about The Nova Scotia Eatery mobile promotion, which brought East Coast chefs and a model of the Peggy’s Cove lighthouse to the streets of Toronto last summer. Although the team got off to a rocky start with 20 pounds of butter melting due to equipment failure, as well as staffing issues, Townsend and his crew sold more than 7,000 food items during eight weeks on the road.

Food trucks were also a part of the keynote speech at a joint lunch with the Ontario Tourism Summit, where food truck advocate and publisher of Spotlight Toronto Suresh Doss spoke about millennial culture influencing food: one without a predetermined palate and one influenced by other cultures. “There’s no Baby Duck generation to overcome; instead we’ve got a wave of young foodies,” he said.

Reviewing savvy Andrew Wiens, international sales manager, destination marketing at TripAdvisor, told attendees that the site gets 70 reviews per minute worldwide. Want to manage your reviews?

Here are some tips from Wiens to keep your online reputation clean: Negative reviews: “The only thing worse than having bad reviews is no reviews. Users look to the middle and ignore and push to the sides superlatives and negatives.”

Responses: “There are two audiences you’re writing responses to: the reviewer and the rest of the planet.”

Photos: “The bar is not super high; it’s to be in focus.”

Repetition: “Don’t repeat your name unless it’s a positive review. A bad review will index higher with Google and other search engines if you repeat your name as a key word.”

CCFCC gets Oakville chapter OAKVILLE, ON—A group of chefs have branch on Nov. 18, Marquis spoke of opportulaunched an Oakville branch of the Canadian nities to give back to the chef community, for Culinary Foundation (CCFCC), with its first example, by getting involved in competitions meeting of about 25 members on Oct. 21. or being guest speakers at colleges and high Oakville branch president Ryan Marquis schools. corporate chef for C.W. Shasky told ORN this “What I think we’re all here to do, we want is the second branch to open in southern Onto give back and we need to figure out how tario in the past two years. we will do that,” said Marquis at the meeting, David Franklin, corporate chef for Sysco which was held at the Milton GFS’ new test Central Ontario, is the branch secretary and kitchen. corporate chef at the Kraft Culinary Centre Marquis hopes to double, or even triple Kira Smith is treasurer. Along with Bob Villemembership, in the coming months and will neuve, Maple Leaf director of culinary innobe launching junior membership though vation, the group spearheaded efforts to open school partnerships next year. another branch in the CCFCC central region.

Applicants must hold a valid certificate of Marquis said it’s a lot of work to start a qualification for the trade of cook and have inbranch so there has to be significant interest. dustry or instructor experience. Annual memHe added that the size of the Greater Toronto bership dues are about $100 and may differ Area and neighbouring communities could depending on the local branch. sustain even one more chapter.

The Oakville branch—which meets on the third Monday of the month at alternating locations—will make it easier for chefs living and working outside of downtown Toronto to attend meetings and be active in the culinary association, he said.

While section business is addressed at meetings, Marquis said CCFCC branches also create a network of chefs working together and an opportunity to share stories of struggles and successes.

“As chefs, we all struggle with the same issues. They might be different with regard to what kind of category you work in, but we struggle with labour, food presentation [and] products,” he said, noting meetings also include educational and fun components.

Ryan Marquis (left) and David Franklin.

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Heinz to close plant in Leamington, ON LEAMINGTON, ON—H.J. Heinz Co. announced that it will be closing its Leamington plant in June 2014, a move that will leave 740 employees out of work.

Company officials called employees of the century-old factory into a meeting on Nov. 14 and made the announcement. “We have reached the difficult, but necessary, decision to reduce the size of our North American factorybased employee population by approximately 1,350 positions,” Heinz spokesperson Michael Mullen said in a statement.

Heinz also announced the closure of two other North American plants, one in Florence, SC (200 employees) and another in Pocatello, ID (410 employees).

“Heinz fully appreciates and regrets the impact our decision will have on employees and the communities in which these factories are located,” the statement read.

Leamington Mayor John Paterson told the CBC the news was “a great disappointment.

“This is a day we hoped would never come.

A decision of this magnitude could not have been easily made by this company,” Paterson said.

The Ontario government came under fire from opposition parties who pointed to an “erosion” of manufacturing jobs across Ontario.

Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak called the closure of the Heinz plant—as with the closure of Bick’s Pickles in Dunnville, Redpath Sugar in Niagara Falls and U.S. Steel in Hamilton—a direct result of high electric bills and an increase in taxes.

Premier Kathleen Wynne said the governmanagement changes at Heinz, we have dement did “everything we could” to keep the cided to transition our business to other supplant open. pliers over time,” McDonald’s Canada said in “I am very disappointed by the Heinz decia statement. sion,” Wynne said during question period on H.J. Heinz Co. was purchased on June 7 by Nov. 19. “My thoughts, first of all, are with the Berkshire Hathaway—a conglomerate owned workers and families of the people at the Heinz

by U.S. billionaire Warren Buffet—and 3G factory.”

Capital, a Brazilian investment firm, which On Nov. 22, the premier travelled to Leamowns McDonald’s long-time competitor Burgington and announced the province will proer King. vide $200,000 from the Communities in TranFormer Burger King CEO, Bernardo Hees sition program to help identify and pursue took over as CEO of H.J. Heinz Co. immedinew growth opportunities. ately after the deal was made.

Provincial officials are also looking to see whether the Heinz factory can be refurbished to suit other companies.

Steve Peters, a former Liberal MPP and current head of the Ontario Alliance of Food Processors told the CBC that there is “a glimmer of hope” for the future of the Leamington plant. Peters said that he talked with two companies about possibly taking over the factory.

Heinz also made news after McDonald’s announced on Oct. 25 that it would no longer be serving Heinz ketchup in its restauHeinz Ketchup production in Fremont, OH. rants.

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A makeover for the Metro Toronto Convention Centre

Left: Richard Willett, vice-president of food and beverage at the Metro Convention Centre. Top right: Garland ranges in the recently completed $6-million kitchen renovation. Bottom right: A room with a view of the fully-wired kitchen for demonstrations.

By Leslie Wu TORONTO—When Richard Willett, vice-president of food and beverage at the Metro Convention Centre (MTCC), started researching the institution’s recently completed $6-million kitchen renovation, he got up to his elbows in suds.

“I spent two days in the pit washing dishes.

Staff who didn’t know who I was were telling me, ‘you’re not very fast at this’,” he laughed.

From ergonomics to labour efficiencies, Willett’s team and consulting firm William Caruso & Associates redesigned the MTCC’s entire 14,000-square-foot kitchen space. Headed by executive chef Angelo Fernandes, a 49-person kitchen staff puts out an estimated 750,000 covers every year, said Willett. On any given day, there are up to 18,000 meals being served in the convention centre.

New executive pastry chef Mia De Ala was hired to oversee the expanded 2,000-squarefoot pastry area. “We want to make it a real selling point, so we doubled the size of the section to accommodate more in-house baked goods,” said Willett.

The team also made considerable changes to the garde manger area to improve temperature control and flow of raw materials into the kitchen.

Soup kettles from Cleveland Range were incorporated into the improved ergonomic plan with automatic stir and pour features. Newly installed blast chillers meant that the staff didn’t have to cool hot liquids in ice baths as they were previously doing.

Eleven Rational combi-ovens, eight on the north side and three in the south building, were brought in, which added braising and selfcleaning options to the kitchen, said Willett. It also allowed for more kosher events, since the ovens were given the stamp of approval from rabbis in Germany.

Changes in the dishwashing area included adding a Hobart system that gives staff the ability to adjust water temperature, and also installing a pressurized pot washer. Willett estimated that the labour savings in dishwashing alone translated to the equivalent of a full-time person based on year-round service.

To accommodate party planner meetings, a conference room with a glass wall and com-

Greenbelt Fund grows MILTON, ON—In response to a growing number of people and projects at the Greenbelt Fund’s shared Toronto office, a Milton satellite recently opened in Country Heritage Park.

Office staff moved in this summer and a grand opening was celebrated on Nov. 7.

Program manager Franco Naccarato told ORN the Greenbelt Fund added the Market Access Stream Grant—which helps with the aggregation and distribution of local foods—and received additional money from the province this year to run the Broader Public Sector Investment Fund.

The non-profit organization also recently added an education and outreach program intended to help public institutions understand how to track and measure the purchases of local items and implement them on menus.

“We needed to expand one way or another and Milton seemed like a logical spot for a number of reasons,” said Naccarato. “It’s in the Greenbelt, but more importantly, County Heritage Park … it is like a marriage made in heaven.”

Located at 8560 Tremaine Rd., the histori-

cal site boasts an agricultural museum, existing event facilities and allotting space for a community garden.

“It’s a perfect spot right in between rural Ontario and urban Toronto,” said Naccarato, who pointed out the organization is in the business of connecting farmers and institutions.

With the university, Ministry of Food and Agriculture and multiple commodity associations in Guelph, he called the new satellite office, located in the old Puslinch Township Hall building, “the perfect meeting ground.”

Greenbelt Fund Milton satellite office ribbon cutting, from left: Burkhard Mausberg, Greenbelt Fund CEO, Milton Mayor Gordon Krantz and program manager Franco Naccarato.

pletely wired kitchen for audio-visual viewing allows visitors to watch desserts or other items being made at different points throughout the kitchen. The chilled to cellar temperature setting of the room also keeps wine storage off valuable floor space.

For the more than 400 front of house staff, the biggest change in incorporating the redesign was the move from French to plated service, which meant a month-long retraining process. The kitchen is now up to 1,000 plates per hour from the 550 they were accomplishing before the redesign.

“The nice thing about the change is that our ability to zero in on the individual has increased tenfold,” said Willett, noting that the kitchen can now be responsible for vegan, vegetarian, allergy conscious and other dietary restrictions rather than placing the onus on the server.

Overall, Willett estimated that the labour savings and reduced payroll in the front of house since the kitchen’s soft open in September is about 10 per cent.

“The technology we’ve introduced allows us to work at alternative times and improve workflow,” he said.

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Ontario government considers patio smoking ban TORONTO—The Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care introduced legislation on Nov. 19 proposing new regulations to widen restrictions on smoking in public including restaurant and bar patios.

If passed, additional regulations under the Youth Smoking Prevention Act will also prohibit smoking on playgrounds and sports fields and double fines for selling tobacco to youth.

