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Breville | PolyScience Offers Cutting-Edge Equipment

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Eco-Friendly Products from Karat Earth

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Norbec Offers Slip Resistant NextGrip Floor

An interview with Jason Giuliani, Vice President of Sales, Norbec.

Breville | PolyScience is a leading manufacturer of cutting-edge equipment for chefs and mixologists, including sous vide immersion circulators, the Control ºFreak® precision induction cooktop, the Smoking Gun® Pro smoke infuser, AntiGriddle® flash freeze plate, Sonicprep™ ultrasonic emulsifier, Rotary Vacuum Evaporator and other culinary technologies. By bringing precision, innovation and great design to the culinary world, the company aims to build products that

If you’re in the foodservice industry, you know the new impending straw bans and focus on how to combat the waste of single use disposables have taken off this past year.

Local and nationwide straw bans have left business owners in a pinch to find a solution and fast.

Karat Earth® has a line of ecofriendly products that are sure to help you combat your carbon footprint. The line of

JG: As a leading cold room manufacturing in the foodservice industry for more than 35 years, Norbec offers custom cold rooms to meet any project specifications.

Norbec walk-ins are manufactured according to exact specifications to ensure the highest quality, performance and space optimization for all types of projects, no matter the complexity.

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Innovative Packaging from Lacerta An interview with Ali Lotfi, President and coOwner, Lacerta Group, Inc.

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Montague Offers Excalibur UDC Plug-and-Play Island Suite

AL: We are a family-owned business, started over 25 years ago. We manufacture thermoformed packaging with a focus on food and custom packaging.

We have three facilities: one in Massachusetts with design, mold-making and thermoforming capabilities, we just

To prepare the dishes today’s diners crave, foodservice operations need to stay competitive and select equipment that provides flexibility, quality and reliability. The Montague Company has delivered on all counts with the introduction of its new Excalibur™ UDC Plug-and-Play Island Suite.

This multitalented, front-of-thehouse performer lets busy operations effortlessly replace or reposition equipment to suit menu changes, seasonal

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RDN: Tell our readers about Lacerta.

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RDN: Tell our readers about Norbec.

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Lemon & Vine: Greek Traditions with a Modern Twist

By Alethia Erotas, President and Owner, Lemon & Vine

Lemon & Vine is a family owned and certified woman owned company dedicated to the art of food with true quality, taste and visual appeal that is made with the best, premium ingredients.

The inspiration for the products at Lemon & Vine came from our Yaya (Greek for Grandma). It was 1930 when Angelique came to America from Greece Continued on Page 93

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High Graphic Corrugated Packaging from Accurate Box

An interview with Mark Schlossman, Executive Vice President Sales and Marketing, Accurate Box Company.

RDN: Tell our readers about your company.

MS: Accurate Box is a 75-year-old company that specializes in high graphic corrugated packaging. In our space, we are one of very few companies who control all aspects of production in house. We make our own tooling (printing plates,

BOOTH #7260

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Waring Continues Legacy of Innovation

Waring Commercial is a global leader in foodservice equipment. Dedicated to providing innovative, reliable, valuedriven solutions, its goal is to make its customers’ lives easier and their businesses more profitable.

Whether you serve up old favorites, trendy new menu items or a combination of both, Waring Commercial equipment guarantees unparalleled results. Imagine.

Invent. Inspire.® Waring has an extensive collection

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Plant to Plate: Simple Food Make way for a new line of plant-based pastas, grains and “coming soon” pestos – all with clean labels and exceptional taste, crafted by culinary artists with a mind for using the only freshest and responsibly sourced ingredients nature has to offer. These dishes not only taste amazing, but you can feel good about what you’re eating, too.

In retail, four delicious offerings have already hit the shelves, including two hearty ravioli, with roasted vegetables and cauliflower, a half-moon shaped pasta with tofu and edamame, and a robust barley risotto with tomatoes and sweet corn, trend setters in the plant-based space.

In foodservice, the varieties provide

a unique and on-trend canvas for you to get creative with your own sauces.

Butternut squash and kale and roasted vegetable raviolis are made with 100 percent stone ground whole wheat, organic avocado and sweet potato infused dough.

