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VOLUME 52, NO. 1 | JANUARY 2019 

CONTENTS 

THE 2019 BUYER’S GUIDE: THE INDUSTRY’S ULTIMATE SHOPPING GUIDE 

IN THIS ISSUE 

12 

THE 2019 BUYER’S GUIDE 

33 FOOD COMPANY INDEX 

37 FOOD COMPANY DIRECTORY 

44 BEVERAGE COMPANY INDEX 

45 BEVERAGE COMPANY DIRECTORY 

48 EQUIPMENT & SUPPLY 

COMPANY INDEX 

53 EQUIPMENT & SUPPLY 

COMPANY DIRECTORY 

66 SERVICE COMPANY INDEX 

67 SERVICE COMPANY DIRECTORY 

19 

80 

FEATURES 

JOEL CLIFTON [RUTH TAL,COVER], iSTOCK.COM/JANA SALNIKOVA [COCKTAIL ILLUSTRATION] 

8 30 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE 

Highlights from the 30th-annual 

Pinnacle Awards Gala 

10 PARADIGM SHIFT 

Tips for attracting and 

retaining millennial workers 

12 CHART TOPPERS 

Highlighting the top-10 

foodservice trends for 2019 

19 FRESH TAKE 

Ruth Tal is expanding her plant- 

based Fresh restaurant empire 

24 THE FUTURE IS NOW 

A look at the trends driving 

change in the foodservice industry 

27 STAND AND DELIVER 

Experts weigh in on 

challenges facing 

foodservice distributors 

70 EQUIPPED FOR SUCCESS 

A sneak peak at what’s happening 

at this year’s NAFEM Show 

71 GAME CHANGERS 

Which kitchen equipment made it 

onto operators’ wish lists in 2019? 

78 PRE-GAME ACTION 

Examining the rising 

popularity of aperitifs 

79 NEW KID ON THE BLOCK 

How cryptocurrencies will impact 

the restaurant landscape 

78 

DEPARTMENTS 

2 FROM THE EDITOR 

4 FYI 

11 FROM THE DESK OF ROBERT CARTER 

80 CHEF’S CORNER: Rob Bragagnolo, 

Labora, Toronto 

12 

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JANUARY 2019 FOODSERVICE AND HOSPITALITY 1

FROM THE EDITOR 

TAKING 

THE 

LEAD 

As we inch ever so slightly into a new decade, the 

foodservice industry continues to change and grow 

in new directions. Today’s consumers are fuelling a 

host of changes in the way we look at food and the 

types of foods we choose to consume. We’re sporting 

a new attitude towards what we put into our mouths fuelled 

by a better understanding of the relationship that food plays 

in determining our health. As these changes continue to take 

root, it will force today’s chefs to be at the forefront of making 

adjustments to their cooking styles and to the types of menu 

items they create in order to better reflect a new appreciation for 

health and nutrition. From a culinary school perspective, educators 

across the country will need to better understand how these 

changes will impact tomorrow’s customer, recognizing they 

themselves play a pivotal role in shaping tomorrow’s chefs. 

Increasingly, we are coming to better understand the complex 

relationship between diet and health. In fact, diet is now considered 

the single most important cause of death, as expressed by 

Dariush Mozzafarian, cardiologist and dean at Tufts Friedman 

School of Nutrition, who spoke at a food conference at George 

Brown College last year. Whereas in the past, many doctors 

hadn’t typically considered the role of nutrition 

in medicine, today mounting evidence 

suggests there’s a distinct relationship between 

the two. 

And, with the millennial generation expected 

to fuel further growth in plant-based cuisine, 

we can expect myriad changes along the 

way. The growing shift to plant-based dining 

will undoubtedly continue to gain steam (see 

cover story on p. 19). The movement to more 

grains, higher fibre content and organic ingredients 

is also more important than ever. While 

the government’s role in moving the agenda 

forward is important given it has the power 

to tax certain foods and drinks, all the while 

mandating nutritional and caloric labelling, the 

biggest changes will continue to come at the 

hands of the consumer. 

As an industry, we can’t afford to discount 

the role that suppliers, distributors and farmers 

play in this equation (see story on p.27). They’ll need to become 

proactive on this front as consumer demands force operators to 

change, which in turn will push their suppliers to do the same. 

Clearly, food is gaining importance in a way that could never 

have been imagined. As a result, the restaurant industry will 

need to become more mindful of what consumers really want 

and take the lead in highlighting healthier choices on their 

menus. The industry has made great strides but, as we sit on 

the precipice of a new decade, the industry needs to move faster 

than ever to ensure that tasty, healthy and nutritious are all part 

of the equation moving forward. 

ROSANNA CAIRA rcaira@kostuchmedia.com 

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MONTHLY NEWS AND UPDATES FOR THE FOODSERVICE INDUSTRY 

SWEET 

SURRENDER 

Sweet Jesus ice-cream chain sold 

to International Franchising Inc. 

International Franchising Inc. 

(IFI) has acquired Sweet Jesus 

— the Toronto-born ice-cream 

chain known for its hand-crafted 

“pimped-out” soft-serve ice cream 

— from Monarch & Misfits, the 

restaurant group that also operates 

Mexican-street-food 

chain, La Carnita. 

The acquisition of 

Sweet Jesus will add 

a successful, highlyregarded 

brand with 

a loyal customer base, 

to IFI’s portfolio of 

frozen-dessert brands, 

which includes Yogen 

Früz, Swensen’s 

Ice Cream, Yeh! Yogurt 

and Yogurty’s. 

Sweet Jesus, which 

was founded in 2015, is 

one of the fastest growing 

ice-cream concepts 

with 20 units in 

Canada, the U.S. and 

the Middle East, where 

it operates under the 

name Sweet Salvation. 

“Sweet Jesus is a powerful brand 

with a rich social-media following 

that resonates especially with millennials,” 

says Aaron Serruya, president 

of IFI. “With this transaction, IFI is 

adding a brand that has a distinctive 

SOCIAL 

CLIMBER 

With more 

than 100,000 

Instagram 

followers, 

Sweet Jesus’ 

customers 

are its best 

promoters. 

One of 

the most 

popular 

selections 

is the Krusty 

the Cone 

soft-serve 

topped with 

cotton candy, 

fresh-ground 

sprinkles 

and cottoncandy 

sauce. 

position within a compelling segment 

and strong U.S. and international 

prospects for growth. We look 

forward to taking an already very 

strong brand and accelerating its pace 

of growth and opening new units 

in Canada, the U.S. and around the 

world. As Sweet Jesus becomes part 

of the IFI family, we believe we can 

deliver growth and opportunities for 

all of our stakeholders, including our 

valued employees and franchisees.” 

Through the acquisition, Jeff 

Young, former Chief Development 

Officer of Sweet Jesus has been 

appointed the brand’s president 

under IFI. 

“I am proud of the results the 

Sweet Jesus team has achieved since 

its inception,” says Young. “The 

Serruya Family are industry leaders 

in the frozen-dessert category and 

have recognized the opportunity for 

exceptional unit growth in the future 

— particularly in the U.S. and around 

the world. The outlook of the Sweet 

Jesus brand has never looked brighter 

and this transaction will deliver 

immediate and certain value to all 

Sweet Jesus shareholders.” 

Jeff Young 

In the Beginning The first Sweet Jesus unit opened in downtown Toronto in 2015 

and quickly expanded throughout Ontario, with locations in Ottawa, Vaughan, Scarborough, 

Niagara Falls and Port Carling. To date, Sweet Jesus franchises have been awarded throughout 

Canada and in the U.S., along with Sweet Salvation franchises in Dubai, India and Bangladesh. 


COMING 

EVENTS 

FEB. 15-16 Winefest Edmonton, Shaw Conference 

Centre, Edmonton. Tel: 780-421-9797; email: 

cathy@celebratewinefest.com; website: 

celebratewinefest.com/edmonton 

FEB. 16 24th Annual For Children We Care, 

Vancouver Convention Centre. 

Tel: 866-785-8232; email: info@bcchf.ca; 

website: bcchf.ca/events 

FEB 21-24 CHFA West 2019, Vancouver Convention 

Centre West. Tel: 800-661-4510; email: info@chfa. 

ca; website: chfa.ca 

FEB 24-26 RC Show 2019, Enercare Centre, 

Toronto. Tel: 800-387-5649; email: theshow@ 

restaurantscanada.org; website: rcshow.com 

UP TO THE CHALLENGE 

Students from Humber College’s culinary, baking 

and nutrition program recently competed in a 

cooking challenge that saw three of its own test 

their cooking chops. Through its Young Culinary 

Talents’ program (YOCUTA), Nestlé Professional 

partnered with Humber College to challenge students 

to build recipes focusing on a current food 

trend, while also keeping nutrition and health 

and wellness a top priority. The competitors’ 

recipes were also required to include at 

least one Nestlé Professional Minor’s base or 

Flavour’s concentrate. 

Dacyion Reid took home first prize, earning 

$1,000 for her dish of cilantro-lime shrimp with 

TOP CHEFS (l to r) Lais Donella, 

Dacyion Reid and Samantha Simms 

Mexican cauliflower rice. Lais Donella landed in second place and earned $750 with a bean 

patty with a colourful Tabbouleh salad and creamy mint-cauliflower rice. Coming in third 

was Samantha Simms, who created a ginger-thyme bulgar pilaf with a chipotle Cajun tiger 

shrimp, tomato and fig chutney, broccolini and carrots with chipotle oil. 

FOR MORE EVENTS VISIT 

http://www.foodserviceandhospitalitycom/events/ 

RESTOBUZZ 

Bar Buca 

GOURMET TO GO 

The new food court at Toronto’s Union 

Station has officially opened to the public, 

marking a significant milestone in the station’s 

revitalization. The Union Food Court is the 

first area to open as part of the newly constructed 

lower retail level, boasting 10 new food 

retailers and seating for more than 600 people. 

The space features food-court stalwarts — such 

as McDonald’s, Pizza Pizza and Tim Hortons 

— as well as more unique offerings, including 

the first Toronto location of Crave It Restaurant 

Group’s Bangkok Buri and the first food-court 

location of Loaded Pierogi. 

Verre has opened in Vancouver’s Coal 

Harbour. The 74-seat French-Mediterranean 

restaurant is dubbed Verre (the French word 

for glass) in a nod to Vancouver’s nickname, 

“City of Glass.” The restaurant is led by chef/ 

owner Liam Breen, a Vancouver native who 

has worked in restaurants across Canada, as 

well as in Dubai. He is joined by pastry chef 

Christine Barker, formerly of Raymonds in 

St. John’s. The restaurant’s menu will initially 

focus on dinner — offering a seasonal menu... 

King Street Food Company has opened a 

second location of its Bar Buca concept in 

Toronto’s Yonge and Eglinton neighbourhood. 

Featuring a carefully curated, Italian-inspired 

seasonal menu, the restaurant and bar 

offers all-day options as well as breakfast, 

lunch and dinner...Louix Louis grand bar and 

restaurant is now open on the 31st floor of 

The St. Regis Toronto, offering contemporary 

American cuisine and a vivacious cocktail 

experience inspired by the iconic grand 

bars of New York and Paris during the Belle 

Epoque. The restaurant seats 130 guests 

with an additional 600-sq.-ft. privatedining 

space that overlooks the grand 

bar and restaurant, as well as an outdoor 

secret garden. The kitchen is helmed by 

executive chef Guillaume Robin, whose menu 

menu offers a balance of decadence and 

approachability and the grand-bar houses 

one of the largest dark-spirit collections 

in Canada...Floga, a new Greek restaurant 

in Scarborough, Ont. has made its debut. 

Offering a panoply of rustic Greek recipes, 

the restaurant is an extension of Mr. Greek’s 

authentic offerings. 

Opening a new restaurant? Let us in on the buzz 

Send a high-res image, menu and background information about 

the new establishment to jmaxwell@kostuchmedia.com 



IN BRIEF 

FINAL BOW 

Susur Lee’s Luckee restaurant, located 

in Toronto’s SoHo Metropolitan Hotel, 

held its final service on December 23. 

The Nouvelle-Chinoise and dim-sum 

restaurant garnered a number of accolades 

during its five years of operation, 

including being named among Toronto 

Life’s Best New Restaurants list in 2015 

and several of BlogTO’s best-restaurants 

lists. Luckee’s closing marks the third 

Susur Lee restaurant to close in the past 

two years, following the closing of Bent 

in 2017 and Frings in summer 2018. 

Tim Hortons has 

launched its new kids 

menu — Timmies Minis 

— at all of its locations 

in Canada. Offering 

meal options with no 

artificial colours or 

flavours, and no added 

sugars, the Timmies 

Minis menu ($4.99) 

lets parents and kids 

build their own meals.. 

MTY Food Group Inc. 

announced that one of 

its wholly owned subsidiaries has signed 

an agreement to acquire the assets of 

South St. Burger. South St. Burger currently 

operates 26 franchised and 14 corporate 

restaurants, most of which are located 

in Canada. The network has generated 

more than $28 million in system sales in 

the last 12 months...Ruth’s Chris Steak 

House – Markham has opened a location in 

downtown Markham. The new 7,632-sq.-ft. 

restaurant was designed by Toronto-based 

HCA Architecture and is co-franchisees 

Lana Duke and R. David Duke’s third 

location in the GTA...Sportscene Group 

Inc. has acquired Moishes — a Montreal 

restaurant and retail institution. The 

acquisition includes Moishes’ landmark 

Saint-Laurent Boulevard restaurant, along 

with all Moishes’ trademarks, branding 

and the Moishes product line sold at major 

supermarkets and food retailers...Browns 

Restaurant Group (BRG) has opened the first 

location of its new Liberty Kitchen concept 

in Surrey, B.C. The restaurant is operated 

by Kyle Anderson, a multi-unit Browns 

Socialhouse owner and the company’s first 

multi-brand franchisee.... MTY Food Group 

Inc. has acquired most of the assets of Casa 

Grecque, a bring-your-own-wine restaurant 

chain. The Casa Grecque network currently 

has 31 franchised restaurants in operation, 

all of which are located in Quebec. 

PEOPLE 

Shannon 

Carrigan 

Shannon 

Carrigan 

has joined 

Centennial 

College School 

of Hospitality, 

Tourism and 

Culinary Arts 

as general 


hospitality category. Khabouth has become 

known for his risky out-of-the-box ideas, 

including Toronto’s Club Z and nightclub 

Stilife, award-winning restaurants, luxury 

boutique-hotel brand Bisha and a recent 

venture into the art world. 

(l to r) Matthew Stowe and Chris Mills. 

manager of The Local Cafe and Restaurant 

and the Centennial College Event Centre... 

Chef Matthew Stowe has joined Joey 

Restaurant Group as executive director 

of Culinary, joining executive chef Chris 

Mills to oversee the company’s culinary 

direction. Mills and Stowe will be working 

closely on the culinary vision as the group 

continues to grow the brand, with its new 

flagship B.C. location in North Vancouver 

opening this year...INK Entertainment CEO 

and founder, Charles Khabouth, was named 

The EY (Ernst & Young) Entrepreneur of the 

Year 2018 Ontario in the entertainment and 

SUPPLY SIDE 

Parmalat Group has reached an agreement 

to acquire the natural-cheese division of 

Kraft Heinz Canada in a deal valued at $1.62 

billion. The transaction will see Parmalat 

Canada take on stewardship of iconic 

Kraft Heinz Canada cheese brands Cracker 

Barrel, P’tit Quebec and Amooza! The 

acquisition would also include a processing 

plant in Ingleside, Ont. and its almost 

400 employees... The Niman Ranch has 

announced its first Canadian partnership 

with Macgregors Meat & Seafood Ltd. 

Macgregors will offer its Certified Angus Beef 

brand, Natural by Niman Ranch, in Canada 

Macgregors now offers Natural by Niman Ranch 

for the first time...Empire Company Ltd. has 

acquired Farm Boy from Berkshire Partners 

and Farm Boy’s management shareholders 

in a deal worth approximately $800 

million...Nespresso is the first company to 

use responsibly sourced aluminum, supplied 

by Rio Tinto, to produce its coffee capsules. 

The companies will work together with 

Nespresso’s capsule manufacturers to fulfil 

a commitment of sourcing 100-per-cent 

sustainable aluminum by 2020. 

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PINNACLE AWARDS 

Carol Johnston of 

Parmalat Canada 

Celebrating 

30 Years 

of Excellence 

KML brings together current 

and past winners at a special 

30th-anniversary edition of 

the annual Pinnacle Awards 

PHOTOGRAPHY BY TRINA TURL 

(l to r) Rosanna Caira, Arvin Srivastava 

of BLT, Domenic Primucci of Regional 

Company of the Year winner Pizza Nova 

and Janet Zuccarini 

MORE THAN 500 guests gathered at 

Toronto’s Fairmont Royal York Hotel to 

celebrate the winners of Kostuch Media 

Ltd.’s 30th-annual Pinnacle Awards. 

Winners past and present came together 

to celebrate the best and brightest of the 

Canadian foodservice industry across a 

number of categories. Here is a look at 

some of this year’s Pinnacle Awards 

Gala event highlights. 

(l to r) 

Ashley 

West of 

NPD Group, 

Rosanna 

Caira, Eric 

Lefebvre, 

CEO of MTY 

Group, 

this year’s 

Company 

of the Year 

and Janet 

Zuccarini 

Chef of 

the Year 

Grant Van 

Gameren 

(l to r) Rosanna Caira, Jeff Adamson of Technology Company of the Year 

winner SkipTheDishes, Lino Lombardo from PayPlus and Janet Zuccarini

Independent Restaurateur of 

the Year Nick Di Donato of 

Liberty Entertainment Group 

Rosanna Caira Lifetime 

Achievement Award winner 

Leroy Earl “Bus” Fuller 

Heidi 

Welker of 

Freeman 

Audio 

Visual 

Canada 

(l to r) Rosanna Caira, 

Jeff McMullen of Garland, Grant Van 

Gameren and Janet Zuccarini 

(from l-r) Jeff Fuller, Bus Fuller, Stan Fuller, Stewart Fuller and Clay Fuller 

(l to r) Rosanna Caira, 

Nick Di Donato, Jeff 

Berman, Chef Works and 

Janet Zuccarini 

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LABOUR 

PARADIGM 

SHIFT 

TO RECRUIT CANADA’S LARGEST COHORT, 

FOODSERVICE OPERATORS NEED TO 

RETOOL THEIR HIRING STRATEGIES 

BY REBECCA HARRIS| 

To say millennials are taking over 

the workforce is no exaggeration. Members 

of this generation — typically defined as 

people born between 1981 and 2000 — 

number 9.6 million in Canada. By 2025, 

millennials will comprise 75 per cent of 

the global workforce, according to Deloitte. 

For foodservice operators (many of whom are Baby Boomers or 

Gen Xers), attracting millennials to the workplace requires new 

rules for recruitment. “The paradigm has changed and many 

organizations aren’t working in the new paradigm,” says Ian Milford, 

principal at JRoss Hospitality Recruiters. 

To get beyond what worked in the past, a good starting point is 

technology. “Organizations tend to put their efforts into technologies 

they know and understand: Hcareers, Indeed and LinkedIn,” 

says Milford. “[They need to] focus on other means to connect with 

candidates. Twitter, Instagram and SnapChat are all resources you 

can leverage to connect with millennials.” 

Laura Darrell, Boston Pizza’s director of Operations for Western 

Canada, says her organization is helping franchisees and general 

managers understand how to leverage technology to more effectively 

reach and engage millennials. 

“There’s no reason why you can’t get someone on FaceTime for a 

20-minute chat to go through your pre-screening questions and, if 

they’re a final candidate, they can come down to the restaurant and 

meet you,” says Darrell. “Or, coordinate interviews via text message. 

Millennials have grown up in an environment where they have very 

little face-to-face conversation. It’s really about sending a SnapChat 

or a text message saying ‘I got your resumé and would love to talk 

with you.’” 

Another key is making the online-application process simple. “If 

it takes 25 steps for a candidate to get through the process to submit 

a resumé, you’re going to lose them,” says Darrell. “Nobody in that 

cohort will make 25 clicks for anything — that’s a big one.” 

Phil Wylie, vice-president of People & Operations at Oliver & 

Bonacini Hospitality, says it’s important to create website and socialmedia 

content that’s engaging and fun. Videos are key — whether 

it’s more formal recruitment videos or Instagram stories that highlight 

what goes on in the kitchen. “Create content that shows off 

what you’re doing,” he says. 

For new restaurant openings, O&B creates videos of managers 

introducing themselves, so a prospective candidate can see who 

they’d be working with. “This is a way for us to showcase the management 

team so a candidate can take a look and say, ‘This looks like 

a great management team, I want to be part of that,’” says Wylie. 

Millennials want to be appreciated and recognized for the work 

they do and talking up that type of workplace culture can also help 

attract talent. “At our best restaurants, the general managers will talk 

about what they do to celebrate great performance,” says Darrell. 

“From a coaching standpoint, our best general managers do a great 

job of saying, ‘I’m hiring you today as a host or as a server, but we’re 

excellent at career pathing and you can go from being a server to 

a supervisor to a front-of-house manager to an AGM to a GM,’” 

says Darrell. 

While employers do need to retool their recruitment strategies, 

Wylie says it’s not just for millennials. “I don’t have a strong belief 

that millennials are any different than other young generations,” he 

says. “What’s different now is we’re living in this world of rapid technological 

and societal change. So, the way you approach recruiting 

for all positions, regardless of whether someone is born between this 

year or that year, has to [evolve] and change.” FH 

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LIFE 

LESSONS 

Forget generational 

grouping — it’s all 

about life stages 

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There was a time when millennials 

were considered one big generational 

group. At the time, their 

behaviours were attributed to their 

generation instead of their age or 

life stage — similar to the way Gen Zs are 

currently being described. Now that millennials 

are older and vary in their life stages 

— single, married, parents — some of their 

behaviours with regard to food consumption 

and planning are similar to those of the 

generations that preceded them. Other 

behaviours are based on generational attitudes 

and values. 

Parents with children in the household, 

whether millennials or Gen-Xers, invest 

more time in preparing dinner. The majority 

of meals are prepared and consumed inhome 

and take between 10 and 59 minutes 

to prepare and cook. Interestingly, these 

types of dinners are forecast to grow over the 

next five years, according to recent research 

by The NPD Group. 

An example of a generational trait that 

sets millennials apart from Gen-Xers is the 

belief that as long as they play a part in the 

meal-preparation process, then it’s “homemade.” 

They don’t have to literally make 

the whole thing from scratch for it to be 

considered homemade in their eyes. Gen- 

Xers, on the other hand — having grown up 

exposed to in-home cooking from scratch — 

acknowledge the difference between a homemade 

and a partially prepared meal. 

Now a new generation is being examined 

and observed — Generation Z, those born 

between 1997 to present and a larger group 

than millennials. Many Gen-Zs, a cohort 

NPD recently studied for its Make It Happen 

for Gen Zs report, were raised by Gen-X 

parents who taught them to understand the 

purpose of food and how it fits into a welllived 

life. As a result, this generational cohort 

has set expectations that food and food 

brands will follow their needs and not the 

other way around. 

When older Gen-Zs — now young adults 

— plan dinner, they exhibit the same lifestage 

behaviours that millennials and other 

generations did as young adults. They’re 

constantly blurring the line between access 

(how fast it gets to them) and convenience 

(how easy it is to use). The Gen-Z generation 

differs from other generations in that they’re 

growing up in a globally connected and fastpaced 

world and they expect flavours of the 

world to be available. This is a generational 

behavior trait that will most likely follow 

them through their life stages. 

Clearly, behaviour is tied to life stages, 

not generational grouping. It’s a common 

oversight to not age generations or recognize 

how life stage can impact behaviour. 

To understand the difference between generational 

and life-stage behaviours enables 

operators to develop products, menus and 

marketing messages more relevant to their 

target consumer audiences. FH 

Robert Carter is industry 

expert, Foodservice, with 

the NPD Group Inc. He can be 

reached at robert.carter@ 

npd.com for questions 

regarding the latest trends 

and their impact on the 

foodservice business. 



FOOD FILE 

WHAT’S 

COOKING? 

TOP FOODSERVICE TRENDS FOR 2019 

STORY BY LAURA PRATT 

Chefs enjoy a unique 

vantage point 

where restaurant 

trends are concerned. 

Theirs is a singular 

population whose oversight 

of all that food 

coming in the back door 

and leaving out the front 

sets up a lens through 

which the rest of us 

might understand the 

bigger influences on what 

we eat. And what better 

time than the launch of 

a new year to have a look 

through it? Here are the 

top foodservice trends 

to watch for 2019. 

ALL THAT GLITTERS 

As chefs strive to 

serve up social-media 

friendly food, overthe-top 

creations 

such as these gold 

leaf-coated chicken 

wings are popping 

up on menus 


Plant-Based Cuisine 

There’s a huge push right now on 

plant-based cuisine, with vegetables 

getting knocked out of side-dish territory 

and onto the centre of the 

plate. Modern chefs no longer merely 

acknowledge plant-based foods, but 

embrace them with lively innovation 

that both feeds and responds to diners’ 

interest in choosing vegetables over 

meat. “You want to cook what people 

want, but offer a broad spectrum,” 

says James Walt, executive chef for Il 

Caminetto in Whistler, B.C. “As a chef, 

it’s pretty cool.” Dishes at his restaurant 

capitalize on such newcomers as the 

meaty, smoked grain farro verde and 

a novel way to make ravioli with eggfree 

pasta. Pin all of this, says Kristian 

Eligh, executive chef for the Toptable 

Restaurant Group, on a “general awareness 

that we need to watch the amount 

of protein we’re consuming to be 

mindful of the planet.” 

Beyond Instagram 

Over the past few years, Instagram and 

other photo-sharing apps have revolutionized 

the food industry. Restaurants 

have even created food and beverages 

with social media in mind. But now, 

according to Technomic, Instagram 

stories, Facebook Live and YouTube 

have extended the trend beyond what 

works in a single snapshot to what 

plays well through videos. “Audio 

enhancements such as popping candies 

or items that move or alter in time, 

such as colour-changing cocktails, 

glitter beer and bonito-topped foods 

wow diners, especially young ones,” 

says Aimee Harvey, managing editor 

at Technomic. “Because social media 

is evolving so quickly, expect menu 

trends to adapt in funky ways. 

PLANTING THE 

SEED Plant-based 

eating will take 

centre stage in 

2019, with some 

less-common 

ingredients such 

as seaweed 

making an 

appearance 

Cooking with Cannabis 

There are many opportunities for foodservice players 

to get in on the $6.5-billion-dollar cannabis industry, 

whose future looks high as a kite. A large cohort of 

“canna-curious” promises massive potential, with the 

24 per cent of Canadians who are existing cannabis 

consumers expected to be joined by another 20 per 

cent, post-legalization. 

In this new environment, chefs will need to learn 

how to include this modern staple in everyday foods. 

Think cannabis restaurants and bars, weed-and-cheese 

events and what Technomic calls functional foods, or 

dishes whose featured cannabis is there to encourage 

consumers’ relaxation. The key to getting the most from the green? Infusing it into 

oils to coax out its depth of flavours, say the experts. Legalized pot edibles are still a 

year out, but operators ignore their approach at their peril. 



Mushroom Mania 

Think beyond just sliced cremini or 

Portobello — filled with immuneboosting 

nutritional properties, 

mushrooms of all varieties pack a 

serious flavour punch. For centuries, 

Eastern medicine has touted 

the benefits of mushrooms, but 

only recently has Western culture 

embraced mushrooms as a superfood. 

According to THP’s Flavour & 

Trend Forecast 2019, look for mushrooms 

to pop up in everything from 

protein substitutes to coffee in 2019. 

SHROOM BOOM 

Mushroom tacos 

are among the 

many new ways 

fungus will pop 

up in 2019 

Alternative Proteins 

Meat will get short 

shrift this year for 

more than just an 

amplified focus on 

vegetarian cuisine. 

Lab-based meat 

alternatives, such as 

the ones between 

the buns in A&W’s 

wildly popular Beyond Meat burger, are on the 

ascent. “The far more difficult things will be 

lab-produced restaurant-quality [faux]steaks 

and whole cuts of meat,” says Ryan Whibbs, 

coordinator of the Culinary Management program 

at George Brown College’s Chef School. 

Beyond that, says Ned Bell, executive chef 

of the cross-country Ocean Wise program, 

novel proteins such as soldier flies, crickets and 

worms are making their way into restaurants’ 

ingredients lists. “Canadians are eating down 

the food chain and being more diverse in their 

diets. They’re realizing they want to be socially 

responsible with their consumption,” says Bell. 

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BIG THINGS 

Although these big 

hitters didn’t make 

the list, they’re still 

worth watching 

Food Technology 

Three years ago, Uber Eats had zero clients. Today? Seventy billion. And digital ordering — 

a $1.8-billion industry — is just one illustration of how adopting technological innovation 

as a mindset is the trick to navigating the pace of change in Canadian restaurants. From 

in-house Wi-Fi (Restaurants Canada says more than four in 10 Canadians base their dining 

choice on whether the restaurant is connected) to drone delivery, technology is redefining 

convenience, speeding up customer service, increasing sales and vaulting “frictionless” 

foodservice into the limelight. 

Payment is the industry’s next arena of technological transformation, with integration, 

omni-channel solutions and seamlessness across platforms leading the charge. Meanwhile, 

south of the border, the Amazon-Go concept kicks the effortlessness of new-age consumerism 

up a notch. “Restaurant companies committed to both tech-enabled convenience and 

the personal touch will be working to strike a balance between the two,” says Technomic. 

RUBY CHOCOLATE Not your average chocolate 

bar, ruby chocolate is made with cocoa 

ground from beans that yield a pinkish hue. 

SAVOURY DESSERTS From parsnip and 

white-chocolate cream to Stilton and apricot 

cheesecake, twists on the classic combination 

of cheese and sweets after a meal are 

gaining traction. 

CLAY-POT COOKING Clay pots’ ability to 

slowly, evenly and delicately cook anything to 

perfection make them an obvious choice to 

crack the list of ones to watch. 

BEE POLLEN With a uniquely spongey, yet 

crunchy texture and mild honey flavour, bee 

pollen packs a nutritional punch. 

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Such face-punching, 

ingredient-busting 

dishes offer a delicious 

alternative to the scourge 

of food waste — currently 

among the most talked-about subjects in 

gastronomy. “I predict we’ll see more items 

created from things we would have put in the 

compost before,” says Toptable’s Elith. It’s why 

the most forward-looking restaurants will 

promote themselves as carbon-neutral operations 

serving root-to-shoot meals that make 

use of the whole of their base ingredients, 

including greens and trimmings that would 

otherwise be trashed. 

“We waste an extraordinary amount of food 

— often because we don’t know what to do with 

it,” says Bell. “The price of food is going up, the 

cost of skilled labour is going up, but our menu 

prices aren’t going up. It’s getting harder and 

harder to make a buck in a kitchen.” Resourceful 

ingredient exploitation offers a smart solution. 

Chefs and customers alike will 

continue their love affair with 

boldness in 2019, embracing 

Peruvian chilis and other 

hot stuff that have made the 

transition from the ethnic 

sidelines to the mainstream 

middle. Look for juices, gels 

and emulsifiers, such as in the 

carrot salad at Il Caminetto, 

which features the serviceable 

vegetable 10 ways — including 

roasted, shaved and purple — 

as an emulsified gel and as a 

carrot-top pesto. 

“This is hyperflavour,” says 

Walt, “where you focus on 

an ingredient and drag every 

ounce of flavour out of it. This 

kind of flavour is a punch in 

the face and that’s how chefs 

are showing their colours.” 

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are among the 

bold flavours 

expected to 

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Traceability 

Sustainability and ingredients’ provenance will feature 

prominently in food stories in 2019, a trend facilitated 

by major logistics innovation that allows unprecedented 

access to foodstuffs’ origins. The Internet of Things 

and blockchain tech are key, says Whibbs, to tracking 

your cauliflower’s path and knowing how long your 

bananas were kept in port. “To be truly sustainable, we 

need to know where our food is coming from.” 

In its 7 Key Trends for 2019, Technomic reports 

“Tomorrow’s foodservice consumer will increasingly 

demand a more well-rounded transparency message 

and, in response, manufacturers and operators will 

craft a multifaceted approach. This means brands 

being fully transparent on several fronts, including 

pricing, revealing true net costs and unbundled 

costs; corporate performance, 

emphasizing fair trade, diversity, 

living wages and executive 

compensation; and the planet, 

publicizing its real environmental 

impact, conservation 

initiatives and progressive 

stance on animal welfare.” 

Labour-Saving 

Innovation 

Ninety per cent of today’s 

restaurant operators 

consider labour costs 

the number-1 challenge 

impacting their business. 

The one-year turnover 

rate across all restaurant 

positions is 24 per cent, 

closer to 30 per cent in 

part-time, and the fiveyear 

average is an astounding 

116 per cent — 

among the highest of 

any industry. 

That explains kitchens stocked with toys and tools designed to shrink the 

need for bodies, including appliances chefs can program from a distance 

and a whack of ingeniously versatile multi-cookers. It also explains the massive 

interest in chef-driven, manpower-light quick-service concepts such as 

Ottawa’s Mad Radish, which serves chef-conceived “salads that are meals,” 

and California’s Tender Greens, whose customers eat their organic and 

responsibly sourced food in restaurants whose in-house aeroponic towers are 

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COVER STORY 

Plant-based pioneer, 

Fresh restaurants, 

is moving to new markets 

STORY BY DANIELLE SCHALK 

JOEL CLIFTON [RUTH TAL] 



COVER STORY 

Inspired by her first taste of fresh 

carrot juice, Fresh founder Ruth Tal 

embarked on an entrepreneurial 

journey that ultimately led her to 

become a pioneering force within 

Toronto’s (and Canada’s) plant-based 

food scene. 

In 1991, at age 25, Tal started her 

business as a pop-up juice stand, 

Juice for Life, at health fairs and 

music festivals. 

“I was young and didn’t have a 

lot of money, but I was evangelical 

about sharing the knowledge and my 

passion,” Tal recalls. “I was getting 

healthy and feeling really good and 

there was nowhere to go, as a vegan, 

for great holistic, plant-based food 

that wasn’t just healthy for you, but 

also actually tasted good.” 

She followed up the pop-up with a 

semi-permanent location at the now defunct Bamboo Club, 

which led to the brand’s first permanent location in the 

Queen Street Market, across from the City TV/MuchMusic 

headquarters. This location allowed Tal to “develop the concept 

and really deepen the following,” and also garnered the 

brand significant notoriety from visiting celebrities. 

“A lot of the musicians and celebrities that were coming 

from south of the border, [especially] the West Coast, already 

knew about what I was doing…they were very dialed-in to 

the planet and their health,” Tal explains. “Having them support 

and love what I was doing — or mentioning that they 

were vegan or into juicing and come to 

[Juice for Life] — gave what I was 

doing more credibility and helped me build 

more momentum.” 

That said, the tiny location had its limits. 

“Being in the Queen Street Market, I 

had eight stools and was obliged to conform 

to its hours and I knew there was 

so much more I wanted to do,” says Tal. 

“[Plus] I was lined up out the door, so I 

started to look for a restaurant location 

where I could provide an atmosphere as 

well as great food and great juice.” 

This led to the opening of a 60-seat 

restaurant location in Toronto’s Annex 

neighbourhood, which she built out with 

the help of friends. “That set me on the 

path of opening restaurants. We still had a 

strong juice-bar and takeaway [business], 

but we started to develop the full-service 

vein,” says Tal. 

JOEL CLIFTON [FRESH RESTAURANT, INTERIORS] 

“ 

A lot of the musicians and celebrities that were 

coming from south of the border, [especially] the 

West Coast, already knew about the kind of stuff 

that I was doing…they were very dialed-in to 

the planet and their health”— RUTH TAL 

By the new millennium, the Queen-Street location had 

been moved down the street to a space inside a Le Château 

retail store; Tal had welcomed two partners into the business 

— her accountant Barry Alper (in 1996) and chef/partner 

Jennifer Houston (in 1999); and the brand had been 

renamed Fresh to better reflect its wide range of offerings. 