According to the Ontario Restaurant Hotel and Motel Association (ORHMA), the Ministry did not consult the hospitality industry prior to the Nov. 14 announcement of the legislation.

The Old Spaghetti Factory’s virtual tour.

Virtual reality: How online tours are helping restaurants showcase their space to a new audience

By Jonathan Zettel, assistant editor TORONTO—Restaurants across Canada are adding another dimension to their online presence by providing customers with a virtual tour as a tech-savvy means to drum up business.

With a high-tech walkthrough, customers can click their way around a restaurant to see seating arrangements and get a feel for the ambiance.

For the Old Spaghetti Factory—a 600-seat restaurant in Toronto’s downtown core—it is a way to showcase its unique décor.

“The decorations have been accumulated over 40 years,” general manager Graham Hnatiw told ORN, adding that the virtual tour is “a way for people that can only come in once a year or even less frequently to take a walk through and remind themselves what we look like.”

Jeremy Bonia, sommelier and co-owner of Raymonds in St. John’s, NL, said that it is nice for people to be able to take a virtual tour and see the restaurant without physically being there. According to Bonia, it is one part of Raymonds’ overall social media strategy and can be really great tool for business.

“It is another way to ease accessibility and get our name out there,” he said.

Bryce Palko, general manager of The Maple Leaf Grill and Lounge in Banff, AB, said the virtual tour is helpful when dealing with corporate bookings from out of town. According to Palko, the Maple Leaf has groups coming from all across North America and it is an easy way to showcase private dining areas.

Brian Carey, a photographer based out of St. John’s, NL, says the process takes an hour or two and could cost between $300 and $1,000 depending on the size of the restaurant.

“Restaurants, I think, are one of the businesses that benefit most from this because they rely so much on their ambiance and their character,” Carey said.

Still photos are taken with a fisheye lens and then are stitched together with specialized software. Carey, a Google-certified photographer, says the tours he produces are added into the Google street-view, but businesses maintain the rights and can incorporate it into their own websites.

The Ministry told the ORHMA it would table the legislation the following week and communicated its “intention to defer to committee where ORHMA can provide comment.”

An ORHMA statement said it believes a smoking ban on patios will impact thousands of restaurants and operators should have a choice of whether to allow smoking on patios.

“Smokers will still go outside near the patio and they will puff cigarettes at passersby who are not expecting a puff of smoke,” said ORHMA president and chief executive officer Tony Elenis to the Canadian Press.

“Under the existing regulations, which we are happy with, customers and businesses make a choice,” he said.

The organization is requesting the province “defer considering implementing smoking bans on restaurants with patios until they ask the Ministry of Economic Development Trade and Employment to review the impact of banning smoking on restaurant patios across Ontario.”

In the Nov. 14 announcement, Health Minister Deb Matthews said restaurant and bar owners know the majority of people don’t want to be exposed to second-hand smoke on patios.

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Amsterdam Brewing Co. Barley Days Brewery Beau's All Natural Brewing Co. Beer Agency, The Big Rock Brewery Ltd. Black Oak Brewing Co. Ltd. Brick Brewing Co. Ltd. Cameron’s Brewing Co. Cool Beer Brewing Co. County Durham Brewing Co. Creemore Springs Diageo Canada Inc. Diamond Estates Wines & Spirits Ltd. Esprit Agencies Flying Monkeys Craft Brewery Grand River Brewing Granite Brewery Great Lakes Brewery Kichesippi Beer King Brewery Kolonaki Group Labatt Breweries Lacey’s International Lakes of Muskoka Cottage Brewery Mark Anthony Group Maxxium Canada Mill Street Brewery Molson Coors Brewing Company Niagara Falls Brewing Co. Oland Brewery PMA Canada Ltd. Premier Brands Sleeman Brewery & Malting Co. Steam Whistle Brewing Stratford Brewing Company Stroh Brewery Company TAPS Brewing Co. Inc. The Kirkwood Group The Premium Beer Company Trafalgar Brewing Company Vergina International Inc. Wellington County Brewery Ltd. Woodman Wines & Spirits

Coolers

Bacardi Canada Constellation Brands, formerly Vincor International Inc. Diageo Canada Inc. Kittling Ridge Estate Wines & Spirits Mark Anthony Group The Kirkwood Group

Cave Spring Cellars Ltd. Chateau des Charmes Wines Ltd. Churchill Cellars Ltd. Colio Estate Wines Inc. Connoisseur Wines & Spirits Constellation Brands, formerly Vincor International Inc. D’Angelo Estate Winery Diamond Estates Wines & Spirits Ltd. Foster’s Wine Estates Canada Gehringer Brothers Estate Winery Henry of Pelham Family Estate Winery Hernder Estates Winery Inniskillin Wines Konzelmann Winery & Vineyards Lifford Wine Agency Lorac Wines Magnotta Winery Estates Ltd. Malivoire Wine Company Mark Anthony Group Marynissen Estates Ltd. Mission Hill Winery Pelee Island Winery Peller Estates Wines Philippe Dandurand Wines Ltd. Pillitteri Estates Winery PMA Canada Ltd. Reif Estate Winery Inc. Select Wines Southbrook Vineyards St. Hubertus Estate Winery Stonechurch Vineyards The Kirkwood Group Trius Wines at Hillebrand Vineland Estates Wines Ltd. VP Cellars Estate Winery

Décor Section Carpets, rugs & Mats

Canadian Linen and Uniform Service Mul-T-Mat & Supply Co.

Chairs

BUM Contract Contract Supply Corp.

Decor-Resto Inc. Dor-Val Mfg. Ltd. Fort Marketing Ltd. - West GAR Chairs Grosfillex Holsag Canada Iron Furniture Ltd.

spirits

Bacardi Canada Beam Global Canada Inc. Canadian Iceberg Vodka Corp.

Charton Hobbs Inc. Churchill Cellars Ltd. Corby Spirit and Wine Diageo Canada Inc. Diamond Estates Wines & Spirits Ltd. Ernest & Julio Gallo Winery Canada Ltd. Esprit Agencies Eurovintage International Inc. J. Cipelli Wines & Spirits Kittling Ridge Estate Wines & Spirits Lacey’s International Maxxium Canada Ozawa Canada Inc. Pernod Ricard Canada PMA Canada Ltd. The Kirkwood Group Vergina International Inc. Woodman Wines & Spirits

Wine

Andrew Peller Limited Angels Gate Winery Ltd. Barefoot Wine Calona Wines

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Davidson Furniture Specialties Ltd. Decor-Resto Inc. Dor-Val Mfg. Ltd. Fort Marketing Ltd. - West GAR Chairs Grosfillex Holsag Canada Iron Furniture Ltd. J. B. Lynn & Associates Ltd. Jamco Chairs JSP Industries Inc. LCE Interiors Maywood Furniture Corp.

Noram Interiors Ltd. Palette Furniture

rodo industries inc.

44 Meg Drive london, on n6e 3r4 tel: 519-668-3711 / 800-265-1280 Fax: 519-668-3257 www.rodoinc.com sales@rodoinc.com Schoolhouse Products Inc. Senior Custom Upholstering & Furniture Ltd. Simmons Canada Inc. Southern Aluminum

laMps, lighting, aCCessories Canplas Industries Ltd. North American Candle Panasonic Canada Inc. Simmons Canada Inc.

linen - taBleCloths, napkins

Alsco Inc. - Ontario Americo Inc. Bay West Paper (Wausau Paper) Canadian Linen and Uniform Service Cintas - The Uniform People Eden Textile George Courey Inc. Globe Hotelware Agency Inc. Keca International Inc. Marko by Carlisle Table Top Resources Inc. Tiimports Ltd. Tricific Enterprises Inc.

Menus, Menu Covers 7111 tranmere Drive Mississauga, on l5s 1M2 tel: 905-673-5644 Fax: 905-673-5745 www.jamcowood.com sales@jamcowood.com

Art Printing Company Creative Impressions Inc. Divine Menu Covers Ltd. Kronos Menu Covers Menu & Plus Inc. Menu By Design Menu Tools Inc. Mor’s Menu Cover Mfg.

MusiC Jetco Mfg. Ltd. JSP Industries Inc. Keca International Inc. Noram Interiors Ltd. Rodo Industries Senior Custom Upholstering & Furniture Ltd. United Chairs Inc.

Flooring

Altro Floors Compass Flooring Ltd.

Furniture, Furnishings - interior, exterior BUM Contract Contract Supply Corp.

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DMX Canada PC Music SIRIUS Satellite Radio SOCAN Sound Products Limited

signs - CustoM, neon

Abracadabra Signs Ketchum Manufacturing Inc. Mainstreet Menu Systems

taBles Bases

Contract Supply Corp.

Dor-Val Mfg. Ltd. GAR Chairs Jamco Chairs Keca International Inc. Rodo Industries

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BUM Contract Contract Supply Corp.

Dor-Val Mfg. Ltd. GAR Chairs Jamco Chairs Keca International Inc. Leader Laminators Limited Noram Interiors Ltd. Polar Plastics Ltd. Rodo Industries Schoolhouse Products Inc. Southern Aluminum

uniForMs

Alsco Inc. - Ontario Ansell Canada Inc. Blackwood Career Apparel BVT- Chef Revival Inc./ SJCR Canada Canadian Linen and Uniform Service Chef Uniforms - Classic Chef Chef Works Canada Inc. Chef’s Hat Inc. Cintas - The Uniform People Imagewear (division Mark’s Work Wearhouse) No Limits Design Shoes for Crews, L.L.C. Showa Best Glove Sika Footwear a division of Ecolab Corp.

Skechers

Tricific Enterprises Inc. Unisync Group Ltd.

equipment Section aBM MaChines

Access Cash Cash Station (Trademark of Security Bancorp Inc.) Del-Coin Direct Cash ATM Frisco Bay Industries Ltd. Inkas Group of Companies

Bakery equipMent, supplies

Anetsberger Brothers Inc. Bakers Pride Oven Company Brute Kitchen Equipment Inc. Crown Custom Metal Spinning Inc. Distex M & M Inc. Doyon Equipment Inc. Earthstone Wood/Gas Fire Ovens Garland Canada GBS Foodservice Equipment Harvest Corporation Hobart Food Equipment Group Canada (FEG) Lessard Agencies Ltd. Foodservice Equipment Lockwood Manufacturing Inc. MFG Tray Co. Rational Canada Inc. Stephan Machinery (Canada) Ltd. The Middleby Corporation Unifiller Systems Inc. Univex Corporation

BarBeCue equipMent, sMokers

Brute Kitchen Equipment Inc. Cookshack Inc. Crown Verity Inc. GBS Foodservice Equipment M.K.E. Industries NU-VU Food Service Systems Pig Out Roasters Pitco Frialator Inc. (Magikitchen) Smokaroma, Inc.