Simply delicious, with nutritionals unparalleled in the industry.

Each culinary masterpiece was carefully curated to inspire the flexitarian community. This shift toward plant-based eating was driven by Millennials, who are more likely to consider the food source, animal welfare and environmental impact when navigating their purchase options.

Growth in this sector will continue with the 70 million Gen Z consumers on the same

path, shaping the future of the food landscape over the next several years.

These chef-inspired recipes have been developed using ingredients that you can actually recognize, are always protein-enriched and a good source of fiber.

Simple food with “no artificial anything,” minimal added sugars, whole grains, plant-based protein, driven by taste – a refreshing addition to the marketplace.

Plant to Plate is a brand extension of Carla’s Pasta. Carla’s Pasta is the largest specialty filled pasta company in the U.S., woman owned and family operated since 1978.

Visit Carla’s Pasta at booth #707.

Astra Manufacturing Acquired by Cornerstone Foodservice Group Cornerstone Foodservice Group, of ShoreView Industries, is pleased to announce that it has acquired assets of Astra Manufacturing, Inc.®, a designer and manufacturer of premium coffee equipment for both the commercial and home segments. This is the group’s third acquisition. It acquired Spring USA in September 2016 and LloydPans in July 2017.

“Cornerstone is a family of innovative and trusted brands,” said Kristine Holtz, Chief Executive Officer of

Cornerstone Food Service Group. “We believe Astra’s thoughtful approach to the art of coffee provides a highly profitable solution for our customers in the fast-paced, rapidly growing premium coffee segment.”

“I am excited to be joining forces with Cornerstone Foodservice Group,” said Richard Hourizadeh, President and Founder of Astra Manufacturing, Inc. “Cornerstone’s vast customer and distribution channels will allow us to bring our products to new markets and help fuel

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Astra’s long-term growth.”

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TurboCool with Heat Saves Space & Money There’s really nothing like eating your favorite meal at your favorite restaurant, under the stars with that oh-so-perfect breeze tying it all together. But there’s a fine line between enjoying your meal al fresco and huddling in the cold with your table mates over a steaming bowl of soup.

The pressure that restaurants and resorts are under to keep their patrons happy and comfortable is a constant battle. There are a variety of ways to keep your patrons warm, but they often take away from the al fresco dining experience. Radiant space heaters and warming

tents are an option for restaurants, but they take up space and inhibit the ambiance created from al fresco dining.

Additionally, if your patio dining experience is up to snuff, you’ve already invested in cooling options for those hot and humid summer days. That’s a lot of unused dining real estate being occupied by heating and cooling equipment that can’t be monetized. That’s where ANIKs Outdoor Comfort Solutions and TurboCool™ with Heat come in.

“Each TurboCool with Heat unit will cool or heat an area of 75 to 125 square feet,” says Al Erturk, co-Founder and

Forbes Industries Celebrates 100th Year Anniversary Forbes Industries was founded in 1919.

Longevity in a business is not a given.

Each year can test a company’s value and relevance. A commitment to its customers’ success has helped Forbes Industries thrive as a provider of mobile bars, buffet systems, lecterns and a wide variety of solutions for hospitality operations such as luggage carts, bellman’s equipment and housekeeping carts.

Every product is designed with the customers’ needs in mind.

The company’s iconic birdcage luggage cart, first introduced in 1983, exem-

plifies the company’s focus on creating memorable experiences for hoteliers and their guests. Forbes’ birdcage luggage cart was innovative in its use of materials and design. It was the first brass cart on the market, priced higher than competitive models to accommodate a more luxurious look and feel.

Innovations also evolve from recognizing a need. Storage has become a big issue for hotels and several Forbes products address this concern. The SlimFold bar is completely mobile and folds to half its size. Forbes Mystique Bar has remov-

Delight Patrons with Mediterranean Plant-Based Proteins Plant-based fare is expected to rule supreme in 2019, according to Whole Food’s 2019 trend predictions, and plantbased proteins are certainly all the rage for menus today. Plant-based proteins aren’t just for vegans and vegetarians anymore, and there is more to the world of plant-based proteins than imitation meat products.