FRESH LOOK 

The design of Fresh 

restaurant locations 

has garnered many 

industry design 

awards, allowing 

the fledgling brand 

to play in the big 

leagues alongside 

some of Toronto’s 

best and mostrecognized 

restaurants 



A FRESH APPROACH 

Fresh founder Ruth 

Tal has brought a 

new and enlightened 

focus to plant-based 

dining with her chain 

of restaurants 

At the same time, Tal and her team were ready to embark 

on a third location, this time with the budget to “hire an 

architect and designer and really step it up to improve the 

experience for customers and defy the stereotypes that all 

vegans are hippies and service is going to be crappy — play 

in the big leagues and be on par with all the best restaurants 

in the city.” 

Looking back, Tal views this move as one of the best 

business decisions she’s ever made. The brand’s first professionally 

designed location, Fresh on Crawford, garnered the 

brand a wealth of attention and awards. “It was a beautiful 

location and it put us on the map. I had already been 

“ 

When you’re inspired by your 

community and what’s happening around 

you and you’re not the only one responsible 

for educating and turning people 

on [to this way of eating], all of a sudden 

it’s a much more creative [atmosphere]. 

The saying that competition is healthy 

is absolutely true ”— RUTH TAL 

around for a while, but it was more of a 

cult following and then, with this location, 

[people began to take notice].” 

As the brand moved to a full-service 

format, there was room for greater menu 

creativity and more labour-intensive 

offerings. “The core menu, initially, was 

soups, salads, bowls and burgers, but 

then we were able to get more into items 

like our quinoa onion rings,” notes Tal. 

“Developing that recipe and bringing 

them on was a testament to our ability to 

be stronger in the kitchen.” 

As Tal notes, the brand has always had 

a fairly broad menu, with several categories. 

“Basically, what we’ve tried to do is 

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hit all the notes so there’s something for everyone, depending 

on how they’re feeling, and do it well.” 

Maintaining and updating a menu that broad is something 

of a balancing act, Tal admits. “The problem is, we’re 

always developing new recipes and trying them out as 

specials…but you can’t keep adding new things without 

editing.” Ultimately, Tal and Houston strive to strike a balance 

between the brand’s menu categories to ensure its 

offerings remain well rounded, while incorporating the latest 

ingredients and flavours influencing global food trends. 

“We’re always naturally pushing the envelope,” Tal 

explains. And this is especially true now that healthy and 

plant-based eating has entered the main stream. “When 

you’re inspired by your community and what’s happening 

around you and you’re not the only one responsible for 

educating and turning people on [to this way of eating], all 

of a sudden it’s a much more creative [atmosphere]. The 

saying that competition is healthy is absolutely true.” 

With five locations in Toronto, Fresh is poised to begin 

expansion in other areas of the Greater Toronto Area 

(GTA), as well as throughout Canada thanks to a new strategic 

partnership Tal says will help the brand manage the 

logistics of its growth. And there are plans for new Fresh 

locations much farther afield — as many as six restaurants 

in Los Angeles. In fact, Tal says she expects the first L.A. 

location to open this spring. 

However, this will not be Fresh’s first international outpost, 

as the brand already boasts two locations in Moscow 

through a partnership with local restaurateurs. 

The brand is also in the midst of a transformation, 

spurred by the opening of its fifth location last summer. 

The new spot on Front Street in Toronto represents Fresh’s 

largest location and includes new features, such as a cocktail 

bar and vegan-wine list. “It’s a gorgeous [space]. We’ve elevated 

everything — all of the customer-facing points: our 

service, the level of service experience of our staff,” says Tal. 

“We do a lot of delivery, so the way we handle our takeaway 

and delivery at the front was really considered this time. It’s 

all working so well; it’s actually become the number-1 location, 

of the five, in the span of less than six months.” 

Due to the location’s success, it has now become the template 

for future restaurants. In fact, the Spadina and Queen 

unit recently completed an expansion and revamp. “At Fresh 

on Spadina, we took over the Subway [restaurant] next 

door and [brought]the Fresh-on-Front concept to Spadina,” 

Tal explains. “We’ll have some additional equipment in the 

kitchen that will allow us to do flatbreads — breaking out 

of the traditional categories people know us for.” 

After listing all of the projects the Fresh team is currently 

pursuing, Tal quips, “I feel like that’s enough.” FH 

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TRENDS 

DEMOGRAPHICS AND TECHNOLOGY-ENABLED INNOVATION ARE 

DRIVING FORCES IN THE FOODSERVICE-AND-HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY 

STORY BY LORRAINE TROTTER 

ILLUSTRATION BY MICHAEL MORGENSTERN 


Throughout the foodservice-andhospitality 

industry, there are 

ongoing discussions about how 

technology, new products and 

a shifting labour force (or lack 

thereof) will drive major transformation 

in the structure, competitors and 

services offered to our Canadian and 

international hospitality and culinary 

customers. Recent research undertaken 

by the Centre for Hospitality 

and Culinary Arts, George Brown 

College, indicates these trends are 

closer to being a reality — and a significant 

current driver in the industry 

— than initially believed. The research 

reviewed key trends in North America 

and around the world to assess the 

extent of trend evolution — or is it 

“trend revolution” — and the findings 

signaled both a wake-up call and a call 

to action, as the penetration of many 

trends is happening faster and more 

broadly than in the past. 



TRENDS 

In particular, two forces are driving this 

accelerating birth and adoption of new models, 

products and ways of doing business. 

The first is demographics and the related 

change in consumer-behaviour patterns. 

From a demographics perspective, the most 

important influences are coming from that 

somewhat maligned but highly valuable group 

— millennials, who represent the dominant 

population group in the workforce according 

to U.S. data, relegating Boomers and their 

values to third place as a population subgroup. 

This means different values and 

behaviours are driving our workforce and our 

customer behaviour. 

Secondly, the impact of technology-enabled 

innovation, which is pervasive and accelerating, 

can’t be ignored. Shifting values and 

behavioural drivers are defining the changes 

to which we must respond and technology is 

enabling those changes to be adopted at an 

ever-increasing pace. 

Here are just three examples of the type 

of research findings our industry is having to 

respond to. One such shift is the rise in pursuit 

of “experiences” compared to the moretraditional 

product-consumption driver. For 

instance, according to Cision Canada, 78 per 

cent of millennials would rather spend money 

on an experience than on a product. And it’s 

not just millennials who are pursuing experiences 

— 58 per cent of Canadians across all 

age groups want to “live like a local” when 

travelling and, according to Cision, 85 per 

cent would rather have two years of experiences 

than upgrade to a luxury vehicle. 

The culinary-and-hospitality industry is 

responding to this rising demand for experiences. 

For example, Airbnb has now moved 

beyond its original model as an alternativeaccommodation 

provider to offer more than 

5,000 active experiences in more than 40 cities 

and 26 countries. 

Food halls, a rising trend in the U.S. and 

several Canadian markets, offer an immersive 

experience beyond eating, including products 

for sale, contact with a wide range of 

suppliers, entertainment and social events. 

According to a 2018 report by Cushman & 

Wakefield, Food Halls of North America: The 

Sharing Economy for Restaurants, in the U.S., 

the food-hall market is projected to triple 

from 2017 to 2020 and in Canada, the number 

of food halls is expected to nearly double 

by 2020. 

Travel brands are responding to consumers’ 

continual pursuit of rarer and more unique 

experiences by structuring travel to enable 

travellers to be the “co-creators” of a trip (for 

example, having the opportunity to “stumble 

upon” unexpected discoveries that make the 

experience), without the travel brand prescribing 

what the outcome will be. Research 

by Skift shows this had led to the integration 

of local atmosphere and activity options 

within luxury hotel-brand product offerings 

and tour guides suggesting experiences that 

exist outside of the structure of their conventional 

tours. 

FAST FACTS 

78% 

of millennials would rather 

spend money on an experience 

than on a product 

58% 

of Canadians across all age 

groups want to “live like a 

local” when travelling 

85% 

would rather have two 

years of experiences than 

upgrade to a luxury vehicle 

SOURCE: CISION CANADA 

The pursuit of personalized products and 

services and the expectation of ‘instantaneous 

service’ is another accelerating trend, 

enabled by digital marketing and social media, 

according to a 2015 report from Deloitte 

called Made-to-Order: The Rise of Mass 

Personalization. Recent research by Epsilon 

Marketing also indicates that 80 per cent of 

consumers are more likely to do business with 

a company that offers personalized experiences 

and 90 per cent find personalization 

appealing. This desire for personalization, says 

the Deloitte report, is supported by customer 

willingness to provide personal data and pay a 

price premium in return for a more personalized 

service. 

Social media is increasingly used for customer 

service — globally, 34 per cent of customers 

have used social media for a customerservice 

question — which drives expectations 

for instantaneous service. When customers 

turn to social media for a customer-service 

question, a Twitter study by Evolve24 shows 

42 per cent expect a response within an hour 

and 57 per cent expect the same response 

time on weekends and at night as during business 

hours. 

While personalizing and creating experiences, 

the industry must also respond to 

another trend — the ways in which consumers 

are conscious of the social and environmental 

impacts of their spending. Again, millennials 

are the trendsetters here. According 

to Local and organic food on wheels: exploring 

the use of local and organic food in the food 

truck industry, published in the Journal of 

Foodservice Business Research, Canadians 

under 35 are three times more likely to consider 

themselves vegetarian or vegan than 

those aged 49 or older. More than a quarter 

of all Canadians are more likely to visit a restaurant 

that offers organic or environmentally 

friendly food and 84 per cent of Canadian 

travellers expressed a desire to “go green” on 

future vacations (according to 2018 data from 

Booking.com). 

An overarching lesson from our research 

is that trends are achieving faster penetration 

and with more impact than ever before, 

highlighting a need for aggressive pursuit of 

Canadian marketplace data to validate and 

prioritize the changes we need to respond to. 

At the Centre for Hospitality and Culinary 

Arts, we’re creating an accelerated plan for 

research into the dynamics of the industry, 

leveraging our Canadian and global partner 

network, our faculty, our food-and-beverage 

product-research team, FIRSt (Food 

Innovation and Research Studio), and our 

diverse student population. CHCA is committed 

to sharing its findings and partnering 

with like-minded industry leaders interested 

in “nailing down” the urgent actions needed 

to lead, not follow, a rapidly changing industry 

of critical importance to Canada’s 

economy and to our global hospitality-andtourism 

position. FH 

Lorraine Trotter is 

Dean, Centre for Hospitality 

& Culinary Arts, George Brown 

College. Article research was 

conducted by Mia Fortino 

and Hannah Rundle 


ROUNDTABLE 

Foodservice-distribution 

companies are facing 

myriad challenges 

in today’s changing 

restaurant landscape 

BY AMY BOSTOCK 



ROUNDTABLE 

THE PANEL 

JENNIFER TRAFFORD, 

vice-president, 

Member Development 

for Canada, Foodbuy 

PETE BOZZER, 

director of 

Procurement, 

Flanagan Foodservice 

SCOTT MCDEIVITTE, 

Marketing 

manager, Gordon 

Food Service 

F&H : What are the two biggest 

challenges facing your company? 

JENNIFER TRAFFORD: There are a lot 

of challenges in the market these days, 

but the two biggest would be data and 

people. From a data perspective, it’s 

being able to access quality data on 

behalf of our members’ purchases — 

it’s a big part of what our program is 

all about — and sharing it back to our 

members in a meaningful way that 

allows them to action recommendations 

that are going to ultimately help 

them lower their operating costs. 

There’s so much data that we have 

access to, we need to be able to dive 

into it and understand what it means. 

So, that’s a big challenge and we’re 

investing a lot in resources to help 

us to manage through that process. 

We’ve incorporated a new division 

within Compass Group Canada — 

Compass Digital Labs — to do the 

data mining and engineering. We’ve 

also invested a lot in proprietary software 

within the organization, across 

North America, which allows us to 

effectively capture data and map it to 

the right sources. 

The other challenge is people — it’s 

tough to get and keep great people. It’s 

a competitive landscape with a lot of 

people coming into the market — millennials 

with different expectations of 

what they want from an organization. 

People are not staying in roles as long 

as they used to and they’re looking 

for advancement very quickly. With 

so much of our program model being 

customer focused, it’s all about building 

relationships and being able to get 

to know the members participating 

in our program. Being able to retain 

people that share the same beliefs and 

values within our organization so that 

they can represent our company 

with our members is a challenge. 

PETE BOZZER: The number-1 challenge 

we’re facing right now is with 

respect to labour — specifically with 

drivers. There’s a well-documented 

North-American shortage of drivers 

and we’re seeing the effects in Ontario. 

The outlook, looking forward for the 

next few years, is a little bit of doom 

and gloom. It doesn’t look as if — 

barring a significant influx or a change 

— this issue is going to go away, so 

this has led to high turnover rates — a 

number of positions always being left 

open and shuffling around, which 

has put a significant strain on our 

Human Resources team. We’ve had to 

develop new ways of going to market 

to attract new talent and also to retain 

them. Not far behind that [challenge] 

would be the other labour challenges 

with respect to operations, such as 

order selectors and receivers. It’s hard 

to retain people — they come in and 

tend to move on, or want to move 

on, faster than we’d like them to, so 

you’re in this constant cycle of hiring, 

training, hiring, training and unable to 

retain people to the levels we’re accustomed 

to historically. Another challenge 

is keeping pace with the rate of 

change in the marketplace — a diverse 

customer base, whether it’s the constant 

demographics change with the 

ethnicities or just the divide in ages. 

SCOTT MCDEIVITTE: Labour is our 

number-1 challenge as well, particularly 

drivers that want to do pin-topin 

and don’t want to do a salesservice 

role. So, you work to develop 

a favourable culture and some more 

value-adds to the staff. For example, 

we have a good kitchen facility where 

we cook for them on Super Bowl days, 

or provide hot meals around holidays. 

The other challenge is the nontraditional 

disruptors to our business. 

We’re quite happy to compete with 

other distributors in the marketplace, 

but when you start to pull in the 

Costcos, the Amazons and the Grocery 

Gateways, they’re encroaching on the 

marketplace. As our independents, 

in particular, feel pressures on their 

profitability, they’ll try to save some 

money by going and buying [product], 

putting it in their car and not 

maintaining the cold chain, which 

erodes the food-safety component. 

F&H : In terms of labour, what 

strategies are you putting in place 

to find employees? 

SM: The HR departments are taxed 

to the max trying to find people. We 

offer incentives to our own employees 

that if they bring people in and they 

stay through their probation period, 

we’ll pay [them a referral fee]. We also 

realize our driver base is coming from 

a more ethnically diverse background 

so we’ve hired recruiters that are Sri 

Lankan or Muslim, for example, and 

put them in supervisory roles in order 

to raise the comfort level for our staff. 

One of the strongest things is if you 

get somebody into your company that 

starts to buy into the culture of the 

company, then you can train them to 

become a driver or another role. 

We’ll assist financially with that training 

in order to keep them in the fold 

and include that to the cost of the 

training piece. 

PB: The most impactful thing we’ve 

done is added a recruitment department 

under our HR department. 

We’ve hired people that specialize in 

talent mining. Through that, we’ve 

developed a number of programs to 


each potential employees — everything 

from social media to direct-mail 

campaigns to when someone delivers 

a parcel to your house giving them a 

business card and letting them know 

that there are other options out there. 

We’ve had to branch out and get creative 

to reach people, but social media 

is very non-traditional for us in terms 

of talent acquisition that seems to be 

working. 

JT: From our perspective, having a 

Recruiting department that specializes 

in going out and constantly looking 

for talented individuals is important. 

And being open to hiring individuals 

— even when you don’t have an 

open position available — just to 

build bench strength because you 

know eventually, someone will likely 

move on. When we’re looking at our 

account-management team, we make 

sure there are always going to be individuals 

that are working their way 

through the ranks to be able to take 

on some of the bigger members and 

new business. Our growth has been 

so rapid over the last couple of years 

that we’re always on the lookout for 

good talent. It’s no longer filling a void 

when it happens — it’s now anticipating 

those voids, trying to be as proactive 

as possible. 

F&H : How is increased M&A activity 

impacting your business? 

JT: If an existing member of ours 

acquires [a company] who is not currently 

part of our program, then that’s 

a great opportunity for us to be able to 

expand our business. On the flipside, 

if an existing member gets acquired by 

someone who is not part of our business 

then, despite a great relationship, 

we could end up losing an existing 

member as a result of that. It’s trying 

to keep up with all the moving parts 

and all of the individuals that are part 

of all the different mergers and acquisitions 

that are going on, being able 

to quickly adapt to the different corporate 

cultures that are trying to align 

“ 

We do staff training and menu analysis 

— and try to be more consultative as opposed 

to transactional order takers. That’s where 

the future of the business is going 

” 

— SCOTT MCDEIVITTE 

themselves. And, whenever there’s an 

acquisition, everything pauses for a 

little bit because the two companies 

are trying to figure each other out, 

figure out what the next steps are and 

who’s going to integrate within who. It 

makes things very complicated, so it’s 

important to be as well-connected as 

possible to as many individuals within 

an organization so that, as these 

changes happen, you’re able to quickly 

adapt to what’s going on and what the 

needs are going to be going forward. 

PB: With each acquisition there’s 

potential risk and potential opportunity. 

Flanagan has been on both sides 

— we’ve had customers whose banner 

was purchased by a non-customer 

and we’ve had that business, in a short 

period of time, migrate over to the 

head office or to the chosen distributor 

from a national perspective and 

we’ve lost out on those. But we’ve 

also had some wins, where a particular 

banner was very happy with the 

service they were getting from us and 

allowed us to begin conversations with 

a larger group of restaurants, to which 

we weren’t able to necessarily have an 

inside track. By default, we’ve had an 

ally to head-office saying wonderful 

things about us. We wait anxiously 

and hope we’re on the receiving end, 

but over a period of time, the one 

thing we do see is there’s a reason why 

they purchased the banner. They’re 

looking to drive further efficiencies 

and are often using the increased volume 

as leverage to drive their cost of 

goods down — that often falls back on 

the distributor. 

SM: I look at it in two ways — consolidation 

is often an opportunity for 

Gordon Food Service as it’s a national 

distributor across Canada. If we have 

regional multi-units that branch out 

into other provinces, we can become 

a supplier of choice now in different 

divisions. The number of independent 

restaurateurs has declined over 

the years and that’s not a good sign 

for any of us because we need that 

independent marketplace. But it’s put 

more pressure on the independent so 

we have to step-up with more valueadded 

programs. So, if we understand 

that the independent might be struggling 

to compete against a regional or 

a national multi-unit, we have to arm 

them with tools to help them — so we 

do staff trainings and menu analysis 

— and try to be more consultative as 

opposed to transactional order takers. 

That’s where the future of the business 

is going. 

F&H : How have distributors had 

to change the way they market 

themselves to clients to cater 

to the demand for transparency 

and local food? 

PB: We’ve had to make a concerted 

effort to market what we were probably 

already doing [in terms of local] 

and some of the new things we’ve 

brought to the table. It started with 

marketing, and Flanagan has got a 

great story to tell, seeing that we’re 

a wholly family owned Canadian 

company — it resonates well with 

the local-food people, particularly 

when independents, in particular, 

wouldn’t necessarily look to broadline 

distributors as their first choice for 

buying local. We’ve done a great job of 

branding and marketing what we’ve 

already done and also spent a great 



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deal of time of helping some of our 

local-food suppliers tell their story. 

They’re often great producers of food 

and not as strong on the marketing 

end of things, so we’ve helped bring 

their story to market. We’re also utilizing 

technology by partnering with an 

organization called Local Line, which 

has allowed Flanagan to develop an 

online or virtual farmer’s market 

for customers to connect with more 

than 400 small local-food producers. 

It’s a new way of doing things for a 

broadline distributor where we’re, in 

fact, facilitating sales of product that 

doesn’t come through our traditional 

network. It’s allowed us to reach 400 

farmers that, in our scale of operation, 

we wouldn’t normally be able to. 

JT: When it comes to local, it’s about 

asking a lot of questions because, from 

a member perspective, it’s understanding 

what local means to them 

as everybody has a different opinion 

and a different objective in terms of 

providing local product within their 

operation. It’s about telling the story 

— gathering information and being 

able to tell the story effectively back 

to the operators in terms of what you 

have available that is, in fact, local and 

is going to meet their requirements. 

But the other challenge we face is the 

food-safety component and the traceability. 

A lot of the local providers 

tend to be smaller and don’t necessarily 

have the same supply-chain controls 

in place for us to promote the products 

in a way we feel confident about. 

It’s a double edged sword — you want 

to be able to make those products 

available, but you also have to be very 

careful about the due diligence in 

standing behind those local providers. 

We’re working a lot more closely with 

regional suppliers and helping them 

to get themselves up to a standard that 

we feel comfortable in promoting back 

to our membership. 

SM: The perception, sometimes, 

around a broadline distributor is that 

they’re not nimble enough to do local 

and it couldn’t be further from the 

truth. We moved almost three million 

cases of local product this year 

alone, so it’s there, it happens, but it’s 

getting the word out — getting the 

perception changed. We’ve developed 

a couple of indicators through our 

ordering system and have a program 

called Clear Choice, which focuses on, 

not just local, but also transparency, 

offshore purchases, sustainability and 

raised-without-antibiotics. [The program] 

identifies items within certain 

attributes, whether it be sustainability, 

Ontario-only product, Canadian-only 

product, or if it’s ethically farm raised 

or fished. Then, through Clear Choice, 

we also have a local tag so operators 

can see products meet their criteria for 

what their image and brand is for their 

restaurant. The programs are there, 

but it’s getting the messaging out that’s 

always going to be the difficult part. 

F&H : Which food trends are 

impacting your business? 

JT: Culturally diverse options for 

menus continue to be something we’re 

very mindful of, but it needs to be 

extremely authentic — an authentic 

flavour profile and produced in a very 

authentic way. And it isn’t enough 

to just be able to offer products that 

meet some of the buzzwords — there’s 

a higher expectation from a quality 

perspective and that’s evolving rapidly. 

From one month to the next, from 

“ 

When it comes to local, it’s about asking a lot 

of questions because, from a member perspective, 

it’s understanding what local means to them 

” 

— JENNIFER TRAFFORD 

one week to the next and from one 

quarter to the next, it’s always ‘what’s 

new, what’s innovative?’ and restaurants 

are adapting their menus a lot 

more frequently than they used to. 

Being able to provide them with that 

constant flow of new and different 

product or different recommendations 

on how they can incorporate 

ingredients into their menus is important. 

We’ve brought on culinary specialists 

to help us navigate through 

that from a procurement perspective, 

but also being able to tell the story of 

the products that we have available to 

our members. 

SM: The global mash-up component 

is still trending large. But if we look at 

trends affecting us, certainly the plantbased 

centre-of-plate offerings are 

exploding. Through our Clear-Choice 

program, we’re looking at all of those 

types of items we’re now going to have 

to procure and keep in our inventory 

to feed those needs. The other one 

is the portability piece. Numbers are 

showing a steady rise of the consumers 

income spent on purchases from a restaurant 

that are consumed off-premise. 

Procurement-wise, that brings us 

into all of our non-food categories 

— what are we buying to fit [the food] 

and is it biodegradable? We’ve had 

to go on waste-management courses 

because every municipality is different. 

Another trend harkens back to the 

labour. The non-skilled piece of the 

pie is causing operators to build in 

efficiencies through more just-in-time 

or speed-scratch-style products. The 

good thing is, back in my day as a 

restaurateur, I couldn’t get a good 

barbecue sauce, and now manufacturers 

are making incredible stuff that 

some of our chefs would have a hard 

time replicating. So, we’re seeing the 

portioned [meat] products or pre-cut 

vegetable offerings to help [operators] 

alleviate some of their own labour 

issues as not a new trend, but one 

that’s escalating. 

JT: We’re seeing the real-estate prices 


impacting that trend as well. People 

can’t afford the large footprint they 

need to have prep areas and storage 

area, so everything has to be streamlined. 

PB: That means the pressure comes 

on the distributor to help manage that 

supply chain. With the increase in the 

minimum wage last year, we’re seeing 

operators looking to us for help to 

reduce labour costs. Oftentimes, it’s 

coming in one or two steps to grilltype 

of products. Whether it’s precut 

products, thaw-and-serve or par-baked 

in the bakery section, we’re seeing a lot 

of demand. We’ve put a tremendous 

amount of effort into making sure we 

have the right product offerings with 

respect to takeout and packaging and 

are helping operators decide on when 

to use what product — what holds 

better when there’s steam, or when to 

use something that maybe is perforated. 

We’ve had to educate ourselves 

and then go educate our customers, 

but we’re seeing tremendous growth 

due to the influx of the app world, 

whether it’s SkipTheDishes, Foodora, 

or Chowhound. It’s much easier for 

an operator to enter that space than it 

used to be and that’s a good thing for 

them and it’s a great thing for us. 

F&H : How is your business using 

technology to be more efficient, 

customer-friendly and, ultimately, 

more profitable? 

JT: Our members are looking for 

access to information — quickly, anytime, 

anywhere. So, something we’re 

investing in this year is a memberfacing 

portal that allows them to 

access information related to their 

business and their purchasing decisions 

quickly and, again, in a meaningful 

way. There’s always going to be 

the need for our account managers 

to be able to support our members in 

person, face-to-face, but also making 

all of their information accessible to 

them anytime anywhere. From the 

data perspective, we’ve got an excellent 

proprietary data-collection system, but 

we’ve had it for several years and we’re 

just going through a refresh. It was 

re-launched in November and is far 

more comprehensive — allowing us to 

be a lot more flexible in terms of what 

we’re able to offer. It features far more 

customization and transparency of 

information back to our members — 

a lot of stuff that’s happening behind 

the scenes. But it’s allowing us to then 

package the information that we have 

accessible for our members so that 

they can make better decisions. 

SM: Outside of the labour issue, the 

investment in technology is by far the 

largest that our company is doing. 

We’ve recently introduced a new 

ordering system and it features builtin 

artificial intelligence. We’re trying 

to make the ordering process similar 

to what it would be on a Wayfair or 

Add2Cart — as if they’re sitting at 

home, doing what they do now on a 

regular basis. It’s going to be intuitive 

so it will remind them about things 

they haven’t had or recipes that 

they’ve done in the past. 

We’re also building a new distribution 

centre in Ajax, Ont., which will 

be open in early 2020, and it will be 

highly automated. We’ll still employ 

more than 300 people there, but it 

will reduce some of the issues we have 

with labour, be more efficient for our 

customers and ourselves. 

PB: We’ve been concentrating on trying 

to interpret and analyze some of 

the customer data we get through 

their use of our social-media channels 

during their perusal of our 

website and really finding out what 

they’re interested in — measuring 

the response rate or the click rate on 

our newsletter. We’ve had a number 

of great findings and some of that 

has just reinforced what we believed 

our customer wanted. And then other 

things we’re finding that maybe we 

thought our customers were interested 

in, but it doesn’t seem to be working 

as well for whatever reason. So, it’s utilizing 

that data and being able to tailor 

our content to what is really meaningful 

for them. 

JT: [Technology] has to be fast and 

simple. It’s a lot of evaluating the data 

and the stop/start/continue. [To determine] 

what we need to stop doing 

because it’s no longer relevant and 

what to continue doing because the 

data suggests that what you’re doing 

actually resonates with the customers? 

Then, what are the new things you 

never even thought were important 

that you need to start offering solutions 

for? 

F&H : In terms of geography, 

which Canadian markets are 

most profitable for your business 

and which ones are on your 

radar moving forward? 

JT: Ontario continues to be a very 

strong market for us, so that’s where 

a lot of our emphasis is. However, we 

do see a lot of opportunity in Western 

Canada and are starting to see a bit 

more of a shift going east, as well. So, 

we’re touching on all the provinces, 

but Ontario and Western Canada are 

the strongest for us at this point. 

SM: The large urban centres are going 

to be your cluster where there is lots 

of stuff happening, but that doesn’t 

necessarily mean it’s the best food 

scene. It’s just a factor of the population 

in those areas. When we talk to 

our culinary teams across Canada, 

we’re seeing that in areas that might 

be slightly underserved with national 

chains, such as Halifax, Dartmouth, or 

Saskatoon, we’re seeing the independents 

step up and fill that void. 

F&H : What new initiatives has 

your company introduced this 

year (or planned for 2019) 

in order to remain competitive? 

JT: The people piece is a huge objective 

for us this year. We’re putting a 

lot of emphasis on supporting the 



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people within our business and offering 

training opportunities, coachingand-development 

opportunities, as 

well as special-project opportunities 

so they’re able to get more experience 

within our business and within different 

portfolios of clients. Just to help 

us to expand the access to information 

and the knowledge base within our 

team and, hopefully, help us retain 

great people and also make us an 

employer of choice so that we’re able 

to attract new associates more easily. 

If you get the right people on the team 

that are operating at a very high level, 

everything else falls into place. 

“ 

It might be a little 

bit easier to to fill 

a building with one 

very large customer, 

however, that puts 

downward pressure 

on your margin 

” 

— PETE BOZZER 

PB: Earlier this year, Flanagan opened 

a new distribution centre in Whitby, 

Ont. — the single-largest investment 

in the history of Flanagan Foodservice. 

That initiative took hold earlier this 

year and bringing on new customers 

and onboarding new business will be 

a continued focus for us. It was built 

with the intent to grow the company 

and to be able to better service our 

customers in the GTA and in Eastern 

Ontario. So, that will remain our single-biggest 

focus and area of opportunity 

for the foreseeable future. We 

built a state-of-the-art facility with the 

hope of if you build it, they will come 

and that’s the plan, to turn customers 

into fans. 

SM: We’ve introduced some aggressive 

initiatives internally around our 

culture. As you grow, the culture piece 

becomes more difficult to maintain. 

We now have about 1,500 employees 

that work in Ontario overall and 

approximately 20,000 employees in 

North America. This is a family owned 

business that is more than 120 years 

old and founded on certain values 

and culture. We have to really make it 

clear that that culture is still there as 

we grow. So, we have put in a Chief 

People Officer to oversee that. 

We have also introduced, in a pilot 

program, an extended product offering. 

Right now, we might have 18,000 

or 19,000 products in our warehouse 

that we provide for our customers 

with new listings all the time and then 

things falling out to maintain our 

inventory. But imagine if a customer 

could then go onto your ordering site 

and see an endless aisle of another 

20,000 products that aren’t in your 

building, but can be delivered to them 

through you and invoiced through 

your company. 

F&H : What challenges and 

opportunities do you envision for 

your business in 2019 and beyond? 

SM: We’ve talked a fair amount about 

the challenges and, quite frankly, there 

are a lot of opportunities that come 

out of that. We’re fortunate in that 

we’re continuing to grow our business 

and look to reinvest in the province, so 

those are opportunities for us. There is 

a continued pressure from those nontraditional 

disruptors. If those choices 

continue to permeate the mindset of 

an operator, we have to arm ourselves 

against that type of intrusion into the 

market. I’m bullish on our independent-restaurateur 

marketplace because 

we’ve gone through enough of a shift 

now. We’re really looking for those 

stronger operators to flourish and 

take-back a little bit of market share 

because they’re nimble, they can make 

changes and they can do limited-time 

offers. They have those advantages 

that a chain restaurant might not have. 

From a business perspective, we have 

to find ways to continue to streamline 

costs and we do that through innovation 

and technology. If we can’t 

streamline our cost system, it’s going 

to be that much more difficult to fight 

those disrupters so that’s why we’re 

investing further. 

JT: People are leaning on us more for 

help and recommendations. Members 

that were previously not as engaged 

are becoming more engaged — realizing 

they can’t do it alone and that any 

bit of help is going to offer them costsaving 

solutions. That’s why people 

are so important to us because there’s 

a certain element of support that we 

provide to our member base that is 

that human interaction — being able 

to go through somebody’s facility and 

point out areas where there is opportunity 

to make changes in terms of the 

products they’re buying, or rationalize 

the items that they’re purchasing and 

streamline their menus to be able to 

be a little bit more efficient with the 

ingredients that they’re buying. It’s 

also important to be supporting the 

members we currently have today, 

while being able to effectively support 

new members joining our business. 

PB: We’re very optimistic about 

what 2019 and beyond will bring for 

Flanagan. We’re in a great position, 

having opened a new distribution centre, 

having the luxury of having some 

excess capacity for the first time in a 

number of years. We’ve positioned 

ourselves uniquely in the marketplace 

as a Canadian company with deep 

roots in Ontario — that brings unique 

value to the broadline landscape and 

we’re going to leverage that. We’re 

poised for growth and one thing we’ll 

be cautious of is keeping a good mix 

of customers onboard. Distributors 

are always mindful of their ratio from 

independent restaurants to national 

accounts to multi-unit accounts. It 

might be a little bit easier to fill a 

building with one very large customer, 

however, that puts downward pressure 

on your margin. So, our challenge will 

be to grow at a steady, consistent rate 

with the right customer mix. FH 



FOOD COMPANY 

INDEX 

APPETIZERS & HORS D’OEUVRES 

Agropur Dairy Cooperative 

Aqua Star 

Barilla Canada Inc.. 

Belmont Meats Ltd. 

Cargill Foodservice 

Cavendish Farms 

Conagra Canada Inc. 

Concord Premium Meats Ltd. 

Dairy Cooperative 

Export Packers Company Ltd. 

Fine Choice Foods 

Finica Foods Specialties Ltd. 

Foodbuy 

Harlan Bakeries-Edmonton, L.P. 

Heritage Frozen Foods Ltd. 

IFC Seafood 

J.R. Simplot Company 

King & Prince Seafood Corp. 

King Cole Ducks 

Kraft Heinz Company 

Les Plats du Chef Inc. 

Macgregors Meat & Seafood 

McCain Foodservice Canada 

Neil Jones Food Company 

Olive-It and More 

Olymel 


Pasta Quistini Inc. 

Phillips Seafood 

Piller’s Fine Foods 

Pinty’s Delicious Foods Inc. 

Reuven International 

Sara Lee Foodservice Ltd., a Division 

of Hillshire Brands 

Summer Fresh Salads 

Thyme & Truffles (Plats du Chef) 

Viau 

BAKING PRODUCTS 

Bridor Inc. 

Camino 

Cantor Bakeries 

Chudleigh’s 

David Roberts Food 



Sweet Street Desserts Inc. 

BREAD/BAKED GOODS/ 

VIENNESE PASTRIES 

Ardent Mills Canada 

Aunt Mini and The Westminster 

Yorkshire Pudding Co. 

Backerhaus Veit Ltd. 

Bridor Inc. 

Canada Bread Company Limited 



Dare Foods Ltd. 

Dealers Ingredients Inc. 

Dufflet Pastries 

English Bay Batter Inc. 

Essen Foods Inc. 

Flavor Right Foods 

Gourmet Baker Inc. 

Grecian Delight Foods 

Hain Celestial Canada 

Harlan BakeriesEdmonton, L.P. 

International Pacific Sales Ltd. 

La Pâtisserie Fine Cakes & Pastries Inc. 

La Rocca Creative Cakes, Inc. 

Lantic Inc. 

Lentia Enterprises Ltd. 

Luda Foods 

McCormick Canada 

MiMi Foods 

Mission Foodservice - Mission Foods 

Corporate Office USA 

Oakrun Farm Bakery Ltd. 

Otis Spunkmeyer Canada LLC 


Pineridge Group 

Prime Pastries 

Ralcorp Frozen Bakery Products 

Rich Products of Canada Ltd. 



Solis Foods Corp. Inc. 

Sonora Foods Ltd. 

ThreeWorks Inc. 

Ticings Edible Cake Toppers 

Tootsi Impex Inc. 

Touche Bakery Inc. 

Tradition Fine Foods 

Unilever Food Solutions 

Upper Canada Food Group Ltd. 