Southern Pride Distributing L.L.C.

Bar equipMent, aCCessories

American Metalcraft Inc. Au Garcon Azbar Inc. Bar Maid Electric Glass Washers Beer Gas Systems Bevinco Blendtec Draught Services Euro-Milan Distributing Freepour Controls Inc. Hamilton Beach Brands Inc.

Oneida Canada Ltd. Sirius Tabletop Corporation Steelite International Canada Ltd. Syracuse China Company Table Top Resources Inc. Tableware Solutions Ltd. The Hall China Co. Total Table Top Plus Trudeau Corporation Villeroy & Boch Tableware World Tableware Inc. WWRD Canada Inc. (Wedgewood, Waterford, Royal Doulton)

Cleaning

3M Canada

675 the parkway peterborough, on k9J 7k2 tel: 800.361.5361 / 705.743.5361 Fax: 705.743.4312 www.harco.on.ca sales@harco.on.ca ISI Cream Whipper/Jascor Housewares Inc. Magnuson Industries, Inc. Nor-Lake Inc. Perlick Corporation Sure Shot Precision Pours Traex

Clorox professional products Company 150 Biscayne Crescent Brampton, on l6W 4v3 tel: 1-866-789-4973 Fax: 905-454-6670 www.cloroxprofessional.ca cleaning@ clorox.com Colgate-Palmolive Canada Inc. Darco Sales & Service

BuFFet equipMent, CaFeteria equipMent, supplies

BBC Sales & Service Ltd - Ontario Browne + Co. Brute Kitchen Equipment Inc. Bunn-O-Matic Corporation of Canada Canada Cutlery Inc. Celco Inc. Front of the House Inc. (FOH) G.E.T. Enterprises Inc. Hatch Industries Ltd. Kason Industries Lessard Agencies Ltd. Foodservice Equipment Lockwood Manufacturing Company PanSaver Ovenable Pan Liners Prince Castle Inc. Randell Manufacturing Rational Canada Inc. SCA Tissue Silesia Velox Grill Machines Ltd. Southern Aluminum Specialty Beverage Solutions Sterno Candle Lamp Syracuse China Company Tableware Solutions Ltd. Tomlinson Industries Vollrath Company L.L.C.

Carts, Carriers

Brute Kitchen Equipment Inc. Cambro Manufacturing Company Cari-All Products Inc. Carter-Hoffmann Forbes Industries Hatch Industries Ltd. Johnson-Rose Inc. Rubbermaid Canada Commercial Products Tarrison Products Ltd.

China, DinnerWare

Browne + Co. Dudson (North America) Front of the House Inc. (FOH) Fortessa of Canada Globe Hotelware Agency Inc. Homer Laughlin China Co. Noritake Canada Limited

5105 tomken road Mississauga, on l4W 2x5 tel: 1-800-352-5326 Fax: 1-800-665-5256 www.whycleanmatters.com marketing@ecolab.ca Pressure Kleen Services Co. Inc. Proctor & Gamble Proffessionals Sundance Pressure Cleaning

CoFFee equipMent

Alfa Cappuccino Imports Inc. Ara Azzurro Co. BBC Sales & Service Ltd - Ontario Brazilian Canadian Coffee Bunn-O-Matic Corporation of Canada Canterbury Coffee Colonial Coffee Co Elco Fine Foods Inc. Espresso Avenue Espresso Canada Euro-Milan Distributing

Gerhards Importers Canada Ltd. illy Espresso Canada Ltd. Java Works Coffee Inc. Kraft Foodservice Inc. McCullagh Coffee & Juiceables Metropolitan Tea Company Ltd., The Mixology Canada Inc. Mother Parker’s Tea & Coffee Inc. Nespresso Coffee Nestle Foodservice Canada Nestle Professional/Vitality Foodservice Canada Ltd.

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Newtech Beverage Systems Ltd. Reunion Island Coffee Limited Saeco Canada Inc. Schaerer Espresso Machines Specialty Beverage Solutions Starbucks Coffee Canada SupraMatic Inc. Swissh Commercial Equipment Inc. Tetley Canada Inc. Tomlinson Industries Trudeau Corporation Van Houtte Inc. Whitefish Group Zuccarini Importing Co. Ltd.

ConCession equipment, supplies

A.J. Antunes & Co. APW Wyott Cooper-Atkins Corporation Great Western Products Hatco Corporation Megcour Foodservice Inc. SCA Tissue Serve-Canada Food Equipment Ltd. Server Products Silesia Velox Grill Machines Ltd. Specialty Beverage Solutions Star Manufacturing International Inc. TFI Food Equipment Solutions Inc. Tomlinson Industries

Containers (Food)

Cambro Manufacturing Company CKF Inc. (Royal Chinet) Conference Cup Ltd. D & W Fine Pack GenPak Georgia Pacific Canada Consumer Products Hatco Corporation Pactiv Canada Inc. Pliant Corp. (formerly Roll-OSheets Canada Ltd.) Polar Plastics Ltd. Reynolds Food Packaging Canada Inc. Rubbermaid Canada Commercial Products Serve-Canada Food Equipment Ltd.

MCL Hospitality Ltd. Mel’s Restaurant Supplies Nella Cutlery & Food Equipment Inc. Nella Cutlery Inc. Niagara Restaurant Supply Ltd. Nikolaou Restaurant Equipment Ltd. PSI Bar & Restaurant Supplies Puddifoot Reliable Food Service Equipment Restaurant Equipment & Supply Roma Caribbean Hotel & Restaurant Supply Ltd. Russell Food Equipment Ltd. London Russell Food Equipment Ltd. Ottawa Russell Food Equipment Ltd. SSMarie Russell Food Equipment Ltd. Thunder Bay Russell Food Equipment Ltd. Toronto S.T.O.P. Restaurant Supply Ltd. Sharply Restaurant Equipment and Supplies Silver Star Metal Fabricating Inc. Sodexo Ontrack Purchasing Services Sun Bakery Equipment Sales Ltd. Moncton Sunshine Bar & Restaurant Supply Tiba Restaurant Equipment Service Trans Canada Store & Restaurant Supplies Ltd. (RED) Trillium Sales & Marketing Trimen Food Service Equipment Inc. United Restaurant and Hotel Supplies Williams Food Equipment Co. Ltd.

dish Washing equipment, supplies

Avmor Ltd./Kleen Canada Blakeslee Foodservice Equipment Celco Inc.

dealer - equipment

Advantage Restaurant Supply Niagara Falls Arctic Refrigeration and Equipment Barrie Equipment Sales Inc. (RED) Brama Inc. Bunzl Canada Ltd. (ESI) - Oakville Butcher and Restaurant Equipment C.A. Paradis Inc. Campione Restaurant Supply Inc. Canada Food Equipment Ltd. Chris’s Store Fixtures Cook’s Mate Restaurant Supply Inc., The Equipment Supply Inc., The (RED) Custom Stainless Works Inc. D.S.W. Restaurant Equipment Suppliers Inc. David Food Processing Equipment Dayco Distributing Ltd. Del-Bac Sales Ltd. (ESI) Demenz Restaurant and Hotel Supplies Ltd.(ESI) Dinetz Restaurant Equipment Ltd. Doggett Enterprises Incorporated ESI European Hotel & Restaurant Imports Ltd. Golden Horseshoe Hotel & Restaurant Supply Guardsman Distributors H & K Canada Hamilton Store Fixtures Ltd - HSF Hanway Restaurant Equipment Hendrix Restaurant Equipment & Supplies - Brockville Head Office Hendrix Restaurant Equipment & Supplies - Vancover Hendrix Restaurant Equipment & Supplies - Ottawa Hendrix Restaurant Equipment & Supplies - Pickering Hercules Food Equipment Hobart Food Equipment Group Canada (FEG) Igloo Food Equipment Ltd. J.F.S. Restaurant Equipment Ltd. (RED) Jordash Co. Ltd. Julien Commercial Kitchen Solutions Inc. (RED) La Compagnie Empire Crockery

Hobart Food Equipment Group Canada (FEG) Jet Tech Systems / Canadist International Magic White Inc. Miele Power Soak Procter & Gamble Inc. San Jamar Foodservice Swissh Commercial Equipment Inc. Whirlpool Corporation

dispensers (non-Beverage)

Chef Specialties Dante Group International Ltd. Ecolab Kruger Products Limited Ronco Protective Products San Jamar Foodservice SCA Tissue Serve-Canada Food Equipment Ltd. Traex

dispensing equipment (Beverage)

BBC Sales & Service Ltd - Ontario Berg Liquor Controls Bunn-O-Matic Corporation of Canada Chef Specialties Draught Services Hoshizaki America Inc. IMI Cornelius Inc. Kraft Foodservice Inc. Magnuson Industries, Inc. Megcour Foodservice Inc. Pepsi QTG Saeco Canada Inc. Salton/Jascor Serve-Canada Food Equipment Ltd. Specialty Beverage Solutions Toronto Hospitality UBC Group Western Refrigeration & Beverage Equipment Ltd.

display Cases - reFrigerated & non-reFrigerated

Advanced Technology Products A.J. Antunes & Co. Brute Kitchen Equipment Inc. Cool King Refrigeration Ltd. Decastris Refrigeration Henny Penny Corporation Hoshizaki America Inc. IFI Ontario (Decastris) Lessard Agencies Ltd. Foodservice Equipment Lockwood Manufacturing Company Nor-Lake QBD Modular Systems True Food International Inc.

FlatWare

Browne + Co. Dexter-Russell, Inc. Dudson (North America) Front of House Inc. (FOH) Globe Hotelware Agency Inc. IVO Cutlery Canada Ltd. Johnson-Rose Inc. Oneida Canada Ltd. Sagetra Inc. Steelite International Canada Ltd. Table Top Resources Inc. Tableware Solutions Ltd. Villeroy & Boch Tableware World Tableware Inc. Zwilling J.A. Henckels Canada Ltd.