Pulses, the dried form of legumes such as chickpeas, lentils and peas, have become a preferred plant-protein source.

According to Datassential, 43 percent of consumers are interested in increasing the total protein in their diet through beans and legumes, versus 23 percent for meat analogs. Chickpeas, one of these desired plant-proteins, are the primary

ingredient in exciting, on-trend ethnic items like falafel and hummus.

Falafel and hummus both represent authentic ethnic, plant-based proteins with a wide variety of menu applications to help operators meet the growing need for these items. Hummus and falafel have also been called entry points for consumers to the rising popularity of Middle Eastern cuisine.

“Hummus madness” was a top predicted food trend for 2019, according to hospitality consultancy af&co.

According to Datassential, in addition to the continued growth in commercial restaurants, hummus now appears on more than 55 percent of all college and university menus, an increase of 124 per-

SBT Bin Tipper from Power Knot The SBT™ bin tipper lifts garbage bins to deposit the contents into a container.

The machine is made of stainless steel so that it can be used safely in kitchens and other places that demand cleanliness and hygiene. The tipping mechanism is driven by a low pressure hydraulic mechanism that assures safety and quiet operation. The tipper is battery operated and is easily moved through any standard door.

The entire tipper is waterproof and can be washed down with a hose pipe to maintain cleanliness.

The charge on the batteries will typically last for a week with the built-in

battery meter indicating when charging is needed. A waterproof charger is incorporated, which will typically recharge the batteries in five hours. All that is needed is to plug the SBT bin tipper into any standard AC outlet.

The SBT bin tipper is sold to handle American (ANSI Z245 type B) or European and Asian (EN 840) style of bins. These bins can be sized from 60 litre to 140 litre (international) or 32 gallon and 35 gallon (USA). The bin lifter can lift up to 70 kilograms (150 pounds).

Safety features include dual switches that require the operator to have hands on

Chief Executive Officer of ANIKs Outdoor Comfort Solutions. “It’s literally one unit for every season.”

Utilizing an integrated Solamagic Heater, TurboCool with Heat uses the only UL listed electric outdoor heater, reduces glare by up to 30 percent and has best-in-class infrared efficiency. When those cold winter nights turn into hot summer days, the integrated TurboCool misting ports kick in to lower ambient temperature by 10 to 15 degrees in humid climates and up to 30 degrees in arid climates. Manufactured in the United

States, the patented TurboCool with Heat is the world’s first and only all-in-one heating and cooling system. Available in white or black aluminum cabinets (additional colors are a paid option) TurboCool with Heat can be wall, post or ceiling mounted.

If you are looking to maximize your available outdoor dining area with an allin-one climate control solution, TurboCool with Heat is the ideal solution.

able and interchangeable front and side panels, making it possible to change the look of the bar in minutes. Other products like mobile nesting tables can be stored in public spaces.

Inspiration for new products often comes from customers. Forbes spent three years working with a major theme park designing an in-room housekeeping cart that keeps bulky linens out of hallways, creating a more pleasant environment for guests. The streamlined cart also improves ergonomics and worker safety.

Forbes’ New Product Development Committee takes feedback from the field and brainstorms new offerings.

Renderings of new ideas are engineered in house and are shared with the field sales team and key hoteliers. The most promising ideas move to prototypes, then functional, durable products. In every category, Forbes offers good, better and best solutions. Having a broad range of products with multiple price points allows Forbes to provide affordable solutions to properties of 3 star to 5 star ratings.

cent in the last four years, indicating strong interest from the newest generation of restaurant patrons.

Make hummus the MVP (Most Versatile Protein) on your menu by taking advantage of all its possibilities to add plant-based global flavor excitement to so many dishes. More than just a dip, hummus is a nutritionally advantageous alternative to mayonnaise on deli sandwiches, in tuna or chicken salads, on salad bars, as protein spread for vegetarian wraps, a cream cheese replacement on bagels, and as a base for trending ethnic and grain bowls.