Weston Bakeries Ltd. 

Wow! Factor Desserts 

BREAKFAST FOODS 

Advance Pierre Foods 


Bridor Inc. 

Burnbrae Farms Ltd. 


Canadian Trade House 

Danone Inc. 

EggSolutions 

Elite Peameal Bacon Company 

General Mills Canada 


Kellogg Canada Inc. 

Lil OMG Gluten-Free Certified 

Baked Goods 

Luda Foods 



FOOD COMPANY INDEX 


MFI Food Canada 

Nature’s Path Foods 

Nespresso Professional Canada 


Olymel 


PepsiCo Beverages Canada 



Ralcorp Frozen Bakery Products 

Rose Packing Company 



Smucker Foods of Canada Co. 

Sun Rich Fresh Foods Inc. 

TMF Foods Inc. 


Tyson Foods Canada Inc. 


CHEESE & CHEESE PRODUCTS 


Arla Foods Inc. 

Bothwell Cheese 

Bromont International 

Elco Fine Foods Inc. 



Gay Lea Foods Co-operative Ltd. 

Ivanhoe Cheese Inc. 


Krinos Foods Canada Ltd. 

Parmalat Canada Inc. 

Salerno Dairy Products 

Saputo Dairy Products Canada G.P. 

Tree of Life 

CHOCOLATE & CONFECTIONARY 

PRODUCTS 

Barry Callebaut 

Belcolade - The Real Belgian Chocolate 

Camino 

Chewter’s Chocolates 

Chocolate Masters Inc. 

Chocolatier Coppeneur 

Dacon - International Gourmet Inc. 


Far-Met Importers Ltd. 

Flour Confections 


Qualifirst Foods Ltd. 

Signature Fine Foods Ltd. 


Trophy Foods 

W.T. Lynch Foods Ltd. 

Wild Sweets 

COFFEE, TEA & 

ACCOMPANIMENTS 


Camino 

Illy Espresso Canada, Inc. 

Lantic Inc. 

Nespresso Professional 

Nestlé Professional 

CONDIMENTS 


Derlea Brand Foods Inc. 

E.D. Smith Foods Ltd. 

Filcor Inc. Gourmet Importers 

& Distributors 


French’s Foodservice - Reckitt Benckiser 

(Canada) Inc. 

Kehan Food Imports Inc. 

Kikkoman Sales U.S.A., Inc. 


Lantic Inc. 

Lee Kum Kee 


Musco Family Olive Co. 

Mutti 


Nimkish Foods Inc. 


Redpath Sugar Ltd. 

Robertson Estate Wine Vinegar 

Rose Hill Foods Inc. 


Strubs Food Corp. 

Sugar Tubes (Raw & Organic) 

Tabasco Canada Foodservice 

The Neil Jones Food Company 


Wing’s Food Products 

COOKIES & CRACKERS 


Italpasta Ltd. 


DAIRY PRODUCTS 

& DAIRY SUBSTITUTES 


Arla Foods 


Bunge (Canada) 

Burnbrae Farms 

Danone Inc. 


EggSolutions Inc. 


Frosty Boy 

Gay Lea Foods Co-operative Ltd. 


Intercity Packers Ltd. 


Kawartha Dairy Ltd. 

Liberté Natural Foods (Yogurt) 

Meadowfresh Dairy Corp. 

Mr. Dairy & Food Distributing Ltd. 

Ontariofresh.ca 



PreGel Canada 



Stirling Creamery Ltd. 

Ultima Foods 


Wholesale Club 

DELI & SAUSAGE PRODUCTS 


Brandt Meat Packers Ltd. 

Butterball Canada (Exceldor Foods Ltd.) 

Cardinal Meat Specialists Ltd. 

European Quality Meats & Sausages 


Fontanini 


Les Aliments Roma Ltée 

Maple Lodge Farms Ltd. 

Mava Foods Inc. 





DESSERTS 


Art of Blend 



Dr. Oetker Canada 


Frosty Boy 


Kraft Heinz Canada ULC 




PreGel Canada 







EGGS & EGG PRODUCTS 


EggSolutions 


ENTREES 

Barilla Canada Inc. 





Rosina Food Products Inc. 

ETHNIC FOODS/HALAL/KOSHER/ 

SPECIALTY FOODS 

Amaranto Food Trading Inc. 



Basco Foods Inc. 

Bridor Inc. 


Can-Indian Food and Hospitality Inc. 



EggSolutions 

Faro 





JFC International (Canada) Inc. 


Kronos Foods, Inc. 

Lantic Inc. 

Luda Foods 



Mission Foodservice - Mission Foods 

Corporate Office USA 



Pataks 




The Elite Meat Company 




FATS/OILS/SHORTENING 



Dealers Ingredients 

GGB Ventures International Inc. 

Hubbert’s Processing & Sales Ltd. 

Italpasta Ltd. 

OiL Chef (Eco Friendly Chef Corp.) 

OTB Foods Inc. 


Richardson Oilseed Ltd. 

Stratas Foods 

Sunora Foods Ltd. 

Systemfiltration Canada (SFC) 

The Shortening Shuttle/Worcester 

Industrial Products Corp. 


FISH & SEAFOOD PRODUCTS 

Alliance Seafood 

Aqua Star 

Clearwater Seafoods L.P. 

Clover Leaf Seafood 

Confederation Cove Mussel Co. Ltd. 


Frobisher International Enterprise Ltd. 

High Liner Culinary 

IFC Seafood 



L&C Fisheries Inc. (Green Gables 

Mussels) 


Nova Scotia Arctic Charr 

Ocean Brands 

Ocean Choice International 

Phillips Seafood 

Post Inc. 

Royal Shrimp Importing 

& Distributing Inc. 

Seacore Seafood Inc. 

Shafer-Haggart Ltd. 

Trident Seafoods Corp. 

Willowfield Enterprises Ltd. 

World Link Food Distributors Inc. 

FROZEN FOODS 





Bonduelle Foodsservice 

Broaster Company 



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FOOD COMPANY INDEX 

C.W. Shasky & Associates Ltd. 

Campbell’s Foodservice 







EggSolutions Inc. 


Expresco Foods 

Fine Choice Foods Ltd. 

Gardein Protein 



High Liner Culinary 

IFC Seafood 

Inform Food Brokerage Inc. 



Lamb Weston Inc. 

Maxi Canada Inc. 

Maximum Food Sales (Ontario) Ltd. 



Post Inc. 







Talia Foods Inc. 




FRUITS 

Canadian Produce Marketing Association 

Chudleigh’s 



Del Monte Fresh Produce Inc. Canada 


Fresh Start Foods Canada Ltd. 

Gordon Food Service - Ontario 


Keybrand Foods Inc. 

Nature Knows Inc. 

Pillitteri Estates Winery 

Roseland Produce 


Snowcrest Foods Ltd. 

Sunkist Growers 




Zast Food Corp. 

GLUTEN-FREE PRODUCTS 



Italpasta Limited 


Lantic 

Les Aliments Roma Ltée (Roma Foods) 

Luda Foods 

Mutti Canada 




HERBS/SEASONINGS/SPICES 

Cookshack 


Food Supplies Inc. 

Frotten AC Food Services Inc. 

Ingredient Hotline, Inc. 

Luda Foods 






Urban Cultivator 


ICE CREAM & FROZEN YOGURT 


Chapman’s Ice Cream 

Frosty Boy 


Metropolitan Ice Cream Inc. 

Natural Fruit Canada 


PreGel Canada 

JAMS/JELLIES/SPREADS 


Elco Fine Foods Inc. 






MEATS 

Advance Pierre Foods 







Fearmans Pork Inc. 


Fontanini 



Hills Foods Ltd. 


JD Sweid Foods Ltd. 




Maple Leaf Foods Inc. 


Meaty Meats Inc. 

Olymel 



Post Inc. 

Provision Sales & Marketing Inc. 

Quality Meat Group Ltd. 




Select Ready Foods Inc. 

Sofina Foods Inc. 

The Bruss Company 





Viau Food Products Inc. 



ORGANIC FOODS 

AGI CLIC International Inc. 

Camino 




Lantic Inc. 

Mutti Canada 

Nature’s Path Foods 



Planet E Beverages 

Strubs Food Corp. 



Totally Organic Beverages Inc. 

Tree of Life 


Yorkshire Valley Farms - Organic Poultry 

PASTA 


Carla’s Pasta 

Catelli Foods Corporation (Corporation 

D’Aliments Catelli) 

Filcor Inc. Gourmet Importers & 

Distributors 






Queen’s Pasta 



Stanislaus Food Products 

Testek Inc. 


Total Focus Foodservice Sales 

& Marketing Inc. 

Tyson Foods 

Viau 

PIZZA PRODUCTS & TOPPINGS 








Faro 


Florida Tomatoes 

Fontanini 





MiMi Foods 


Mutti 


Olymel 









The Mancini Packing Company 


PORTION PACK 

& VENDING FOODS 






Luda Foods 



Select Food Products Ltd. 



Maximillien & Company Specialty Foods 


POTATO PRODUCTS 





POULTRY 


Butterball Canada (Exceldor Foods Ltd.) 








Olymel 


Post Inc. 

Reuven International Ltd. 



Yorkshire Valley Farms - Organic Poultry 

READY-TO-USE FOODS 



Bridor Inc. 


EggSolutions 

Lantic Inc. 

Mutti 



Pataks 



FOOD COMPANY DIRECTORY 


Saputo Dairy Products 



RICE/GRAINS/LEGUMES 




Catelli Foods Corporation (Corporation 

D’Aliments Catelli) 

Dainty Foods 






Shoal Lake Wild Rice 

SALADS & SALAD PRODUCTS 


Dart Canada 



Martha’s Garden Inc. 




SAUCES/DRESSINGS/ 

MARINADES/MIXES 



Carla’s Pasta 


Cookshack 

Delmare Quality Foods Inc. 

Dr. Oetker Canada Ltd. 


French’s Foodservice - Reckitt Benckiser 

(Canada) Inc. 

Girard’s Dressings 


KFI - Kataria Foods Inc. 


Kitchen Partners Ltd. 


Lee Kum Kee 

Luda Foods 


Mutti Canada 


Pataks 

Ronzoni Foods Canada Corp. 




Sonora Foods Ltd. 



Victory’s Kitchen 



SNACK FOODS 


Bridor Inc. 



Danone Inc. 




Maximillien and Company Specialty 

Foods 








Spudniks Snack Foods 



Trophy Foods 

Ultima Foods 

Wonderland Food & Equipment Inc. 


SOUPS & BASES 






Essen Foods Inc. 


Luda Foods 





SOY-BASED PRODUCTS 



Luda Foods 


Sol Cuisine 

SYRUPS & FLAVOURS 



Royale Brands 


VEGETABLES 

Bonduelle Food Service 



Faro 










Ponderosa Mushrooms & Specialty Foods 



Ubbelea Mushroom Farms Ltd. 



VEGETARIAN FOODS 





Luda Foods 


YOGURT 




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AGT Foods Toronto 

4-47 Racine Rd. 

Toronto, ON M9W 6B2 

416-298-2366 

agtclic.com 


4600, Armand-Frappier St. 

Saint-Hubert, QC J3Z 1G5 

844-878-2333 

agropur.com 

Agropur is the largest dairy 

co-operative in Canada and is 

owned by 3,000+ dairy producers. 

It boasts an impressive line of 

products that include prestigious 

brands such as Natrel, Québon, 

OKA, Farmers, Central Dairies, 

Sealtest, BiPro, Island Farms, 

Scotsburn, Agropur Grand 

Cheddar, Olympic and Iögo. 

Alliance Seafood 

P.O. Box 8050 

Dieppe, NB E1A 9J0 

506-854-5800 

allianceseafood.ca 


77 McMurrich St., Ste. 618 

Toronto, ON M5R 3V3 

416-920-2358 

Aqua Star Canada 

10 Director Ct., Ste. 201 

Vaughan, ON L4L 7E8 

905-850-8740 

aquastar.com 


235 Nuggett Ct. 

Brampton, ON L6T 5H4 

855-407-4906 

ardentmills.ca 


675 Rivermede Rd. 

Concord, ON L4K 2G9 

905-669-9676 

arlafoods.com 

Arla has been a leading importer 

and producer of specialty cheese 

since 1960. Our TreStelle, Castello 

and Arla brand cheeses provide 

solutions for all cooking, catering 

and entertaining occasions. 



(Upper Canada Food Group Ltd.) 

P.O. Box 1476 

Everett, ON L0M 1J0 

705-435-8035 

ucfg.ca 


6745 Invader Crest. 

Mississauga, ON L5T 2B6 

905-850-9229 

backerhausveit.com 


200-140 Allstate Pkwy. 

Markham, ON L3R 5Y8 

905-944-8550 

barillafs.com 

“Always ‘al dente’, always perfect.” 

Barilla is Italy’s #1 brand of pasta. 

It is a favourite amongst chefs and 

foodservice operators. Barilla is the 

largest durum-wheat user in the 

world. We only use the best-quality 

durum wheat with high-protein 

content, cultivated in the most 

sustainable way. Barilla is 

Project Verified NON GMO. 

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Barry Callebaut 

2950 Nelson St. 

Saint-Hyacinthe, QC J2S 1Y7 

450-774-9131 

barry-callebaut.com 


450-20170 Stewart Cres. 

Maple Ridge, BC V2X 0T4 

604-460-8049 

thatguyssoup.com 

Belcolade - The Real Belgian Chocolate 

6637 Chemin de la Côte de Liesse 

Saint-Laurent, QC H4T 1E5 

877-745-7199 

chococentral.com 


230 Signet Dr. 

Toronto, ON M9L 1V2 

888-267-6328 

belmontmeats.com 


1600 Henri-Bourassa Blvd. W., Ste. 630 

Montreal, QC H3M 3E2 

514-384-4281 

bonduelle-foodservice.ca 

Bonduelle Food Service continually 

strives to offer the best ready-to-use 

vegetables for its distributors and 

users to contribute ultimately to the 

consumer’s well-being. 

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61 Main St. 

New Bothwell, MB R0A 1C0 

204-388-4666 

bothwellcheese.com 

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Bothwell Cheese has been 

crafting premium, all-natural artisan 

cheese since 1936 in the town of New 

Bothwell, Manitoba. Our tradition is 

a tradition of quality. 


1878 Mattawa Ave. 

Mississauga, ON L4X 1K1 

905-279-4460 

brandtmeats.com 

Canada’s most comprehensive 

guide to foodservice suppliers 

Bridor 

1370 Graham-Bell St. 

Boucherville, QC J4B 6H5 

800-361-1450 

bridor.com 

Bridor is a leader in European-style 

bakery products in North America, 

with a wide portfolio, including 300 

traditional and artisan style breads 

and more than 150 high-end pastries. 


Can-Indian Food and Hospitality Inc. 

25 De-Lauzon St., Ste. 200 

16 Collingdale Rd. 

Bridor_EL.indd Boucherville, 1 QC J4B 1E7 2018-11-19 11:12 AM 

Etobicoke, ON M9V 3R1 

800-329-0630 

416-271-8270 

bromontinternational.com 


2190 South Service Rd. W. 

Oakville, ON L6L 5N1 

905-825-7900 

bungenorthamerica.com 


3356 County Rd., Hwy #27 

Lyn, ON K0E 1M0 

800-666-5979 

burnbraefarms.com 

Fully integrated Canadian 

family-owned and operated farming 

business. We supply shell, liquid, 

scrambled, hard boiled and a variety 

of IQF egg products. 

Butterball Canada 

(Exceldor Foods Ltd.) 

6775 Financial Dr., Ste. 101 

Mississauga, ON L5N 0A4 

905-542-2203 

butterball.ca 


2880 Portland Dr. 

Oakville, ON L6H 5W8 

905-829-9414 

shasky.com 

Camino 

250 City Centre, Bay 132 

Ottawa, ON K1R 6K7 

613-235-6122 

lasiembra.com 


60 Birmingham St. 

Etobicoke, ON M8V 2B8 

800-575-7687 

campbellsfoodservice.ca 


10 Four Seasons Place 

Etobicoke, ON M9B 6H7 

416-622-2040 

canadabreadfoodservice.ca 


4216 10 St. N.E., Ste. 201 

Calgary AB T2E 6K3 

403-237-8829 

canadiantradehouse.com 


8575 8th Ave. 

Montreal, QC H1Z 2X2 

844-374-3696 

cantors.ca 


155 Hedgedale Rd. 

Brampton, ON L6T 5P3 

800-363-1439 

cardinalmeats.com 

Serving the needs of the Canadian 

foodservice industry since 1966! 

Custom burger solutions 

Fully cooked proteins - Safe Sous Vide TM 

Peameal Bacon 

Speciality sausages and chevaps 

Vegetarian burgers 


2000 Argentia Rd., Ste. 200 

Mississauga, ON L5N 1W1 

866-803-2333 

sterlingsilvermeats.com 

Catelli Foods Corporation (formally 

Ronzoni Foods Canada Corp.) 

6000-1120 Grant Ave., 

P.O. Box 61083 ROP 

Grant Park, Winnipeg, MB R3M 3X8 

514-256-1601 

catelli.ca 


100 Midland Dr. 

Dieppe, NB E1A 6X4 

506-858-7710 

cavendishfarms.com 

Chapman’s Ice Cream 

100 Chapman’s Cres., P.O. Box 379 

Markdale, ON N0C 1H0 

519-986-3131 

chapmans.ca 

Chewter’s Chocolates 

1648 Derwent Way 

Delta, BC V3M 6R9 

604-515-7117 

chewters.com 

Chocolate Masters Inc. 

3212 Lenworth Dr. 

Mississauga, ON L4X 2G1 

905-238-5556 


133 Wentworth Park S.W. 

Calgary, AB T3H 5B3 

403-242.7585 

coppeneurchocolate.com 

Chudleigh’s 

8501 Chudleigh Way 

Milton, ON L9T 0L9 

800-387-4028 

chudleighs.com 

Clearwater Seafoods L.P. 

757 Bedford Highway 

Bedford, NS B4A 3Z7 

902-443-0550 

clearwater.ca 

Clover Leaf Seafood 

80 Tiverton Ct. 

Markham, ON L3R 5B7 

877-893-9880 

cloverleaf.ca 


5055 Satellite Dr. 

Mississauga, ON L4W 5K7 

416-679-4200 

conagrabrands.ca 


125 Edilcan Dr. 

Concord, ON L4K 3S6 

888-422-9656 

marangelofoods.com 

Confederation Cove 

Mussel Co. Ltd. 

10 Borden Ave. 

Borden-Carleton, PE C0B 1X0 

902-437-2700 

Dacon - International 

Gourmet Inc. 

1530 Birchmount Rd. 

Toronto, ON M1P 2G9 

416-409-3054 

Dainty Foods 

725 Broadway St. 

Windsor, ON N9C 0C1 

519-972-8888 

cookrice.ca 

Danone Inc. 

100 Lauzon St. 

Boucherville, QC J4B 1E6 

800-326-6636 

danone.ca 



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2481 Kingsway Dr. 

Kitchener, ON N2C 1A6 

519-893-3233 

darefoods.com 


2351 Upper Middle Rd. E. 

Oakville, ON L6H 6P7 

905-502-7700 

davidrobertsfood.com 

Dealers Ingredient Inc. 

1995 Clark Blvd. 

Brampton, ON L6T 4W1 

905-458-7766 

dealersingredients.com 


15 Meteor Dr. 

Toronto, ON M9W 1A3 

416-233-5900 

delmare.on.ca 


1570 Ampere, Ste. 501 

Bourcherville, QC, J4B 7L4 

450-641-7373 

freshdelmonte.com 


1739 Orangebrook Ct. 

Pickering, ON L1W 3G8 

888-430-7777 

derlea.ca 

Dr. Oetker Canada Ltd. 

2229 Drew Rd. 

Mississauga, ON L5S 1E5 

-905-678-1311 

Nancy Carswell, Product Manager 

ncarswell@oetker.ca 

Dr. Oetker Professional offers a 

comprehensive portfolio of regular 

and dietetic mixes: desserts, sauces, 

bases, gravies, drink crystals, single 

serve and restaurant-style frozen pizza. 


166 Norseman St. 

Etobicoke, ON M8Z 2R4 

416-536-1330 

dufflet.com 


944 Highway #8 

Hamilton, ON L8E 5KO 

905-643-1211 

edsmithfoodservice.com 

EggSolutions 

283 Horner Ave. 

Etobicoke, ON M8Z 4Y4 

1-866-EGGS-4-YOU 

eggsolutions.com 

EggSolutions is Canada’s largest 

premier further-egg processor. Products 

include all varieties of liquid eggs, hard 

boiled eggs, omelettes, patties and 

pre-cooked scrambled eggs. 

Elco Fine Foods Ltd. 

120-13100 Mitchell Rd. 

Richmond, BC V6V 1M8 

888-894-6464 

elcocanada.com 


155 Hedgedale Rd. 

Brampton, ON L6T 5P3 

800-363-1439 

elitemeat.ca 

English Bay Batter Inc. 

904 Cliveden Ave. 

Delta, BC Export V3M Packers 5R5 Company Ltd. 

800-253-6844107 Walker Dr. 

englishbaycookies.com 

Brampton, ON L6T 5K5 

905-792-9700 

Essen Foods oceanjewelseafood.com 

Inc. 

1454 Silky Rose Ct. 

The Ocean Jewel 

Mississauga, ON L5V brand sets the 

highest standard for 

1H6 

quality seafood 

905-819-1364 and is committed to offering an 

essenfoods.ca exceptional variety of innovative, 

versatile and convenient products 

European for any Quality culinary Meats experience. & Sausages Export 

3115 Packers Lenworth Company Dr. Ltd. is a family- 

Mississauga, owned Canadian ON L4X 2G5 business with 

905-624-3811 offices across Canada. For Western 

europeanmeats.com 

Canada, please call 604-591-1603. 

For Eastern Canada, including 

Quebec, please call 514-745-6655. 


8205 Trans-Canada Highway 

Montreal, QC H4S 1S4 

514-344-9499, ext. 287 

exprescofoods.com 


101-7337 North Fraser Way 

Burnaby, BC, V5J 0G7 

604-876-2241 

qualifirst.com 

Faro 


Oakville, ON 

905-829-9414 

shasky.com 

Fearmans Pork Inc. 

100 Commerce Valley Dr. W. 

Markham, ON L3T 0A1 

905-747-3333 

sofinafoods.com 

Filcor Inc. Gourmet Importers 

& Distributors 

6 Tracey Blvd., Unit 34 

Brampton, ON L6T 5R9 

905-856-1391 

filcorgourmet.com 

Fine Choice Foods Ltd. 

23111 Fraserwood Way 

Richmond, BC V6V 3B3 

604-522-3110 

finechoicefoods.com 

Fine Choice Foods is a manufacturer of 

quality Asian Appetizer items including 

Spring Rolls, Potstickers, Wontons and 

other specialty items. We have been 

delivering our products to the North 

American market since 1986. 


65 Superior Blvd., Unit 1 

Mississauga, ON L5T 2X9 

905-696-2770 

finica.com 

Our passion is food. 

Finica Foods is an importer and 

distributor of specialty cheese and 

gourmet items from around the 

globe. Our ever-expanding specialtyfood 

brands include Celebrity Goat 

Cheeses, Zerto Fresh Mozzarella, 

Menu Italian Gastronome, Molini 

Pivetti, Frutto D’Italia Olives, 

Dalmatia fruit spreads, Sweety 

Drops and the Del Destino line 

of grocery items. 


145 Otonabee Dr. 

Kitchener, ON N2C 1L7 

Toll Free: 1-800-265-6550 

flanagan.ca 


1150 Niagara St. 

Buffalo, NY 14213 

888-464-3734 

flavorright.com 

Flour Confections 

1084 Brock (Salk) Rd., Unit 5 

Pickering, ON L1W 4B6 

888-443-2253 

flourconfections.com 

Fontanini Italian Meats 

8751 W. 50th St. 

McCook, IL 60525 

773-890-0600 

fontanini.com 

Food Service Solutions Inc. 

6599 Kitimat Rd. 

Mississauga, ON L5N 4J4 

foodservicesolutions.ca 


355 Rayette Rd., Unit 10 


905-669-2886 

foodsupplies.ca 

French’s Foodservice - Reckitt 

Benckiser (Canada) Inc. 

1680 Tech Ave., Unit 2 

Mississauga, ON L4W 5S9 

855-373-6257 

frenchsfoodservice.ca 


2705 Durante Way 

Milton, ON L9T 5J1 

905-878-9000 

freshstartfoods.com 

Frobisher International 

Enterprise Ltd. 

1380 Cliveden Ave. 

Delta, BC V3M 6K2 

604-525-3333 

oceanmama.ca 

Frosty Boy 



905-829-9414 

shasky.com 

Frotten AC Food Services Inc. 

299 Chaparral Dr. S.E. 

Calgary, AB T2X 3L9 

403-254-8331 


200-12751 Vulcan Way 

Richmond, BC V6V 3C8 

604-278-7300 

gardein.com 

Gay Lea Foods 

Co-operative Ltd. 

5200 Orbitor Dr. 

Mississauga, ON L4W 5B4 

905-283-5300 

gaylea.com 





5825 Explorer Dr. 

Mississauga, ON L4W 5P6 

905-212-4000 

generalmills.ca 

IFC Seafood 

5584 des Rossignols Blvd. 

Laval, QC H7L 5Z1 

450-682-9144 

ifcseafood.com 

JD Sweid Foods Ltd. 

9696-199A St. 

Langley, BC V1M 2X7 

800-665-4355 

jdsweid.com 


90 Sheppard Ave. E., Ste. 400 

Toronto, ON M2N 7K5 

416-226-5757 

kraftheinzcompany.com 


2999 James Snow Pkwy. N. 

Milton, ON L9T 5G4 

800-268-0159 

gfs.ca 


197 Main St. 

Frederiction, NB E3A 1E1 

914-253-4473 

illy.com 


1025 Kamato Rd. 

Mississauga, ON L4W 0C1 

905-629-0993 

jfc.ca 


251 Doney Cres. 

Vaughan, ON L4K 1P6 

905-669-4414 

krinos.ca 


6229 Laurel St. 

Burnaby, BC V5B 3B3 

604-298-2652 


1201 Tonne Rd. 

Elk Grove Village, IL 60007 

800-621-4387 

greciandelight.com 


410-180 Attwell Dr. 


416-849-6210 

hain-celestial.ca 

Pantone 540 

Pantone 872 


14 Calkin Dr. 

Kentville, NS B4N 3V7 

800-465-8674 

harlanbakeries.com 

Harlan Bakeries-Edmonton, L.P. is a 

manufacturer of high-quality bakery 

products specializing in Apple-Valley 

branded pie shell, tart shell and pie 

top dough. 

Heritage Frozen Foods Ltd. 

14515-124 Ave. N.W. 

Edmonton, AB T5L 3B2 

780-454-7383 

cheemo.com 

High Liner Culinary. 

85 Prologis Blvd., Unit 3 

Mississauga, ON L5W 0G4 

800-387-7422 

highlinerculinary.com 

Hills Foods Ltd 

1-130 Glacier St. 

Coquitlam, BC V3K 5Z6 

877-368-7569 

hillsfoods.com 

Hubbert’s Processing & Sales Ltd. 

109 East Dr. 

Brampton, ON L6T 1B6 

905-791-0101 

hubbertsindustries.com 


2286 Holdom Ave. 

Burnaby, BC V5B 4Y5 

800-203-8922 

informbrokerage.com 


1575 Kootenay St. 

Vancouver, BC V5K 4Y3 

604-291-7796 

intercitypackers.ca 

International Pacific Sales Ltd. 


Richmond, BC V6W 1J5 

800-525-5155 

internationalpacificsales.com 


116 Nuggett Crt. 

Brampton, ON L6T 5A9 

905-792-9928 

fiannace@italpasta.com 

italpasta.com 

When Italpasta was first founded in 

1989, we knew that creating a pasta 

that could stand up to the hard 

work of your kitchens would be the 

key to becoming the #1 Canadian 

foodservice provider. Today, 

we still take pride in combining 

the finest 100% Grade #1 Canadian 

semolina with modern Italian 

technology to create our signature 

thick-wall pasta...for pasta lovers! 


11301 Highway 62, RR 5 

Madoc, ON K0K 2K0 

800-268-0508 

ivanhoecheese.com 


P.O. Box 9386 

Boise, ID 83707 

800-572-7783 

simplotfoods.com 


P.O. Box 904 

Bobcaygeon, ON K0M 1A0 

705-738-5123 

kawarthadairy.com 

Kehan Food Imports Inc. 

263 Canarctic Dr. 

Toronto, ON M3J 2N7 

416-650-0800 

kehanfoodimports.com 

Kellogg Canada Inc. 

5350 Creekbank Rd. 


888-876-3750 

kelloggs.ca 


1326 Victoria St. N. 

Kitchener, ON N2B 3E2 

888-578-2940 

keybrand.com 

KFI - Kataria Foods Inc. 

81 West Dr. 

Brampton, ON L6T 2J6 

905-452-8954 

kficanada.ca 


50 California St., Ste. 3600 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

415-956-7750 

kikkomanusa.com 


1 King & Prince Blvd. 

Brunswick, GA 31520 

888-391-5223 

kpseafood.com 


15351 Warden Ave. 

Stouffville, ON L4A 2V5 

800-363-3825 

kingcoleducks.com 


2545 96th St. 

Edmonton, AB T6N 1E3 

780-438-9300 

kitchenpartners.com 

Kraft Foodservice (Kraft Canada Inc.) 

95 Moatfield Dr. 

North York, ON M3B 3L6 

800-70-KRAFT (5-7238) 

kraftheinzfoodservice.ca 


1 Kronos Dr. 

Glendale Heights, IL 60139 

800-621-0099 

kronosfoodscorp.com 

L&C Fisheries Inc. (Green 

Gables Mussels) 

96 Jollimore Dr. 

Kensington, PE C0B 1M0 

902-886-2770 

greengablesseafood.com 

La Pâtisserie Fine Cakes 

& Pastries Inc. 

300 Gage Ave., Unit 11 

Kitchener, ON N2M 3C8 

888-250-6635 

lapatisserie.ca 


45 Via Renzo Dr. 

Richmond Hill, ON L4S 0B4 

905-884-5464 

laroccacakes.com 


Range Rd. 153 

Taber, AB T0K 1X0 

403-223-3088/800-766-7783 

lambweston.ca 

Lantic Inc. 

East Office: 888-526-8421 

csr@lantic.ca 

West Office: 800-661-5350 

westsales@lantic.ca 

lantic.ca 

Crafting quality sugar since 1888, 

we produce a wide variety of sugars, 

including white, brown, icing, syrup 

as well as Plantation Raw® sugar 

in foodservice, retail and industrial 

formats. We also carry organic, 

fair-trade sugar as well as coconut 

sugar, Smart Sweetener Blend as 

well as maple syrup. 



Lee Kum Kee 

3660 Midland Ave., Ste. 309 

Scarborough, ON M1V 0B8 

416-847-1808 

ca.lkk.com 


9 Tracey Blvd. 

Brampton, ON L6T 5V6 

888-453-6842 

lentia.com 


660 Wright St. 

Montreal, QC H4N 1M6 

514-332-0340 

alimentsroma.com 

Roma Foods is a family business 

that offers a variety of fine Italian 

charcuteries and high-quality sausages. 

The choice of ingredients and the 

honour of tradition is what has made 

our fame for a long time. 

Les Plats du Chef Inc. 

51 Kesmark St. 

Dollard-des-Ormeaux, QC H9B 3J1 

514-685-9955 

cuisineadventuresfoods.com 

Liberté Natural Foods 

5000 J.A. Bombardier 

St-Hubert, QC J3Z 1H1 

888-340-9306 

liberte.ca 

Lil OMG Gluten-Free Certified 

Baked Goods 

1561 Dundas St. W. 

Toronto, ON M6K 1T9 

647-348-5664 

omgbakedgoodness.com 

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LUDA Foods 


Pointe-Claire, QC H9R 1B9 

514-695-3333 

luda.ca 

LUDA Foods has specialized in 

manufacturing soups, sauces and 

seasonings since 1951. We are a 

third-generation family company 

that makes the LUDA line of dry 

mixes, refrigerated concentrates 

and custom-made products that you 

can rely on. All are made-to-order in 

Canada. Our long history of offering 

gluten-free, vegetarian, sodium 

reduced, Halal, Kosher, clean label 

and other specialized products 

make us a top choice among 

North-American chefs, buyers and 

organizations. Our facility is certified 

HACCP, GS1 FS3 and SQF and we 

are a CFIA meat and fish registered 

establishment. 

Macgregors Meat & Seafood Ltd. 

265 Garyray Dr. 

Toronto, ON M9L 1P2 

416-749-5951 

macgregors.com 


6897 Financial Dr. 

Mississauga, Ontario, L5N 0A8 

877-779-3663 

mapleleaffoodservice.ca 


8301 Winston Churchill Blvd. 

Brampton, ON L6Y 0A2 

905-455-8340 

maplelodgefarms.com 


475 Horner Ave. 

Etobicoke, ON M8W 4X7 

416-251-6112 

Mava Foods Inc. 

2220 Vauxhall Pl. 

Richmond, BC V6V 1Z9 

604-273-5455 

mavafoods.com 


688 du Parc St. 

Saintt-Lin-Laurentides, QC J5M 3B4 

800-363-3621, ext. 236 

maxi.com 

Maximillien & Company 

Specialty Foods 

2-246 E. 1st St. 

Vancouver, BC V7L 1B3 

604-980-0201 

Email: info@maximillien.com 

maximillien.com 


23 McCleary Ct. 

Concord, ON L4K 3R6 

905-760-2760 

maxfoods.ca 


8800 Main St. 

Florenceville-Bristol, NB E7L 1B2 

(506) 392-5541 

mccainfoodservice.ca 


600 Clarke Rd. 

London, ON N5V3K5 

1-800-265-4988 ext. 3324 

clubhouseforchefs.ca 

McCormick is committed to bringing 

innovative flavour and menu solutions 

through iconic brands - Club House®, 

Frank’s Red Hot®, French’s®, 

Cattlemen’s®, Club House La Grille®, 

Lawry’s®, Billy Bee®, Thai Kitchen®, 

Old Bay®, Keen’s®, and many more. 

Meaty Meats Inc. 

896 Lakeshore Rd. E., 2nd Floor 

Mississauga, ON L5E 1E1 

905-278-7999 

meatymeats.com 

Metropolitan Ice Cream Inc. 

26 Milford Ave. 

Toronto, ON M6M 2V8 

416-245-1335 

metropolitanicecream.com 


70 Irene St. 

Winnipeg, MB R3T 4E1 

204-992-8200 

mfifoodcanada.ca 

MiMi Foods 

1260 Creditstone Rd., Units 1 to 3 

Concord, ON L4K 5T7 

905-660-0010 

mimifoods.ca 

Mission Foodservice 

1159 Cotton Wood Lane, Ste. 200 

Irving, TX 75038 

800-527-1197 

missionfoodservice.com 


200 Eddystone Ave. 

Toronto, ON M3N 1H4 

416-741-6455 

mrdairy.com 


17950 Via Nicolo 

Tracy, CA 95377 

866-965-4837 

olives.com 

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Mutti Canada 

c/o 116 Nuggett Crt 


905-792-9928 

mutti.ca 

Mutti is Italy’s #1 tomato brand. 

Family owned since 1899, the Mutti 

product range stems from a single 

basic ingredient: a flawless fruit at 

perfect ripeness. Learn more 

about their quality promise at 

www.professional.mutti-parma.com 

Natural Fruit Canada 

77 Presidio Dr. 

Hamilton, ON L8W 3C5 

289-439-1635 

Nature Knows 

7050 Telford Way, Unit 100B 

Mississauga, ON L5S 1V7 

905-612-0085 

natureknows.ca 


1701 West 16th St. 

Vancouver, WA 98660 

800-291-3862 

njfco.com 

Neil Jones Food Company is a 

family-owned, U.S.-based manufacturer 

of “fresh-packed” California tomato 

products and Pacific Northwest fruit. 