Food proCessing equipment

Berkel Company Bettcher Industries Inc. Electro Freeze Globe Food Equipment Co. Robot Coupe Tarrison Products Ltd. Tiger Canada Distribution Univex Corporation Varimixer c/o Garland Vita-Mix Waring Commercial

Fryers

44 Degrees North American Range Anetsberger Brothers Inc. APW Wyott Autofry Distex M & M Inc. Frymaster Corp. c/o Garland Commercial Ranges Garland Canada GBS Foodservice Equipment General Filtration Henny Penny Corporation Keating of Chicago Inc. Kendale Products Ltd. M.K.E. Industries Perfect Fry Company Permul Limited Pitco Frialator Inc.(Magikitchen) TFI Food Equipment Solutions Inc.

glassWare

Anchor Hocking Browne + Co. Dudson (North America) Fortessa of Canada Front of the House Inc. (FOH) Globe Hotelware Agency Inc. Libbey Canada Inc. Oneida Canada Ltd. Recoplast Ltd. Steelite International Canada Ltd. Tableware Solutions Ltd. Villeroy & Boch Tableware

griddles, grills

Accutemp Products Inc. Anetsberger Brothers Inc. APW Wyott Bakers Pride Oven Company Electrolux Professional (Dito) Garland Canada GBS Foodservice Equipment Lessard Agencies Ltd. Foodservice Equipment M.K.E. Industries Permul Limited Pitco Frialator Inc.(Magikitchen) Quest Metal Works Ltd., div. of Russell Food Equipment Ltd. The Middleby Corporation

iCe maChines, CuBers, iCe storage equipment

Hoshizaki America Inc. Ice-O-Matic/Mile High Equipment Co. Ltd. Kold-Draft Manitowoc Ice Inc. Permul Limited

Scotsman Ice Systems TFI Food Equipment Solutions Inc.

induCtion Cooking

CookTek Electrolux Professional (Dito) Globe Hotelware Agency Inc. Heartland Food Products KBC Specialty Products Inc. Regal Ware Inc. Vollrath Company L.L.C.

kettles - steam & eleCtriC

JustSteph Sales Inc. Merco Products, a division of Manitowoc The Middleby Corporation Tomlinson Industries

knives, kniFe sharpening

Bettcher Industries Inc. Canada Cutlery Inc. IVO Cutlery Canada Ltd. Nella Cutlery Inc. Sagetra Inc. SMICO Inc. Smooth Edge Sharpening Service Victorinox Switzerland Zwilling J.A. Henckels Canada Ltd.

laundry equipment, supplies

Coinamatic Commercial Laundry Inc. Ecolab Laundrylux Magic White Inc. Miele Milnor Laundry Systems Procter & Gamble Inc. Whirlpool Corporation

manuFaCturers’ agents

Arnott Distributors Inc. Bum Contract Furniture Chesher Equipment Ltd. Collis Group Dayco Distributing Ltd. Fort Marketing Ltd. - West KGB Marketing Inc. Megcour Foodservice Inc. Nunes Culinary Source Ron Henry & Associates S.L. Crawford & Associates Ltd. S.P. Sales Canada Inc. W.D. Colledge Co. Ltd.

miCroWave ovens

Amana Commercial Products Panasonic Canada Inc. Permul Limited Serve-Canada Food Equipment Ltd.

ovens - Bakery

Brute Kitchen Equipment Inc. Custom Diamond International/ Brute Kitchen Equipment Doyon Equipment Inc. Earthstone Wood/Gas Fire Ovens Eurodib Henny Penny Corporation NU-VU Food Service Systems

patio equipment, heaters

Calcana Industries Ltd. IR Energy Inc. J. B. Lynn & Associates Ltd. Patron Products Inc. Schwank Ltd.

pizza equipment, produCts

Alfa Cappuccino Imports Inc. American Metalcraft Inc. Anetsberger Brothers Inc. APW Wyott Bakers Pride Oven Company Bluebird Mfg. Brute Kitchen Equipment Inc. Crown Custom Metal Spinning Inc. CTX, A Middleby Company Distex M & M Inc. Electrolux Professional (Dito) Euro-Milan Distributing Garland Canada Hatco Corporation Lockwood Manufacturing Company Lockwood Manufacturing Inc. Merco Products, a division of Manitowoc PanSaver Ovenable Pan Liners Robot Coupe Serve-Canada Food Equipment Ltd. The Middleby Corporation Thunderbird Food Machinery Inc. Tomlinson Industries What A Pizza

Wood Stone Corporation

plastiCWare - disposaBle

Cowling and Braithwaite Co. Ltd. Georgia Pacific Canada Consumer Products G.E.T. Enterprises Inc. Harco Enterprises Ltd. Norseman Plastics Pactiv Canada Inc. Pliant Corp. (formerly Roll-OSheets Canada Ltd.) Polar Plastics Ltd. Reynolds Food Packaging Canada Inc. Ronco Protective Products Solo Cup Canada Stir Sticks & Picks International Inc. Tiimports Ltd. Unisource Canada Inc.

pos systems

AM/PM Service Ltd. Armagh Cash Register Ltd. Cash Station (Trademark of Security Bancorp Inc.) Casio Canada Ltd. Caterease Software/Horizon Business Services Chase Paymentech Canada CLS Info Cratos Technology Solutions Incorporated Givex Halo (Vivonet Inc.) Hospitality Solutions Ottawa IBM Canada Ltd. InnSource Solutions Inc. Key POS Matrix Integrated Solutions Menu Tools Inc. Micros Systems Inc. NCR Canada Ltd. Monaris Solutions Corp.

Panasonic Canada Inc. PixelPoint POS Canada

posera software inc./maitre’d 2020 university, suite 1900 montreal, qC h3a 2a5 tel: 514-499-1312 / 888-404-2662 FaX: 514-499-9951 www.maitredpos.com POS Systems Ltd. Profitek P.O.S. Solutions Radeon Advanced POS Solutions Radiant Systems SabrePoint Inc. Sharp Electronics of Canada Silverware POS Inc. Squirrel Systems Sweda Canada Inc. Technic POS Teletec Systems Inc. Toshiba TEC Canada Inc. Victor Business Products (Sharp Electronics of Canada) Volante Systems

pots, pans

Bluebird Mfg. Browne + Co. Crown Custom Metal Spinning Inc. Insinger Machine Co. Lockwood Manufacturing Inc. Padinox Inc. Polar Ware Company Regal Ware Inc. Vollrath Company L.L.C. Zwilling J.A. Henckels Canada Ltd.

raCks & storage

Brute Kitchen Equipment Inc. Cambro Manufacturing Company Cari-All Products Inc. Cres Cor Crown Custom Metal Spinning Inc. Ecolab Julien Commercial Kitchen Solutions Market Forge Industries Inc. Metropolitan Wire (Canada) Ltd.

ranges, Broilers & rotisseries Alto-Shaam Canada Inc. Bakers Pride Oven Company

Blodgett Oven Company Distex M & M Inc. Garland Canada GBS Foodservice Equipment Hardt Equipment Manufacturing Kendale Products Ltd. Lessard Agencies Ltd. Foodservice Equipment M.K.E. Industries NU-VU Food Service Systems Permul Limited Pitco Frialator Inc. (Magikitchen) Quest Metal Works Ltd., division of Russell Food Equipment Ltd. Rational Canada Inc. Southern Pride Distributing L.L.C. The Middleby Corporation The Montague Company Toastmaster, A Middleby Company Vollrath Company L.L.C.

reFrigeration equipment, serviCe & hardWare

Advanced Technology Products APW Wyott Arctic Air Beverage-Air Built Rite Solutions Canadian Curtis Refrigeration Inc. Coolmate Rentals Distex M & M Inc. Electrolux Professional (Dito) HABCO Hoshizaki America Inc. IFI Refrigeration Kason Master-Bilt M.K.E. Industries Norbec Systems Inc. Nor-Lake Inc. Silver King Tarrison Products Ltd. True Refrigeration

restroom equipment, supplies

Alpine Specialty Chemicals Ltd. BVT - Chef Revival Inc./SJCR Canada Canadian Linen and Uniform Service Cascades Tissue Group Cintas - The Uniform People Deb Canada Inc. Diversey Canada Inc./Drackett Professional Ecolab Georgia Pacific Canada Consumer Products KBC Specialty Products Inc. Kruger Products Limited Procter & Gamble Inc. Rubbermaid Canada Commercial Products SCA Tissue

sCales

Browne + Co. Ecolab Gemsys Money Handling Systems Globe Food Equipment Co. JustSteph Sales Inc. Kilotech Toshiba TEC Canada Inc.

sliCers

Berkel Company Bizerba Canada Inc. Canada Cutlery Inc. Globe Food Equipment Co. Robot Coupe Univex Corporation Vollrath Company L.L.C.

thermometers

Advanced Technology Products Cooper-Atkins Corporation DayMark Safety Systems Ecolab Thermor Ltd.

toasters

Belleco, Inc. Hamilton Beach Brands Inc. Hatco Corporation JustSteph Sales Inc. Lessard Agencies Ltd. Foodservice Equipment Merco Products, a division of Manitowoc Prince Castle Inc. The Middleby Corporation

trays

Cambro Manufacturing Company Carlisle Foodservice Products Cima-Pak Corp.

G.E.T. Enterprises Inc. Johnson-Rose Inc.

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MFG Tray Co Norseman Plastics Pactiv Canada Inc. Polar Plastics Ltd. Rubbermaid Canada Commercial Products

Utensils - Kitchen & cooKing

Bluebird Mfg. Brama Inc. (RED) Canada Cutlery Inc. Chef Specialties G.E.T. Enterprises Inc. IVO Cutlery Canada Ltd. Johnson-Rose Inc. Sagetra Inc. Thermor Ltd. Thunder Group Inc. Trudeau Corporation Zwilling J.A. Henckels Canada Ltd.

Warming & holding eqUipment

Alto-Shaam Canada Inc. Carter-Hoffmann CookTek Food Warming Equipment Co. Inc. (FWE) GBS Foodservice Equipment Kendale Products Ltd. Metropolitan Wire (Canada) Ltd.