Grecian Delight has a complete line of hummus pack sizes and flavors, including the featured clean label line made with olive oil. Free of artificial colors, flavors and preservatives, these vari-

eties are high pressure pasteurized for long shelf life and are vegan and kosher.

Grecian Delight’s Falafel Fritters 1-ounce uncooked pucks were a 2018 FABI Award winner, clean label, vegan, kosher and gluten free.

The same award-winning formula is also available in a dough form.

Grecian Delight, A Pure Mediterranean Foods Company, brings you the very best of Greek and Mediterranean cuisine with products including gyros and specialty meats, pitas and flatbreads, tzatziki, hummus and spreads, falafel and additional Mediterranean specialties.

them at all times for operation, a red light on the opposite side to warn other personnel, a safety cutout switch with a removable key and solid lockable wheels.

Further, at all times the center of mass of the bin and its contents are within the footprint of the SBT bin tipper, ensuring that the bin tipper cannot tip over. The tipper can be equipped with optional side panels with a mesh screen and an interlocking door.

The SBT bin tipper can be used in a variety of applications where mobility and cleanliness are required. The machine is ideal for lifting waste food

and depositing it into a Power Knot LFC-300 or LFC-500 biodigester.

As a profitable company with installations globally, Power Knot is a market leader in products to process waste food. Power Knot’s SBT bin tippers are the most technologically advanced machines available and the company offers a three-year warranty. Power Knot designs, develops and manufacture all its products at its headquarters in the capital of Silicon Valley, California.

For more information, visit booth #1678.

Visit Forbes Industries at booth #11249.

For more information, go to www.forbes industries.com, call 800.832.5427 or email sales@forbesindustries.com.

Visit Grecian Delight at booth #812, South Hall. For more information, go to www.greciandelight.com or call 800.621.4387.

For more information, go to www .powerknot.com.

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How Food Safety Technology Can Make Labor Management Easier Traditionally, employees have been the weakest links in food safety at most restaurants. Even well-intentioned workers make mistakes, and foodservice is an industry where isolated incidents can quickly mushroom into nationwide or global PR disasters. A food safety incident in one location means diners everywhere will stop visiting; as a result, errors, failures or malfeasance by even entry-level, minimum-wage workers can have an outsized impact on the bottom-line.

When labor goes wrong – whether through fraudulent activity, human error, inadequate training or some other form of mismanagement – it has business ramifications that affect the entire organization.

How can brands make sure that the minimum-wage worker does his job so that the food safety incident never happens in the first place? Food safety technology

has the answer.

Technology enforces accountability at the individual and store level.

When it comes to checklists, for example, a smart system can impose constraints on users and alert their leaders when those constraints are breached. For example, the restaurant can set a custom timeframe for each checklist to be completed; if the checklist scheduled for noon doesn’t get completed within 60 minutes, it alerts management.

Technology puts an automatic spotlight on areas requiring review.

Similarly, a smart system can analyze checklist entries for accuracy and ensure they meet expected thresholds. For instance, if one checklist should take about five minutes to complete but one

Plastic Straw Bans – Where Do You Turn?

By Michele Moran, Director of Marketing and New Product Development, Hoffmaster Group, Inc.

Aardvark paper straws are by far the most environmentally-friendly option and are marine friendly, naturally degradable, FDA/EU compliant and compostable. It is important to note that some brands use harmful chemicals when manufacturing the straw in order to overcome complaints that the paper straws become soggy too quickly or the color of the paper leaches into the drinks. Aardvark uses no harmful chemicals in manufacturing, and the colors will not leach into your drink.

Turning away from plastic straws is unquestionably better for the environment. Paper straws aren’t the only alternative out there, but there is no getting around it: PLA straws pollute the same way plastics do. PLA stands for polylactic acid, which is made from renewable resources such as sugarcane or corn starch. Naturally, one would assume that since PLA straws are derived from natural ingredients that they are better for the environment. However, this is not always the case and can often be misleading.

The issue with PLA straws is that people think they are buying and using an environmentally-friendly product.

SuperSorb CarbonPad and Supersorb F-23LV from Filtercorp Filtercorp’s patented SuperSorb® CarbonPad has been proven to perform in top foodservice operations, consistently out-performing other types of frying oil filtration media.