We pack only the finest vine-ripened 

tomato products, sauce blends, 

fruit and fruit juice concentrates. 

So whether you prefer classic #10 

cans or shelf-stable pouches, you 

will always get the very best from 

Neil Jones Food. 




NESTLÉ PROFESSIONAL ® 

25 Sheppard Ave. W. 

North York, ON M2N 6S8 

800-288-8682 

nestleprofessional.ca 

MEETING ALL YOUR FOOD-AND- 

BEVERAGE NEEDS. 

We are dedicated to creating real 

food-and-beverage solutions that 

address your unique business 

challenges and opportunities. 

From specialized beverage 

solutions (coffees, juices and 

trending beverages) to culinary 

foundations (entrées, gravies/ 

sauces, sides, soups and desserts), 

we have solutions for your 

entire menu. 


1130 Sherbrooke St. 

Montreal, QC H3A 2M8 

855-325-5783 

nespresso.com 


3513 Burgess Cres. 

Mississauga, ON L5L 4Y7 

416-705-1023 

nimkish.com 

Nova Scotia Arctic Charr 

15 Tower Rd. 

Millbrook, NS B6L 1G5 

877-893-8880 


1770 Fiddlers Green Rd. 

Ancaster, ON L9G 3L1 

oakrun.com 

Ocean Brands 

3600 Lysander Lane, Ste. 100 

Richmond, BC V7B 1C3 

877-506-1294 

oceanbrands.com 

Ocean Choice International 

1315 Topsail Rd., P.O. Box 8190 

St. John’s, NL A1B 3N4 

866-782-6244 

oceanchoice.com 


384 Parkview Hills Dr. 

Cobourg, ON K9A 5S6 

289-252-1943 

olivelovers.com 

Olymel 

1580 Eiffel St. 

Boucherville, QC J4B 5Y1 

800-361-5800 

olymelsolutions.com 

A Canadian leader, Olymel 

manufactures more than 700 pork, 

chicken and turkey products that are 

great tasting and good for you to help 

foodservice professionnals maintain 

a balance between quality and profit. 

Orkin Canada 

5840 Falbourne St. 

Mississauga, ON L5R 4B5 

800-800-6754 

orkincanada.ca 

OTB Foods Inc. 

177 North Meadow Cres. 

Thornhill, ON L4J 3C4 

905-889-3323 

otbfoods.com 

Otis Spunkmeyer Canada LLC 

670 Hardwick Rd. 

Bolton, ON L7E 5R5 

905-857-5650 

otisspunkmeyer.com 


405 The West Mall 

Toronto, ON M9C 5J1 

416-620-3142 

parmalat-foodservice.ca 

Parmalat Canada Foodservice offers 

a full line of quality dairy products 

including milk, yogourt, cheese and 

butter. Our commitment to quality 

is backed by trusted brands Astro, 

Balderson, Beatrice, Black Diamond, 

Galbani, Président, Lactantia and 

Racolli. Parmalat Canada is part of 

the world’s largest dairy company, 

Groupe Lactalis. We offer the 

unmatched combination of local 

craftsmanship and global expertise 

to help you create the best foodservice 

experience for your customers! 


1700 Ormont Dr. 

North York, ON M9L 2V4 

416-742-3222 

pastaquistini.ca 

P&G Professional 

4711 Yonge St. 


800-332-7787 

pgpro.ca 

At P&G Professional, we understand the 

importance of professionally cleaned 

spaces. Because first impressions 

and lasting experiences are so critical, 

we help our business partners apply 

innovative technology to the science of 

commercial cleaning. 

Pataks 


Oakville, On L6H 5W8 

905-829-9414 

shasky.com 

Pentair Everpure 

1040 Muirfield Dr. 

Hanover Park, IL 60133 

630-307-3000 

PepsiCo Beverages Canada 

5205 Satellite Dr. 

Mississauga, ON L4W 5J7 

905-212-7377 

pepsico.ca 


443 Wismer St. 

Waterloo, ON N2K 2K6 

519-743-1412 

pillers.com/foodservice 

daveburton@pillers.com 

Offering hundreds of pork, beef and 

poultry products, Piller’s is a quality 

producer of European-style cooked 

and smoked meats. Dedicated to 

artisanal craftsmanship, still smoking 

meat over natural hardwood fires, 

Piller’s never uses added MSG 

and most products are free of food 

allergens. For Western Canada, call 

Riverwood Sales at 604-876-5688 


70 The Esplanade, Ste. 400 

Toronto, ON M5E 1R2 

416-504-4470 

pineridgegroup.ca 


5063 North Service Rd., Ste. 101 

Burlington, ON L7L 5H6 

800-263-7223 

Ponderosa Mushrooms 

& Specialty Foods 

22100 136 Ave. 

Maple Ridge, BC V4R 2P7 

604-945-9700 

ponderosa-mushrooms.com 

Post Inc. 

6855 de l’Épée Ave., Ste. 301 

Montreal, QC H3N 2C7 

514-738-4477 

postinc.com 

PreGel Canada 

221 Don Hillock Dr. 

Aurora, ON L4G 0K2 

905-727-3068 

pregelcanada.com 


370 N. Rivermede Rd. 

Concord, ON L4K 3N2 

905-669-5883 

primepastries.ca 

Qualifirst Foods Ltd. 

89 Carlingview Dr. 

Etobicoke, ON M9W 5E4 

416-244-1177 

Quality Meat Group Ltd. 

145 East Dr. 


800-588-1931 

Queen’s Pasta 

66 Newcastle St. 

Etobicoke, ON M8Y 1A4 

416-259-2902 

queenspasta.com 


95 Queen’s Quay E. 

Toronto, ON M5E 1A3 

416-933-8399 

redpathsugar.com 


1881 Yonge St., Ste. 201 

Toronto, ON M4S 3C4 

419-929-1496 

reuven.com 

Canada’s Leading Importer of 

innovative, premium quality poultry 

solutions from around the globe. Reuven 

International is a leading Canadian 

supplier of exciting poultry products 

to the foodservice, industrial and 

retail markets. 


149 Rowntree Dairy Rd., Box C8 

Reuven_EL.indd 1 

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Woodbridge, ON L4L 6E1 

888-816-3836 

richscanada.com 



Richardson Oilseed Ltd. 

2800 One Lombard Pl. 

Winnipeg, MB R3B 0X8 

866-217-6211 

richardson.ca 

Robertson Estate Wine Vinegar 

1192-12th Ave. 

Fernie, BC V0B 1M0 

250-423-0572 

robertsonestate.com 


7171 Thimens Blvd. 

Saint-Laurent, QC H4S 2A2 

514-745-1153 | 800-361-3102 

rosehillfoods.com 

Rose Hill develops, manufactures and 

supplies the Canadian foodservice 

industry with quality soups, sauces, 

seasonings, premium-grade stock 

bases, liquid sauces, marinades 

and natural glaces. 


65 S. Barrington Rd. 

Barrington, IL 60010 

847-381-5700 

rosepacking.com 


1827 Ironstone Dr. 

Burlington, ON L7L 5T8 

800-323-7363 

roselandproduce.ca 


170 French Rd. 

Buffalo, NY 14227 

888-767-4621 

rosina.com 



6578 Elwell St. 

Burnaby, BC V5E 1J8 

604-763-8676 

texasroyalshrimp.com 

Royale Brands 

5315 Tremont Ave. 

Davenport, IA 52807 

563-386-5222 

royalebrands.com 


20 Morley St. 

Hamilton, ON L8H 3R7 

905-544-6281 

salernodairy.com 

Saputo Dairy Products 

Canada G.P 

2365, Côte-de-Liesse 

St-Laurent, QC H4N 2M7 

514-328-3466 

saputofoodservice.ca 

At Saputo Foodservice, we provide 

quality dairy products, and trusted 

cheese expertise to meet your 

business needs. Let our solutions 

help drive your success. 

Sara Lee Foodservice Ltd., 

a Division of Hillshire Brands 

5900 Ambler Dr., Unit 9 

Mississauga, ON L4W 2N3 

905-625-6226 

saraleefoodservice.com 

Seacore Seafood Inc. 

81 Aviva Park Dr. 

Vaughan, ON L4L 9C1 

905-856-6222 

seacoreseafood.com 

Sedere Inc. 

910 Rowntree Dairy Rd., Unit 33 

Woodbridge, ON L4L 5W6 

(416) 578-4040 

sedere.ca 


120 Sunrise Ave. 

Toronto, ON M4A 1B4 

416-759-9316 

selectfoodproducts.com 

Select Ready Foods Inc. 

9411 63 Ave., Ste. 200 

Edmonton, AB T6E 0G2 

800-463-4981 

selectready.ca 

Service Ideas Inc. 

2354 Ventura Dr., 

Woodbury, MN 55125 

651-730-8800 

serviceideas.com 


1100 Melville St., Ste. 938 

Vancouver, BC V6E 4A6 

604-669-5512 

shafer-haggart.com 

Shoal Lake Wild Rice 

Grp. 525, RR 5, P.O. Box 30 

Winnipeg, MB R2C 2Z2 

866-989-7696 

eatwildrice.ca 

Signature Fine Foods Ltd. 

24 Viceroy Rd., Unit 4 

Concord, ON L4K 2L9 

905-738-2415 

signaturefinefoods.com 


80 Whitehall Dr. 

Markham, ON L3R 0P3 

800-667-6226 

smuckerfoodservice.ca 

Snowcrest Foods Ltd. 

1925 Riverside Rd. 

Abbotsford, BC V2S 4J8 

604-859-4881 

snowcrest.ca 

Sofina Foods Inc. 

100 Commerce Valley Dr. W. 

Markham, ON L3T 0A1 

905-747-3333 

sofinafoods.com 

Sol Cuisine 

1201 Fewster Dr. 

Mississauga, Ontario L4W1A2 

905-502-8500 

solcuisine.com 


79 Easton Rd. 

Brantford, ON N3P 1J4 

519-349-2020 

solisfoods.com 

Sonora 

170 Attwell Dr., Ste. 570 

Toronto, ON M9W 5Z5 

416-644-9625 

sonorafoods.com 

Spudniks Snack Foods 

34 Futurity Gate #12 

Vaughan, ON L4K 1S6 

905-761-5001 

spudniks.com 


1202 D St. 

Modesto, CA 95354 

800-327-7201 

stanislaus.com 

Stirling Creamery Ltd. 

1 Front St. 

Stirling, ON K0K 3E0 

800-513-7850 

stirlingcreamery.com 

Stratas Foods 

7130 Goodlett Farms Pkwy., Ste. 200 

Memphis, TN 38016 

888-404-1004 

stratasfoods.com 

Strubs Food Corp. (subsidiary 

of Whyte’s Food Corp. Inc.) 

20 Sicard St. 

Sainte-Thérèse, QC J7E 3W7 

866-420-9520 

strubpickles.com 


10-80 Barbados Blvd. 

Scarborough, ON M1J 1K9 

416-871-9054 

sugartubes.ca 

Summer Fresh Salads Inc. 

334 Rowntree Dairy Rd. 

Woodbridge, ON L4L 8H2 

905-856-8816 

summerfresh.com 




604-244-8800 

sun-rich.com 

Sunora Foods Ltd. 

4616 Valiant Dr. N.W., Ste. 205 

Calgary, AB T3A 0X9 

403-247-8300 

sunora.com 

Sweet Street Desserts 

722 Hiesters Lane 

Reading, PA 19605 

514-865-0727 

kara.jewell@sweetstreet.com 

sweetstreet.com 

Provisioner of gourmet, award-winning 

frozen desserts since 1979; distributed 

and marketed in 70 countries. Look 

for our new all-natural, wrapped 

Manifesto® range – GMO-free, 

additive-free, sustainable. 

Systemfiltration Canada (SFC) 

415 5th St. E. 

Saskatoon, SK S7H 1G1 

306-717-0344 

vitooilcanada.com 




905-829-9414 

tabascofoodservice.com 


225 Orenda Rd. 

Brampton, ON L6T 1E6 

905-452-3800 

taliafoods.ca 

Testek Inc. 

84 rue Beauvais 

Delson, QC J5B 1W8 

450-635-4040/866-635-4040 

The Bruss Company 

3548 North Kostner Ave. 

Chicago, IL 60641 

800-621-3882 

bruss.com 

The Mancini Packing Company 

3500 Mancini Pl. 

Zolfo Springs, FL 33890 

800-741-1778 

mancinifoods.com 



BEVERAGE COMPANY INDEX 


259 Niagara St. 

Toronto, ON M6J 2L7 

416-603-3343 

threeworks.ca 

Thyme & Truffles (Plats du Chef) 

51 Kesmark St. 

Dollard-des-Ormeaux, QC H9B 3J1 

647-267-6495 

thymeandtruffles.com 


E-1225 Grand Ave. 

El Segundo, CA 90245 

310-779-8720 

ticings.com 


46 Community Ave. 

Stoney Creek, ON L8E 2Y3 

800-263-1378 

tmffoods.com 


8800 Blvd. Henri Bourassa W. 

Saint-Laurent, QC H4S 1P4 

514-381-9790 

tootsi.com 


2110 Williams Pkwy., Unit 3 

Brampton, ON L6S 5X6 

647-484-7500 

touchebakery.com 



Toronto, ON M1L 3Z5 

416-444-4777 

tradition.ca 

Tree of Life 

19488 Telegraph Trail 

Surrey, BC V4N 4H1 

800-661-9655 

treeoflife.ca 


5303 Shilshole Ave. N.W. 

Seattle, WA 98107 

800-426-5490 

tridentseafoods.com 

Trophy Foods 

71 Admiral Blvd. 

Mississauga, ON L5T 2T1 

905-670-8050 

trophyfoods.com 


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226 Britannia Rd. E. 

Mississauga, ON L4Z 1S6 

855-206-0443 

tysonfoodservice.ca 

Ubbelea Mushroom Farms Ltd. 

1160 Edgewood Rd. 

Millgrove, ON L8B 1A1 

905-689-8610 

ubbelea.com 

Ultima Foods 

4600 Armand-Frappier St. 

Saint-Hubert, QC J3Z 1G5 

800-363-9496 

ultimayog.ca/en 


160 Bloor St. E., Ste. 1400 

Toronto, ON M4W 3R2 

416-415-3000 

unileverfoodsolutions.ca 


P.O. Box 1476 

Everett, ON L0M 1J0 

705-435-8035 

ucfg.ca 


13060 80th Ave., Unit 311 

Surrey, BC V3W 3B2 

877-352-0490 

urbancultivator.net 

Viau 

6625 Ernest-Cormier St. 

Laval, QC H7C 2V2 

450-665-6100 

viausila.com 


30 Gunns Rd. 

Toronto, ON M6N 3S5 

416-766-5848 

victoryskitchen.com 


72 Railside Rd. 

North York, ON M3A 1A3 

416-449-5464 

lynchfoods.ca 

Weston Bakeries Ltd. 

1425 The Queensway 

Etobicoke, ON M8Z 1T3 

416-922-2500 

westonfoods.ca 


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1 President’s Choice Circle 

Brampton, ON L6Y 5S5 

905-459-2500 

wholesaleclub.ca 

Wholesale Club is a competitively 

priced, self-serve wholesaler 

specializing in foodservice. We’re a 

one-stop-shop for food, equipment 

and supplies with a large assortment 

that includes multicultural foods. 

Purchase individual, club pack, case 

or pallet sizes. Fifty-six locations 

across Canada. 

Free business memberships. 

Wild Sweets 

12191 Hammersmith Way, Unit 2145 Sleeman Breweries 

WholesaleClub_PL.indd Richmond, BC 1 V7A 5H2 2018-10-26 2:11 Steam PM Whistle Brewing 

604-765-9507 

dcduby.com 


15272 Croydon Dr. 

Surrey, BC V3S 0Z5 

604-531-1228 

willowfield.net 

Wing’s Food Products 

550 Kipling Ave. 

Toronto,ON 

M8Z 5E9 

416-259-0202 

wings.ca 

Wonderland Food & Equipment Inc. 

930 Lakefront Promenade 

Mississauga, ON L5E 2C4 

888-252-0018 

wonderlandfood.com 

World Link Food Distributors Inc. 

10-12B, 209 Aerotech Dr. 

Goffs, NS B2T 1K3, 

902-423-0787 

atlanticlobster.ca 


174 Cree Rd. 

Sherwood park, AB T8A 3X8 

800-604-CAKE 

wowfactordesserts.com 

Yorkshire Valley Farms 

- Organic Poultry 

701 Evans Ave., Ste 500 

Etobicoke, ON M9C 5E9 

1-800-830-7838 

yorkshirevalley.com 


222 Islington Ave., Ste. 6C 

Toronto, ON M8V 3W7 

416-539-9278 

zast-foods.com 

BEVERAGE COMPANY 

INDEX 

ALCOHOLIC 

Art of Blend 

Monin 

BEER & ALE 

Amsterdam Brewing Company 

Carlsberg Canada 

Creemore Springs Brewery Ltd. 

Granville Island Brewing 

Kirkwood Diamond Canada 

Labatt Breweries of Canada 

Mark Anthony Group Inc. 

McClelland Premium Imports 

Mill Street Brewery 

Molson Coors Canada 

North American Craft 

Premium Near Beer 

Railway City Brewing Company 

CARBONATED BEVERAGES 

Franklin and Sons 

Tenzing Natural Energy 

COFFEE/HOT CHOCOLATE/TEA 

3M Canada Company - Water Group 


Brazilian Canadian Coffee Co. Ltd. 

Bunn-O-Matic Corp. of Canada 

Canterbury Coffee Corp. 

Casa d’Iorio 

Ceylon Tea Company Ltd. 

Club Coffee Company Inc. 

Colonial Coffee Co. Limited 

Dart Canada 

Doi Chaang Coffee Company 

Euro-Milan 

Fully Loaded Tea Inc. 

Gerhards Importers Canada Ltd. 

Illy Espresso Canada Inc. 

Innovative Beverage Concepts, Inc. 

Kienna Coffee Roasters 

Lambourn Trading Company 

Lantic 

Lavazza Premium Coffees Corp. 

McCullagh Coffee 

Mighty Leaf Tea Canada - Somerset 

Distribution 

Monin Canada Inc. 

Morala Trading Inc. 

Mother Parker’s Tea and Coffee Inc. 

Mountain View Estates Coffee Company 

MTD Beverage Brokers 



RMC Beverage Dist. - Keurig Single Cup/ 

Green Mtn. Coffee 

Saeco Ontario Ltd. 


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Starbucks Canada Foodservice 

Supramatic Inc. 

Trans-Herb Inc. 

Teapigs 

Tetley Canada 

The Chai Company 

The Tea Emporium Inc. 

Torrefazione Barzula & Importing Ltd. 

UrbanZen Tea Inc. 

ENERGY DRINKS 

Red Bull Canada Ltd. 


FRUIT DRINKS & JUICE 

Acosta Canada 

Beverage World Inc. 

Dr. Smoothie Brands 


Industries Lassonde Inc. 

Island Originals of Canada Inc. 


Royale Brands 

Sun Pac Foods Ltd. 


NON-ALCOHOLIC 


Art of Blend 


Dart Canada Inc. 









SIP Natural Craft Soda Ltd. 



SOFT DRINKS 

Alliance Purchasing Services 

Aviara Sales Inc. 


Canada Dry Mott’s Inc. 

Coca-Cola Bottling Co. 

Fentimans Botanically Brewed Beverages 



SPIRITS 

Bacardi Canada 

Canadian Iceberg Vodka Corp. 

Charton Hobbs Inc. Wines & Spirits 

Churchill Cellars Ltd. 

Connoisseur Wines & Spirits 

Diageo Canada Inc. 

Eurovintage Wines & Spirits 

Highwood Distillers 



WATER 


Boreal Water Collection Inc. 

Cedar Springs Water 

ESKA Water (Eaux Vives Water Inc.) 

Icelandic Glacial Inc. 

Kinetico Canada Inc. 

Lassonde Inc. 

Nestlé Waters Canada 

Puretap Water Distillers Ltd. 

SIP Natural Craft Soda Ltd. 

Waterwise 

WINE 

13th Street Winery 

Andrew Peller Limited 

Angels Gate Winery 

Arterra Wines Canada Inc. 

Beringer Vineyards 

Casa-Dea Estates Winery 

Cave Spring Cellars 

Charton Hobbs Inc. Wines & Spirits 

Château des Charmes 


Colio Estate Winery 


Coyote’s Run Winery 


Dionysus Wines & Spirits Ltd. 

Domaine de Chaberton Estate Winery 

DropStopCanada - Cairde Enterprises 

E&J Gallo Winery Canada Ltd. 


Fielding Estate Winery 

Frogpond Farm Organic Wines 

Grange of Prince Edward Vineyards 

& Estate Winery 

Henry of Pelham Estate Winery 

Hernder Estate Wines 

Hobbs & Co. Wine Merchants Inc. 

Huff Estates Winery 

Inniskillin Wines 

Jackson-Triggs 

Joseph’s Estate Wines 

Jost Vineyards 


Kittling Ridge Estates 

Konzelmann Estate Winery 

Lailey Vineyard 

Lifford Wine Agency 

Malivoire Wine Company Ltd. 


Marynissen Estates Winery 

Mission Hill Estates 

Pelee Island Winery 



Puddicombe Farm & Estate Winery 

Reif Estate Winery 

Rockway Glen Estate Winery 

Sandbanks Estate Winery 

Southbrook Vineyards 

Stonechurch Vineyards 

Stoney Ridge Estate Winery 

Stratus Vineyards 

Strewn Winery 

Sunnybrook Farm Estate Winery 

Tawse Winery 

The Organized Crime Winery 

Two Sisters Winery 

Vincor Canada 

Vineland Estates Winery 

Vinguardian Corp. 

Wayne Gretzky Estates Winery 

& Distillery 

Ziraldo Estate Winery 

BEVERAGE COMPANY 

DIRECTORY 

13th Street Winery 

1776 Fourth Ave. 

St. Catharines, ON L2S 0B9 

905-984-8463 

13thstreetwinery.com 

3M Canada Company 

- Water Group 

300 Tartan Dr. 

London, ON N5V 4M9 

800-265-1840 

solutions.3mcanada.ca 

Acosta Canada 

2700 Matheson Blvd. E., Ste. 101 

Mississauga, ON 

905-238-8422 

acosta.ca 


101 Roland-Therrien Blvd., Ste. 600 

Longueuil, QC J4H 4B9 

450-646-1010 

agropur.com 

Alliance Purchasing Services Inc. 

8171 Yonge St., Ste. 270 

Thornhill, ON L3T 2C6 

877-266-2666 

alliancepurchasing.com 

Amsterdam Brewing Company 

245 Queens Quay West, South Building, 

Toronto, ON, M5J 2K9 

416-504-1020 

amsterdambeer.com 

Andrew Peller Limited 

697 South Service Rd. 

Grimsby, ON L3M 4E8 

905-643-4131 

andrewpeller.com 

Angels Gate Winery 

4260 Mountainview Rd. 

Beamsville, ON L0R 1B2 

905-563-3942 

angelsgatewinery.com 

Aviara Sales Inc. 

84 Northbend St., Ste. 101 

Coquitlam, BC V3K 6H1 

604-941-6660 

Art of Blend 

2880 Portland Drive 


905-829-9414 

shasky.com 

Arterra Wines Canada Inc. 

(Formerly Constellation Brands) 

441 Courtneypark Dr. E. 

Mississauga, ON L5T 2V3 

905-564-6900 

arterracanada.com 

Bacardi Canada 

1000 Steeles Ave. E. 


905-451-6100 

bacardi.com 

Beringer Vineyards 

2000 Main St. 

St. Helena, CA 94574 

707-257-5771 

beringer.com 


4-560 Arvin Ave. 

Stoney Creek, ON L8E 5P1 

905-643-7713 

beverageworld.ca 

Boreal Water Collection Inc. 

4496 State Rd. 42N 

Kiamesha Lake, NY 12751 

845-794-0400 

borealwater.com 

Brazilian Canadian 

Coffee Co. Ltd. 

1260 Martin Grove Rd. 

Toronto, ON M9W 4X3 

800-387-7423 

braziliancoffeeco.com 


280 Industrial Pkwy. S. 

Aurora, ON L4G 3T9 

800-263-2256 

bunn.com/canada 

Canada Dry Mott’s Inc. 

30 Eglinton Ave W., Ste. 600 

Mississauga, ON L5R 3E7 

888-238-4410 

canadadrymotts.ca 

Canadian Iceberg Vodka Corp. 

23 Lesmill Rd., Ste. 401 

North York, ON, M3B 3P6 

416-443-6200 

iceberg.ca 


1-8080 N. Fraser Way 

Burnaby, BC V5J 0E6 

888-273-8684 

canterburycoffee.com 

Carlsberg Canada 

1425 North Service Rd. E. 

Oakville, ON L6H 1A7 

905-829-0299 

carlsberg.ca 

Casa d’ Iorio 

950 Verbena Rd. 


800-647-6938 




Casa-Dea Estates Winery 

1186 Greer Rd. 

Wellington, ON K0K 3L0 

866-578-3445 

Cave Spring Cellars 

3836 Main St. 

Jordan, ON L0R 1S0 

905-562-3581 

cavespring.ca 

Cedar Springs Water 

45 Villarboit Cres. 


800-952-3327 

cedarspringswater.ca 

Ceylon Tea Company Ltd. 

7955 Torbram Rd., Unit 25 


905-790-6636 

ceylonteacompany.com 

Charton Hobbs Inc. 

Wines & Spirits 

5006 Timberlea Blvd., Ste.1 


905-238-3222 

chartonhobbs.com 

Chateau des Charmes 

1025 York Rd. 

Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON L0S 1P0 

905-262-4219 

chateaudescharmes.com 


350 Sheppard Ave. E., Second Floor 

Toronto, Ontario M2N 3B4 

416-368-5108 

churchillcellars.com 

Club Coffee Company Inc. 

55 Carrier Dr. 

Toronto, ON M9W 5V9 

416-675-1300 

clubcoffee.ca 

Coca-Cola Bottling Co. 

335 King Street East 

Toronto, ON, M5A 1L1 

800-438-2653 

cocacola.ca 

Colio Estate Winery 

1 Colio Dr., P.O. Box 372 

Harrow, ON N0R 1G0 

519-738-2241 

coliowinery.com 

Colonial Coffee Co. Limited 

3110 Marentette Ave. 

Windsor, ON N8X 4G2 

519-966-9733 

colonialcoffee.ca 


74-8 Townwood Dr. 

Richmond Hill, ON L4E 3Y3 

905-508-7054 

connoisseurwines.com 

Coyote’s Run Estate Winery 

485 Concession 5 Rd. 

Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON 

905-682-8310 

coyotesrunwinery.com 

Creemore Springs Brewery Ltd. 

139 Mill St. 

Creemore, ON L0M 1G0 

844-887-3022 

creemoresprings.com 


401 The West Mall, Std. 800 

Etobicoke, ON M9C 5P8 

416-641-1689 

diageo.com 

Dionysus Wines & Spirits Ltd. 

350 Sheppard Ave. E. 

Toronto, ON M2N 3B4 

416-223-6567 

dionysuswines.ca 

Doi Chaang Coffee Company 

321 Water St., #503 

Vancouver, BC V6B 1B8 

604-689-3312 

doichaangcoffee.com 

Domaine de Chaberton 

Estate Winery 

1064-216th St. 

Langley, BC V2Z 1R3 

604-530-1736 

chabertonwinery.com 

Dr. Smoothie Brands 

1730 Raymer Ave. 

Fullerton, CA 92833 

888-466-9941 

drsmoothie.com 

E&J Gallo Winery Canada Ltd. 

6685 Millcreek Dr., Units 1 & 2 

Mississauga, ON L5N 5M5 

905-819-9600 

gallo.com 

ESKA Water (Eaux 

Vives Water Inc.) 

25 Adelaide St. E., Ste. 1000 

Toronto, ON M5C 3A1 

866-434-3752 

eskawater.com 

Euro-Milan 

115 Matheson Blvd. E. 

Mississauga, ON L4Z 1X8 

905-501-8600 

euromilan.com 


1315 Lawrence Ave. E., Ste. 407 

Toronto, ON M3A 1C6 

888-700-9463 

Fielding Estate Winery 

4020 Locust Lane 


888-778-7758 

fieldingwines.com 

Franklin & Sons 

29 Queens Quay E., Ste. 418 


647-989-7549 

franklinandsons.ca 

Frogpond Farm Organic Wines 

1385 Larkin Rd. 

Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON L0S 1J0 

905-468-1079 

frogpondfarm.ca 

Fully Loaded Tea Inc. 

3683 West 4th Ave. 

Vancouver, BC V6R 1P2 

604-408-1875 

fullyloadedtea.com 


1228 Old Innes Rd., Ste. 319 

Ottawa, ON K1B 3V3 

888-242-3111 

gerhardscanada.com 

Grange of Prince Edward 

Vineyards & Estate Winery 

990 Closson Rd. 

Hillier, ON K0K 1T0 

613-399-1048 

grangeofprinceedward.com 

Granville Island Brewing 

1441 Cartwright St. 

Vancouver, BC V6H 3R7 

604-687-2739 

gib.ca 

Henry of Pelham Estate Winery 

1469 Pelham Rd., RR 1 

St. Catharines, ON L2R 6P7 

905-684-8423 

henryofpelham.com 

Hernder Estate Wines 

1607 Eighth Ave. Louth 


905-684-3300 

hernder.com 

Highwood Distillers 

4948-126th Ave. S.E., Unit 23 

Calgary, AB T2Z 0A9 

403-216-2440 

highwood-distillers.com 

Hobbs & Co. Wine Merchants Inc. 

401 Logan Ave., Ste. 215 

Toronto, ON M4M 2P2 

416-694-3689 

hobbsandcompany.com 

Huff Estates Winery 

2274 County Rd.1, P.O. Box 300 

Bloomfield, ON K0K 1G0 

613-393-5802 

huffestates.com 

Icelandic Glacial Inc. 

3816 Main St. 

Los Angeles, CA 90232 

424-201-6800 

icelandicglacial.com 


197 Main St. 

Fredericton, NB E3A 1E1 

914-253-4473 

illy.com 

Illy Caffè, founded in Trieste in 

1933, manufactures and markets a 

unique blend of 100 per cent Arabica 

coffee and is the leading brand in the 

premium espresso and coffee category 

Industries Lassonde Inc. 

755 Principale St. 

Rougemont, QC J0L 1M0 

866-552-7643 

lassonde.com/en 

Inniskillin Wines 

1499 Line 3 Niagara Pkwy. 


905-468-2187 

inniskillin.com 

Innovative Beverage 

Concepts, Inc. 

9600 Research Dr. 

Irvine, CA 92618 

888-662-2334 

ibevconcepts.com 


3 Brewster Rd., Unit 19 

Brampton, ON L6T 5G9 

888-670-9511 

islandoriginals.ca 


116 Nuggett Ct. 


905-792-9928 

italpasta.com 

Jackson-Triggs 

2145 Niagara Stone Rd. 


866-589-4637 

jacksontriggswinery.com 

Joseph’s Estate Wines 



866-468-1259 

josephsestatewines.com 

Jost Vineyards 

48 Vintage Ln. 

Malagash, NS B0K 1E0 

800-565-4567 

devoniancoast.ca 

Kienna Coffee Roasters 

4049 74th Ave. S.E. 

Calgary, AB T2C 2H9 

403-444-9300 

kienna.com 




10-21 Parr Blvd. 

Bolton, ON L7E 4G3 

866-351-8722 

kinetico.ca 

Kittling Ridge Estates 

271 Chrislea Rd. 

Vaughan, ON L4L 8N6 

800-461-9463 

kittlingridge.com 


8-1155 North Service Rd. 

Oakville, ON L6M 3E3 

905-849-4346 

kirkwooddiamond.com 

Konzelmann Estate Winery 

1096 Lakeshore Rd. 


905-935-2866 

konzelmann.ca 

Labatt Breweries of Canada 

207 Queens Quay, Ste. 299 

Toronto, ON M5J 1A7 

800-268-2337 

labatt.com 

Lailey Vineyard 

15940 Niagara River Pkwy. 


905-468-8188 

laileywinery.com 

Lambourn Trading Company 

4710 St-Ambroise St. 

Montreal, QC H4C 2C7 

514-940-6001 

Lavazza Premium 

Coffees Corp. 

120 Wall St., 27th Floor 

New York, NY 10005 

212-725-8800 

lavazza-canada.ca 

Lifford Wine Agency 

471 Jarvis St. 

Toronto, ON M4Y 2G8 

416-440-4101 

lifford.com 

Malivoire Wine Company Ltd. 

4260 King St. E. 


866-644-2244 


259 Dufferin St., Ste. 150 

Toronto, ON M6K 1Z5 

647-749-7801 

markanthonywineandspirits.ca 

Marynissen Estates Winery 

1208 Concession 1, RR 6 


905-468-7270 

McClelland Premium Imports 

5750 Timberlea Blvd. 


905-238-3330 

mcclellandbeers.ca 

McCullagh Coffee 

505 Iroquois Shore Rd. 

Oakville, ON L6H 2R3 

800-563-7007 

mccullaghcoffee.com 

Mighty Leaf Tea Canada 

4000 St. Ambroise St., Ste. 172 

Montreal, QC H4C 2C7 

514-227-0279 

mightyleaf.ca 

Mill Street Brewery 

21 Tank House Lane 

Toronto, ON, M5A 3C4. 

416-681 0338 

millstreetbrewery.com 

Mission Hill Estates 

1730 Mission Hill Rd. 

West Kelowna, Okanagan Valley 

BC V4T 2E4 

250-768-7611 

missionhillwinery.com 

Molson Coors Canada 

33 Carlingview Dr. 


800-665-7661 

molsoncoors.com 


2100 Range Rd. 

Clearwater, FL 33765 

855-352-8671 

monin.com 

Morala Trading Inc. 

428 Kent St. 

Ottawa, ON K2P 2B3 

800-625-9625 

moralatrading.com 

Mother Parker’s Tea 

and Coffee Inc. 

2530 Stanfield Rd. 

Mississauga, ON L4Y 1S4 

905-279-9100 

mother-parkers.com 

Mountain View Estates 

Coffe Company 

400 Steeprock Dr. 

Toronto, ON M3J 2X1 

416-694-5455 




416-741-6455 

mrdairy.com 

MTD Beverage Brokers Inc. 

6691 Elmbridge Way, Unit 120 

Richmond, BC V7C 4N1 

604-882-3552 


300 Léo Pariseau 

Montreal, QC H2X 4B3 

1-855-325-5783 

nespresso.com/pro 

A dedicated range of professional 

coffee machines designed to 

meet your needs. 

Choosing Nespresso is a symbol 

of your commitment to your guests 

experience. Our coffees, sourced 

from the finest coffee growing 

territories around the world, used 

with our state-of-the-art technology 

machines, deliver exceptional 

coffee, cup after cup. 




800-288-8682 

nestleprofessional.com 

Nestlé Waters Canada 

101 Brock Rd. S. 

Puslinch, ON N0B 2J0 

888-565-1445 

nestle-waters.ca/en 


1234 Kingston Rd., Ste. 127 

Toronto, ON M1N 1P3 

877-287-5112 

northamericancraft.ca 

Pelee Island Winery 

455 Seacliff Dr. (Country Rd. 20) 

Kingsville, ON N9Y 2K5 

519-733-6551 

peleeisland.com 




905-468-3147 

pillitteri.com 


6355 Danville Rd., Unit 11 

Mississauga, ON L5T 2L4 

905-565-6383 

planetebeverages.com 


420 Deerhurst Dr., Ste. 4 


888-416-7125 

Puddicombe Farm 

& Estate Winery 

1468 Highway 8 

Winona, ON L8E 5K9 

905-643-6882 

puddicombefarms.com 




800-647-6938 

puretap.ca 

Railway City Brewing Company 

130 Edward St. 

St. Thomas, ON N5P 1Z1 

519-631-1881 

railwaycitybrewing.com 

Red Bull Canada Ltd. 