Food Section appetizers, hors d’oeUvres

Barber Foods Bonte Foods Limited Cavendish Farms Clearwater Seafood Ltd. High Liner Foods Inc. IFC Seafood Janes Family Foods Ltd. King and Prince Seafood Lamb Weston McCain Foods Canada Plats du Chef Readyfoods, a division of GVF Inc. Reuven International Selkirk Foods Willowfield Enterprises Ltd.

BaKery prodUcts

ACE Bakery Backerhaus Veit Ltd. BakeMark Ingredients Canada Ltd. (AFD) - Richmond H.O. Canada Bread Company Ltd. Carole’s Cheesecake Company Ltd. Chudleigh’s Coveted Cakes Dealers Ingredients Inc. Dufflet Pastries, a division of Best Baking Inc. English Bay Batter Inc. Fiera Foods Company Flour Confections General Mills Canada Corporation Give and Go Prepared Foods Gourmet Baker Inc. Handi Foods Ltd./Mediterranean Bakery Horizon Milling Kirkwood Kitchens L & M Bakers Supply Co. La Rocca Creative Cakes Lentia Enterprises Ltd. Toronto McCall’s Bakers Warehouse Oakrun Farm Bakery Ltd. Otis Spunkmeyer Canada Ltd. P & H Milling Group Pfalzgraf Patisserie PreGel Canada Puratos Canada Inc. Qzina Specialty Foods Rich Products of Canada Ltd. Richardson Foods, division of H.J. Heinz Co. of Canada The Original Cakerie Ltd.

Tradition Fine Foods Ltd. Weston Foodservice Ltd. Wow! Factor Desserts

Beverages - hot & cold

A. Lassonde Inc. Berthelet Food Products Bunn-O-Matic Corporation of Canada Cadbury Schweppes Americas Beverages Cafe Essentials Canada Dry Mott’s Inc. Coca-Cola Beverages Ltd. Dr. Smoothie Brands E.D. Smith & Sons Ltd. Earth’s Own Food Company Gerhards Importers Canada Ltd. H.J. Heinz Company of Canada Ltd. Kraft Foodservice Inc. McCullagh Coffee & Juiceables Mixology Canada Inc. Mott’s Canada Foodservice Nestle Foodservice Canada Nestle Professional/Vitality Foodservice Canada Ltd. Ocean Spray International Inc. Orchard County Juice Co. Pepsi QTG PreGel Canada Saeco Canada Inc. Sunpac Foods Ltd. Torani Italian Syrups W.T. Lynch Foods Limited

BreaKfast foods

Burnbrae Farms Ltd. Cavendish Farms Elite Meat Company, The European Quality Meats and Sausages General Mills Canada Corporation Jadee Meat Products Kellogg Canada Inc. Kraft Foodservice Inc. Lamb Weston Canada Maple Leaf Foodservice McCain Foods Canada Oakrun Farm Bakery Ltd. Parmalat Canada Pepsi QTG Rich Products of Canada Ltd. Sun Rich Fresh Foods Inc. Tasty Chip Steak Products Ltd. TMF - The Meat Factory Trilogy Egg Products Inc. Waffles Plus International

cheese, cheese prodUcts

Agropur Arla Foods Inc. Chicago 58 Food Products Limited Dealers Ingredients Inc. Finica Food Specialties Gay Lea Foodservice Ivanhoe Cheese Inc. Jan K. Overweel Ltd. Kraft Foodservice Inc. Neilson Dairy Parmalat Canada Salerno Dairy Products Limited Saputo Foods Ltd. (Dairyworld Foods)

Kraft Foodservice Inc. McCullagh Coffee & Juiceables Metropolitan Tea Company Ltd., The Mixology Canada Inc. Mother Parker’s Tea & Coffee Inc. Nespresso Coffee Nestle Foodservice Canada Nestle Professional/Vitality Foodservice Canada Ltd. Reunion Island Coffee Limited Schaerer Espresso Machines Specialty Beverage Solutions Starbucks Coffee Canada SupraMatic Inc. Tetley Canada Inc. Van Houtte Inc.

cooKies

Dare Foods Limited - Food Service Division McCall’s Bakers Warehouse Rich Products of Canada Ltd.

condiments - general

Derlea Brand Foods E.D. Smith & Sons Ltd. H.J. Heinz Company of Canada Ltd. Japan Food Canada Inc./ Kikkoman JFC International (Canada) Inc. Kikkoman Sales USA, Inc. McIIhenny Company Tabasco Olive-it Canada Reckitt Benckiser Canada Inc. Richardson Foods, division of H.J. Heinz Co. of Canada Select Food Products Ltd. Smucker Foods of Canada Strub Brothers Limited Unico Inc. Unilever Food Solutions Wing’s Foods of Alberta Ltd.

dairy prodUcts

Dealers Ingredients Inc. Elco Fine Foods Inc. Gay Lea Foodservice Kozy Shack Enterprises Natrel Inc. Neilson Dairy Parmalat Canada Saputo Foods Ltd. (Dairyworld Foods) SunOpta Inc.

desserts & dessert prodUcts

Berthelet Food Products Berzaci Carole’s Cheesecake Company Ltd. Coveted Cakes Flour Confections Gourmet Baker Inc. Gumpert’s La Rocca Creative Cakes Martin Desserts McCain Foods Canada McCall’s Bakers Warehouse Pfalzgraf Patisserie

coffee & tea

Alfa Cappuccino Imports Inc. Ara Azzurro Co. Brazilian Canadian Coffee Canterbury Coffee Colonial Coffee Co. Elco Fine Foods Inc. Espresso Avenue Espresso Canada Euro-Milan Distributing Faema Canada Gerhards Importers Canada Ltd. Illy Espresso Canada Ltd. Java Works Coffee Inc.

Qzina Specialty Foods Shalit Fine Foods The Eli’s Cheesecake Company W.T. Lynch Foods Limited Wow! Factor Desserts

distriBUtors - food

Better Food Concepts Christian Bros. Restaurant Supplies Ltd. Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd. Empire Foods Ltd. (ITWAL)

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Findlay Foods Ltd. - Kingston Flanagan Foodservice Inc. Kitchener Flanagan Foodservice Inc. Owen Sound Flanagan Foodservice Inc. Sudbury GFS - Milton GFS - Rycott Giraffe Food & Beverage Golden Fleece Foods Kariba Foods Ltd. Kehan Food Imports Inc. Mercury Wholesale Foods Morton Wholesale Ltd. North Ontario Food Sales Olympic Wholesale Co. Ltd. Reliable Food Supplies Inc. Ricco Food Distributor Sheridan Specialties Skor Food Service Inc. Stewart Foodservice Inc. Summit Food Service Distributors Inc. - London Summit Food Service Distributors Inc. - Mississauga Summit Food Service Distributors Inc. - Ottawa Sysco - Central Ontario Sysco - Kingston Sysco - Thunder Bay Sysco - Toronto Sysco Bedell’s - London Sysco Bedell’s - Dover Centre Sysco Bedell’s - Windsor Tannis Food Distributors Trent Valley Distributors Ltd. U.W.C. (United Wholesale Co-op) Willowfield Enterprises Ltd.

eggs, egg prodUcts

Burnbrae Farms Ltd. Country Queen Foods Egg Farmers of Ontario EggSolutions Inc. Trilogy Egg Products Inc.

entrees

Carmen Creek Gourmet Bison Clearwater Seafoods Limited Partnership EggSolution Inc. Expresco Foods Heritage Frozen Foods Ltd. Kirkwood Kitchens Les Plats du Chef (Thyme & Truffles) Marsan Foods Ltd. Meat & Livestock Australia Nestle FoodService Canada Pasta International Peter the Chef Fine Foods Ltd. Pintys Delicious Foods TMF - The Meat Factory

ethnic foods

Amaranto Food Trading Bonte Foods Limited Burke Corporation CHEEMO (Heritage Frozen Foods Ltd.) ConAgra Foods Canada Inc. Elco Fine Foods Inc. Finica Food Specialties Grecian Delights Italpasta Ltd. Ivanhoe Cheese Inc. Jan K. Overweel Ltd. JFC International (Canada) Inc. Kronos Foods Ltd. Meaty Meats Inc. Mission Foods Naleway Foods Ltd. Ozawa Canada Inc. Patak’s Foods Limited Patty King International Peter’s Great Foods Pintys Delicious Foods Queens Pasta Rosina Food Products, Inc. Shalit Fine Foods Solis Mexican Foods Inc. Sonora Foods Tatangelo’s Wholesale Fruits & Vegetables Unico Inc. Weston Foodservice Ltd. Wing’s Foods of Alberta Ltd. Wong Wing Foods, a division of McCain Foods

fish & seafood

A.C. Covert Distributers Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute Allseas Fisheries Inc. Aqua Star Inc. Atlantic Aqua Farms Inc.

Azuma Foods (Canada) Co. Ltd. Cook Aquaculture Clearwater Seafoods Limited Partnership Clover Leaf Seafoods Inc. Confederation Cove Mussel Co. Ltd. Export Packers Company Limited

Indian Point Marine Farms Ltd. Janes Family Foods Ltd. King and Prince Seafood MacGregor’s Meat & Seafood Ltd. Ocean Fisheries Ltd. Oceanfood Sales Ltd. Oyster Boy Prince Edward Aqua Farms Sea Watch International Shafer Haggart Ltd. Sysco - J.J. Derma Meats Toppits Foods Ltd. Trident Seafoods Corp.