The SuperSorb CarbonPad extends the useful life of frying oil by trapping damaging particles 500 times smaller

than a grain of sand. Among the benefits are less oil usage, less oil change outs, cleaner oil, greater savings and more consistent food quality. Food products cooked in clean oil cook faster, absorb less oil and have a crisper texture. Simply drop a SuperSorb CarbonPad into your fryer filter and start enjoying the benefits

Benefits of the SKECHERS Direct Corporate Shoe Program Are you tired of costly slip-and-falls? Are you frustrated with your current shoe program? The SKECHERS Direct Corporate Shoe Program is the answer.

This program is cost-free with no minimum purchasing requirements or setup fees – your employees buy direct from SKECHERS and save.

SKECHERS will put together a custom ecommerce site and will customize the selection based on your company’s uniform policy. Your employees can purchase shoes online with free shipping and free returns or by shopping at any of the

500-plus SKECHERS retail stores in the United States and Canada.

“This cost-free program has some incredible benefits and will provide your employees with a substantial discount on safe, comfortable and durable trend-right footwear resulting in improved worker safety, morale and overall efficiency,” says Harold Surabian, National Sales Manager.

The SKECHERS Direct program is available to companies with 200 or more employees and who are based in the United States or Canada. The program

worker completes it in three minutes, the system can alert managers. Maybe that employee figured out a way to complete the checklist in a more efficient way, a process that could be replicated at other stores, or maybe they’re trying to cheat the system and need review.

Technology can correct worker errors and help train staff.

Employees don’t always follow food safety policies and procedures. Nearly two-thirds (62 percent) of food manufacturers and processors told industry analysts at Alchemy Systems that not all their employees adhere to their food safety programs. A digital food safety system can protect against non-compliance.

First, it can automate many functions – reading temperatures from remote sensors automatically – to remove humans, and thus human errors, from the process.

Second, digital food safety can provide guidance, corrective actions and helpful

Although PLA is biodegradable, PLA straws and other PLA products become another form of plastic that will take years to break down in landfills and the ocean.

PLA straws need to be composted under specific conditions to degrade, and several areas don’t have common facilities to compost PLA-based products, forcing them to end up in landfills. PLA and bioplastics can only break down when all oxygen is removed and temperatures are constantly above 140 degrees Fahrenheit for at least 10 days. There are very few places in the world that meet these conditions, and when these materials do break down, they still of cleaner oil.

In 2018, Filtercorp introduced its newest patented technology: the SuperSorb F-23LV. It is the high-volume filter for your lowvolume fryer. Filtercorp’s new fry oil filter is the next-generation of its SuperSorb CarbonPad. The Supersorb F-23LV has a pleated pre-filter stitched on top to collect the larger food debris. This technolooffers employees a year-round 30 percent discount on SKECHERS slipresistant work shoes and corporate casual styles. All of the SKECHERS slip-resistant shoes are ASTM Mark II tested to meet or exceed a coefficient of friction of 0.50 or greater.

Included in the program is SKECHERS $5,000 Slip and Fall Warranty that helps protect your company from costly slip-and-falls. In addition, employees will benefit from SKECHERS Quarterly Friends and Family Days events on shoes for the entire family, including kids’ shoes, walking shoes, running shoes and even golf shoes (30 percent off on over 3,000 great styles).

prompts from the employee’s handheld device whenever issues arise.

Technology can help control labor costs.

The cost of labor relative to revenue can be a major contributor to unnecessarily thin profit margins in the industry.

According to point-of-sale technology provider Toast, the average restaurant sales per full-time equivalent (FTE), nonsupervisory employee in 2015 was $56,000 (compared to $226,000 per grocery store worker). Automating certain food safety functions and streamlining the rest can free hours of time for workers and managers to focus instead on revenue-generating activities and front-ofthe-house concerns.