381 Queen St. W., Ste. 200 

Toronto, ON M5V 2A5 

416-590-1629 

redbull.ca 

Reif Estate Winery 

15608 Niagara Pkwy. 


905-468-7738 

reifwinery.com 

Rockway Glen Estate Winery 

3290 Ninth St. 


877-762-5929 

rockway.net 

Royale Brands 

5315 Tremont Ave. 

Davenport, IA 52807 

563-386-5222 

royalebrands.com 


5171 Steeles Ave. W. 

North York, ON M9L 1R5 

800-933-7876 

saeco.ca 

Sandbanks Estate Winery 

17598 Loyalist Pkwy. (Hwy 33) 

Wellington, ON K0K 3L0 

613-399-1839 

sandbankswinery.com 

SIP Natural Craft Soda 

2175 West 4th Ave. 

Vancouver, BC V6K 1N7 

289-221-7853 

sipsoda.com 

Sleeman Breweries 

551 Clair Rd. W. 

Guelph, ON N1L 1E9 

800-268-8537 

sleeman.ca 

Southbrook Vineyards 

581 Niagara Stone Rd., RR4 


888-581-1581 

southbrook.com 



EQUIPMENT & SUPPLY COMPANY INDEX 


5140 Yonge St., Ste. 

Toronto, ON M2N 6L7 

416-223-9903 

starbucks.ca/business/foodservice 

Steam Whistle Brewing 

255 Bremner Blvd. 

Toronto, ON M5V 3M9 

416-362-2337 

steamwhistle.ca 

Stonechurch Vineyards 

1242 Irvine Rd., RR 5 


905-935-3535 

stonechurch.com 

Stoney Ridge 

Estate Winery 

3201 King St. 

Vineland, ON L0R 2C0 

905-562-1324 

stoneyridge.com 

Stratus Vineyards 



905-468-1806 

stratuswines.com 

Strewn Winery 



905-468-1229 

strewnwinery.com 

Sun Pac Foods Ltd. 

10 Sun Pac Blvd. 

Brampton, ON L6S 4R5 

905-792-2700 

Sunnybrook Farm 

Estate Winery 



905-468-1122 

sunnybrookwine.com 

Tawse Winery 

3955 Cherry Ave., P.O. Box 822 


905-562-9500 

tawsewinery.ca 

Teapigs 

10 Carlson Crt., Ste. 700 

Toronto, ON M9W 6L2 

416-798-1224 

teapigs.ca 


29 Queens Quay E., Ste. 418 


647-989-7549 

teamtenzing.com 

Tetley Canada 

10 Carlson Crt., Ste. 700 

Toronto, ON M9W 6L2 

416-798-1224tetley.ca 

The Chai Company 

1-8005 Alexander Rd. 

Delta, BC V4G 1C6 

888-922-2424 

chaico.com 

The Organized Crime Winery 

4043 Mountainview Rd. 


905-563-9802 

organizedcrimewinery.com 

The Tea Emporium Inc. 

222 Islington Ave. 

Toronto, ON M8V 3W7 

416-488-4061 

Torrefazione Barzula & Importing Ltd. 

3117 Wharton Way 

Mississauga, ON L4X 2B6 

866-358-5488 

barzula.com 

Trans-Herb Inc. 

1090 Parent street 

St-Bruno, QC J3V 6L8 

450-441-0779 

transherb.com 

Two Sisters Winery 

240 John St. E. 


905-468-0592 

twosistersvineyards.com 


6355 Danville Rd., Unit 11 


866-877-0832 

urbanzentea.com 

Vincor Canada 

441 Courtneypark Dr. 

Mississauga, ON L5T 2V3 

800-265-9463 

cbrands.com 

Vineland Estates Winery 

3620 Moyer Rd. 


888-846-3526 

vineland.com 


5-150 Hollidge Blvd., Ste. 111 

Aurora, ON L4G 8A3 

289-221-4660 

vinguardian.ca 

WaterWise 

3465 Northbend Cir. 

Alcoa, TN 37701 

865-724-1200 

waterwise.pro 

Wayne Gretzky Estates 

Winery & Distillery 



844-643-7799 

gretzkyestateswines.com 


1 President Choice Cir. 


866-999-9890 


Ziraldo Estate Winery 

15468 Niagara Pkwy. 


905-468-3658 

ziraldo.ca 

EQUIPMENT & SUPPLY 

COMPANY INDEX 

ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS 

& EQUIPMENT 

Banco 

BWI Business World Inc. 

Cardtronics Canada 

CLS Info 

Cummins-Allison ULC 

Innsource Solutions Inc. 

Orca Dynamics Ltd. 

Profitek 

Technic POS 

Visa Canada Corp. 

Vivonet Inc. - Halo POS 

Wagepoint Online Payroll 

AIR DOOR & AIR CURTAINS 

Thermoscreens Canada 

AUDIO-VISUAL EQUIPMENT 

APG Displays 

Best Buy for Business 

Bullfrog Power 

DMX Canada 

Dvise Telecom Solutions 

Dynamic 

Instacomm Canada Inc. 

Intello Technologies 

LG Electronics Canada Inc. 

Panasonic Canada Inc. 

PNF U.S.A. Philips Hospitality 

RidgeRock Studios 

Sharp Electronics of Canada Ltd. 

Sirius XM Canada Inc. 

Sound Products Ltd. 

TOA Canada Corp. 

Visual Planning Corp. 

BAKING EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES 

AEP Canada Inc./Berry Global Inc. 

BakeMax 

Bakers Pride/Rabco Foodservice Ltd. 

Belleco Inc. 

Blue Seal 

Bridor Inc. 

Browne Foodservice 

Bundy Baking Solutions 

Chicago Metallic Bakeware Canada 

Cool King Refrigeration Ltd. 

Crown Custom Metal Spinning Inc. 

Detecto Scale 

Drader Manufacturing 

Focus Foodservice LLC/Rabco 

Foodservice Ltd. 

Food Service Solutions 

Garland Canada/ Manitowoc Foodservice 

Hoffmaster Group Inc. 

KitchenAid Commercial Canada 

Lainox 

Monex Group 


Rabco Foodservice Ltd. 

Rational Canada 

Russell Hendrix 

S.T.O.P. Restaurant Supply Ltd. 

Southbend 

The Montague Company 

Thunderbird Food Machinery Inc. 

Universal Marketing Ltd. 

Varimixer 

BANQUET/BUFFET/ 

CAFETERIA EQUIPMENT 

Alto-Shaam Inc. 

American Metalcraft 

Big Erics Inc. 


Bum Contract Furniture 


Burlodge Canada Ltd. 

Burrows Packaging 

Cambro 

Cooktek LLC 

Cooper-Atkins Corp. 

Creamer CaddyCres Cor 

Foam 5 Division Kwickway Products Inc. 

Frilich 

FWE - Food Warming Equipment 

Company Inc. 

Hamilton Beach Commercial 

Lainox 

Larry Sommers Co. Limited 

Mega-Lab Foodservice 


National Event Supply 

Neo-Image Candlelight Ltd. 

P.V.A. Enterprises Inc. 


Sandler Seating 

Scotsman Ice Systems 


SICO America Inc. 

Spring U.S.A. 

Steelite International Canada Ltd. 

SternoCandleLamp 

Tableware Solutions Ltd. 

Vollrath 

Toasty Products 

Tomlinson Industries Inc. 

Vandervitt Inc. 

Vertex China 

Winston Industries LLC 

BAR EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES 

Acq Seating 

Azbar Inc. 

B.B.C. Sales & Service Ltd. 

Bar Maid Corp. 

Beer Gas Systems Inc. 


Ca. Portable Dance Floor Co. 

Cambro 

Campus Products Inc. 

Carlisle Foodservice Products/Rabco 




Chair Source 

Cuisivin 

Enostore 

Extremebartending.com 

Faema Canada 

Fagor Commercial Inc. 

Fine Wine Accessories 

Fogel U.S.A. 


FreePour Beverage Management 


G.E.T. Enterprises, LLC 


Harco Enterprises Ltd. 

Imperial Snacking Equipment 





Mixology Canada Inc. 

Mor’s Menu Cover Mfg. 


Perlick Corp. 

Precision Pours, Inc. 

Riverwood Sales 

Rotor 


SaniServ 


Sculpture Hospitality 



SSP Group International Inc. 


Stone Straw Ltd. 

Sunkist Growers, Inc. 

Sunkist Foodservice Equipment 

Taylor Company 

ToothpickFlag.com 

Trudeau Corp. 

Western Refrigeration & Beverage 

Equipment Ltd. 


Vitamix 

Zanduco Restaurant Equipment 

and Supplies 

BARBECUE EQUIPMENT 

& ACCESSORIES 


Cookshack 

Crown Verity Inc. 

Kendale Products Ltd. 

MagiKitch’n, Inc. 

Potis North America 

Smokaroma Inc. 

BILL COUNTERFEIT DETECTORS 

CashTech Currency Products Inc. 

BLENDERS & MIXERS 


Chesher Equipment Ltd. (Vitamix) 

Dynamic International Ltd. 



Importations Nobelhaus Inc. 


Pemberton & Associates 

Specialty Beverage Solutions (SBS) 

Serve Canada 

Varimixer 

Vitamix 

BROILERS 


EmberGlo 

Pitco Frialator Inc. 

Southbend 


Wood Stone Ovens 

CABINETS 

Cres Cor 

Tarrison Products Ltd. 

CARPET & FLOORING 


Nadurra Wood Corp. 

CARTS 




Cambro 


Ecolab 

Metropolitan Wire (Canada) Ltd. 

Rubbermaid Commercial Products 

CASH MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS 


Uniwell Americas Inc. 

CHAFING EQUIPMENT 






CHILDCARE FURNISHINGS 

& ACCESSORIES 

Koala Kare Products 

COFFEE & TEA EQUIPMENT 

AND ACCESSORIES 


Arnott Distributors Inc. 


Bravo Coffee Group 

Brokerhouse Distributors Inc. 





Faema Canada 

Fetco Food Equipment Technologies 

Company 



Fortessa Canada Inc. 

Grindmaster-Cecilware Corp. 

Gruenewald Manufacturing Co. Inc. 

Guertech Inc. 



Jura Canada 

Laniel Canada Inc. 


Megcour Foodservice Inc. 



Newtech Beverage Systems Ltd. 

Orient Depot 

Plastic Parameters Inc. 


Regal Ware Worldwide 

RMC Premium Beverage 


Santos North America 

SBS Food Service Equipment & Specialty 

Beverage Solutions 





Swica-Nespresso Business Solutions 

The Cup Store 


Waterwise 


Wilbur Curtis 

Zanduco Restaurant Equipment and 

Supplies 

COIN SORTERS & COUNTERS 


COMPUTER HARDWARE 

Agilysys Inc. 



Oracle Corporation 

PlanNet Logix Inc. 

Roberts Browne Ltd. 

COMPUTER SOFTWARE 


Agilysys Inc. 

Alliance Financing Group Inc. 

AM/PM Service 

Ameego 

Auphan Software 


ChefTec/Culinary Software Services 

CLR Concepts 

ERG Music/Symphonex 

InnQuest Canada 



Maitre’D by Posera 

Menusano 

Multi-Systems, Inc. 

Maestro Property Management Systems 


PhoneSuite 

Profitek 

Site Benefits Inc. 

Soft Cafe LLC 

Technic POS 

TouchBistro 

Tracker Software Systems 

Tracrite Software Inc. 


VeriFone 

Visual Information Products Inc. 

Volante Systems 

COOK & CHILL SYSTEMS 




GBS Foodservice Equipment Inc. 

PanSaver (M&Q Plastic Product Inc.) 



Testek Inc. 


Unified Brands 

COOKWARE 

Berghoff Ontario Group 





Danesco Inc. 

Hamilton Store Fixtures Ltd. 

Hubert Distributing Company, Inc. 

Johnson-Rose Inc. 

Pan Glo 


Sagetra Inc. 

Vollrath 

Thermor Ltd. 

Tomlinson Industries 

Universal Marketing Ltd. 


Winco Industries Co. 

Zwilling J.A. Henckels Canada Ltd. 

CURRENCY COUNTERS 

& RECYCLERS 



CUTLERY/FLATWARE/ 

HOLLOWARE 


Corby Hall Inc. 


David Shaw Designs 


RAK Porcelain 


Vollrath 


CUTTERS/DICERS/ 

SLICERS/CAN OPENERS 


Dynamic International 


Robot Coupe U.S.A. Inc. 

Vollrath 

Victorinox Swiss Army 

CUTTING BOARDS 

& CHOPPING BLOCKS 


Ecolab 

Kason Industries - Canada 

IVO Cutlery International Inc. 

DANCE FLOORS 

Bay Resource Group Inc. 


Ca. Portable Dance Floor Co 



EQUIPMENT COMPANY INDEX 

DECOR & DESIGN 


Chair Source 

CMI Uniforms 

Grosfillex 

Iceculture, Inc. 

John Francis Uniforms 

Leda Furniture 


Lonseal, Inc. 



Northern Feather Canada Ltd. 

Perlick Corp. 

PI Creative Art 


Rise ‘n’ Shine Blinds 

Sedere Inc. 

Studio CK 

The Flag Company Inc. 

Toronto Lighting Supply Inc. 


Van Bind 

DEODORIZERS 

Orkin Canada 

DINNERWARE 

3F1C Tableware 

Bargreen Ellingson 


Cambro 




Gessner Products Co. Inc. 



RAK Porcelain 


Thermor Ltd. 

DISHWASHING EQUIPMENT 

Arctic Refrigeration & Food Equipment 

Avmor/Kleen Canada 

Canplas Industries Ltd. 

Champion Moyer Diebel 

Ecolab 



Hatco Corp. 

Kleen Canada 

Magic White Inc. 

Meiko USA Inc. 

Miele Professional 

MVP Group Corp. 



Power Soak (Unified Brands) 

Sealed Air Canada Inc. 

Swissh Commercial Equipment 

The Diamond Group 


DISPENSING EQUIPMENT, 

BEVERAGE 


Cambro 

Celco Inc. 

Danamark WaterCare 

Fetco Food Equipment Technologies 

Company 

FIFO Innovations 

Follett Corp. 

Matrix Integrated Solutions Ltd. 



Specialty Beverage Solutions (SBS) 

TableCraft 


DISPENSING EQUIPMENT, FOOD 

AEP Canada Inc/Berry Global Inc.. 

Azbar Inc. 





Diversified Metal Products Inc. 

(Dispense-Rite) 

Electro Freeze 

Enostore 




ITV Ice Makers 

Karma Inc. 




Wilbur Curtis 

DISPLAY - HOT & COLD 


BSI, LLC 

Cambro 

English Manufacturing 

Evo GBS Inc. 

Foodservice Equipment 



Promolux (MGV, Inc.) 


DISPOSABLE 

& PAPER PRODUCTS 


Aladdin Temp-Rite Canada 



Calibre Sales Inc. 

Canawipe Distributors Ltd. 

Core Sales Inc. 


Discus Supply Co. 

Georgia-Pacific Professional 



Klover Sales 

Kruger Products 

Northpoint Canadian Company 

Polar Plastic Ltd. 

Reynolds Consumer Products 

Ronco 

SabertSafety House 

SCA Tissue 



Supermax Healthcare Canada Inc. 

Taipak Enterprises Ltd. 

The Cup Store 

Tiimports 


Trademarx Inc. 

West Coast FoodPak Systems Ltd. 


DOORS/CURTAINS/GUARDS 

Eliason Corp. 

Emergency Door Service Inc. 

Kason Industries – Canada 


Strip-curtains.com 

ENERGY MANAGEMENT 

& CONSERVATION 

Ecolab 

Enbridge Gas Distribution 

Enercare Commercial Services 

Fast Kitchen Hoods Inc. 


Halton Indoor Climate Systems 

Redmond/Williams 

Taco HVAC Canada 

ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEMS 


Pubstumpers 

SiriusXM Canada 

EQUIPMENT BROKERS 


EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS 



Celco Inc. 



Eliason Corp. 




Molok North America Ltd. 

Oil Chef (Eco Friendly Chef Corp.) 


Prestige Podiums 

Southbend 




EQUIPMENT SUPPLIES 

Chef Works Canada Inc. 

Foodbuy Canada 

Ronco Safety Products 

SteamCan Equipment Ltd. 

Testek Inc. 

FABRICATION EQUIPMENT 

APW Wyott/Rabco Foodservice Ltd. 

Complete Stainless 





Ridalco Industries Inc. 



FATS/OILS/SHORTENING 




FAUCETS & FITTINGS 


FIRE PROTECTION EQUIPMENT 


FOOD PREP SMALLWARES 


Cambro 






Sunkist Growers 

Testek Inc. 



Vollrath 


FOOD PROCESSORS 

DayMark Safety Systems 



Globe Food Equipment Company 

Hobart Food Equipment Group Canada 




Serve Canada 

Thermomix-Fantan Enterprise Ltd. 

FOOD-SAFETY EQUIPMENT 

Ansell Canada 

Cambro 

Celco Inc. 


Ecolab 

English Manufacturing 

Foam 5 Division Kwickway Products Inc. 

Kit Care Corp. 

Mul-T-Mat & Supply Co. 


Nilfisk-Advance Canada Company 

Noraxx Inspections Inc. 



San Jamar Inc. 


Testek Inc. 

Thermor Ltd. 

Trusty-Step International 


FREEZERS & COOLERS 



Celco Inc. 

Habco 

Irinox U.S.A. 


Kolpak 


EQUIPMENT COMPANY INDEX 

Manco Distributors Inc. - Manitowoc 

Master-Bilt 

Nor-Lake Inc. 

Standex Food Service Equipment Group 

True Manufacturing 


FRYERS & ACCESSORIES 


Comstock-Castle Stove Co. 

GBS Foodservice Equipment 



Henny Penny Corp. 




Perfect Fry Company LLC 


Serve Canada 

Southbend 


Super-Pufft Snacks Corp. 

TFI Food Equipment Solutions 




Vito Oil Filtration Systems Inc. 

Vulcan 

West Coast Reduction Ltd. 

FURNITURE & FURNISHINGS 

ACQ Seating 

Afra Furniture 

Bum Contract FurnitureChair Source 

Emuamericas LLC 

Grosfillex 

Hsquared Hospitality Group - Toronto 

Jamco Wood Products Ltd. 

Jetco Manufacturing Ltd. 


Lonseal, Inc. 

MI-DI - Division of BDM + Furniture Inc. 



Sedere Inc. 

Thos. Baker LLC 


GLASSWARE 

David Shaw Designs 





GRIDDLES 

AccuTemp Products Inc. 

Cadco Ltd. 

Evo Inc. 


MKE Industries Inc. 



Star Manufacturing 



HOODS & VENTILATION 

Collis Group Inc. 


Gallery Metalworks Inc. 

Gordon R. Williams Corp. 




Venmar CES – Nortek Air Solutions 

HVAC 





HTS Company 

NRG Equipment Inc. 


Reliance Commercial Solutions 

Selecto Inc. 

Spring Air Systems Inc. 



ICE MACHINES/ICE MAKERS/ 

ACCESSORIES 


Celco Inc. 

Follett Corp. 


Ice-O-Matic 


Kold-Draft Commercial Ice Machines 

Manco Distributors Inc. - Manitowoc 

Permul Ltd. 


Waterwise 

ICE-CREAM DISPLAY EQUIPMENT 

Celco Inc. 

Vollrath 

IN-ROOM 

ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEMS 


INDUCTION COOKERS 

Berghoff Ontario Group 

CookTek LLC 


KBC Specialty Products Inc. 



Vollrath 

WWRD – Hospitality (Canada) 

JUICERS 





Euro Milan Distributing 




Rotor 




Vitamix 

KETTLES 

Escan Supply Company Inc. 



KNIVES & ACCESSORIES 


Canada Cutlery Inc. 


Dexter-Russell 

Ecolab 




Mercer Culinary 



Wusthof Canada 


LAMPS & LIGHTING 

Candle Impressions 

DayTech LED 

Dolan Contract Lighting 



Philips Direct Sales 



LAUNDRY EQUIPMENT 

BC Textile Innovations Inc. 

Canadian Linen & Uniform Service 

Coinamatic Canada Inc. 

Garnier-Thiebaut Inc. 

Maytag Commercial Laundry 


LINENS 



MENUS & ACCESSORIES 

Amberfin Menu Cover Ltd. 

Divine Menu Covers 

Have Our Plastic Inc. 

Impulse Graphic & Display Solutions Inc. 

MenusOnly.com 


Soft Cafe LLC 

TouchBistro 

Van Bind 

MERCHANDISING EQUIPMENT 




MESSAGE BOARDS/DISPLAY/ 

SIGNAGE/ACCESSORIES 


Impulse Graphic & Display Solutions Inc. 

MIXERS & ACCESSORIES 






MUSIC & ENTERTAINMENT 


OIL-FILTRATION SYSTEMS 



Selecto Inc. 

SFC Systemfiltration Canada (VITO Oil 

Filtration) 



Vito Oil Filtration Systems Inc. 

OVENS 

Abaro Group Inc. 



Blodgett Oven Company 

Blue Seal 

Cadco Ltd. 

Celco Inc. 

Cookshack 

Cres Cor 

Earthstone Wood Fire Ovens 




Company Inc. 

Garland Canada/Manitowoc Foodservice 


Grande Chef 



Heritage Parts Canada 



Lainox 

Marsal Pizza Ovens 


Moretti Forni Canada 

Nella Cutlery & Food Equipment Inc. 

Pizzaovens.com 

Proluxe 


Retail Energy Control Systems 


Southbend 





TurboChef Technologies Inc. 

Vulcan 



PASTA EQUIPMENT 



Testek Inc. 

PATIO FURNITURE 

& HEATING EQUIPMENT 



Grosfillex 







PEST & ODOUR CONTROL 

Ecolab 

Intersteam Technologies 

Orkin Canada 

RAK Porcelain 

Rodex Pest Control 

PIZZA EQUIPMENT 

AEP Canada Inc. 

Baking Association of Canada 


Cookshack 


Dynamic International 



Company Inc. 

Grote 





Serve Canada 

The Montague Companyw 




Varimixer 

POINT-OF-SALE EQUIPMENT 

Agilysys Inc. 

AM/PM Service 



Cardtronics Canadaw 


Impulse Graphic & Display 

Ketchum Manufacturing Inc. 



Monex Group 






SpeedLine Solutions Inc. 

Squirrel Systems 

T3 POS Solutions 

Technic POS 

Time Business - Aloha POS 

TouchBistro 


Verifone 


Visual Information Products Inc. 

Vivonet 


POT AND PANS 


RACKS/SHELVING/STORAGE 

Cambro 

Creamer Caddy 

Cres Cor 


Ecolab 



Forte Product 



Pan Glo 

Tap Phong Trading Co. Inc. 


RANGES 


Blodgett Oven Company 

CookTek LLC 


Garland Canada/Manitowoc Foodservice 



Southbend 


REFRIGERATION EQUIPMENT 

Canadian Curtis Refrigeration Inc. 

Celco Inc. 

Diamond Ice Systems Ltd. 

Distex Restaurant Equipment 




Proud Refrigerators/Restaurant 

Equipment 


Tutto Freddo 


Zanotti Canada 

REPAIRS & 

MAINTENANCE SERVICES 

Action Restaurant Equipment 

Service Ltd. 

Barber’s Restaurant Equipment Repairs 

Grease Ducks Ltd. 






RESTROOM EQUIPMENT 

& SUPPLIES 


Cascades Tissue Group 

Delta Commercial 

Dyson Canada 

Ecolab 

Excel Dryer Inc. 





Nice-Pak Products Inc. 


Pegasus Paper/Lone Wolfe Distributors 

Plumbers Supply 

R3 Services Canada 




RICE COOKERS 



ROTISSERIES 


Celco Inc. 

Cookshack 



SAFETY & SECURITY PRODUCTS 

Ansell Canada 

CDN Print Plastic 


Enviro-Master Services 





OperationSafety 

OTEC (Ontario Tourism Education Corp.) 


Payless ShoeSource (SafeTStep-Slip 

Resistant Footwear) 


Ronco Safety Products 


Shoes For Crews 

Superior Glove 


TOA Canada Corp 



SALAD BAR & ACCESSORIES 



SANITATION EQUIPMENT 

& SUPPLIES 

3M Canada Company – Food Service 

Solutions 

Alpine Specialty Chemicals Ltd. 







Cascades Tissue Group 

Chandler 


Ecolab 


Foodservice Sustainability Solutions 



Goslyn Environmental Systems 


Karcher Canada Inc. 




Pinnacle Environmental Technologies Inc. 

Pressure Kleen Services Company Inc. 


Sanilabs Inc. 

SCA Tissue 

Sealed Air Canada Inc. Dyson Canada 


Swisssol Inc. Creative Body Care 

Wipeco Industries Inc. 

SCALES 

Ecolab 

FreePour Controls Inc. 


Thermor Ltd. 

SKILLET/ BRAISING PANS 


SmokersAlto-Shaam Inc. 

Cookshack 


Company Inc. 



STAINLESS STEEL 

(KITCHEN FACILITIES) 


Cookshack 

Evo Inc. 


Grande Chef 


Julien (Commercial Kitchen Solutions) 








World Kitchen, LLC 

STEAMERS & COOKERS 


AccuTemp Products Inc. 


Antunes 

Blodgett Corporation 

Celco Inc. 

EmberGlo 



Orient Depot 


Southbend 


Thermomix-Fantan Enterprise Ltd. 



TABLES 

A.B. Seating Mfrs. Ltd. 


Bermex (Division of BDM + Furniture Inc.) 

Contract Supply Corp. Ltd. 

Dinec, Division of BDM 


Fast Kitchens Hoods Inc. 






Noram Interiors 


Sedere Inc. 


TON - Smart Idea Inc. 


EQUIPMENT & SUPPLY COMPANY DIRECTORY 


TABLETOP & ACCESSORIES 



Aladdin Temp-Rite Canada 


Cambro 





Cuisivin 

Danesco Inc. 


Dudson Canada Inc. 

Foodservice Agents of Ontario 




Image Imports 


Libbey Foodservice 


Morton Parker (North America) Ltd. 


Oneida Food Services 

Pacific Stainless Products 

RAK Porcelain 

Reservationbooks.com 

Riegel 

Sabert 

SCA Tissue 


Spring U.S.A. 


T.O.P.I. Imports 

TableCraft 


The Homer Laughlin China Co. 


TouchBistro 


Trudeau Corp. 

Vertex China 

Vollrath 




Zanduco Restaurant Equipment 

and Supplies 

TABLEWARE 


Cambro 




Foodbuy 



Klover Sales 


Sagetra Inc. 


THERMOMETERS/SENSORS/ 

SMOKE DETECTORS 

Bios Professional - Thermor Ltd 


CDN Foodservice/Rabco Foodservice Ltd. 


Detecto Scale Company 

Ecolab 

Energex Inc. 


Mogul Wireless LP 

Testek Inc. 


TOASTERS 

Antunes 


Belleco Inc. 

Celco Inc. 

Food Service Solutions Hamilton Beach 

Commercial 

Hatco Corp. 

Serve Canada 


TRANSPORTATION & LOGISTICS 

Mercedes-Benz Canada Inc. 

Ultrak 

TRAYS 


Cambro 






TRUCKING EQUIPMENT 


Shoes for Crews 

UNIFORMS & 

PROTECTIVE APPAREL 

BC Textile Innovations Inc.Blackwood 

Career Apparel + Essentials Inc. 


Chef Revival 


Chef’s Hat Inc. 

Cintas Canada 

CMI Uniforms 

Gredico Footwear Ltd. 

Imprint Plus 


Kan Sales 

Payless ShoeSource (SafeTStep-Slip 



Shoes For Crews LLC 


Tex-Pro Western Ltd. 


Tickers Watch & Clock Co. 

Town and Country Uniforms 


WAREWASHING EQUIPMENT 



Cambro 

Celco Inc. 


Ecolab 


Kleen Canada 





Selecto Inc. 


WARMING & HOLDING EQUIPMENT 


Antunes 


Cambro 

Celco Inc. 

Cookshack 

Cres Cor 

EmberGlo 



Company Inc. 

Grande Chef 

Kendale Products Ltd. (Broaster) 




Vollrath 

WASTE-DISPOSAL SYSTEMS 


CleanRiver Recycling Solutions 




Interplast Group - W. Ralston (Canada) 

Inc. 



Organic Resource 

Sanimax 


WATER CONSERVATION 

& TREATMENT 



Ecolab 


Green Turtle Technologies 


Pentair Evepure 

Pinnacle Environmental Technologies Inc. 




Tersano Inc. 

Waterwise 

EQUIPMENT & SUPPLY 

COMPANY DIRECTORY 


783 Gilford St. 

Montreal, QC H2J 1N8 

514-987-6807 

3f1c.com 

3M Canada Company 

– Food Service Solutions 

300 Tartan Dr. 

London, ON N5V 4M9 

888-364-3577 

solutions.3mcanada.ca 

A.B. Seating Mfrs. Ltd. 

402-204 Cayer St. 

Coquitlam, BC V3K 5B1 

604-521-4545 

abseating.com 


595 Coronation Dr. 

West Hill, ON M1E 2K4 

416-281-6000 

berryglobal.com 

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in plastic food wrap...“the professional’s 

choice” featuring our patented Zipsafe 

Cutting System — replace traditional 

blades and cut film safely and quickly, 

while reducing waste. 


104-155 Main St. E., Ste. 237 

Grimsby, ON L3M 1P2 

905-562-8000 

abaro-group.com 

Access Cash 

191 Attwell Dr., Unit 4 

Toronto, ON, M9W 5Z2 

888-289-3939 

access-cash.com 

AccuTemp Product Inc. 

210-3375 Whittier Ave. 

Victoria, BC V8Z 3R1 

250-475-2665 

accutemp.net 

ACP Inc. – Accelerated 

Cooking Products 

225 49th Avenue Dr., S.W. 

Cedar Rapids, IA 52404 

319.368.8120 

acpsolutions.com 

ACQ Seating 

9-390 Tapscott Rd., Unit 9 

Scarborough, ON M1B 2Y9 

416-335-3686 

acqseating.com 

Action Restaurant 

Equipment Service Ltd. 

167 Denison St. 


905-475-1499 


600 Hodge St. 

Montreal, QC H4N 2A4 

866-530-3581 

afrafurniture.com 




Agilysys, Inc. 

1000 Windward Concourse, Ste. 250 

Alpharetta, GA 30005 

770-810-7800 

agilysys.com 

Aladdin Temp-Rite Canada Inc. 

P.O. Box 20065 

Mississauga, ON L5B 4L7 

800-387-3994 

aladdintemprite.com 

Alliance Financing Group Ltd. 

3-95 Royal Crest Crt. 

Markham, ON L3R 9X5 

(905) 660-3660 ext. 224 

alliancefinancing.com 

Alpine Specialty Chemicals Ltd. 

9 City View Dr. 

Etobicoke, ON M9W 5A5 

416-744-2120 

alpinechem.com 


207 Edgeley Blvd., Ste. 4 

Concord, ON L4K 4B5 

905-660-6781 

alto-shaam.com 

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AM/PM Service 

1110 - 2237 Hawkins St. 

Port Coquitlam, BC V3B 0M2 

800-336-2622 

ampmservice.com 

Amberfin Menu Cover Ltd. 

2409 Canoe Ave. 

Coquitlam, BC V3K 6A9 

604-468-8020 

amberfinmc.com 

Ameego 

1-1660 Kenaston Blvd., P.O. Box 70057 

Winnipeg MB, R3X 0P6 

800-770-7319 

myameego.com 

American Metalcraft Inc. 

3708 N. River Rd., Ste. 800 

Franklin Park, IL 60131 

800-333-9133 

amnow.com 

Ansell Canada 

105 Lauder St. 

Cowansville, QC J2K 2K8 

800-363-8340 

ansellcanada.ca 

Antunes 

180 Kehoe Blvd. 

Carol Stream, IL 60188 

800-253-2991 

ajantunes.com 

APG Displays 

4180 Sladeview Cres., Ste. 4 

Mississauga, ON L5L 0A1 

888-712-0785 

apgdisplays.com 


880 Milner Ave. 

Toronto, ON M1B 5N7 

416-321-5823 

rabcofoodservice.com/products/apw 

Arctic Refrigeration 

& Food Equipment 

401 Victoria Ave. N. 

Hamilton, ON L8L 5G7 

866-528-8528 

arcticfoodequip.com 


3625 Weston Rd., Unit 9 

Toronto, ON M9L 1V9 

866-276-3478 

arnottdist.com 


1582 Rand Ave. 

Vancouver, BC V8P 3G2 

888-618-6688 

auphandining.com 


950 Michelin St. 

Laval, QC H7L 5C1 

800-387-8074 

avmor.com 

Azbar Plus 

2755 Dalton Ave. 

Quebec City, QC G1P 3T1 

800-267-3672 

azbarplus.com 


8235 Swenson Way 

Delta, BC V4G 1J5 

800-572-7802 

bbcsales.com 



BakeMax/Titan Ventures 

170 Millennium Blvd. 

Moncton, NB E1E 2G8 

800-565-2253 

bakemax.com 




416-321-5823 

rabcofoodservice.com/products/bakers 

Banco 

66 Cottonwood Dr., 

Toronto, ON, M3C 2B4 

800-561-5388 

bancoems.com 


2950 N.W. 22nd Ter. 

Pompano Beach, FL 33069 

954-960-1468 

barmaidwashers.com 

Barber’s Restaurant 

Equipment Repairs 

927 Barton St. E. 

Hamilton, ON L8L 3C4 

905-527-2525 

barbersrepair.com 


1040 Parker St. 

Vancouver, BC V6A 4B9 

877-452-2430 

bargreen.com 

Bay Resource Group Inc. 

11280 Twigg Pl., Ste. 173 

Richmond, BC V6V 0A6 

866-646-6519 

bayresourcegroup.ca 

BC Textile Innovations Inc. 

507-1952 Kingsway Ave. 

Port Coquitlam, BC V3C 6C2 

866-552-7671 

textileinnovations.com 


9 Amity Rd. 

Mississauga, ON L5M 1P1 

416-434-0858 

beergassystems.com 

Belleco Inc. 

414 Hill St. 

Biddeford, ME 04005 

207-283-8006 

bellecocooking.com 

BergHOFF Ontario Group 

89 Bentworth, Unit 2B 

Toronto, ON M6A 1P6 

416-595-9530 

berghoffcookwaretoronto.ca 

Bermex (Division of 

BDM + Furniture Inc.) 

1273 Saint-Laurent Blvd. W. 

Louiseville, QC J5V 2L4 

819-601-8702 

bermex.ca 

Bios Professional - Thermor Ltd. 

16975 Leslie St. 

Newmarket, ON L3Y 8Y8 

800-387-8520 

biosprofessional.com 

BJE Hospitality Solutions 

3442 118 Ave. S.E., Unit 108 

Calgary, AB T2Z 3X1 

403-243-2378 

bje.cc 


8800 Glenlyon Pkwy. 

Burnaby, BC V5J 5K3 

866-237-8289 

bestbuycanada.ca 


99 Blacksmarch Rd., P.O. Box 6090 

St. John’s, NL A1C 5X8 

709-579-2151 

bigerics.com 

Blackwood Career 

Apparel + Essentials 

1428 Charles St. 

Vancouver, BC V5L 2S8 

604-872-5088 

blackwoodapparel.com 

Blodgett Corporation 

42 Allen Martin Dr. 

Essex Junction, VT 05452 

802-658-6600 

blodgett.com 

Blue Seal 

40 E. Pearce St. 

Richmond Hill, ON, L4B 1B7 

800-263-1455 

blue-seal.ca 

Bravo Coffee Group 

155-6260 Graybar Rd. 