True North Salmon Willowfield Enterprises Ltd.

food BroKer

C. B. Powell Corporation C.W. Shasky & Associates Ltd. Concord National Inc. - Ontario Freeman Signature International Pacific Sales Ltd. J.L. International Magnum Food Brokers Inc. Maximum Food Sales & Marketing Inc. McCormack Bourrie Sales & Marketing PJB - Primeline - A Marketing and Sales Group Provision Sales & Marketing Inc. Rosemount Sales & Marketing Starr Alliance Sales & Marketing Agents T. McConnell Sales & Marketing Ltd. Thomas Large & Singer Total Focus Foodservice Sales & Marketing Inc. Tree of Life Canada Inc. Trimark Sales & Marketing TTS Marketing Uniidirect Sales & Marketing Upper Canada Food Group Ltd. William M. Dunne & Associates Ltd.

french fries

Cavendish Farms Lamb Weston Canada

Simplot Foods

frUits - general

A. Lassonde Inc. A.J. Lanzarotta Wholesale Alasko IPS Frozen Foods Inc. Dole Packaged Foods Norpac Food Sales Ontario Food Terminal Board Prodex Shafer Haggart Ltd. Sun Rich Fresh Foods Inc. Sunkist Growers Tatangelo’s Wholesale Fruits & Vegetables The California Cling Peach Board

frUit JUices

A. Lassonde Inc. Cadbury Schweppes Americas Beverages Cafe Essentials Cargill Canada Coca-Cola Beverages Ltd. Gerhards Importers Canada Ltd. Kraft Foodservice Inc. Mott’s Canada Foodservice Nestle Professional/Vitality Foodservice Canada Ltd.

Ocean Spray International Inc. Orchard County Juice Co. Parmalat Canada Pepsi QTG Sunpac Foods Ltd. Sun-Rype Products Ltd.

healthcare foods

Aliments ED Foods Inc. Cambells Foodservice EggSolutions Inc. Marsan Foods Ltd. McCormick Canada Meaty Meats Inc. Nestle FoodService Canada Olymel/Galco Parmalat Canada Piller’s Fine Foods, a division of Premium Brands Pintys Delicious Foods Reuven International Shafer Haggart Ltd. Summer Fresh Salads Trilogy Egg Products Inc. W.T. Lynch Foods Limited

hot chocolate

Associated Brands Brazilian Canadian Coffee Cafe Essentials Canterbury Coffee Dr. Smoothie Brands McCullagh Coffee & Juiceables Mother Parker’s Tea & Coffee Inc. Nestle Foodservice Canada Nestle Professional/Vitality Foodservice Canada Ltd. Richardson Foods, division of H.J. Heinz Co. of Canada

ice cream

Chapman’s Ice Cream Espresso Avenue Good Humor/Breyers Ice Cream PreGel Canada Rich’s Products of Canada Stoney Creek Dairy Ltd. Unilever Ice Cream

imitation craB

JC Creative Foods King and Prince Seafood Trident Seafoods Corp.

mayonnaise

Kraft Foodservice Inc. Renée’s Gourmet Foods Inc. Richardson Foods, division of H.J. Heinz Co. of Canada Unilever Food Solutions

meat

Belmont Meat Products Ltd. Bonte Foods Limited Brandt Meat Packers Ltd. Burke Corporation Cardinal Meat Specialists Ltd. Carmen Creek Gourmet Bison Chicago 58 Food Products Limited Delft Blue/Proveal Elite Meat Company, The European Quality Meats and Sausages Export Packers Company Limited Hormel Foods International Corporation Jadee Meat Products Leavoy Rowe Beef Co. Lesters Foods Limited MacGregor’s Meat & Seafood Ltd. Maple Leaf Foodservice Meat & Livestock Australia Meaty Meats Inc. Montpak International New Zealand Lamb Co. Olymel/Galco Ontario Pork Piller’s Fine Foods, a division of Premium Brands Rose Packing Company Inc. Sofina Foods Sysco - Honeyman’s Beef Sysco - J.J. Derma Meats Tasty Chip Steak Products Ltd. The Bruss Company The Butcher Shoppe TMF - The Meat Factory Tyson Foods, Inc. VIAU Foods Inc.

oils, fats & shortenings

ACH Food Companies Inc. Bunge C.P. Vegetable Oil Inc. Canola Info ConAgra Foods Canada Inc. Dealers Ingredients Inc.

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Organic, natural FOOds

Carmen Creek Gourmet Bison Gerhards Importers Canada Ltd. Italpasta Ltd. Meat & Livestock Australia Moneys Mushrooms Ltd. Prodex Qualifirst Foods Ltd. Sol Cuisine Strub Brothers Limited SunOpta Inc.

Pasta, nOOdles

Italpasta Ltd. Nestle FoodService Canada Olivieri Foods Ltd. Pasquale Bros. Downtown Ltd. Pasta International Peter the Chef Fine Foods Ltd. Queens Pasta Unico Inc.

Vegetables

POultry

Brandt Meat Packers Ltd. Burke Corporation Chicken Farmers of Ontario D & D Poultry Elite Meat Company, The Export Packers Company Limited Janes Family Foods Ltd. JD Sweid, formerly Elmira Poultry Inc. King Cole Ducks Ltd. Maple Leaf Foodservice Maple Lodge Farms Nikolaos Fine Foods Ltd. P&H Foodservice Pierre Frozen Foods Piller’s Fine Foods, division of Premium Brand Pintys Delicious Foods Readyfoods, division GVF Inc.

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Pizza, Pizza PrOducts

Arla Foods/National Cheese (Tre Stelle) Aurora Importing and Distributing Bonte Foods Limited Burke Corporation Chase Global Foods Ltd. ConAgra Foods Canada Inc. H.J. Heinz Company of Canada Ltd. Horizon Milling Hormel Foods International Corporation Jadee Meat Products McCain Foods Canada Musco Family Olive Co. Nestle FoodService Canada Olive-it Canada Olymel/Galco P & H Milling Group Parmalat Canada Queens Pasta Rich Products of Canada Ltd. Salerno Dairy Products Limited Saputo Foods Ltd. (Dairyworld Foods) Springer’s Meats Inc. Tyson Foods, Inc. Unico Inc. VIAU Foods Inc. Vienna Meats

Sofina Foods SunOpta Inc. Sysco - J.J. Derma Meats TNT Foods International Turkey Farmers of Ontario Tyson Foods, Inc.

POtatOes, POtatO PrOducts

Bamford Produce Co. Ltd. Basic American Foods Cavendish Farms Heritage Frozen Foods Ltd. Lamb Weston Canada McCain Foods Canada Potatoes New Brunswick Reser’s Fine Foods Simplot Foods Tatangelo’s Wholesale Fruits &

seasOnings, sPices, HerBs

Aliments ED Foods Inc. Berthelet Food Products Bush Dreams Chef Paul Prudhomme's Magic Seasoning Blends Chef Specialties Chester Fried Chicken Club House Derlea Brand Foods Fresh Herbs by Daniel Fresherized Foods Kerry Ingredients & Flavours Malabar Super Spice McCormick Canada McIlhenny Company Tabasco

snacks, snack FOOds

California Walnuts Coveted Cakes Frito Lay Canada J&J Snack Foods Corp.

Johnvince Foods Distribution Kellogg Canada Inc. MARS Food Services (Division of Effen Foods) Piller’s Fine Foods, a division of Premium Brands Trophy Foods Inc.

sOuPs

Aliments ED Foods Inc. Berthelet Food Products Bonte Foods Limited Campbell’s Foodservice Clearwater Seafoods Limited Partnership H.J. Heinz Company of Canada Ltd. Marsan Foods Ltd. Neil Jones Food Company Nestle Foodservice Canada Norpac Food Sales Sea Watch International Unilever Food Solutions

rice

Dainty, Les Aliments Dainty Foods MARS Food Services (division of Effen Foods) Shafer Haggart Ltd.

salad dressings

Carole’s Cheesecake Company Ltd. Dr. Oetker Ltd. E.D. Smith & Sons Ltd.

tOmatOes, tOmatO PrOducts

POrtiOn Packs

H.J. Heinz Company of Canada Ltd. McIIhenny Company Tabasco Renée’s Gourmet Foods Inc. Richardson Foods, division of H.J. Heinz Co. of Canada Smucker Foods of Canada Sun Rich Fresh Foods Inc. W.T. Lynch Foods Limited Wing’s Foods of Alberta Ltd.

H.J. Heinz Company of Canada Ltd. Neil Jones Food Company Nestle FoodService Canada Olivieri Foods Ltd. Renée’s Gourmet Foods Inc. Richardson Foods, division of Heinz Canada Ronzoni Foods Canada Corporation Torani Italian Syrups Unilever Food Solutions W.T. Lynch Foods Limited Wing’s Foods of Alberta Ltd.

Aurora Importing and Distributing California Tomato Growers ConAgra Foods Canada Inc. E.D. Smith & Sons Ltd. Greenhouse Central H.J. Heinz Company of Canada Ltd. Italpasta Ltd. Neil Jones Food Company Prodex Stanislaus Food Products Tatangelo’s Wholesale Fruits & Vegetables Toppings - Whipped Gay Lea Foodservice Parmalat Canada Rich Products of Canada Ltd. Richardson Foods, division of Heinz Canada

McCullagh Coffee & Juiceables Renée’s Gourmet Foods Inc. Richardson Foods, division of Heinz Canada Unilever Food Solutions

sauces, Bases

Berthelet Food Products Campbell’s Foodservice E.D. Smith & Sons Ltd. Earth’s Own Food Company

VegetaBles

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A.J. Lanzarotta Wholesale Alasko IPS Frozen Foods Inc.

Arctic Gardens

Canadian Produce Marketing Association Cavendish Farms Delmare Quality Foods Ltd. Fresh USA (CA&FL) Tomatoes Gielow Pickles Greenhouse Central H.J. Heinz Company of Canada Ltd. ID Foods Corporation KeyBrand Foods Inc. Moneys Mushrooms Ltd. Norpac Food Sales Ontario Food Terminal Board Ponderosa Mushrooms Shafer Haggart Ltd. Summer Fresh Salads Tatangelo’s Wholesale Fruits & Vegetables Ubbelea Mushroom Farms Ltd.