For more information, visit booth #9442, go to www.compliancemate.com, call 678.526.4628 or email info@ compliancemate.com.

leave behind a harmful residue of “plastic soup” micro particles that pollute the environment and threaten life at the bottom of the food chain. PLA straws are not marine degradable, and when they make their way into the waterways and oceans, they act like regular plastic – when they’re consumed by marine wildlife and fish, that can endanger or kill them. Humans as well are at risk via the potentially deadly toxins that become concentrated in the seafood we eat.

For more information, visit booth #2788, go to www.hoffmaster.com or www .aardvarkstraws.com, email marketing@ hoffmaster.com or call 800.327.9774.

gy enables the filter to be even more efficient, resulting in a two filters-in-one system that has all the advantages of the SuperSorb CarbonPad. The proof is in the profits and the taste. At Filtercorp, “filtration is what we do, and people are why we do it.”

Visit Filtercorp at booth #10730. For more information, go to www.filtercorp.com.

Should you choose to participate, you may also offer your employees a payroll deduction program for their shoe purchases, which would enable them to spread the cost of their shoes over multiple paychecks. This part of the program is entirely optional for the employer, and you need not offer a payroll deduction plan to enable your employees to enjoy all the other benefits of the SKECHERS Direct Corporate Shoe Program.

For more information, visit the SKECHERS Direct Booth in the South Hall at booth #3126. After the show, call Harold Surabian at 310.318.3100, ext. 1860 or email haroldsu@skechers.com.

Monday, May 20, 2019

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United Food Group Introduces New Products United Food Group (UFG), is a premier developer and manufacturer of specialty dry powder mixes. Its philosophy is not to profit from selling equipment, but to utilize the equipment to enhance the excellent reputation of its product lines.

United Food Group’s brands are ideal for high volume, high traffic areas such as restaurants, fast food, c-stores, bars, selfservice and cafeterias.

Introducing New Perfect Servings® Hot Beverage Dispenser Perfect Servings Hot Beverage Dispenser features on-demand coffee by the cup or carafe. The dispenser delivers the highest quality microground coffee with a better flavor profile at 20-30 percent less than the cost of liquid coffee. The hot beverage dispenser features five custom selections, including coffee, tea, hot chocolate, hot liquid creamer and cappuccino, all from

one machine. Each selection offers digitally programmed portion control as well as a manual press and hold options.

Benefits include: coffee and tea dispenses in under 8 seconds for a 10-12 ounce cup; hot chocolate and cappuccino dispenses in under 15 seconds for a 10-12 ounce cup; the hot liquid creamer selection has an option for one, two or three creamers; the dispenser makes one 60 ounce pot of coffee in under 45 seconds; the dispenser is programmable for any size carafe; optional advertising video or backlight front; and state-of-the-art touchscreen.

Perfect Servings Coffee Condiment Dispenser The Perfect Servings Coffee Condiment program supplies a no charge dispenser for the exclusive use of United Food Group’s premium products. The dis-

Comark Launches New Bluetooth Thermometer Comark Instruments is launching its latest Bluetooth™ product innovation, the BT48 Bluetooth Thermocouple Thermometer.

Visit booth #3746 to see how the Comark range can automate the temperature data collection required for today’s HACCP and Food Safety plans. You’ll be amazed at how far temperature monitoring has come since the early days.

The new Comark BT48 Thermometer is designed for all foodservice operations

to quickly, safely and effectively monitor critical temperatures for deliveries, storage, cooking, cooling and hot holding, through to final serving. The Comark BT48 has all the features of the best-selling C28 Thermometer, but now incorporates recording via Bluetooth to eliminate the need for paper record keeping.

Following the earlier launch of the BT250 Pocketherm™ Fold-Out Thermometer last year, it became clear that customers welcomed the ease of

Sterno Shows New Product Extensions to Award-Winning SpeedHeat Line An interview with Thaddaeus Smith, Executive Chef, Sterno Products.

heat performance and operator convenience.

TS: Last year, Sterno Products introduced SpeedHeat®, a flameless, wateractivated system that produces high-heat steam, with zero ramp-up time. It is considered by many in the catering industry to be the most innovative portable heat system since the introduction of Sterno chafing fuel more than a century ago.