Richmond, BC V6W 1H6 

604-232-9272 

bravocoffee.ca 


2855 Cranston Rd. 

Beloit, WI 53511-3991 

608-365-0193 

broaster.com 


108-4 Woodbine Downs Blvd. 

Toronto, ON M9W 5S6 

416-798-3537 

brokerhousedist.com 


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505 Apple Creek Blvd., Unit 2 


877-327-6963 

brownefoodservice.com 

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distribute value-added and innovative 

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in meeting the demanding challenges 

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and kitchenware products for 

numerous U.S. and European brands. 

BSI, LLC. 

601 E. 64th Ave., Bldg. A 

Denver, CO 80229 

800-662-9595 

bsidesigns.com 

Bullfrog Power (Toronto Office) 

160 John St., #500 

Toronto, ON M5V 2E5 

1-877-360-3464 

bullfrogpower.com 


2400-1 Winston Park Dr. 

Oakville, ON L6H 067 

855-337-2995 

bumcontract.com 


417 E. Water St., P.O. Box 150 

Urbana, Ohio 43078 

800-652-2151 

bundybakingsolutions.com 

Bunn-O-Matic Corporation of Canada 

280 Industrial Parkway South 

Aurora, ON L4G 3T9 

905-841-2866 

bunn.com 

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14-3400 Ridgeway Dr. 

Mississauga, Ont. L5L 0A2 

905-790-1881 

burlodge.com 


2000 Commerce Center Dr. 

Franklin, Ohio 45005 

937-746-1933 


101-6375 202nd St. 

Langley, BC V2Y 1N1 

604-532-0500 


1201 Lakeside Pkwy., Ste.150 

Flower Mound, TX 75028 

972-684-5736 

cpdfc.com 

Cadco Ltd. 

200 International Way 

Winsted, CT 06098 

860-738-2500, ext. 217 

cadco-ltd.com 

Calibre Sales Inc. 

8162 Keele St. 

Vaughan, ON L4K 2A5 

905-660-3603 

calibre.ca 

Cambro 

5801 Skylab Rd. 

Huntington Beach, CA 92647-2056 

800-833-3003 

cambro.com 

Campus Products Inc. (GBS) 

2871 Brighton Rd. 

Oakville, ON L6H 6C9 

905-829-2355 

cpishine.com 


1964 Notion Rd. 

Pickering, ON L1V 2G3 

800-698-8277 

canadacutlery.com 

Canadian Curtis Refrigeration Inc. 

3200 Highway 7 

Concord, ON L4K 5Z5 

905-660-0110 

canadiancurtis.com 


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75 Norfinch Dr. 

North York, ON M3N 1W8 

416-800-2370 

canadianlinen.com 

Canadian Safe Manufacturing Ltd. 

170 Chatham St. 

Hamilton, ON L8P 2B6 

905-528-7233 

canadiansafe.ca 


1217 Fraser Ave. 

Port Coquitlam, BC V3B 1M3 

866-552-3188 

canawipe.com 

Canplas Industries Ltd. 

500 Veterans Dr. 

Barrie, ON L4M 4V3 

705-726-3361 

canplasplumbing.com 


1-8080 N. Fraser Way 

Burnaby, BC V5J 0E6 

888-273-8684 

canterburycoffee.com 

Cardtronic Canada 

1420-28th St. N.E., Bay 6 

Calgary, AB T2A 7W6 

403-387-2103 

cardtronics.ca 

Carlisle Foodservice Products 

/Rabco Foodservice Ltd. 



416-321-5823 

carlislefsp.com 

Cascades Pro 

77 Marie-Victorin Blvd. 

Candiac, QC J5R 1C2 

800-361-4070 

pro.cascades.com 

CashTech Currency 

Products Inc. 

1040 Cardiff Blvd. 

Mississauga, ON L5S 1P3 

905-696-8102 

cashtechcurrency.com 

CDN Print Plastic 

6-91 Kelfield St. 


416-240-7775 

cdnprintplastic.com 

CDN Foodservice/Rabco 




416-321-5823 

cdnw.co 

Celco Inc. 

585 Secretariat Court 

Mississauga, ON L5S 2A5 

866-77CELCO(23526) 

celco.ca 

Celco is a long-established 

branded wholesaler of commercial 

foodservice equipment having 

just launched its Celcook ovens, 

complementing its highly-reputed 

Celcold refrigerators and freezers. 

Celco also distributes many 

solutions from third parties. We 

will only sell what you need and 

assure you it will be worry free 

with our service guarantee. 

Chair Source 

8305 Jane St. 

Concord, ON L4K 5Y3 

905-761-8790 

chairsource.ca 


2674 N. Service Rd. 

Jordan Station, ON L0R 1S0 

905-562-4195 

championindustries.com/canada 

Chandler 

225 Thorne Ave. 

Saint John, NB E2L 4L9 

506-658-8000 

chandlersales.com 

Chef Revival 

44 River St. 

Southbridge, MA 01550 

800-352-2433 

chefrevival.com 





35 Fulton Way, Unit 2 

Richmond Hill, ON L4B 2N4 

888-640-2433 

chefworks.ca 

Chef Works Canada is not your 

routine uniform manufacturer. 

Over the last two decades, we’ve 

been an industry leader in the 

design, development and 

management of uniform and 

culinary-apparel programs 

across Canada. Our mission is to 

provide all our clients with new, 

innovative, high-quality products 

at competitive prices. 

Chef’s Hat Inc. 

14536-115 Ave. NW 

Edmonton, AB T5M 3B9 

780-420-6700 

chefs-hat.com 

ChefTec/Culinary Software Services 

2930 Center Green Ct. 

Boulder, CO 80301 

877-576-7060 

cheftec.com 


84 Easton Rd. 


800-265-8445, ext. 227 

cmbakeware.com 

Cintas Canada 

3-6300 Kennedy Rd. 

Mississauga, ON L5T 2X5 

905-670-4409 

cintas.ca 

Clay Frotten Enterprises 

308 Cranford Walk S.E. 

Calgary, AB, T3M 1R7 

403-254-2669 

kitchens4pros.com 

CleanRiver Recycling Solutions 

189 Earl Stewart Dr. 

Aurora, ON L4G 6V5 

327-7490 

cleanriver.com 

Clear POS 

15243 91 Ave., Unit 10 

Surrey, BC V3R 9K2 

604-585-2921 

clearpos.com 

CLS Info 

4420 Côte-de-Liesse, Ste. 115 

Montreal, QC H4N 2P7 

514-341-4636 

CMI Uniforms 

424 Heddle Cres. 

Newmarket, ON L3X 2J2 

866-534-2972 

cmiuniforms.ca 

Coinamatic Canada Inc. 

301 Matheson Blvd. W. 

Mississauga, ON L5R 3G3 

905-755-1946 

coinamatic.com 


1255A Reid St., Unit 6 

Richmond Hill, ON L4B 1E9 

877-244-4408 

collisgroupinc.com 

Complete Stainless Solutions 

1630C Matheson Blvd. 

Mississauga, ON L4W 1Y4 

877-791-5409 

completestainlesssolutions.com 

Comstock-Castle Stove Co. 

119 W. Washington St. 

Quincy, IL 62301 

800-637-9188 

castlestove.com 

Contract Supply Corp. 

2555 Hensall St. 

Mississauga, ON L5A 2T1 

905-804-8808 

contractsupply.ca 

Cookshack 

2405 Sykes Blvd. 

Ponca City, OK 74601 

800-423-0698 

cookshack.com 

CookTek LLC 

2801 Trade Center Dr. 

Carrollton, TX 75007 

800-908-8726 

cooktek.com 

Cool King Refrigeration Ltd. 

680 Evans Ave. 

Vancouver, BC V6A 2K9 

604-874-5464 

coolking.com 


33 Reeds Gap Rd. 

Middlefield, CT 06455 

860-349-3473 

cooper-atkins.com 


Three Emery Ave. 

Randolph, NJ 07869 

973-366-8300 

corbyhall.com 

Core Sales Inc. 

5590 Ambler Dr. 

Mississauga, ON L4W 2K9 

905-615-8018 

coresales.ca 

Creamer Caddy 

8989 Charles St. 

Chilliwack, BC V2P 2V8 

604-792-0232 

creamercaddy.com 

Cres Cor 

5925 Heisley Rd. 

Mentor, OH 44060 

800-668-8765 

crescor.com 


1880 Kipling Ave. 

Toronto, ON M9W 4J1 

416-243-9333 

crowncookware.ca 

Crown has been a manufacturer of 

cookware, bakeware, pizza pans and 

bakery racks in Canada since 1981. 

Pick from our standard sizes or 

have us make your pan to your 

specifications. 


37 Adams Blvd. 

Brantford, ON N3S 7V8 

888-505-7240 

crownverity.com 

Cummins-Allison 

3-3350 Ridgeway Dr. 

Mississauga, ON L5L 5Z9 

905-814-6184 

cumminsallison.ca 

Cuisivin 

880 Cranberry Ct. 

Oakville, ON L6L 6J7 

905-847-7836 

winecellarexpress.com 


895 Munck Ave. 

Laval, QC H7S 1A9 

800-363-5926 

diamond-group.com 


90 Walker Dr. 


888-326-2627 

danamark.com 

Danesco Inc. 

18111 Trans Canada Highway 

Kirkland, QC H9J 3K1 

514-694-9111 

danescoinc.com 


2121 Markham Rd. 

Toronto, ON M1B 2W3 

800-465-9696 

dartcanada.ca 

Dart Canada offers a complete 

line of single-use products for 

foodservice beverage and mealservice 

needs, including cups, 

lids, food containers, dinnerware 

and cutlery. 


12830 S. Dixie Highway 

Bowling Green, OH 43402 

419-353-2458 

daymarksafety.com 

DayTech LED Inc. 

151 Aviva Park Dr. 

Woodbridge, ON L4L 9C1 

877-565-8533 

daytechled.com 

Delta Commercial 


Mississauga, ON L4Z 2H2 

800-387-8277 

deltacommercialfaucets.ca 

Detecto Scale Company 

203 E. Daugherty St. 

Webb City, MO 64870 

417-673-4631 

detecto.com 

Dexter-Russell 

44 River St. 

Southbridge, MA 01550 

800-343-6042 

dexter1818.com 

Diamond Ice Systems Ltd. 

2515 Eastbrook Pkwy. 

Burnaby, BC, V5C 5W2 

877-551-5599 

diamondicesystems.com 

Dinec, Division of BDM 

1273 St-Laurent Blvd. W. 


819-601-8702 

dinec.com 




10 Alden Road, Unit 3 

Markham, ON, L3R 2S1 

905-660-3388 

discussupplyco.com 

Distex Restaurant Equipment 

585 Meloche Ave. 

Dorval, QC, H9P 2T1 

800-567-3620 

distex.ca 

Diversified Metal Products Inc. 

(Dispense-Rite) 

2205 Carlson Dr. 

Northbrook, IL 60062-6705 

847-753-9595 

dispense-rite.com 

Divine Menu Covers Ltd. 

219 Norseman St. 

Toronto, ON M8Z 2R5 

416-253-5849 

divinemenucovers.com 

DMX Canada 

7260 12th St. S.E., Ste. 120 

Calgary, AB T2H 2S5 

800-350-0369 

dmxmusic.com 

Dolan Contract Lighting 

222 Second Ave. Ext S. 


888-506-7383 

dolanhospitality.com 


5750 50th St. N.W. 

Edmonton, AB T6B 2Z8 

844-879-5348 

drader.com 


5604 Departure Dr. 

Raleigh, NC 27616 

919-877-0200 

dudson.com 

Dvise Telecom Solutions 

52 Village Centre Pl., Ste. 203 

Mississauga, ON L4Z 1V9 

905-607-5738 

dvisetelecom.com 

Dynamic Digital Technologies 

3-1455 16th Ave. 

Richmond Hill, ON L4B 4W5 

905-707-0455 

dynamicdigital.ca 


BUYER’S 

GUIDE 


3227 Pitfield Blvd. 

Montreal, QC H4S 1H3 

800-267-7794 

dynamicmixers.ca 

Dynamic offers the largest and 

most extensive range of immersion 

blenders and accessories on the 

market as well as salad spinners, 

manual dicers and juicers. All 

products are designed and 

manufactured in France, ensuring 

quality, quality, dependability dependability and durability and 

durability second second to none. to none. 

Dyson Canada 

312 Adelaide St. W., Seventh Floor 

Toronto, ON M5V 1R2 

877-397-6622 

dysoncanada.ca 

Earthstone Wood Fire Ovens 

6717 San Fernando Rd. 

Glendale, CA 91201 

818-553-1134 

earthstoneovens.com 

Ecolab/ Ecosure Solutions 

5105 Tomken Rd. 

Mississauga, ON L4W 2X5 

800-352-5326 

ecolab.com 

Electro Freeze 

2116 8th Ave. 

East Moline, IL 61244 

800-755-4545 

electrofreeze.com 

Eliason Corp. 

9229 Shaver Rd. 

Kalamazoo, MI 49024 

800-828-3655 

EmberGlo 

4140 W. Victoria St. 

Chicago, IL 60646-6727 

866-705-0515 

emberglo.com 


4465 Kipling St., Ste. 201 

Wheat Ridge, CO 80033 

800-726-0368 

Enbridge Gas Distribution 

500 Consumers Rd. 

North York, ON M2J 1P8 

877-362-7434 

enbridgegas.com 


30 High Meadow Pl. 


866-321-1508 

enercare.ca/commercial 

Energex Inc. 

138 W. 8th Ave. 

Vancouver, BC V5Y 1N2 

866-787-1836 

energexinc.com 

Enostore 

590 Annette St. 

Toronto, ON M6S 2C4 

888-386-1181 

enostore.ca 


417 Minuet Ld., Ste. G 

Charlotte, NC 28217 

704-302-1016 

enviro-master.info 

ERG Music/Symphonex 

3465 Semenyk Ct. 

Mississauga, ON L5C 4P9 

905-615-8585 

ergmusic.com 


104-155 Main St. E., Ste. 238 

Grimsby, ON L3M 1P2 

905-562-5360 

escansc.com 

Euro Milan Distributing 



905-501-8600 

euromilan.com 

Evo Inc. 

20560 S.W. 115th Ave. 

Tualatin, OR 97062 

503-626-1802 

evoamerica.com 


357 Chestnut St. 

East Longmeadow, MA 01028 

888-998-7704 

exceldryer.com 

Faema Canada 

672 Dupont St., Ste. 201 

Toronto, ON M6G 1Z6 

416-800-1588 

faema.ca 


13105 N.W. 47th Ave. 

Miami, FL 33054 

866-463-2467 

fagorcommercial.com 


6150 des Grandes Prairies 

Saint Leonard, QC H1P 1A2 

866-439-7984 

fastkitchenhood.com 

Fetco Food Equipment 

Technologies Company 

600 Rose Rd. 

Lake Zurich, IL 60047 

800-338-2699 

fetco.com 


107-2999 Underhill Ave. 

Burnaby, BC V5A 3C2 

778-383-6200 

fifobottle.com 

Foam 5 Division, 

Kwickway Products Corp. 

1060 Jayson Ct. 

Mississauga, ON L4W 2V5 

905-624-4996 

foam5.com 


#2 - 6599 Kitimat Rd. 


1-800-668-8765 

info@myfss.ca 

FSS is a Canadian distributor of 

innovative food equipment to the 

commercial food service market. 

We employ experienced chefs to 

represent our brands because they 

understand the unique challenges 

food service operators face and 

provide a consultative approach to 

solve operational challenges. As 

a 51-year-old company, we have 

grown exponentially by helping our 

customers achieve their goals. 

Fogel U.S.A. 

831 E. Cayuga St. 

Philadelphia, PA 19124 

215-464-6800 

fogelusa.com 

Follett Corp. 

801 Church Lane 

Easton, PA 18040 

800-523-9361 

follettice.com 


355 Rayette Rd. 


800-387-1098 


1 Prologis Blvd. 


905-795-5100 

foodbuy.ca 





155 Edward St., Unit 1 

Aurora, ON L4G 1W5 

905-841-0990 

styrosmart.com 

Forte Product 

4801 Main St., Ste. 250 

Kansa City, MO 64112 

573-760-1227 

forteproductsolutions.com 

Fortessa Tableware 

Solutions Canada 

1868 Glen Drive, No. 145 

Vancouver, BC V6A 4K4 

905-470-0646 

ftsonline.com 


200B-1865 Lakeshore Rd. W. 

Mississauga, ON L5G 4P1 

289-373-3071 

freepour.com 

FWE - Food Warming 

Equipment Company Inc. 

1540 Carlemont Dr., Ste. A 

Crystal Lake, IL 60014 

800-222-4393 

fwe.com 


7401 Security Way, Ste. 200 

Jersey Village, TX 77040 

713-467-9394 

get-melamine.com 

Gallery Metalworks Inc. 

940 Westport Cres. 

Mississauga, ON L5T 1G1 

905-795-0808 

metalworksrailingsandstanchions.com 

Garland Canada/Manitowoc 

Foodservice 

1177 Kamato Rd. 


905-624-1419 

garlandcanada.ca 

Garnier-Thiebaut Inc. 

3000 S. Eads St. 

Arlington, VA 22202 

888-954-6967 

gtlinens.com 

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GBS Foodservice Equipment, Inc. 

2871 Brighton Rd. 

Oakville, ON L6H 6C9 

888-402-1242 

gbscooks.com 

National sales, service and 

technical support. Products include 

combi-ovens, broilers, open-well 

fryers, rotisseries, merchandisers 

(hot and cold) cutlery dryers, glass 

polishers, heavy-duty ranges, griddles, 

char-broilers, blast chillers/ 

freezers, commercial juicers, vertical 

broilers, ice makers, commercial 

pre-rinse faucets, refrigeration. 


241 N. Main St., P.O. Box 389 

Ambler, PA 19002-0389 

215-646-7667 

gessnerproducts.com 


31-910 Rowntree Dairy Rd. 

Vaughan, ON L4L 5W6 

1-866-761-1080 

ggbventures.com 

GGB is a third-generation family 

business with more than 40 years 

of experience as MirOil Canada. The 

products are designed to save money 

in frying oil and improving fried-food 

quality for restaurants and food 

processors. GGB takes pride in 70+ 

years of experience in the distribution 

of T&S brass and bronze high-quality 

foodservice plumbing products. 


BUYER’S 

GUIDE 

Global Furniture Group 

1350 Flint Rd. 

Toronto, ON M3J 2J7 

416-661-3660 

globalfurnituregroup.com 


3770B Laird Rd., Unit 5 

Mississauga, ON L5L 0B3 

888-209-0999 


155 Edward St., Unit 1 

Aurora, ON L4G 1W3 

905-841-0990 

goslyn.ca 

Grande Chef 

21 Stewart Ct. 

Orangeville, ON L9W 3Z9 

519-942-4470 

grande-chef.ca 

Grease Ducks Ltd. 

100 Park Royal, Ste. 200 

West Vancouver, BC V7T 1A2 

800-646-0887 

greaseducks.com 

Gredico Footwear Ltd. 

415 Annagem Blvd. 

Mississauga, ON L5T 3A7 

866-855-0755 

gredicofootwear.com 

Green Turtle Technologies 

880 Rangeview Rd. 

Mississauga, ON L5E 1G9 

416-966-9400 

greenturtletech.com 


4003 Collins Lane 

Louisville, KY 40245 

800-695-4500 

gmcw.com 

Grosfillex 

230 Old West Penn Ave. 

Robesonia, PA 19551 

800-233-3186 

grosfillexfurniture.com 


250 North St. 

Danvers, MA 01923 

978-777-0200w 

whipcream.com 

Guertech Inc. 

1000 Cormier St., Ste. 100 

Drummondville, QC J2C 2N6 

819-478-5375 

guertech.com 

Habco 

501 Gordon Baker Rd. 

Toronto, ON M2H 2S6 

800-387-5398 

habcomfg.com 


1021 Brevik Place, 

Mississauga, ON L4W 3R7 

905-624-0301 

sales.ca@halton.com 

halton.com 

Halton Foodservice is a provider 

of ventilation and controls based 

solutions for commercial kitchens. 

From exhaust, supply and emission 

control, we cover the globe. 


4421 Waterfront Dr. 

Glen Allen, VA 23060 

866-285-1087 

hamiltonbeachcommercial.com 


675 The Parkway 

Peterborough, ON K9J 7K2 

705-743-5361 

harco.on.ca 

Hatco Corp. 

635 S. 28th St. 

Milwaukee, WI 53215 

800-558-0607 

hatcocorp.com 

HOP - Have Our Plastic Inc. 

2825 Argentia Rd., Unit 4 

Mississauga, ON L5N 8G6 

905-821-7550 

hop.ca 


1219 U.S. 35 W., P.O. Box 60 

Eaton, OH 45320 

937-456-8400 

hennypenny.com 


100 Thorncliffe Park Dr. 

Toronto, ON M4H 1L9 

800-239-5152 

partsexpert@heritageparts.ca 

heritageparts.ca 

Heritage Parts is Canada’s leading 

distributor of 100% Genuine OEM 

foodservice replacement parts for 

commercial kitchen equipment. Heritage 

offers single-source access to parts and 

technical information from more than 

800 foodservice manufacturers, 

including hot side, cold side, beverage, 

and warewashing equipment. 


105 Gordon Baker Rd., Ste. 801 

Toronto, ON M2H 3P8 

866-334-2371 

hobart.ca 




2920 North Main St. 

Oshkosh, WI 54901 

800-558-9300 

hoffmaster.com 

Image Imports 

15 Brownridge Rd., Unit 7 

Halton Hills, ON L7G 0C6 

519-576-8222 

imagetabletop.com 

Irinox U.S.A 

9990 N.W. 14th St., Ste. 107 

Doral, FL 33172 

786-870-5064 

irinoxprofessional.com 


701 Don Mills Rd., Ste. 2503 

Toronto, ON M3C 1R9 

416-538-8793 

hsquaredcanada.com 


236 de-la-Gare St. 

St-Eustache, QC J7R 0G8 

888-673-4015 

imperialsnacking.com 


9550 Satellite Blvd., Ste. 100 

Orlando, FL 32837 

888-488-1423 

itvice.com 


226 Industrial Parkway N. 

Aurora, ON L4G 4C3 

905-713-6515 

kasonind.com 

HTS Company 


Toronto, ON M3N 1W8 

416-661-3400 

hts.com 

Hubert Distributing Company, Inc. 

20 Valleywood Dr., Ste. 108 

Markham, ON L3R 6G1 

888-835-7929 

hubert.ca 


1965 Frank-Carrel St. 

Quebec City, QC G25 1C2 

877-423-8111 

thermomixcanada.ca 

Imprint Plus 

21320 Gordon Way, Unit 260 


800-563-2464 

imprintplus.com 


325 Weston Rd., Unit 6D 

Toronto, ON M6N 4Z9 

877-852-4938 

ivocutlery.com 


7111 Tranmere Dr. 

Mississauga, ON L5S 1M2 

905-673-5644 

jamcowood.com 

Kason has built a reputation 

as the premier manufacturer of 

commercial-foodservice hardware, 

accessories and supplies for more 

than 90 years. Our name stands 

for superior quality, customer 

service and craftsmanship – 

and our dedication to excellence 

shows in every product we make. 

Demand the best – demand 

genuine Kason products. 

Iceculture, Inc. 

81 Brock St. 

P.O. Box 232 

Hensall, ON N0M 1X0 

888-251-9967 

iceculture.com 

Ice-O-Matic 

11100 East 45th Ave. 

Denver, CO 80239 

303-576-3019 

amy.gagliano@iceomatic.com 

iceomatic.com 

Ice-O-Matic is the premier 

manufacturer, distributor and 

supplier of ice machines worldwide. 

We provide a full line of cubers, 

flakers and our patented Pearl Ice® 

machines, plus we offer the highestquality 

storage bins, dispensers and 

water filters in the business. Our 

commitment is—and always has 

been—providing you with the 

simplest, most reliable 

commercial ice machines. 

Igloo Food Equipment 


Toronto, ON M3N 1X1 

888-408-8819 

igloofoodequipment.com 


197 Main St. 

Frederiction, NB E3A 1E1 

914-253-4473 

illy.com 

Impulse Graphic 

& Display Solutions Inc. 

180 Traders Blvd. E. 

Mississauga, ON L4Z 1W7 

866-636-8273 

impulsegds.com 

InnQuest Canada 

100-18236 105 Ave. 

Edmonton, AB T5S 2R5 

780-443-3084 

innquestcanada.ca 


105-9790 Second St. 

Sidney, BC V8L 3Y8 

250-656-9790 

innsourcesolutions.com 


481 North Service Rd. W. 

Oakville, ON L6M 2V6 

905-465-1266 

instacomm.com 

Intello Technologies 

606 Champlain St., Ste. 302 

Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC J3B 6X1 

888-404-6268 

intello.com 

Interplast Group-W Ralston 

(Canada Inc.) 

3300 Côte-Vertu Rd. Ste. 200 

Montreal, QC H4R 2B7 

844-434-5656 

cttgroup.com 


12 Bigwin Rd., Ste. 3 

Hamilton, ON L8W 3R4 

800-281-4413 

intersteam.com 


36 Milvan Dr. 

North York, ON M9L 1Z4 

416-741-1800 

jetcomfg.com 


4180 de-Courtrai Ave., Ste. 115 

Montreal, QC H3S 1C3 

514-728-9977 

johnfrancis.ca 


7300 E. Danbro Cres. 

Mississauga, ON L5N 6C2 

905-817-1470 

johnsonrose.ca 

Julien (Commercial Kitchen Solutions) 

955 Lachance St. 

Quebec City, QC G1P 2H3 

800-461-3377 

julien.ca 

Jura Canada 



905-501-7600 

ca.jura.com 

Kan Sales 

8162 Keele St. 

Concord, ON L4K 2A5 

905-738-1661 

kansales.promocan.com 

Karcher Canada Inc. 

6535 Millcreek Rd., Unit 67 

Mississauga, ON L5N 2M2 

888-705-9444 

kaercher.com/ca 

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3397 American Dr., Unit 5 

Mississauga, ON L4V 1T8 

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905-565-7117 

kbcspecialty.com 


465 Central Ave. 

Fort Erie, ON L2A 3T8 

kendale@kendale.ca 

kendale.ca 

Kendale Products Ltd. distributes 

Southern Pride Smokers (industry- leading 

quality and durability) and Broaster 

Pressure Fryers (most dependable and 

efficient pressure fryers) along with the 

Genuine Broaster Chicken Program for 

all of Canada. Authorized dealer for Marra 

Forni Wood-Burning Ovens 


1245 California Ave. 

Brockville, ON K6V 7N5 

613-342-8455 

ketchum.ca 

Kinetico Water Systems Canada 

10-21 Parr Blvd. 

Bolton, ON L7E 4G3 

866-351-8722 

kinetico.ca/commercial 


6358 Viscount Rd. 

Mississauga, ON L4V 1H3 

800-387-1858 

kitcarecorp.com 





200-6750 Century Ave. 

Mississauga, ON L5N 0B7 

800-807-6777 

kitchenaid.ca/commercial 


175 E. Hoffman Ave. 

Lindenhurst, NY 11757 

631-226-6688 

marsalsons.com 


161 Four Valley Dr. 

Vaughan, ON L4K 4V8 

888-325-3957 

mieleprofessional.ca 

Kleen Canada 

950 Michelin St. 

Laval, QC H7L 5C1 

450-629-3800 

kleencanada.com 


20 Norelco Dr. 

North York, ON M9L 2X6 

647-253-6300 

lg.ca/commercial 

Master-Bilt 

908 Highway 15 N. 

New Albany, MS 38652 

800-647-1284 

master-bilt.com 


183 Montcalm Blvd. N. 

Candiac, QC J5R 3L6 

450-659-6531 

mke-ind.com 

Klover Sales 

330 Wildcat Rd. 


416-900-4112 

kloversales.com 


6982 S. Quentin St. 

Centennial, CO 80112 

303-539-8300 

koalabear.com 

LG Electronics Canada is the 

industry leader in hotel-and 

guest-centric display solutions. 

The innovative business-to-business 

division provides a portfolio with 

products specifically designed for 

the hospitality space, including 

commercial interactive TVs, touch 

screen displays, desktop LCD 

monitors, set-top boxes, digital 

signage and video-wall solutions 

for public spaces. 


3075 14th Ave., Unit 15 

Markham, ON L3R 0G9 

905-752-1200 

matrixpos.com 

Maytag Commercial Laundry 

200-6750 Century Ave 

Mississauga, ON L5N 0B7 

800-688-2002 

whirlpool.com 

Mogul Wireless LP 

P.O. Box 70300 


866-776-6485 

mogulwireless.com 


152 Harry Bye Blvd. P.O. Box 693 

Mount Forest, ON N0G 2L0 

877-558-5576 

molokna.com 

Kold-Draft Commercial 

Ice Machines 

1525 East Lake Rd. 

Erie, PA 16511-1088 

814-453-6761 

kold-draft.com 

Kolpak 

2915 Tennessee Ave. N. 

Parsons, TN 38363 

800-826-7036 

kolpak.com 


1900 Minnesota Ct., Ste. 200 

Mississauga, ON L5N 5R5 

905-812-6900 

afh.krugerproducts.ca 

Lainox 

6599 Kitimat Rd., Unit 2 


800-668-8765 

chesher.com 



Montreal, QC H4S 1S4 

888-333-8456 

laniel.com 


120 Wall St., 27th Floor 

New York, NY 10005 

212-725-8800 

lavazza-canada.ca 


350 Clayson Rd. 

Toronto, ON M9M 2H2 

416-745-9588 

ledafurniture.com 


300 Madison Ave. 

Toledo, OH 43604 

419-325-2100 

foodservice.libbey.com 

Lonseal, Inc. 

928 E. 238th St. 

Carson, CA 90745 

310-830-7111 

lonseal.com 

Maestro Property 

Management Systems 

65 Allstate Pkwy., Ste. 100 

Markham, Ontario L3R 9X1 

905-940-1923 

maestropms.com 

Magic White Inc. 

80 Crockford Blvd. 

Toronto, ON M1R 3C2 

800-263-9516 

magicwhite.ca 

MagiKitch’n, Inc. 

553 Route 3A 

Bow, NH 03304 

603-225-6684 

magikitchn.com 


1106 Dearness Dr., Unit 4 

London, ON N6E 1N9 

800-465-2400 

maitredpos.com/posera.com 

Manco Distributors Inc. 

- Manitowoc 

25 Iron St. 


416-247-8422 

manitowocice.com 


361 Connie Cres., Unit B 


877-634-2522 

mega-lab.com 


585 Secretariat Ct. 

Mississauga, ON L5S 2A5 

416-727-5667 

megcour.com 


1349 Heil Quaker Blvd. 

La Vergne, TN 37086 

800-556-3456 

meiko.us 

Menusano 

400 University Ave., Mezzanine 

Toronto, ON M5G 1S5 

416-640-2345 

menusano.com 

Mercedes-Benz Canada Inc. 

98 Vanderhoof Ave. 

Toronto, ON M4G 4C9 

800-387-0100 

thesprinter.ca 

Mercer Culinary 

1860 Smithtown Ave. 

Ronkonkoma, NY 11779 

800-221-5202 

mercercutlery.com 

Metropolitan Wire 

(Canada) Ltd. 

3160 Orlando Dr. 

Mississauga, ON L4V 1R5 

905-676-9890 

metro.com 


1273 St-Laurent Blvd. W. 


514-380-5576 

mi-di.ca 

Monex Group 


Toronto, ON M2N 6C6 

866-286-7787 

monexgroup.com 



Mississauga, ON L0J 9H8 

905-501-8600 

morettiforni.ca 


605 Middlefield Rd., Unit 13 

Scarborough, ON M1V 5B9 

416-321-9284 

morsmenucover.com 

Morton Parker 

(North America) Ltd. 

99 Dufferin Ave., P.O. Box 547 

Trenton, ON K8V 5R7 

613-392-9203 

mortonparker.com 

Multi-Systems, Inc. 

7600 N. 15th St., Ste. 250 

Phoenix, AZ 85020 

800-331-7890 

msisolutions.com 

Mul-T-Mat & Supply Co. 

106 Rayette Rd., Unit 4 


800-567-6287 

mul-t-mat.com 


5659 Royalmount Ave. 

Montreal, QC H4P 2P9 

514-737-9701 

mvpgroupcorp.com 


157 Bentworth Ave. 

Toronto, ON M6A 1P6 

647-345-8414 

nadurrawood.com 



3544 Nashua Dr. 

Mississauga, ON L4V 1L2 

905-795-1667 

nationaleventsupply.com 

National Event Supply is a nationwide 

wholesale supplier of tabletop items, 

including dinnerware, flatware, crystal/ 

glass stemware and serveware for the 

restaurant and hospitality industry. 

Nella Cutlery & Food 

Equipment Inc. 

1255 Fewster Dr. 

Mississauga, ON L4W 1A2 

905-823-1110 

nellacutlery.ca 


1331 Blundell Rd. 

Mississauga, ON L4Y 1M6 

905-273-3020 

neo-image.com 


1130 Sherbrooke St. 

Montreal, QC H3A 2M8 

855-325-5783 

nespresso.com 




416-512-9000 

nestleprofessional.com 


9485 189th St., Ste. 205 

Surrey, BC V4N 5L8 

800-459-2882 

newtechbeverage.com 


2 Nice-Pak Park 

Orangeburg, NY 10962 

800-444-6725 

nicepak.com 


240 Superior Blvd. 


800-668-8400 

nilfisk-advance.ca 

Noram Interiors 

29 Portland St. 

Toronto, ON M8Y 1A6 

416-236-0771 

noraminteriors.com 





5650 Keaton Cres., Unit B 


905-502-8222 

noraxx.ca 

Nor-Lake Inc. 

727 Second St. 

Hudson, WI 54016 

800-955-5253 

norlake.com 


8088 River Way 

Delta, BC V4K 1K9 

800-663-5965 

northern-feather.com 


140-2251 No. 5 Rd. 

Richmond, BC V6X 2S8 

604-272-7766 

northpointcanadian.com 

NRG Equipment Inc. 

44 E. Beaver Creek Rd., Unit 15 

Richmond Hill, ON L4B 1G8 

905-707-5027 

nrgequipment.ca 


4834 Westmore Ave. 

Montreal, ON H4V 1Z3 

438-764-6444 

oilchef.com 

Oneida Food Services 

2893 W Fair Ave. 

Lancaster, OH 43130 

800-828-7033 

foodservice.oneida.com 


1081 Abbott St. 

Milton, ON L9T 5P5 

866-932-9403 

operationsafety.ca 


500 Oracle Pkwy. 

Redwood Shores, CA 94065 

800-392-2999 

oracle.com 


2647 Turner St. 

Victoria, BC V8T 4T8 

250-595-8504 

orcadynamics.com 

Orient Depot 

5700 Keaton Cres., Unit 2 

Mississauga, ON L5R 3H5 

905-507-6888 

orientdepot.ca 


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Orkin Canada 

5840 Falbourne St. 

Mississauga, ON L5R 4B5 

800-800-6754 

orkincanada.ca 

For more than 100 years, Orkin 

Canada has been a leader in effective 

and environmentally responsible 

pest control, bird control, wildlife 

management and washroom care 

services. 

OTEC (Ontario Tourism 

877-449-8838 

Orkin_EL.indd Education 1 Corp.) 

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21 Four Seasons Pl., Ste. 300 

Toronto, ON M9B 6J8 

800-557-6832 

otec.org 




800-332-7787 

pgpro.ca 

At P&G Professional, we understand the 

importance of professionally cleaned 

spaces. Because first impressions 

and lasting experiences are so critical, 

we help our business partners apply 

innovative technology to the science of 

commercial cleaning. 