Waters - carBOnated, nOncarBOnated

Blue Glass Water Corporation Danone Inc. Drink To Your Health Inc. Nestle Waters Canada Parmalat Canada Pepsi QTG

yOgurt

Cafe Essentials Chapman’s Ice Cream Danone Inc. Gay Lea Foodservice Natrel Inc. Neilson Dairy Parmalat Canada

Yogen Fruz Yoplait, division of General Mills

ServiceS Section assOciatiOn

Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute Beef Information Centre Canadian Association of Foodservice Professionals Canadian Culinary Federation (CCFCC) Canadian Hospitality Foundation Canadian Produce Marketing Association Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association (CRFA) Canola Info Catfish Institute, The Chicken Farmers of Ontario Commercial Food Equipment Service Association Dairy Farmers of Canada - Ottawa Dairy Farmers of Ontario Food and Consumer Products of Canada Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada Hotel Association of Canada

National Sunflower Association of Canada Inc. Ontario Chinese Restaurant & Food Services Association Ontario Craft Brewers Ontario Greenhouse Vegetable Growers Ontario Hostelry Institute Ontario Pork Ontario Restaurant Hotel & Motel Association Ontario Service Safety Alliance (OSSA) Ontario Tourism Education Corporation (OTEC) Ontario Tourism Marketing Partnership Corporation’s (OTMPC) Potatoes New Brunswick Resorts of Ontario Tea Association of Canada Turkey Farmers of Ontario Wild Blueberry Association of Canada Wine Council of Ontario

Banks

Bank of Canada CIBC DC Bank Interac

Buying grOuPs

A.F.D. - Associated Food Distributors (Buying Group) Alliance Purchasing Services Inc. Groupex System Canada Inc. ITWAL Ltd. R.I.B.A. Corporation Sodexo Ontrack Purchasing Services Unipco

cOnsultants - management, marketing, training

Brick and Mobile Cap10 Solutions dine.TO Hospitality Marketing Consultants Inc. Justin eTraining Marsh Canada Menu Tools Inc. Parnell Kerr Forster Runsoft Computer Systems Smart Serve Ontario Steritech The Fifteen Group

credit cards

American Express (Amex Canada) Diners Club/Enroute Discover Card MasterCard TD Visa VISA Canada

NRG Equipment Inc. R.G. Henderson & Son Ltd.

entertainment equiPment, serVices Actionmatic Advanced Products Group Bell ExpressVu DMX Canada NTN Buzztime Canada, Inc. PC Music Sound Products Limited Starburst Coin Machines Inc.

garBage disPOsal

BFI Canada Inc. Clean River, a division of Midpoint International Inc. Emterra Group In-Sink-Erator (Emerson Electric) Organic Resource Management Inc. Pressure Kleen Services Co. Inc. Rhino Ecosystems Inc. Rothsay Recycles Sanimax Waste Management Canada

Pest cOntrOl

Abell Pest Control Inc. Ecolab HD Supply Facilities Maintenance Orkin PCO Services

recycling, cOmPactOrs

BFI Canada Inc. Canada Composting Inc. Emterra Group Rothsay Recycles Sanimax, formerly ABP Recycling Inc.

security

Ansell Canada Inc. Cummins Allison ULC Guardian Safe Company Inkas Group of Companies Sonitrol Security

utilities

Bullfrog Power Inc. Enbridge Consumers Gas Ontario Restaurant Hotel & Motel Association Reliance Home Comfort Superior Propane Union Gas

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design cOnsultants - interiOr, exteriOr

Cricket Design Company Inc. Hirschberg Design Group Inc. J. B. Lynn & Associates Ltd. II BY IV Design Associates

equiPment Parts, serVice

Bell Canada, Equipment Division Draught Services JIKS Industrial Kitchen Services No Skidding Products Inc.

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Richtree unveils tech interface

A Richtree customer orders through a touch-screen kiosk.

By Jonathan Zettel, assistant editor TORONTO—Richtree Natural Market opened its flagship restaurant inside Toronto’s Eaton Centre featuring customer-interactive technology.

The tech-heavy restaurant includes touch screen kiosks, interactive floor and table projections, a 23-foot video wall, the Market Pass app, and a holographic hostess named Mrs. Green.

Josh Sigel, chief information officer of Natural Market Food Group, told ORN Richtree introduced the technology as a way to try to overcome some of the typical problems of a food court.

Sigel said the focus of the renovation was to “enhance the customer experience by offering ways of taking an order and essentially supporting however a customer wanted to interact with us.”

According to Sigel, there are different ways a customer can get a meal from any of the 11 food areas inside the restaurant.

Customers can order directly at any of the food areas, via touch-screen kiosks or through

Richtree labour dispute issues TORONTO—Protesters accusing Richtree Market of unfairly laying off unionized employees gathered outside the Eaton Centre’s Queen Street entrance on Nov. 7.

Former employees of a Richtree restaurant—which closed in January and was in the Eaton Centre near the new location— were joined by union supporters calling on Richtree Market to rehire the 40 unionized employees it laid off in January.

An undated statement released on the

the Mobile Pass app for iOS and Android. “We can span the gap from someone who may not be as comfortable or familiar with technology … to someone who is on the cutting edge of technology,” Sigel said.

When it comes time to pay, customers can use cash, debit or credit card at any of the eateries. However, through Mobile Pass, the bill can be paid electronically. Mobile Pass users can also collect rewards.

Sigel pointed out that an interesting feature of the Mobile Pass is that parents can watch what their children are ordering in real time on their smartphones.

The 400-seat restaurant serves up a wide range of food including pizzas, burgers, Asian-inspired rice or noodle bowls, desserts, and an all-organic salad bar.

Within the 20,000-square-foot restaurant, a children’s area features an interactive video wall, floor and table projections and a special kid’s menu with a cartoon-like interface.

company’s webpage said that all affected employees received requisite severance packages and that the new location is a new-concept restaurant.

“We have hired over 200 local Toronto job seekers at extremely competitive rates. A majority of the jobs for which we have hired are very different than those in our previous location,” the statement read.

Richtree declined further comment.

According to Unite Here! Canada, the matter is before the Ontario Labour Board.

O N TA R I O R E S TAU R A N T N E W S

Technomic 2014 trends CHICAGO—Researches from Technomic Inc, have released a report that outlines food industry trends for 2014.

The report outlines five key trends that are expected to play a big role in the coming year.

1. Bring on the heat.

While the usually suspects—jalapenos and Thai chilies—will still be around, restaurants will experiment more with lesser known scorchers such as Sriracha, ghost peppers, and Korean gochuchang.

2. Sour flavours.

Ranging from mild tangy to overly tart, sour flavours will make diners pucker up in 2014. Restaurants will use more citrus fruits, briny pickles and even sour beer.

3. Reinvented carbs.

Chefs will push the limits when it comes to serving breads, noodles, and potatoes. Designer doughnuts, pretzel-bun burgers and waffle sandwiches will make onto restaurant tables across Canada next year.

4. What’s not on the menu.

Restaurants will go to great lengths to inform customers about what is not in their food, such as menu items with low sodium, fewer calories, fat-free, or produced without steroids or GMOs. 5. Do-it-yourself kitchens.

On the back of the local sourcing trend, kitchens will be emphasizing artisanal and homemade foods and beverages. Diners are forming close alliances with specific chefs who prepare pickles, jams, and beer from scratch.

Making music at Marisol

Tessa Jennison performs at the Marisol.

A COMPLETE HOSPITALITY & ENTERTAINMENT EXPERIENCE

KITCHENER, ON—Every Thursday, after the usual dinner service, Marisol Restaurante hosts a multidisciplinary event called Potum et Musica as a way to support the local art scene and open its doors to a larger demographic.

The event premiered on Nov. 7 and includes live music, interactive art and a tapas menu.

“We are always looking [for ways] to increase awareness of our restaurant, push business and create a stronger foothold,” Jeff Ward, chef and owner of Marisol, told ORN. Each week, a new artist is brought in to display their work and interact with the audience while musicians perform on stage. A selection of wine and local craft beer is served along with a special tapas menu that includes risotto balls and fritas.

According to Ward, the event was specifically designed to support local artists and musicians, and push the limits of what restaurants in downtown Kitchener have to offer.

“Essentially, what I’m trying to create is a spot where people can come later in the evening that is not a pub or a club,” Ward said.

“It has to tie in, we don’t want to just be a bar.”

Ward worked for Oliver & Bonacini Restaurants for more than 17 years before opening Marisol in September 2011. He said the 60-seat restaurant was nearly full for the premier and he hopes that it will continue to build.

The event—hosted by local musician Tessa Jennison—featured the artwork of Meghan Weber for the premier. Weber circulated the room with sketchpads so that guests could create blind contours of each other.

Jennison calls it “a sampler evening,” which allows people to be exposed to local artwork, music and cuisine.

“Each artist that is featured will develop their own sort of audience participation aspect or interactive aspect to their display,” Jennison said.

All of the artwork on display is for sale, with all proceeds going directly to the artist.

“When you add different art forms together you end up with a far more enriched experience,” Jennison said.

30 Ontario St. South, Kitchener, ON. (519) 9545336. www.marisolrestaurante.ca.

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Eaton Chelsea hails caesar

James Cushinan prepares a classic caesar cocktail.

By Colleen Isherwood, Senior contributing editor TORONTO—When the former Delta Chelsea rebranded as The Eaton Chelsea in July, James Cushinan, food and beverage services manager, was charged with closing, renovating and recreating two of the hotel’s restaurants— T|bar and Market Garden.

Cushinan, who was named one of Ontario’s top 30 under 30 for 2013 by the Ontario Hostelry Institute, and has worked at Toronto’s Thompson Hotel and Silvertip Resort near Canmore, AB, also had another task.

Each T|bar lounge at the four Eaton Hotels around the world has a signature cocktail.

Cushinan’s job was to create one for the Toronto location.

Using a Canadian classic—the caesar—he worked to take the beverage to a new level by making the clamato portion from scratch.

He did a good job, according to hotel general

manager Ron Pellerine, who participated in the process.

“We used all local ingredients, except for the clams”, Pellerine told ORN. “It took the better part of two months to develop, bottle and pasteurize and did we ever taste some zingers. People think it’s just clamato and tomato mix—but no, it’s not.”

The result was not one, but five clamato cocktails—the classic, the T|garden, the latin dancer, the waaasabi and the checkout, which includes bacon strips, a pickle spear, half a hard-boiled egg and a cherry tomato.

Guests can also purchase the homemade clamato mix.

Part of a $3.5-million renovation to the former Delta Chelsea’s restaurant and banquet areas, T|bar, formerly the Elm Street Lounge, is “modern, trendy and vibrant,” said Pellerine.

“It’s a good place for the traveller to unwind with a cocktail in the evening.” During the day, T|bar features an Indian lunch buffet.

The Eaton Chelsea has also added 800 square feet of space to its Market Garden restaurant, providing a new take on the concept popularized in the ‘80s, with coffee, espresso, gelato, pastry and hot foods.