This year, Sterno is introducing SpeedHeat HD. Designed for repeat use, this new product offers a reusable, flameless heat system, designed for optimal

TS: HD stands for heavy duty. Stepping back, the first generation of this product line was designed for drop and go catering events. Many of our restaurant and caterer partners were looking for a product that would keep their drop and go hot menu items hot during service but could do so flamelessly and without the hassles and risks associated with wire racks, large volumes of water and open flames.

RDN: Tell our readers about SpeedHeat®.

RDN: What does the HD in the name SpeedHeat HD mean, and why did you develop this new product?

Growing Consumer Demand for Beef Bono, Sicily’s largest producer of extra virgin olive oil, has become the new exclusive extra virgin olive oil purveyor at the James Beard House in New York’s Greenwich Village.

The Beard House, established in 1985, is a fine-dining venue in culinary legend James Beard’s former home, that

presents special dinners created by 200 visiting chefs from across the U.S. each year. It is part of the James Beard Foundation, known for its restaurant industry James Beard Awards and other programs.

“We are proud to be partnering with such a prestigious institution that

penser requires minimal maintenance, but the company’s knowledgeable service staff is always there to answer any questions you may have. The powder dispenser keeps your beverage area neat, eliminates pilferage, reduces cleanup and product stocking time. Save time and money with the push of a button.

Perfect Servings has over 21 premium quality product offerings, including sugar, sweeteners, creamer, flavored creamer, cappuccino, cocoas, hot beverages and oatmeal.

To enhance your brand, United Food Group includes custom private labeled backlight fronts on all its dispensers. The Perfect Servings Powder Dispenser has the capabilities of an optional video screen to further market and brand your upcoming entertainment events, contests and specials.

Komoniwana™ Shakes, Smoothies, Frappés and Granitas Komoniwana currently has 14 high-qual-

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ity product offerings. Classics like Chocolate Malt and Strawberry Shake and new favorites such as Madagascar Vanilla Bean Shake and Frozen Coffee Bean Frappé are just some of the flavors available with many more to come.

Komoniwana is simple to prepare.

Just add 4 ounces of water, one singleserve packet, 16 ounces of ice and blend until smooth utilizing the Blendtec® Stealth 885 Blender that United Food Group provides through its program with your initial order. Each packet makes one 16 ounce finished beverage. Flavor offerings are conveniently packed in 25 count cases including Komoniwana branded cups with dome lids. This eliminates the need for additional SKUs and inventory space.

For more information, visit booth #2293 or go to www.unitedfoodgroup.net.

recording and storing temperature records on the Cloud, hence a thermocouple thermometer with a choice of specialty probes was the next step.

The BT48 Bluetooth Thermometer is designed for use with Comark Kitchen Checks app, a complete HACCP management platform that uses a Comark Bluetooth Thermometer to collect your HACCP temperature data and relay it to the Cloud.

The app streamlines HACCP compliance through an intuitive sorting by kitchen functions. Cooking temperatures,

for instance, can be recorded by product, and if there is a problem, a corrective action can appear immediately to ensure food stays safe. Stepby-step information on the screen guides operators through tasks to ensure consistency from shift to shift.

Observing your Comark Kitchen Checks Dashboard on your PC gives an overview of the system 24/7. You can see your operation at a glance, review data and produce reports for your HACCP compliance program.

They were also looking for a product that they could leave behind with the customer to recycle. This would allow them to cut out the time and labor element of retrieving equipment. We learned from our customers that they would also like the option of having a product that was durable; something that could be reused as many times as a traditional chafer. That’s why we developed SpeedHeat HD.

starts producing high-heat steam right away to keep food at the ideal temperature for the ideal length of time.

RDN: Before we go into the features and benefits of this product, explain how SpeedHeat works.

TS: It’s a simple process that involves two water-activated heat packets and an included base and tray that replaces the traditional water chafing pan.

SpeedHeat has zero ramp-up time and is all about excellence in food,” said Salvatore Russo-Tiesi, General Manager of Bono USA. “A great olive oil makes the meal, and we look forward to having our Sicilian extra virgin olive oil on hand for so many excellent chefs to use in their creations.”