14 Connie Cres., Unit 13 

Concord, ON L4K 2W8 

877-738-9081 

pva-enterprises.com 

Pacific Stainless Products 

58500 McNulty Way 

Saint Helens, OR 97051 

888-618-2122 

pacificstainless.com 

Pan Glo 

84 Easton Rd. 


519-756-2800 ext 237 

bundybakingsolutions.com 


5770 Ambler Dr. 

Mississauga, ON L4W 2T3 

905-624-5010 

panasonic .com/ca 

PanSaver (M&Q Packaging) 

542 N. Lewis Rd., Ste. 206 

Limerick, PA 19468 

877-726-7287 

pansaver.com 

PAR Technology Corp. 

8383 Seneca Turnpike 

New Hartford, NY 13413 

800-448-6505 

partech.com 

Payless ShoeSource 

(SafeTStep-Slip 


3231 S.E. 6th Ave. 

Topeka, KS 66610-2207 

785-233-5171 

payless.com/safetstep-1 

Pegasus Paper/Lone 

Wolfe Distributors 

2004 80 Ave. 

Edmonton, AB T6P 1N2 


1040 Muirfield Dr. 

Hanover Park, IL 60133 

630-307-3000 

foodservice.pentair.com 

Perfect Fry Company LLC 

P.O. Box 501 

Concord, NH 03302-0501 

603-225-6684 

perfectfry.com 

Perlick Corp. 

8300 W. Good Hope Rd. 

Milwaukee, WI 53223 

800-558-5592 

perlick.com 

Permul Ltd. 

3397 American Dr., Unit 5 

Mississauga, ON L4V 1T8 

800-567-4432 

permul.com 


281 Hillmount Rd. 

Markham, ON L6C 2S3 

905-201-4100 

lighting.philips.ca 

PhoneSuite 

2150 W. 6th Ave., Unit D 

Broomfield, CO 80020 

800-245-9933 

phonesuite.com 

PI Creative Art 

1180 Caledonia Rd. 

Toronto, ON M6A 2W5 

416-789-7156 

picreativeart.com 

Pinnacle Environmental 

Technologies Inc. 

22867 Fraser Highway 

Langley, BC V2Z 2T3 

866-514-7555 





553 Route 3A 

Bow, NH 03304 

603-225-6684 

pitco.com 


24418 S Main St. #412 

Carson, CA 90745 

877-367-6836 

pizzaovens.com 


13700 Mayfield Pl., Ste. 2125 

Richmond, BC V6V 2E4 

604-278-2901 

plannetlogix.com 


70 Esna Park Dr., Units 9 & 10 

Markham, ON L3R 6E7 

905-944-0805 

plasticparameters.com 

Plumbers Supply 

900 Brock Rd. 

Pickering, ON L1W 1Z9 

905-686-9969 

plumberssupply.ca 

Polar Pak Inc. 

4500 Cousens St. 

St-Laurent, QC 

514-331-0207 

polarplastic.ca 

Potis North America 

62 Daimler Dr. 

Kitchener, ON N2A 3W3 

519-893-3481 

potisna.com 


2016 Gees Mill Rd., Ste. 200 

Conyers, GA 30013 

601-372-3903 

unifiedbrands.net/products/power-soak 


12837 Industrial Park Blvd. 

Plymouth, MN 55441 

800-549-4491 

precisionpours.com 

Pressure Kleen 

Services Company Inc. 

71 Kelfield St. 


866-553-3658 

pressurekleen.com 


5 Roddis Rd. 

Elliot Lake, ON P5A 2T1 

800-798-3115, ext. 234 

prestigepodiums.com 

Profitek 

2688 Shell Rd., Ste. 108 

Richmond, BC V6X 4E1 

604-248-2348 

profitek.com 

Proluxe 

20281 Harvil Ave. 

Perris, CA 92570 

800- 624-6717 

proluxe.com 


1869 E. Shawnigan Lake Rd., 

P.O. Box 40 

Shawnigan Lake, BC V0R 2W0 

800-519-1222 

promolux.com 

Proud Refrigerators 

/Restaurant Equipment 

310 Beta Ave. 

Burnaby, BC V5G 4K4 

855-905-5556 

proudref.com 

Pubstumpers 

9-126 Sinnot Rd. 

Toronto, ON M1L 4N2 

416-278-7238 

thecrowdmakers.com 




800-647-6938 

puretap.ca 

R3 Services Canada 

4240 Harvester Rd., Ste. 3 

Burlington, ON L7L 5M4 

866-964-0144 

r3redistribution.ca 




416-321-5823 

rabcofoodservice.com 

RAK Porcelain 

(Distributed by Horeca & Co. Inc.) 

2317 Guenette St. 

Montreal, QC H4R 2E9 

514-379-3330 

rakporcelain.ca 

RAK Porcelain is growing into one of 

the leading manufacturers of porcelain in 

the world. With a production of 28-million 

pieces per annum, more than 20,000 

star Hotels Worldwide, and network 

in over 135 countries. 


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RATIONAL Canada 

107-2410 Meadowpine Blvd. 

Mississauga, ON L5N 6S2 

905-567-5777 

rational-online.com 

The RATIONAL SelfCookingCenter® 

is more than just an ordinary 

combi-steamer. It’s the first and only 

cooking system with real intelligence, 

and it’s revolutionising the way food 

is prepared. 




888-571-2627 

redmondwilliams.com 


1675 Reigle Dr. 

Kewaskum, WI 53040 

262-626-2121 

regalware.com 


With over 50 years of experience, 

Reliance is the leading provider 

of water heaters, furnaces, air 

conditioners and water purification 

solutions for business. More businesses 

are choosing to rent their equipment 

with us. Here’s why: 

• 4-hour on-site service response 

• No upfront equipment costs 

• One monthly bill covers 

maintenance, service and repairs 

• Free replacement if equipment 

cannot be repaired 

Wisam Hermez 

Commercial Sales Manager 

WHermez@reliancecomfort.com 

866-764-8131 


Meriline Rd., P.O. Box 78029 

Ottawa, ON K2E 1B1 

800-942-7086 

reservationbooks.com 


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Retail Energy Control Systems 

48 Enfield Dr. 

Cambridge, ON N1P 1A4 

866-750-7327 

recs.ca 

Reynolds Consumer Products 

1900 W. Field Ct. 

Lake Forest, IL 60045 

800-879-5067 

reynoldsconsumerproducts.com 

RezPlus (SiteBenefits Inc.) 

58 Antares Dr., Second Floor, Unit 2 

Ottawa, ON K2E 7W6 

613-825-0997 

rezplus.com 

Ridalco Industries Inc. 

1084 Kenaston St., Unit 4 

Ottawa, ON K1B 3P5 

800-445-1097 

ridalco.com 


28 Villosa Ridge Dr. 

Calgary, AB T3Z 1H2 

403-229-0487 

ridgerock.ca 

Riegel 

51 Riegel Rd. 

Johnston, SC 29832 

800-845-2232 

riegellinen.com 


15-75 Bayly St. W., Ste. 342 

Ajax, ON L1S 7K7 

905-428-7729 

risenshine.ca 


3993 Henning Dr., Ste. 207 

Burnaby, BC V5C 6N5 

604-876-5688 

riverwoodsales.com 

RMC Premium Beverage 

125 Traders Blvd. E., Unit 2 

Mississauga, ON L4Z 2H3 

905-816-9868 

rmcbeverage.com 


264 South Perkins 

Ridgeland, MS 39157 

800-824-1646 

robotcoupeusa.com 

Rotor 

6599 Kitimat Rd., Unit 2 


905-363-0309 

chesher.com/manufacturers/rotor 


891 Marinet Cres. 

Pickering, ON L1W 2M2 

416-871-6569 

rodexpestcontrol.com 



Ronco 

70 Planchet Rd. 

Concord, ON L4K 2C7 

905-660-6700 

roncosafety.com 

Sound Products Ltd. 

1016C Sutton Dr., Unit 12 

Burlington, ON L7L 6B8 

800-263-4996 

soundproducts.ca 


586 Argus Rd. 

Oakville, ON L6J 3J3 

800-998-7004 

rubbermaidcommercial.com 


3011 Country Rd. 29 

Brockville, ON K6V 5V2 

800-267-8182 

russellhendrix.com 

S.T.O.P. Restaurant Supply Ltd. 

206 Centennial Ct. 

Kitchener, ON N2B 3X2 

519-749-2710 

shopatstop.com 

Sabert 

2288 Main St. Extension 

Sayreville, NJ 08872 

800-722-3781 

sabert.com 

Sagetra Inc. 

6300 Transcanadienne St. 

St-Laurent, QC H4T 1X9 

514-335-9851 

sagetra.com 

Specialty Beverage Solutions 

7519 Flint Rd. S.E. 

Calgary, AB T2H 1G3 

888-805-5528 

SBSolutions.ca 

SBS imports and distributes cuttingedge 

equipment and accessories for 

the beverage industry. 

SCA Tissue 

1275 N. Service Rd. W., Ste. 612 

Oakville, ON L6M 3G4 

800-361-6944 

sca.com 


101 Corporate Woods Pkwy. 

Vernon Hills, IL 60061 

800-726-8762 

scotsman-ice.com 

Sculpture Hospitality 

1001-505 Consumers Rd. 

Toronto, ON M2J 4Z2 

888-238-4626 

sculpturehospitality.com 

Shoes For Crews 

5000 T-Rex Ave. 

Boca Raton, FL 33431 

877-437-6193 

shoesforcrews.ca 

Shoes For Crews is the category 

creator and leading designer and 

marketer of slip-resistant footwear 

worldwide. Through its superior 

outsole technology, SFC delivers 

the ultimate in slip resistance and 

unmatched comfort with classic 

and fashion styling. The highperformance 

culinary footwear 

brand MOZO is also part of the 

SFC family of brands. Visit 

www.shoesforcrews.ca 


7525 Cahill Rd. 

Minneapolis, MN 55439 

800-328-6138 

sicoinc.com 

Southbend 

1100 Old Honeycutt Rd. 

Fuquay-Varina, NC 27526 

919-762-1000 

southbendnc.com 

SpeedLine Solutions Inc. 

2076 Townline Rd., Ste. 5 

Abbotsford, BC V2T 6E5 

888-400-9185 

speedlinesolutions.com 

Spring Air Systems Inc. 

1464 Cornwall Rd., Unit 9 

Oakville, ON L6J 7W5 

866-874-4505 

springairsystems.com 

Spring U.S.A. 

127 Ambassador Dr., Ste. 147 

Naperville, IL 60540-4079 

630-527-8600 

springusacom.siteprotect.net 

Squirrel Systems 

8585 Baxter Pl. 

Burnaby, BC V5A 4V7 

604-412-3300 

squirrelsystems.com 


3280 Bloor St. W., Ste.1140 

Toronto, ON M8X 2X3 

262-723-6133 

sanjamar.com 


1201 Peachtree St. N.E., Ste. 1625 

Atlanta, GA 30361 

404-982-9000 

sandlerseating.com 

SaniServ 

451 E. County Line Rd. 

Mooresville, IN 46158 

800-733-8073 

saniserv.com 

Sanilabs Inc. 

90 Turbine Dr. 

Toronto, ON M9L 2S2 

866-744-0040 

sanilabs.com 

Sanimax 

800 Parkdale Ave. N. 

Hamilton, ON L8H 7T6 

888-726-4629 

sanimax.com 


140-150, avenue Roger Salengro 

BP 80 067 69511 

Vaulx-en-Velin Cedex (Lyon) France 

33-472-37-35-29 

santos.fr 


95 Glidden Rd, 


905-456-0701 

sealedair.com 

Selecto Inc. 

3980 Lakefield Ct. 

Suwanee, GA 30024 

800-635-4017 ext. 3 

selectoinc.com 

Serve Canada 

40 E. Pearce St. 

Richmond Hill, ON L4B 1B7 

905-731-0601 

servecanada.com 


2354 Ventura Dr. 

Woodbury, MN 55125 

651-730-8800 

serviceideas.com 

SFC Systemfiltration Canada 

(VITO Oil Filtration) 

415 5th St. E. 


306-653-1332 



335 Britannia Rd. E. 

Mississauga, ON L4Z 1W9 

905-890-2100 

sharp.ca 

SiriusXM Canada 

135 Liberty St., Fourth Floor 

Toronto, ON M6K 1A7 

877-249-9143 

siriusxm.ca/business 

SiriusXM Music for Business offers 

100-per-cent commercial-free music 

that will create a better atmosphere 

for your customers. Visit siriusxm.ca/ 

business for a FREE 30-day trial. 


2855 Cranston Rd. 

Beloit, WI 53511-3991 

800-331-5565 

smokaroma.com 

Soft Cafe LLC 

7945 Macarthur Blvd., P.O. Box 91 

Cabin John, MD 20818 

800-747-3690 

softcafe.com 

Solutions JYJ – PanSaver 

35 Ravel 

Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC J3B 0C4 

877-755-8549 

solutionsjyj.com 


9-50 Fasken Dr. 

Toronto, ON M9W 1K5 

877-784-7745 

sspgroupinc.com 

Standex Food Service 

Equipment Group 

1307 N. Watters Rd., Ste.180 

Allen, Texas 75013 

469-854-6745 

standex.com/segments/food-service 


10 Sunnen Dr. 

St. Louis, MO 63143-3800 

314-678-6303 

star-mfg.com 


5140 Yonge St., Ste. 1205 

Toronto, ON M2N 6L7 

416-223-9903 

solutions.starbucks.ca 





7184 120 st. 

Surrey, BC V3W OM6 

604-572-0688 

topimport.wordpress.com 

Tex-Pro Western Ltd. 

110-5898 Trapp Ave. 

Burnaby, BC, V3N 5G4 

800-663-9266 

texpro.net 


12-111 Fourth Ave., Ste. 405 

St. Catharines, ON L2S 3P5 

905-562-5360 

steamcan.ca 

SteamCan equipment is owned and 

manufactured by Canadians for the 

Canadian marketplace. 

Our full line of steamers and cookers, 

kettles (both self-contained or direct 

steam) and skillets (with manual or 

automatic tilt) are available in many 

different sizes and configurations, to 

operate on electricity or gas. 


26 Riviera Dr., Unit 2 

Markham, ON L3R 5M1 

905-752-1074 

steelite.com 


1880 Compton Ave., Ste. 101 

Corona, CA 92881 

877-526-7748 

sternocandlelamp.com 


72 Plant Farm Blvd. 

Brantford, ON N3S 7W3 

800-263-9429 

stonestraw.com 

Strip-curtains.com 

3850 Jacombs Rd., Unit 105 

Richmond, BC V6V 1Y6 

877-270-3311 

strip-curtains.com 

Studio CK 

675 Cochrane Dr., East Tower, 

Sixth Floor 


905-530-2276 

studiock.ca 

Sunenergywarehouse.com 

3600 Cantrell Industrial Ct. 

Acworth, GA 30101 

770-974-0507 

sunenergywarehouse.com 


27770 Entertainment Dr. 

Valencia, CA 91355 

661-290-8900 

foodservice.sunkist.com 


10730 Bell Court 

Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730 

800-383-7141 

sunkistequipment.com 

Sunkist has been manufacturing 

high-quality commercial grade 

foodservice-equipment products for 

more than 100 years. Our products 

are recognized and sold worldwide 

throughout the hospitality industry, 

school districts, hospitals/extendedcare 

facilities and major foodprocessing 

companies. Our products 

are proudly manufactured in 

North America. 


36 Vimy St. 

Acton, ON L7J 1S1 

888-428-1210 

superiorglove.com 

Super-Pufft Snacks Corp. 

880 Gana Ct. 

Mississauga, ON L5S 1N8 

905-564-1180 

superpufft.com 


1020 Brevik Pl., Unit 2 


877-465-2883 

supramatic.com 


766 Bériault Street, Unit B 

Longueuil QC J4G 1R8 

866-428-9188 

supermaxcanada.com 

Swica-Nespresso Business Solutions 

130 Fernway Dr. 

Port Moody, BC V3H 5M1 

604-461-9881 

swica.ca 

Swissh Commercial Equipment 

6060 Metropolitain E., Ste. 200 

Montreal, QC H1S 1A9 

888-794-7749 

swissh.com 

Swisssol Inc. Creative Body Care 

195 Maple Heights Dr. 

Gravenhurst, ON P1P 1R1 

705-687-5445 

swisssol.com 


3505 Token Dr., Ste. 300 

Richardson, TX 75082 

866-472-7556 

t3pos.com 

TableCraft 

801 Lakeside Dr. 

Gurnee, IL 60031 

847-855-9000 

tablecraft.com 


4524 Eastgate Pkwy. 

Mississauga, ON L4W 3W6 

905-629-9555 

tablewaresolutions.com 


8450 Lawson Rd., Unit 3 

Milton, ON L9T 0J8 

905-564-9422 

taco-hvac.com 

Taipak Enterprises Ltd. 

32000 Fraserwood Way, Unit 125 

Richmond, BC V6V 3C7 

604-522-1218 

taipakconverting.com 

Tap Phong Trading Co. Inc. 

360 Spadina Ave. 

Toronto, ON M5T 2G4 

416-977-6364 

tapphong.com 


2780 Coventry Rd. 


905-825-9665 

tarrison.com 


750 North Blackhawk Blvd. 

Rockton, IL 61072 

800-255-0626 

taylor-company.com 

Technic POS 

1145 Bellamy Rd. N., Unit 1 

Toronto, ON M1H 1H5 

416-297-9677 

technicpos.com 

Tersano Inc. 

5000 Regal Dr. 

Oldcastle, ON N0R 1L0 

800-808-1723 

tersano.com 

Testek Inc. 

84 Beauvais St. 

Delson, QC J5B 1W8 

866-635-4040 

testek.ca 

TFI Food Equipment Solutions 

52 Armthorpe Rd. 

Brampton, ON L6T 5M4 

800-387-2529 

tficanada.com 

The Cup Store 

155 Dolomite Dr. 


866-641-5900 

thecupstore.ca 




800-962-0956 

flagco.com 

The Homer Laughlin China Co. 

672 Fiesta Dr. 

Newell, WV 26050 

800-452-4462 

fiestafactorydirect.com 


1830 Stearman Ave. 

Hayward, CA 94545 

800-345-1830 

montaguecompany.com 

The Shortening Shuttle ® 

Worcester Industrial Products Corp. 

7 Brookfield St. 

Worcester, MA 01605 

508-757-5161 

shortening-shuttle.com 

sales@shortening-shuttle.com 

The Shortening Shuttle ® Waste Oil 

Carrier has been providing FAST, 

SAFE, EASY transport for waste 

cooking oil from the kitchen to the 

dumpster for years. 

Thermomix - Fantan Enterprise Ltd. 

1562 Rand Ave. 

Vancouver, BC V6P 3G2 

866-267-6831 

thermomixcanada.com 

Thermor Ltd. 

16975 Leslie St. 

Newmarket, ON L3Y 9A1 

905-952-3730 

biosprofessional.com 

Thermoscreens Canada 

11 King St., Unit 3 

Barrie, ON L4N 6B5 

705-797-0012 

thermoscreens.ca 

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15771 George Lane 

Poulsbo, WA 98370 

206-317-8800 

thosbaker.com 

Thunderbird Food Machinery Inc. 

17665 66A Ave., Ste. 401 

Surrey, BC V3S 2A7 

888-839-7789 

tbfm.com 

Tickers Watch & Clock Co. 

8838 Heather St., Ste. 102 

Vancouver, BC V6P 3S8 

604-669-2604 

tickerswatches.com 

Tiimports 

50 Six Point Rd. 

Toronto, ON M8Z 2X2 

877-329-8393 

partypaper.ca 

Time Business - Aloha POS 

17620-107 Ave. 

Edmonton, AB T5S 1G8 

888-661-7444 

timebusiness.com 

TOA Canada Corp. 

6150 Kennedy Rd., Unit 3 

Mississauga, ON L5T 2J4 

800-263-7639 

toacanada.com 


The Dutch Barn, Bridge Farm, Lower Rd. 

Salisbury, UK SP5 4DY 

0845-3-727-525 

toastyproducts.co.uk 


13700 Broadway Ave. 

Cleveland, OH 44125 

216-587-3400 

tomlinsonind.com 

Tomlinson Industries offers 

quality equipment for the water, 

beverage and foodservice 

industries, including faucets and 

fittings, dispensers, soup kettles, 

cookware, food-safety products, pizza 

ovens and merchandisers. 

TON - Smart Idea Inc. 

11-636 Edward Ave. 

Richmond Hill, ON L4C 0V4 

416-841-4087 

toncanada.com 




800-962-0956 

toothpickflag.com 


955 Roselawn Ave. 

Toronto, ON M6B 1B6 

416-783-9292 

torontolightingsupply.com 

Toronto Lighting Supply provides 

innovative and sustainable LED 

lighting solutions for your home 

and business at wholesale prices 

Brighter solutions, for less 

TouchBistro 

477 Richmond St. W., 10th Floor 


416-363-5252 

Touchbistro.com 

kari@boulevardpr.com 

Town and Country Uniforms 

1975 Dagenais Blvd. W. 

Laval, QC H7L 5V1 

800-361-0388 

tcuniforms.com 

TracRite Software Inc. 

B-440 Don Ave. 

Winnipeg, MB R3L 0S4 

888-798-5555 

tracrite.net 


1443 E. Washington Blvd., Ste. 288 

Pasadena, CA 94110 

626-327-1836 

trademarx.net 

Trudeau Corp. 

1600 Eiffel St. 

Boucherville, QC J4B 5Y1 

800-878-3328 

trudeaucorp.com/ca_en 

True Manufacturing 

2001 E. Terra Lane 

O’Fallon, MO 63366 

800-325-6152 

truemfg.com 


271 Western Ave. 

Lynn, MA 01904 

800-323-0047 

trusty-step.com 


2801 Trade Center Dr. 

Carrollton, TX 75007 

214-379-6000 

turbochef.com 

Tutto Freddo 

6205 St-François Lane 

Saint-Laurent, QC H4S 1B6 

888-695-7617 

tuttofreddo.com 

Ultrak 

43 Goldthorne Ave. 

Toronto, ON M8Z 5S7 

905-476-9408 

ultrack.ca 


2016 Gees Mill Rd., Ste. 200 

Conyers, GA 30013 

601-372-3903 

unifiedbrands.net 


4181 Sladeview Cres., Ste. 43 

Mississauga, ON L5L 5R2 

905-997-8822 

uniwell-americas.com 


13060 80th Ave., Unit 311 

Surrey, BC V3W 3B2 

877-352-0490 

urbancultivator.net 

Van Bind 

2344 Yukon St. 

Vancouver, BC V5Y 3T6 

800-670-2463 

vanbind.com 


2780 Coventry Rd. 


888-316-6607 

vandervitt.com 


1502 D Quebec Ave. 

Saskatoon, SK S7K 1V7 

819-399-2175 

venmarces.com 

Verifone 

88 W. Plumeria Dr. 

San Jose, CA 95134 

800-837-4366 

verifone.com 

Verimixer 

2-6599 Kitimat Rd. 


905-363-0309 

varimixer.com 

Vertex China 

1793 W. 2nd St. 

Pomona, CA 91766 

800-483-7839 

vertexchina.com 


7 Victoria Dr. 

Monroe, CT 06468 

203-929-6391 

swissarmy.com 


5-150 Hollidge Blvd., Ste. 111 

Aurora, ON L4G 8A3 

289-221-4660 

vinguardian.ca 


77 King St. W., Ste. 4400 

P.O Box 265 

Toronto, ON M5K 1J5 

416-367-8472 

visa.ca 

Visual Information 

Products Inc. 

2682 Slough St. 

Mississauga, ON L4T 1G3 

905-264-7001 

visualtouchpos.com 

Visual Planning Corp. 

71 Meadowbank Dr. 

Ottawa, ON K2G 0P4 

613-563-8727 

visualplanning.com 

Vitamix 

2-6599 Kitimat Rd. 


800-668-8765 

vitamix.ca/commercial 

Vito Oil Filtration 

Systems Inc. 

420 Highway 7 E. 

P.O. Box 82045 

Richmond Hill, ON L4B 3K2 

855-855-8486 

vitooil.com 

Vivonet 

1790-1188 W. Georgia St. 


866-512-2033 

vivonet.com 


49 Coldwater Rd, 

North York, ON M3B 1Y8 

(416) 988-6333 

Vollrath 

1236 N. 18th St. 

Sheboygan, WI 53081-3201 

800-624-2051 

vollrath.com 

Vulcan 

3600 North Point Blvd. 

Baltimore, MD 21222 

800-814-2028 

vulcanequipment.com 

Interplast Group - W. Ralston 

(Canada) Inc. 

3300 Côte-Vertu Rd., Ste. 200 

Montreal, QC H4R 2B7 

844-434-5656 

cttgroup.com 

Wagepoint 

151 Charles St. W., Ste. 100w 

Kitchener, ON N2G 1H6 

877-757-2272 

wagepoint.com 



SERVICE COMPANY INDEX 

Walker Industries 

2800 Thorold Townline Rd 

Niagara Falls, ON L2E 6S4 

1-866-694-9360w 

walkerind.com 

WaterWise 

3465 Northbend Circle 


865-724-1200 

waterwise.pro 

Waterwise offers water treatment 

solutions for any application, from 

analyzing your water, to designing 

your specific water treatment plan. 

Waterwise would like to be your 

solution provider and will work 

diligently to earn your confidence. 

Our experienced staff is ready and 

available to meet all your water 

treatment needs. 

West Coast FoodPak Systems Ltd. 

812 E. Cordova St. 

Vancouver, BC V6A 1M4 

800-588-8252 

foodpak.ca 


1292 Venables St. 

Vancouver, BC V6A 4B4 

604-255-9301 

wcrl.com 

Western Refrigeration 

& Beverage Equipment Ltd. 

1232-36th Ave. N.E. 

Calgary, AB T2E 6M8 

888-443-1946 

wr.ca 


1 President’s Choice Cir. 


905-459-2500 


Wilbur Curtis 

6913 Acco St. 

Montebello, CA 90640 

800-421-6150 

wilburcurtis.com 


65 Industrial Rd. 

Lodi, NJ 07644 

888-946-2682 

wincous.com 


2345 Carton Dr. 

Louisville, KY 40299 

800-234-5286 

winstonind.com 


3700 St. Patrick St., Ste. 201 

Montreal, QC H4E 1A2 

800-303-6419 

wipe-it.ca 

Wood Stone Corporation 

1801 W. Bakerview Rd. 

Bellingham, WA 98226 

800-988-8103 

woodstone-corp.com 


2265 Upper Middle Rd., Ste. 102 

Oakville, ON Canada L6H 0G5 

800-999-3436 

worldkitchen.com 

Wusthof Canada 

3809 St. Joseph Blvd., Unit 5 

Orleans, ON K4A 0Z8 

613-841-1301 

wuesthof.com/canada 


PO Box 508 Stn. Main 

Whitby, ON L1N 5V3 

866-688-0681 

wwrdhospitality.com 

Zanduco Restaurant 

Equipment and Supplies 

157 Lakeshore Rd. W. 

Mississauga, ON L5H 1G3 

855-926-3826 

zanduco.com 

Zanotti Canada 

1280 Rue, Volta 

Boucherville, QC J4B 6G6 

450-449-4270 

zanotticanada.com 


435 Cochrane Dr. 

Markham, ON L3R 9R5 

905-475-2555 

zwilling.com 

SERVICE COMPANY 

INDEX 

ADVERTISING & SALES 

A2Z Signs Inc. 

Brand Culture Marketing 

& Promotions Inc. 

Brownsey & Associates 

CCS Creative 


Culinary Creative Branding & 

Communications 


Faye Clack Communications Inc. 



Interface Marketing Group Inc. 

Kan Sales 

Karstan Communications Inc. 

Topknotch Graphics 

ASSOCIATIONS-FOODSERVICE 


Supermax Healthcare Canada 

CONSULTANTS 

II By IV Design Associates Inc. 

2020 IT Solutions Corp. 

Above The Line Solutions 

Advantage Foodservice 

AKR Consulting Canada Inc. 

Alberta Thermomix 



ATM Cash Solutions Ltd. 

Avid Insurance & Risk Management Inc. 


B.L.T Construction Services Inc. 



Brownsey & Associates 

CanFranGlobal Consultants Inc. 

Cardoza Designers & Builders Corp. 

CCS Creative 

Chiasson Consultants Inc. 

CMI Uniforms 

Culinary Creative Branding 

& Communications 

Curcione Consulting Associates Inc. 

DCL Management Ltd. 

Dreyer Group Mortgages Inc. 


Durkan Hospitality 

EasyLease Corp. 

Eigen Development 

Evolusent 

Far-Met Importers Ltd./ QualiFirst 


FHG International Inc. 

FirstOak Hospitality Consulting Inc. 


Foodsafe 

Food Safety Market (Freeborn 

& Associates) 

Food Service Exclusive Alliance Inc. 

(FSEA) 


Foodservice Consultants Society 

International (FCSI) 

GCB Interior 

Green Table Network 

Goslyn Ontario Grease Recovery Devices 

Group Lockhart Inc. 




JL International 


JTECH Communications, Inc. 

Kan Sales 


KGB Marketing Inc. 

Longmore Consulting Inc. 

Lori Karpman & Company 


McCormack Bourrie Sales & Marketing 

Menu By Design 

MenusOnly.com 

MenuSano 

McLeanHallmark Insurance Group Inc. 





Nuovem 

Oculus Hospitality Training & Business 

Solutions Inc. 


Orange Gorilla Commercial Interiors 

Quadrant Marketing Ltd. (Matched 

Marketing Group) 


Reflective Media Inc. 



Rising Tide Consultants 


Royal Design Inc. 



Sensors Quality Management Inc. 

SFC Systemfiltration Canada (VITO 

Oil Filtration) 

Smart Serve 

Smart Transaction Systems 

Social Capital Partners 

Stahle Construction Inc. 

Stir Creative Communications 

Studio 8 Design & Art Studio 

Surety Food Safety Group Inc. 

Sysco Food Services of Canada Inc. 

Technomic Inc. 

The Tangerine Group 

Traincan 

Turner Fleischer Architects Inc. 

DEALERS 


DECOR & DESIGN SERVICES 


B.L.T Construction Services Inc. 



CMI Uniforms 

DCL Construction Ltd. 


Foodservice Consultants Society 

International (FCSI) 

GCB Interior 


Mckinley Burkart 




Orange Gorilla Commercial Interiors 



Studio 8 Design & Art Studio 

Studio Munge 

TACT Design 


Yabu Pushelberg – Toronto 


SERVICE COMPANY DIRECTORY 

DISTRIBUTORS, AGENCIES 

& SALES AGENTS 








Waterwise 

EMPLOYMENT & 

PERSONNEL AGENCIES 

Clearfit 

JRoss Hospitality Recruiters 

Justin eTraining 

Lecours Wolfson 

Lock Search Group 

Mellors Exceptional Hospitality 

Recruitment Services 

EQUIPMENT DEALERS/ 

DISTRIBUTORS/SALES AGENTS 



Duropac 




Pentair Evepure 


FINANCIAL & LEASING SERVICES 




Avid Insurance & Risk Management Inc. 

CWB Franchise Finance 







FOOD BROKERS & DISTRIBUTORS 

Advantage Foodservice 







Far-Met Importers Ltd./QualiFirst 



GGB Ventures International 


Lantic Inc. 


McCormack Bourrie Sales & Marketing 


Royal Shrimp Importing & Distributing Inc. 




FOOD-SAFETY TRAINING 

Open School BC 


Traincan 

FRANCHISE SERVICES 




GOVERNMENT AGENCIES 

Foodsafe 

INSURANCE & LEGAL SERVICES 


PRINTING & DESIGN SERVICES 


Dorado Web Technologies 

REAL ESTATE 


RENTALS 



Waterwise 

SANITATION SERVICES 


TRAINING MATERIALS 

Clearfit 


Foodsafe 

Food Safety Market (Freeborn 

& Associates) 




Oculus Hospitality Training & Business 

Solutions Inc. 

Smart Serve 

Surety Food Safety Group Inc. 


Traincan 

SERVICE COMPANY 

DIRECTORY 


67 Mowat Ave., Ste. 109 

Toronto, ON M6K 3E3 

416-531-2224 

iibyiv.com 


367 Victoria St. S. 

New Hamburg, ON N3A 2K3 

226-972-0111 


91 Starwood Rd. 

Thornhill, ON L4J 9C9 

416-617-0938 

abovethelinesolutions.com 

AEP Canada Inc. 

595 Coronation Dr. 

Scarborough, ON M1E 2K4 

416-281-6000 

aepinc.com 

Affinity Group Canada 

21 E. Wilmot St. 

Richmond Hill, ON L4B 1A3 

(905) 763-2929 

agfoodservice.ca 


4600 Armand-Frappier St. 

Saint-Hunert, QC J3Z 1G5 

450-878-2333 

agropur.com 


151 Courtney Park Dr. W., Ste. 100 

Mississauga, ON L5W 1Y5 

905-678-6368 

akrconsulting.com 


3-95 Royal Crest Ct. 

Markham, ON L3R 9X5 

905-660-3660 ext. 224 

alliancefinancing.com 


77 McMurrich St., Ste. 618 

Toronto, ON M5R 3V3 

416-920-2358 


192 Bloor St. W., Ste. 202 

Toronto, ON M5S 1T8 

877-404-2867 

atmcashsolutions.com 

Avid Insurance 

& Risk Management Inc. 

401 Bay St., Ste. 1600 

Toronto, ON M5H 2Y4 

416-410-1448 

avidinsurance.ca 

Balpex Inc. 

30 Leek Crest., Ste. 102 

Richmond Hill, ON L4B 4N4 

905-886-8177 

balpex.ca 


8800 Glenlyon Pkwy. 

Burnaby, BC V5J 5K3 

866-237-8289 

bestbuycanada.ca 

B.L.T. Construction Services Inc. 

953A Eglinton Ave. E. 

Toronto, ON M4G 4B5 

416-755-2505 

bltconstruction.com 

Your Hospitality Building Partner 

We team up with each of our clients to 

build trust, commitment and integrity 

while building toward a common goal. 



5250 Satellite Dr., Unit 14 


905-361-0305 

brandculture.ca 



Oakville, ON L6H 5S8 

905-829-9414 

shasky.com 


10 West Pearce St., Ste. 2 

Richmond Hill, ON L4B 1B6 

289-379-8333 

cardoza.ca 

CCS Creative 

3889 Chesswood Dr. 

Toronto, ON M3J 2R8 

416-633-9733 

ccscreative.com 


218 River St. 

Toronto, ON M5A 3R1 

416-926-1338 

chiassonconsultants.com 

Clearfit 

150 Eglinton Ave. E., #803 

Toronto, ON M4P 1E8 

877-789-8767 

clearfit.com 

CMI Uniforms 

424 Heddle Cres. 

Newmarket, ON L3X 2J2 

866-534-2972 

cmiuniforms.ca 

Culinary Creative Branding 

& Communications 

380 Macpherson Ave., Ste. 222 


416-569-5294 

culinarycreative.ca 


38 Irwin Dr. 

Barrie, ON L4N 7A6 

705-722-9983 

CWB Franchise Finance 

6860 Century Ave., Ste. E200 

Mississauga, ON L5N 2W5 

289-998-0277 

cwbfranchise.com 

CWB Franchise Finance specializes in 

supporting the growth of restaurant 

and hotel businesses across Canada. 


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DCL Management Ltd. 

42 Steinway Blvd., Ste. 7 

Etobicoke, ON M9W 6Y6 

416-800-8764 

dclgrp.com 


99 Crown’s Ln., First Floor 

Toronto, ON M5R 3P4 

416-402-8000 

fhgi.com 


100 Thorncliffe Park Dr. 

Toronto, ON M4H 1L9 

800-239-5152 

heritageparts.ca 


5630 Tomken Rd. 


905-624-3730 

kgbmarketing.com 

Dorado Web Technologies 

1123 South Service Rd. W. 

Oakville, ON L6L 6K4 

905-827-7882 

doradowebtech.com 


308-15252 32nd Ave. 