One specialty is grilled cheese sandwiches, for example, Mumbai grilled cheese with tandoori chicken, or a dessert grilled cheese with banana, strawberry, chocolate sauce and marscapone on a brioche.

Seating include tables of four, high barstyle seats, and soft chairs. Market Garden, along with the whole hotel, has free WiFi so that guests can plug-in while they dine.

Winning chef Doug Neigel (left) and his chowder (above). Photos

by Tamara Lockwood Photography for the Vancouver Aquarium.

Chefs face off in Chowder Chowdown TORONTO—Chef Doug Neigel of Trattoria Mercatto took the chowder champion title at the fourth annual Vancouver Aquarium Ocean Wise Chowdown in Toronto on Nov. 19.

Fourteen chefs from the Greater Toronto Area faced off for the title presenting their ocean-friendly seafood chowders to guests and a panel of judges—Martin Kouprie, chef at Pangaea Restaurant, sommelier Jamie Drummond from Good Food Revolution, chef Brad Long from Café Belong and Agatha Podgorski, communications and membership manager at the Ontario Culinary Tourism Alliance.

Neigel earned the judges’ favour with his zuppa di vongole chowder featuring Ontario parsnip brood, Ontario chili squash butter and crispy polenta-crusted littleneck clams.

His creation was paired with Double Trouble Brewery’s Prison Break Pilsner.

Chef Leanne English of Sodexo Canada was deemed the People’s Choice winner with her Maritime chowder boasting Ocean Wise certified scallops, Pacific halibut and cod and northern shrimp cooked with cream. Her chowder was paired with Double Trouble Brewery’s Hops and Robbers.

“The Ocean Wise Chowder Chowdown is not just a crowd-pleaser, but it’s also a compelling way for us to raise awareness of the importance of sustainable seafood within the GTA community,” Robin Poirier, Vancouver Aquarium’s Ocean Wise Eastern Canada representative, said in a release. “This annual initiative beautifully demonstrates how the sustainable seafood movement is strengthened by the commitment of those who work with, and enjoy, seafood—chefs, suppliers, producers and consumers, among others.”

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A show of wine and food TORONTO—Berries, booze and brews saw an increased representation at the 2013 Gourmet Food and Wine Expo held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre Nov. 14 to 17.

The show had more than 45,000 people attend to sample from dozens of foodservice operators and more than 1,000 wine, beer and spirits exhibitors.

Although the show has a strong consumer focus, James MacDonald of Highlander Brew Co. told ORN that the expo is a great opportunity for the young brewery, located in South River in the Almaguin Highlands, to make connections with others in the industry.

Sunday featured an uptown versus downtown Toronto bartender competition on the

trend central stage on Nov. 17th, saw BartenderOne staff Ryan Desjardins come out on top with his Origin gin-based cocktail incorporating a newly–launched haskap juice.

Two haskap berry producers had booths at the mid-November show: Boreal Berry Farm & Winery in Ontario and Haspaka hailing from Nova Scotia, which launched at the show.

According to Haskapa commercial director Liam Taylor, the haskap berry—also known as the blue honeysuckle—thrives in the LaHave Forests just outside of Bridgewater, NS. “What’s really excited us is the way that people have jumped on the flavour profile of the haskap berry; it’s slightly tangy, but it’s still got some sweetness there,” said Taylor.

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Laurent Fresent, winemaker at Champagne Henriot

TORONTO—Laurent Fresent, winemaker at Champagne Henriot gave a talk at Momofuku Daisho in late October to wine writers and media. Although the brand is relatively unknown to Canadian consumers, Fresent hopes to bring more of the company’s offerings to the table, such as its brut souverain.

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Based in Reims, in the Champagne-Ardenne region of France, the brand dates back to the 1640s, when the Henriot family relocated there from Lorraine and began the acquisition of vineyards.

Corby gets spirited new name, rebrands to reflect business TORONTO—Corby Distilleries Limited has announced a new name—Corby Spirit and Wine Limited—and logo as part of a rebrand intended to better reflect its business.

President and CEO Patrick O’Driscoll said the change was made because “distilleries” was too narrow a description.

“Today, we are brand builders of spirits and wine, with a growing premium portfolio, a strong focus on product, service and marketing and a culture that is aspirational, not industrial,” O’Driscoll said in a release in mid-November.

Communications manager Amandine Robin said the logo builds on the name and history of the company, as well as referencing its partnership with Pernod Ricard through colour choices.

Along with the name and logo changes, the marketer and distributor of spirits and imported wine also created a cocktail—the Absolut Blue Cosmopolitan—to mark the debut of its new identity.

Corby’s portfolio includes Wiser’s whiskey, Polar Ice vodka and Lamb’s rum.

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The Guelph, ON,-based company said the brewery would close at the end of the business day on Thursday, Nov. 28.

“We have been working for months on trying to maintain as many jobs as possible by selling the facility to a new brewery owner,” Pierre Ferland, national vice-president of operations, said in the release.

“We’re disappointed we couldn’t find another owner and keep these jobs in Dartmouth,” he said.

Sleeman is owned by Sapporo Holdings Ltd. of Japan and is the third largest brewing company in Canada.

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1. Michael Bonacini (left) and Peter Oliver. Photo by Jason Hudson. 2. Rupert Garcia. 3. Suzanne Blanchet. 4. Chef Laurent Godbout. 5. Graham Tinsley.

November marked the 20th anniversary of Toronto’s Jump Restaurant, signifying two decades of business together for owners Peter Oliver and Michael Bonacini. Since then, Bannock, Luma, O&B Canteen, O&B Café Grill and Canoe have been added to the roster. Oliver built Auberge du Pommier in North York in 1987.

“When Peter approached me 20 years ago about joining forces to open a new and innovative restaurant in the financial district, I never could have predicted how successful our gamble would be,” Bonacini, partner of Oliver & Bonacini Restaurants, said in a release.

“I’m proud that our partnership remains strong and that we’ve grown to where we now have more than 11 unique restaurants, among other initiatives,” he said.

Rupert Garcia, from Calgary Golf & Country Club, won the gold medal and the Fulgence Charpentier Trophy at the 2013 Jeunes Chefs (Young Chefs) Rôtisseurs Competition held in Winnipeg on Oct. 25.

The silver medal was presented to Winnipeg’s Chinnie Ramos from Winnipeg’s Glendale Golf & Country Club and the bronze medal was awarded to Ben Lillico from Benchmark Restaurant, Niagara College in Ontario.

Garcia will go on to represent Canada at the 2014 Concours International des Jeunes Chefs Rôtisseurs, to be held in Durban, South Africa next September.

A graduate of the Southern Alberta Institution of Technology (SAIT) Professional Cooking Program in 2012, Garcia currently serves as chef entrementier at the Calgary Golf and Country Club working under executive chef Vincent Parkinson.

Suzanne Blanchet, president and chief executive officer of Cascades Tissue Group, was recognized with a gold award in the Female Executive of the Year in Canada category at the 10th annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business, celebrated at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City on Nov. 8.

“It is with profound gratitude and great humility that I receive this award,” Blanchet stated in a Nov. 9 release. “I would like to share it with my colleagues, who all contributed to Cascades Tissue Group’s success and international recognition.”

Blanchet is the first woman to chair a paper company in North America, according the release. She began her career as a finance intern and became president and CEO of Cascades Tissue Group in 1997.

Chef Laurent Godbout of Quebec won the Canadian finals of the Bocuse d’Or selection competition, which took place on Nov. 16 and 17 at CFP Jacques Rousseau in Longueuil, QC. Godbout, chef/owner of Chez L’Épicier in Montreal, and his assistant Adam Martin will represent Canada in Lyon, France, on Jan. 27 and 28, 2015.

Executive chef of the Sheraton Red Deer Hotel James Olberg took second place at the Canadian selection competition and executive chef Quang Dang from Vancouver’s West restaurant placed third.

The Canadian Restaurant Foodservice Association (CRFA) Show on March 2-4, 2014 will have a touch of royal treatment.

In his first Canadian appearance, Chef Graham Tinsley—who created one of the official cakes for the royal wedding of William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge—will be on hand for the entire show at the Direct Energy Centre in Toronto.

Tinsley will conduct seminars and perform cooking demonstrations and share his knowledge of cuisine from his native Wales.

Tinsley has cooked for Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles numerous times and is a Member of the Order of the British Empire.

Andrew Thomson has signed on with Gordon Food Service as the general manager of the Intercity Packers-East in Mississauga, ON. Thomson will be responsible for overall operations and purchasing and will report directly to North American Strategic Alliances at GFS president Mark Eriks, based out of the Grand Rapids, MI corporate head office.

“Andrew is a life-long resident of the Toronto area and brings with him a strong knowledge of both the

foodservice and retail segments,” Eriks wrote in an internal memo.

Thomson has more than 30 years experience in the meat industry, including key roles at Toronto-based The Meat Factory Inc., where he served as president for the past seven years.

Mark Pacinda is the chief executive officer of Boston’s Restaurant & Sports Bar, USA and Mexico, effective Sept. 23.

Pacinda will remain the president and CEO of Boston Pizza International Inc., and CEO of Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund.

“Mark has demonstrated tremendous leadership in growing the Boston Pizza brand in Canada,” co-chairman and owner Jim Treliving said in

ISHCOM STAFF APPOINTMENT Publisher Steven Isherwood is pleased to announce the appointment of Jonathan Zettel to assistant editor of Ontario Restaurant News, Atlantic Restaurant News and Pacific/Prairie Restaurant News. Reporting to editorial director Leslie Wu, Jonathan will also work with sister publication Canadian Lodging News and Ishcom’s online properties.

A graduate of Humber College’s journalism program, Jonathan’s experience includes freelance work for CTVNews.ca and Spacing magazine.

He has more than 10 years experience in the foodservice industry.

a statement. “Mark will work closely with the leadership team at Boston’s and our great franchisee community to help build the brand and continue to set the pace for the restaurant industry,” the statement read.

Pacinda joined Boston’s in 1997 and has held a number of senior roles within the organization.

The company also announced the hiring of Troy Cooper as chief operating officer.

Cooper will be responsible for Boston’s restaurant businesses in the U.S. and Mexico.

Previously, Cooper served as president and CEO of Food Friends and Co. from 2008 until December 2012 and prior to that he was the president and COO of Front Burner Restaurant for four years.

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