Surrey, BC V3S 0R7 

604-536-3802 

dreyergroup.ca 


39 Colonel Cohoe St. 

Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON L0S1J0 

289-868-8941 

canadianwinepromo.ca 


405 Virgil Dr. 

Dalton, GA 30721 

800-241-4580 

durkan.com 

Duropac 

305 Liberté Ave. 

Candiac, QC J5R 6Z7 

(450) 444-4266 

duropac.com 


23 Lesmill Rd., Ste 302 

Toronto, ON M3B 3P6 

800-293-1119 

easylease.ca 


300-1807 W. 10th Ave. 

Vancouver, BC V6J 2A9 

877-736-7733 

eigenpayments.com 


30 High Meadow Pl. 


855-321-1508 

enercare.ca/commercial 


107 Walker Dr. 

Brampton, ON L6T 5K5 

905-792-9700 

oceanjewelseafood.com 


/QualiFirst Foods Ltd. 

89 Carlingview Dr, 


416- 244-1177 

qualifirst.com 

Faye Clack 

Communications Inc. 

108A Royal York Rd. 

Toronto, ON M8V 2V1 

416-255-6879 

fayeclack.com 

FirstOak Hospitality 

Consulting Inc. 

109 Thomas St., Ste. 503 

Oakville, ON L6J 7R4 

416-729-6137 

Firstoakconsulting.com 


- Central Office 

145 Otonabee Dr. 

Kitchener, ON N2C 1L7 

Toll Free: 1-800-265-6550 

flanagan.ca 

Food Safety Market 

(Freeborn & Associates) 

126 Hurontario St., Ste. 204 

Collingwood, ON L9Y 2L9 

888-829-3177 

campus.foodsafetymarket.com 

Food Service Exclusive 

Alliance Inc. (FSEA) 

407 Speers Rd., St. 211 

Oakville, ON L6K 3T5 

905-337-5908 

fsea.ca 


1 Prologis Blvd., Ste. 400 


800-465-2203 

foodbuy.ca 

Foodsafe 

4461 Interuban Rd. 

Jack White Annex Room 

Victoria, BC V9E 2C1 

250-370-4781 

foodsafe.ca 


35 Florida Cres. 

Toronto, ON M9M 1P4 

705-790-5217/416-577-6602 

foodserviceagentsofontario.ca 

GCB Interior 

1320 Shawson Dr., Ste. 200 


905-795-1912 

gcbinside.com 


404-999 Canada Pl. 

Vancouver, BC V6C 3E1 

800-274-6097 

greentable.net 

Group Lockhart Inc. 

195 Dufferin Ave., Ste. 450 

London, ON N6A 1K7 

519-672-3890 

grouplockhart.com 


2286 Holdom Ave. 

Burnaby, BC V5B 4Y5 

604-324-0565 

informbrokerage.com 


105-9790 Second St. 

Sidney, BC V8L 1X9 

250-656-9790 

innsourcesolutions.com 




905-847-0114 

interfacemktg.com 


7111 Tranmere Dr. 

Mississauga, ON L5S 1M2 

905-673-5644 

jamcowood.com 


21 E. Wilmot St. 

Richmond Hill, ON L4B 1A3 

905-763-2929 

jlinternational.ca 


4180 de-Courtrai Ave., Ste. 115 

Montreal, QC H3S 1C3 

877-728-9977 

johnfrancis.ca 

JRoss Hospitality Recruiters 

- Vancouver Office 

508-1755 W. Broadway 

Vancouver, BC V6J 4S5 

604-268-6202 

jrossrecruiters.com 

JTECH Communications, Inc. 

320-1400 Northbrook Pkwy. 

Sywanee, GA 30024 

800-321-6221 

jtech.com 


Blundell Center, P.O. Box 26516 

Richmond, BC V7C 5M9 

604-200-1612 

etrainingstaff.com 

Kan Sales 

140 Fernstaff Court, Unit 2 

Concord, ON L4K 3L8 

905-738-1661 

kansales.com 


6411 Edwards Blvd. 

Mississauga, ON L5T 2P7 

905-844-1900 

karstan.com 

Leaders in Environmentally 

Accountable Foodservice: LEAF 

PO Box 45026 

BC V9A 0C3 

778-977-4444 

leafme.org 

Lecours Wolfson 

116 Spadina Ave., Ste. 700 

Toronto, ON M5V 2K6 

416-703-5482 

lecourswolfson.com 

Lock Search Group 

405 The West Mall, Ste. 910 

Toronto, ON M9C 5J1 

416-626-8383 

locksearchgroup.com 

Longmore Consulting Inc. 

100 King St., Ste. 5700 

Toronto, ON M5X 1C9 

416-525-8781 

longmoreconsulting.com 

Lori Karpman & Company 

2975 Ernest Hemingway Ave., Ste. 301 

St. Laurent, QC H4R 0B3 

514-481-2722 

lorikarpman.com 

Match Marketing Group 

(Quadrant Marketing Ltd.) 

5225 Satellite Dr, 


877-628-2405 

matchmg.com 


23 McCleary Ct., Unit 1 


905-760-2760 

McKinley Burkart 

110 9 Ave. SW, Ste. 550 

Calgary, AB T2P 0T1 

403-229-2037 

mckinleyburkart.com 

McCormack Bourrie 

Sales & Marketing 

160 Applewood Cres., Ste. 27 

Concord, ON L4K 4H2 

905-738-8511 

mccormackbourrie.com 

Meadowfresh Dairy Corp. 

1373 Kebet Way, Ste. 1 

Port Coquitlam, BC V3C 6G1 

604-472-0786 

meadowfresh.ca 



Mellors Exceptional Hospitality 

Recruitment Services 

777 Bay St., P.O. Box 46037 

Toronto, ON M5G 2P6 

416-925-7533 

mellors.ca 


2344 Yukon St. 

Vancouver, BC V5Y 3T6 

800-670-2463 

menucover.com 

MenusOnly.com 

Hamilton, ON L8T 1E3 

905-730-3385 

menusonly.com/Hamilton 

MenuSano 

menusano.com 

sonia.couto@menusano.com 

1-866-640-2345 

647-838-4839 

Analyze your recipes and display 

their nutritional value with MenuSano. 

MenuSano is a revolutionary tool built 

for restaurants. Eliminate the high cost 

of food labs and long wait times by 

using MenuSano. 


184 Front St. E, Ste. 601 

Toronto, ON M5A 4N3w 

416-364-4000 

mcleanhallmark.com 




416-741-6455 

mrdairy.com 


1331 Blundell Rd. 

Mississauga, ON L4Y 1M6 

905-273-3020 

neo-image.com 


5650 Keaton Cres., Unit B 


905-502-8222 

noraxx.ca 


1234 Kingston Rd., Ste. 127 

Toronto, ON M1N 1P3 

877-287-5112 

northamericancraft.ca 


8088 River Way 

Delta, BC V4K 1K9 

604-940-8283 

northern-feather.com 

Nuovem 

4258 Saint-Andre St. 

Montreal, QC H2J 2Z2 

514-390-8994 

nuovem.com 

Oculus Hospitality Training 

& Business Solutions Inc. 

422 Richards St., Ste. 170 

Vancouver, BC V6B 2Z4 

604-569-3931 

oculustraining.com 


1081 Abbott St. 

Milton, ON L9T 5P5 

866-932-9403 

operationsafety.ca 

Provision Sales & Marketing Inc. 

11 Prince George Dr. 

Toronto, ON M9A 1X9 

416-225-1777 

provisionsales.com 




416-321-5823 

rabcofoodservice.com 


Meriline Rd., P.O. Box 78029 

Ottawa, ON K2E 1B1 

800-942-7086 

reservationbooks.com 

ResQ 

21R Atlantic Ave. 

Toronto, ON M6K 3E7 

844-737-7349 

getresq.com 


15 - 75 Bayly St. W., Ste. 342 

Ajax, ON L1S 7K7 

905-428-7729 

risenshine.ca 

Rising Tide Consultants 

1130 W. Pender St., Ste. 1620 


604-669-2928 

risingtideconsultants.ca 


3993 Henning Dr., Ste. 207 

Burnaby, BC V5C 6N5 

604-876-5688 

riverwoodsales.com 


1228 Gorham St., Ste. 10 

Newmarket, ON L3Y 9C3 

905-508-5600 

royaldesign.ca 



6578 Elwell St. 

Burnaby, BC V5E 1J8 

604-763-8676 

texasroyalshrimp.com 

Ryerson University - 

Ted Rogers School of Hospitality 

& Tourism Management 

350 Victoria St. 

Toronto, ON M5B 2K3 

416-979-5041 

ryerson.ca/tedrogersschool/htm 

At #HTMRyerson we deliver hospitality 

and tourism-management experiential 

education that is internationally focused 

to succeed in a growing Canadian and 

global sector. 


20 Morley St. 

Hamilton, ON L8H 3R7 

905-544-6281 

salernodairy.com 

Sensors Quality Management Inc. 

156 Duncan Mill Rd., Ste. 19 


416-444-4491 

sqm.ca 

SFC Systemfiltration Canada 

(VITO Oil Filtration) 

415 5th St. E. 


306-717-9344 


Smart Serve 

5407 Eglinton Ave. W., Ste. 105 

Toronto, ON M9C 5K6 

877-620-6082 

smartserve.ca 


2500 30th St., Ste. 303 

Boulder, CO 80301 

888-494-9760 

smart-transactions.com 


366 Adelaide St. W., Ste. 606 

Toronto, ON M5V 1R9 

416-646-1871 

socialcapitalpartners.ca 

Stahle Construction Inc. 

77-C Edwin St. 

Kitchener, ON N2H 4N7 

519-576-5800 

stahlecon.com 

Stir Creative Communications 

4122 Montrose Cres. 

Burlington, ON L7M 4J5 

905-484-3094 

stircommunications.ca 

Studio 8 Graphic Design & Art Studio 

P.O. Box 75 Halls Gap 3381 

Vaughan, ON L6A 2E6 

614-258-4148 

studio8design.com 

Studio Munge 

25 Wingold Ave. 

Toronto, ON M6B 1P8 

416-588-1668 

studiomunge.com 


766 Bériault St. 

Longueuil, QC J4G 1R8 

866-428-9188 

supermaxcanada.ca 

Aurelia protective gloves provide 

quality, comfort and dexterity – trying 

our gloves is loving them! Supermax 

Healthcare Canada has proudly served 

customers since 2004 1-866-428-9188 

or cservice@supermaxcanada.com 


21 Four Seasons Pl., Ste. 400 

Toronto, ON M9B 6J8 

416-234-2666 

sysco.ca 

The Tangerine Group 


Queensville, ON L0G 1R0 

416-409-5808 

Tact Design 

660 College St. 

Toronto, ON M6G 1B8 

416-516-1949 

tactdesign.ca 

Topnotch Graphics 

2740 Matheson Blvd. E., Unit 4 


647-694-5100 

Traincan 

1840 Clements Rd. 

Pickering, ON L1W 3Y2 

416-447-9588 


67 Lesmill Rd. 

Toronto, ON M3B 2T8 

416-425-2222 

turnerfleischer.com 

WaterWise 

3465 Northbend Cir. 


865-724-1200 

waterwise.pro 

Yabu Pushelberg - Toronto 

55 Booth Ave. 

Toronto, ON M4M 2M3 

416-778-9779 

yabupushelberg.com 



SHOW PREVIEW 

WELL EQUIPPED 

NAFEM Show 2019 offers a world of 

possibilities for foodservice operators 

The NAFEM Show returns to the 

Orange County Convention Center 

in Orlando, Fla. February 7 to 

9, 2019. Organized by the North 

American Association of Food 

Equipment Manufacturers (NAFEM), the 

biennial show will once again feature innovative 

foodservice equipment and supplies from 

more than 500 manufacturers for food prep, 

cooking, storage and table service. 

“At The NAFEM Show, attendees can 

expect a world where the business of foodservice 

equipment and supplies takes centre 

stage,” says Rich Packer, CFSP, The NAFEM 

Show chair. “Our attendees face real everyday 

challenges, from saving on energy and water 

costs, to increased competition in providing 

flawless dining experiences. When it comes 

to foodservice, consumers demand a quick, 

modern and memorable experience. Our 

exhibiting companies know this better than 

anyone and are here to help.” 

A highlight of The NAFEM Show is What’s 

Hot! What’s Cool! What Works!, which showcases 

the most industry-disrupting equipment 

and supplies. Products selected demonstrate 

quantifiable operator benefits such as energy 

efficiency, food safety, labour savings, ecofriendly 

materials or reduced footprint. This 

year, the focus is on equipment and supplies 

that have been tried and proven to make a significant 

difference in foodservice operations. 

Selected products will be displayed throughout 

the show floor in four unique lounges. 

“We’re excited to feature these success 

stories that have fulfilled a critical, unmet 

need or solved a problem for foodservice 

operators,” says Packer. “We want to highlight 

game-changing solutions and the positive 

impact they had on real-life foodservice 

operations.” 

As in previous years, equipment and supplies 

that save energy and appeal to socially 

responsible consumers will be featured 

prominently. Ongoing trends on display 

will include: 

n Equipment in every category that provides 

major energy savings 

n Holding equipment that can maintain 

temperatures for longer periods of time 

with lower energy use — or no utility 

hookup at all 

n Ventilation systems that filter and recycle 

air and heat 

n Green servingware options 

n Water-saving technologies — seen in 

everything from warewashing equipment 

to dipper wells 

Other highlights this year include The 

NAFEM Show Kick-Off Party, as well as the 

Friday night NAFEM Party. Throughout the 

show, The Theater will offer attendees the 

chance to hear presentations from industry 

leaders about the latest trends and technologies. 

Attendees can also explore multiple 

Innovation Lounges around the show floor 

— each tells an exciting story about how a 

single equipment or supply implementation 

improved an operator’s business. FH 


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IT HASN’T BEEN AN EASY TIME for 

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costs, labour shortages, more stringent 

health-and-safety requirements and 

an increasingly competitive landscape 

are playing a part in driving their 

equipment decisions. 



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“In 2019, everybody will 

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“The industry had a weak 

start in 2018 in terms of 

minimum-wage increases 

and labour shortages. It’s 

difficult to find people in 

any sector, whether it’s QSR 

or full service.” 

On that front, a key 

focus for operators is figuring 

out ways to get food 

produced faster, more 

consistently and with less 

human intervention. That 

means investing in equipment 

that can think, 

multitask and speed-up 

cooking times. 

Restaurants are also 

seeking solutions that can 

help them bump up the 

quality of lesser cuts of 

meats, reduce shrinkage 

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for tremendous highprecision 

throughput of 

fruit and vegetable cutting, 

leading to huge reductions 

in labour costs. In tests we 

have been able to reduce 

six total labour hours to 

just over one hour,” says 

Josh Wolfe, executive chef 

with Food Service Solutions 

in Vancouver. 

and increase the lifespan of 

fresh products to improve 

margins. Whether smoking, 

sous vide or blast chilling, 

many are reconsidering 

options for reducing 

food waste. 

Even the front-of-house 

is being re-evaluated, as 

operators apply effective 

self-serve and tablet technologies 

to lower the number 

of staff while speeding 

up table service. 

The good news is there 

are plenty of equipment 

options filling the more 

crucial gaps for foodservice 

operations, from countertop 

ventless appliances that 

reduce costs and footprint, 

to energy-saving induction 

systems and intelligent 

rapid-cook and combiovens 

that minimize training 

and staffing needs. Add 

to that mobile connectivity 

and IoT (Internet of 

Things) capabilities and the 

options for saving time and 

money are increasing. 

Here’s a look at a few 

of the top trends experts 

believe will be in the spotlight 

in 2019. 

Chilling Prospects 

A number of industry 

observers say blast chilling 

will be topping many of 

2019 wish lists. “For one, 

blast chilling extends the 

life of food by properly 

chilling without changing 

the profile of some 

proteins. There are a lot of 

new units from the likes 

of American Panel and 

Alto-Shaam that you can 

use for shock freezing,” says 

Doug Feltmate of Planned 

Foodservice Solutions Inc. 

in Ottawa. 

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Smart-kitchen must-haves 

include this Lainox touchscreen, 

which allows lessskilled 

cooks to produce 

consistent results 

Some newer units are 

as small as microwaves, he 

notes. “It’s really a matter 

of food safety and quality. 

You can bag soups, for 

example, then blast freeze 

them. It’s so quick, the 

soup won’t continue to 

cook and get mushy. Also, 

you can avoid foods reaching 

the hazardous temperature 

zone.” 

Blast chilling is going to 

be on everybody’s radar, 

confirms Josh Wolfe, executive 

chef with Food Service 

Solutions in Vancouver. 

“In Europe, you’d be hardpressed 

to find a restaurant 

that didn’t have it in its 

everyday operations. We’re 

starting to see them more 

here. They are good for 

many reasons — from shelf 

life of products to their 

quality. You can batch cook, 

chill and freeze. They provide 

all sorts of options for 

how you look at your scope 

of work throughout the 

entire day.” 

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SOUS VIDE ON THE 

CHEAP At one point, 

operators were looking at 

$1,500 or more for sousvide 

circulators. Now they 

can be had for as little as 

$100. “It’s been such a big 

game changer for restaurants 

because the barrier 

to entry is gone,” says 

Mark Greenfield, corporate 

chef with Executive Hotel 

Group in Vancouver. 

In an interesting twist, 

the Neo blast chiller from 

Lainox in Italy can not 

only chill and freeze, it can 

rise to 185°F for sous-vide 

cooking or proofing — 

all using an icon-based 

screen. “Combine that with 

a high-speed oven and it 

can be pretty much all you 

need to run a restaurant,” 

Wolfe says. 

Mark Greenfield, corporate 

chef with Executive 

Hotel Group in Vancouver 

has his sights set on Neo 

units combined with the 

Naboo combi-oven — both 

of which have built-in 

intelligence. “It’s a gamechanger 

for sure. The combination 

opens up all sorts 

of possibilities because 

you can perform the entire 

cook/freeze cycle. You only 

need to add a vacuum sealer 

and you can conceivably 

have your prep done for a 

month at a time. 

Blast chilling has been a 

particular benefit when it 

comes to seafood, he adds. 

“Typically when you cook, 

freeze and thaw fish you 

lose 10 per cent of weight 

through moisture loss. 

Blast freezing takes it down 

to a fraction of that.” 

Fast and furious 

Accelerated-cooking technologies 

will continue to 

impress as they become 

even more versatile. An 

added bonus is much of 

the accelerated-cooking 

technologies are vent-less, 

Feltmate says. “TurboChefs 

and Merrychefs used to be 

trendy but are now becoming 

more mainstream. 

People are understanding 

there are other ways to 

cook rather than in burners 

on stovetops. Because they 

don’t require venting, the 

ROI is achieved the day 

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you install one.” 

“The days of the steam 

kettle and tilt skillet are 

out. Rapid-cook and 

combi-ovens are overcoming 

the food cost and 

labour-shortage challenges 

facing operators today,” 

Greenfield says. 

The company is in the 

process of installing Amana 

AXPs in all properties, he 

adds. “Staff can produce 

great quality pre-prepped 

items with minimal labour 

and training.” An added 

bonus is that the units 

can connect with the 

Cloud, so managers can 

remotely update recipes, 

along with valuable training 

information. 

Wolfe reports a sharp 

increase in high-speedoven 

sales because there’s 

so much more that can be 

done with them. “Highspeed 

technology is not 

new in the market. But 

what is trending is the 

applications of it. You can 

really push the limits of 

these machines. They were 

originally geared for QSR 

and never considered to 

be part of traditional-style 

cooking. Now, even highend 

restaurants are using 

them for finishing sousvide 

items, heating proteins 

at salad stations and speeding 

up lunch service.” 

Then there is, as 

always, the growing reliance 

on the versatility of 

the combi-oven. “That 

will never change as an 

industry trend,” says Rudi 

Fischbacher, associate 

dean, School of Hospitality, 

Recreation & Tourism 

at Humber College in 

Toronto. “Operators want 

multi-functional equipment 

that can do as many 

jobs in the smallest square 

footage possible. The programmable 

part is huge.” 

Waste Not, 

Want Not 

Kitchen waste — from the 

garden-variety garbage to 

electricity consumption — 

is being scrutinized more 

than ever. 

One trending technology 

is onsite composting, 

Feltmate says. “Accelerated 

composting can be in 

several forms and takes all 

food waste and turns it into 

a soil-like substance.” 

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be costly (ranging from 

$30,000 to $60,000), the 

80-per-cent reduction in 

food waste pays for itself 

in tipping fees. Feltmate 

reports a number of corporate 

cafeteria and other 

larger-scale operations have 

“jumped on the bandwagon” 

as part of their corporate 

philosophy. 

Another food-saving 

must-have is vacuum packing 

(in conjunction with 

blast chilling). According to 

Feltmate, “Vacuum packing 

extends the lifespan of fresh 

foods as well as enhances 

the flavour. For example, 

you can get a week out of 

fresh salmon or prime cuts, 

which would normally 

break down after a couple 

of days. With increased 

labour costs, people can 

also stretch production 

schedules from prepping 

every three days to every 

seven days.” 

A lot more operators are 

also using smoking-capable 

appliances as a means to 

control food costs, Sisson 

says. “Part of the reason is 

that you can use secondary 

pieces of meat and 

play with flavour profiles. 

There’s also more leeway. 

If you overcook on a grill, 

that’s bad. But if you oversmoke 

something by 10 or 

15 minutes, it doesn’t matter 

that much.” 

Breakfast 

is Served 

The continuing rise of the 

all-day breakfast menu is 

providing opportunities 

for operators to increase 

revenues and volumes at a 

comparably low cost. 

“Griddles and flat tops 

are relatively cheap and can 

be used for other items, 

such as burgers and grilled 

sandwiches throughout the 

day,” Sisson says. “If you 

want to [cook] something 

lean and mean and cheap, a 

griddle is a great piece 

to have.” 

“Breakfast has become 

an interesting category and 

generating a lot of R&D 

into countertop and 

vent-less equipment,” 

Wolfe notes. 

New entrants into the 

market include an egg station 

by Antunes that can 

be used as a “one-stop 

breakfast-sandwich shop,” 

he adds. “You can use it 

to cook eggs or a slice of 

bacon at the same time in 

about two minutes. If you 

combine it with a highspeed 

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you can increase your production 

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SELF-DISPENSING SOFT 

DRINK AND COFFEE 

EQUIPMENT “Dispensing 

equipment is becoming 

more front-of-house 

friendly and moving away 

from the typical cafeteria 

look,” says Doug Feltmate 

of Planned Foodservice 

Solutions Inc. in Ottawa. 

“Everybody is starting to 

think about how to implement 

it, partly because of 

costs and unavailability 

of staff.” 

program with the same 

combination. It opens 

up all sorts of new 

menu capabilities.” 

Fischbacher confirms 

that breakfast equipment is 

getting quite a lift in restaurants. 

“There are the usual 

salamanders. But there are 

also unique additions such 

as induction woks, flat tops 

and griddles from Garland 

that are highly effective 

and can power down when 

not in use. So much of 

breakfast cooking can be 

automated with some of 

these products and require 

little training.” 

Connecting 

the Dots 

While it might be less obvious, 

integration between 

the front- and back-ofhouse 

operations can deliver 

huge cost and labour 

savings, from remote 

equipment monitoring to 

self-server ordering kiosks 

to tablet-based ordering. 

Alex Barrotti, founder 

and CEO of TouchBistro in 

Toronto says there are constant 

requests for back-ofhouse 

integration with tablet-based 

ordering systems. 

“Instead of them having to 

go back and forth to access 

the POS, you can place the 

order at the table or kiosk. 

If every waiter has an iPad, 

you can do a lot more with 

less staff. Operators are 

able to add more food-anddrink 

runners so a server, 

instead of a four-table section, 

can take eight.” 

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That’s not the only 

POS integration available 

to restaurateurs, he adds. 

“Operations can also integrate 

ordering systems, 

menu boards, alcohol 

metering and inventory 

control with today’s new 

POS systems.” 

Restaurants are rethinking 

how they facilitate the 

front and back-of-house to 

work together, Fischbacher 

says. “Even equipment 

monitoring can be integrated 

with smartphones, 

so operators can receive 

alarms, or log in to monitor 

equipment and troubleshoot 

problems from 


INDUCTION HOLDING 

STATIONS Induction 

tabletop systems such as 

Garland’s Hold Line have 

been gaining traction for 

a number of functions, 

from breakfast service 

to banquets. Luis DaSilva, 

distributed product manager 

for Garland Canada in 

Mississauga, Ont., says the 

glass top is not only more 

pleasing to the eye, it also 

reduces labour requirements 

because you don’t 

have to keep adding water. 


GRILLS AND GRIDDLES 

As kitchens try to reduce 

real estate and speed up 

service, there are now 

double-sided grills such as 

the Garland Xpress series, 

and induction options that 

cut cooking time while 

reducing footprint. Thomas 

McNaughtan, vice-president 

at South St. Burger 

says the chain recently 

replaced its charbroilers 

with a new generation, 

more efficient Garland 

Grooved Griddle. “It looks 

better than a flat top, uses 

less gas and reduces our 

exhaust needs to half.” It 

also reduces cook time for 

burgers by about 20 per 

cent, and takes up half the 

space. 

any location.” 

Thomas McNaughtan, 

vice-president at South St. 

Burger in Toronto, says 

integration of self-ordering 

systems is next on its agenda. 

“Kiosks are the big one 

for us. Now that they’re 

out there and affordable, 

you can also use the same 

portal for a mobile app 

for advance ordering from 

your car, home or restaurant 

lobby.” 

Integration is also helping 

restaurants beyond the 

QSR segment. Feltmate 

says he’s currently working 

on a project in which the 

restaurant posts menus on 

a digital board and allowing 

late-evening customers 

to order and pay from their 

smartphone. “The restaurant 

can send serving staff 

home earlier and eliminate 

the need for table service 

for late-night nachos and 

beer orders.” FH 


POURING FOR PROFITS 

PRE-GAME ACTION 

Canadians are discovering aperitifs and sales are growing 

BY JESSICA HURAS 

A 

light, moderately 

alcoholic 

beverage 

served to 

stimulate the 

appetite before a meal, 

aperitifs have long been a 

part of drinking 

culture in Europe. But 

now, Canadians are showing 

interest in this predinner 

tradition. 

At Odd Society Spirits, 

a Vancouver-based 

small-batch distiller, the 

decision to begin producing 

its now-popular 

Bittersweet Vermouth was 

New at the LCBO 

Martini Riserva Bitter| 

($25.95) 

A strong spirit with 

hints of orange, 

herbs and spices 

the serendipitous result of 

the liquor-license requirements 

for its tasting 

lounge. According to Odd 

Society’s general manager 

Miriam Karp, the license 

limited them to exclusively 

serving alcohol produced 

at its on-site distillery 

(a law that has since 

changed). Unable to bring 

in outside liquor to mix 

with in-house spirits, the 

Odd-Society team began 

researching vermouth 

production so it would be 

able to offer basic cocktails 

such as martinis. 

Peychaud’s Aperitivo| 

($26.60) 

Features zesty grapefruit, 

herb and clove flavours, 

with a dry and nicely 

bitter finish. 

During the research 

process, Karp says “the 

distiller started to fall in 

love with all the various 

vermouths that were out 

there.” Odd Society ultimately 

opted to produce 

an Italian-style bittersweet 

vermouth that would 

be great for mixing, but 

could also be served alone 

as a strong aperitif. The 

vermouth (which retails 

for $22 at the distillery) 

was a hit with customers 

and Karp says it’s now one 

of its best sellers. “I’ve had 

people come in and say 

‘I can’t keep up with the 

vermouth; I go through it 

so quickly,’” says Karp. 

Aperitifs are proving 

to be equally popular at 

the LCBO, which reports 

an 8.9-per-cent sales 

increase in this segment 

for 2017/2018. Aperol 

(which retails for $27.95) 

and Campari Aperitivo 

($28.25) are the top -selling 

brands. 

Jay Carrington, frontof-house 

manager at 

Toronto’s Labora, a 

Spanish tapas restaurant, 

correlates the rise in 

popularity of aperitifs 

with the general movement 

towards lower 

ABV cocktails. “There’s 

a reason why Europeans 

have been drinking like 

this for a long time,” says 

Carrington. “People want 

to keep drinking, enjoy 

themselves and be social, 

instead of having two 

cocktails and calling it 

a night.” 

Carrington says one 

of the restaurant’s most 

popular aperitif cocktails 

is the Cava I Vermut, a 

Capo Capo Aperitivo Rosso| 

($25.65) 

An Italian aperitivo with a 

deep-red colour and flavours 

of citrus fruits and rhubarb 

mix of house cava and 

De Muller Iris Blanco 

vermouth (which sells 

for $14 a glass). “Diners 

are more curious in general; 

they want to learn 

something, be introduced 

to something new,” says 

Carrington. 

Greg Boggs, owner 

of Toronto’s The Ace 

restaurant, has a similar 

take on Canadians’ growing 

interest in aperitifs. 

“There’s been a general 

increase in interest in all 

things liquor,” says Boggs. 

“Experimenting with 

aperitifs seems to be a 

natural extension of that.” 

Although The Ace has 

always carried aperitifs, 

Boggs says it began listing 

them on the liquor menu 

about a year ago to make 

it easier for customers to 

learn the different types 

and ask servers about 

them. “Putting them 

on our menus has definitely 

increased interest in 

experimenting with these 

drinks on their own,” 

says Boggs. 

While aperitifs represent 

new territory for 

many Canadian consumers, 

they’re a familiar — 

even nostalgic — drink 

for others. “A lot of 

Europeans have praised it 

and enjoy it,” Karp says of 

Odd Society’s Bittersweet 

Vermouth. “It reminds 

them of home.” FH 

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Technologies in blockchain and 

cryptocurrency are still in their 

infancy, but bullish entrepreneurs 

and business owners in the 

restaurant industry already see 

tremendous potential. 

“Right now, blockchain is what the internet 

was in 1983,” says Kelsey Cole, co-founder 

of the Canadian start-up Adbank. Bitcoin, the 

most widely known cryptocurrency — whose 

creators invented blockchain technology — 

turned 10 years old on Halloween of last year 

and though most Canadians (64 per cent 

according to a 2017 report by the Bank of 

Canada) have heard of Bitcoin, only 2.9 per 

cent own any of it and a vanishing minority 

of them treat it as currency rather than as 

an investment. 

Yet the possibilities for the technology 

are interesting. Blockchain refers to a virtual 

ledger, one that tracks and verifies transactions 

by verifying the other transactions that 

occurred previously in the “chain.” As Cole 

explains, “the technology could theoretically 

be used to track anything from an employee 

clocking in and out, to the different transactions 

that bring a head of lettuce from the 

farm to the restaurant refrigerator.” 

This is valuable for a few reasons. For one, 

it’s “secure by design.” Once blocks are added 

to the chain, they can’t be altered and can’t 

be added without knowledge of the previous 

blocks in the chain. All blockchains work 

in slightly different ways (and thousands of 

them exist) but with Bitcoin’s blockchain, 

this verification process is known as mining 

and as the chain grows longer, it becomes 

more secure. 

The other advantage is that the chain, 

regardless of size or complexity, becomes 

virtually transparent. This is especially useful 

when it comes to tracking supply chains. 

Walmart recently entered into a partnership 

with IBM to do just that with its supply of all 

leafy greens in order to be able to pinpoint 

foodborne illness. The software company 

has launched similar partnerships with other 

giants such as Nestlé, Dole and Kroger. 

As with most innovations, bigger businesses 

will be better positioned to take advantage 

of these technologies at first, but eventually, 

Cole says it could become a software-asa-service, 

where third-parties provide the 

equipment and information infrastructure. 

In other words, it won’t be all that different 

than the way Interac and credit machines 

work now. 

But others are betting there’s sufficient 

interest now to launch the technology. Kibo, 

a sushi-restaurant chain with 11 locations in 

the Greater Toronto Area, recently entered 

a partnership with T.OS, a company whose 

blockchain and cryptocurrency was designed 

specifically for real-time transactions, such 

as those that would occur in restaurants (the 

creators say it’s also much less prone to the 

kind of volatility that’s caused some of the 

massive swings in value for Bitcoin in recent 

years). While not yet operating on the same 

scale as more popular cryptocurrencies, T.OS 

appears to be the only one targeting the 

foodservice industry and, according to Kibo 

founder and CEO, Bo Seo, they have already 

seen some uptake in countries such as South 

Korea and Japan. This is Kibo’s first foray into 

the North-American market. 

Kibo is already offering $5 discounts to 

generate interest and people will be able to 

pay for meals using the currency in its 

restaurants in the coming months. And 

though there may not be very many customers 

who are able to pay with the currency at 

the outset, Seo says he’s excited to be getting 

in front of what he feels will be a huge change 

in the market. 

“In the future, this will be a part of payment,” 

he says, “everybody wins.” FH 



CHEF’S CORNER 

CARRYING THE TORCH 

Chef Rob Bragagnolo is bringing Spanish cuisine 

to the forefront of Toronto’s restaurant scene 

BY JORDAN MAXWELL 

Cooking is in Rob Bragagnolo’s blood. Born 

into a long line of respected Venetian chefs, 

Bragagnolo starting cooking at a young age 

in Veneto, Italy where he spent his summers 

learning at the family trattoria and bakery. 

His grandfather and great aunt created the dessert ‘La 

Fregolotta’ — an Italian crumb cake — in 1924, which is 

one of the region’s most-celebrated dishes. Now, almost 

100 years later, Bragagnolo is continuing his family’s rich 

tradition of cooking European and Spanish-style dishes. 

“The way Spanish people eat and drink is very social 

and [tapas is] designed for being social,” he says. “It’s 

reflective of their culture and how they interact with each 

other. Everything is shared and it lends itself well to conversation 

— we find people really love that in Canada.” 

After living in Spain for 17 years — opening a number 

of Michellin-star restaurants with former business partner 

and chef, Marc Fosh — the Toronto native returned 

to work at Marben in Toronto before opening Carver, a 

full-service sandwich spot. But it’s Labora Restaurant, 

located at Spadina Avenue and King Street West, which 

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best embodies the vision Bragagnolo 

had when he returned to Canada in 

2015 to continue his culinary career. 

Launched as Campo Food Hall 

— a mixed-use space featuring a 

bodega, Spanish-style deli, a bar 

and bakery, build-your-own salad 

or grain-bowl station and an Elxr 

juice bar — Bragagnolo decided 

to streamline his attention, focusing 

only on Labora, which received 

critical acclaim from the public 

and media when it first opened in 

December 2017. 

“We had a very good problem 

where, especially on the weekends, 

we started running out of seats [at 

Labora],” Bragagnolo says. “We 

would’ve had to turn away 50 people 

because we didn’t have enough 

space. So we decided to just focus on 

the restaurant. It was better to keep 

the team focused on one message.” 

Bragagnolo uses all the skills from his travels to Mexico 

and his culinary teachings in Spain, as well as the lessons 

he learned during his studies at the International Hotel 

and Tourism Training Institute (IHTTI) in Switzerland. 

The menu is unique, offering a variety of sharing 

plates, snacks, tapas and cured meats and cheese. The Pan 

Tumuca, a tomato-rubbed Cristal bread (4pc/$6) or the 

Zamburinas — bay scallops in Galician sauce and chips 

($9) — are included on the snack menu. 

Charcuterie offerings include Iberico pork cheeks with 

caramelized figs and marcona almonds ($13) and the 

Pulpo, which features octopus and chorizo cooked over 

olive wood, served with potato ($23). 

Bragagnolo is enjoying the success of Labora and 

plans to continue improving the overall experience by 

bringing in Spanish cooks, products and wines for his 

guests. “Opening Labora is among my greatest accomplishments,” 

he says. “It was a feat that I’m very proud of. 

Doing it by myself — and there’s so much that goes into 

the planning and the designing — I just want to focus 

100-per-cent of my energy on Labora.” FH 

DANIEL ALEXANDER [CHEF ROB BRAGAGNOLO] 


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