Bono, founded in 1934 in Sciacca, Sicily, an area known for its excellent olive growing conditions, in the past year

Visit Comark at booth #3746.

RDN: What makes SpeedHeat HD a stand out product?

TS: This product is highly resilient. Its durable construction handles accidental drops and daily handling better than traditional chafers. Its stackable design and minimal parts provide an organized storage solution and helps prevent lost components. It’s easy-to-clean, dish machinesafe and is compatible with standard depth stainless steel and foil pans for added versatility.

Visit Sterno Products at booth #6912. For more information, go to www.sterno pro.com or call 951.682.9600.

has made a big push into the U.S. Bono’s multi-award winning olive oils, and its line of organic marmalades and olives are now available in specialty stores and leading grocery chains in all 50 states.

Bono’s products are available at Wegmans, King’s, Balducci’s, Central Market, Stop & Shop, AJ’s Fine Foods and Bristol Farms, among many others, and online at www.vitacost.com and Amazon.

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Excel Dryer Offers One-Stop Hand Hygiene An interview with William Gagnon, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Excel Dryer, Inc. RDN: What is Excel Dryer all about?

WG: Excel Dryer is a family-owned, Massachusetts-based company that’s been manufacturing the finest Americanmade hand dryers for more than 50 years.

We revolutionized the industry with the original, patented, high-speed, energyefficient XLERATOR® Hand Dryer that created the high-speed hand dryer category, and we continue to develop sustainable, cost-effective hand-hygiene solutions.

RDN: How do your products benefit restaurants?

WG: A restaurant’s restrooms can significantly impact the guests’ experience, positively or negatively. To a customer, paper towels littered on the floor

or clogging toilets signal an unclean establishment. As one restaurateur stated, ‘Your restrooms have to be as clean as your kitchen,’; if they’re not, guests will wonder about what else isn’t clean.

Our high-efficiency hand dryers eradicate these problems, providing an environmentally friendly alternative while cutting maintenance costs by a typical 95 percent over paper towels. What’s more, XLERATOR dries hands three times faster than conventional hand dryers, meaning less time in the restroom and more at the table.

RDN: Talk about what’s next in green restroom design.

WG: The D|13 Sink System, our latest collaboration with D|13 Group and Gensler, is the future of commercial restrooms and the most hygienic, sustainable and cost-effective system on the market for washing and drying hands. High-efficiency fixtures for soap and water are all

Raising the Bar with Non-Commercial Cooking The focus of commercial restaurants has always been on food and profits.

Recently, this has been a rising trend for non-commercial outlets.

“One of the most important items to recognize as a challenge in a non-commercial operation is providing creative, healthy and cost-effective food options with low labor to your patrons,” says Angelo Mojica, Senior Director of Nutrition and Culinary Services at John Hopkins Health System. “Also, in noncommercial operations, operators are not easily able to find highly-qualified chefs, so a good amount of dedicated time is dedicated to training.”

This is not as simple to overcome as it may seem.

“Training costs money as an investment into the employees, but that investment can be turned around in a negative format if that trainee decides to leave for

other endeavors in a career field,” says Mojica.

The tide has changed, and there is equipment technology that raises the bar.

Marra Forni’s Authentic Hand-Crafted Brick Ovens provide a solution for noncommercial operators struggling with budgets and staff training challenges who are seeking high-quality, consistent and high-volume results.

Marra Forni’s ovens are easy to use with an innovative touchscreen technology that fully controls temperature, deck rotation direction and speed as well as the auto on/off powered exhaust fan, so there is no need for a highly-trained operator.

These customizable, durable, energy efficient and high-tech feature-packed handcrafted brick ovens perform high-volume cooking, expanding menus with highquality items.

The proprietary bricks and rotating

Why You Should Only Choose Factory Built Grease Duct Type 1 Kitchen Hood grease duct and proper ventilation are vital in any commercial kitchen. It can be the difference between a safe working environment, and sheer disaster.

Currently there are two exhaust duct options to choose from in the marketplace: field fabricated with minimal safety code materials and methods of construction, and UL listed and code approved factory-built grease duct.

AMPCO offers double wall insulated ZClear, the most innovative factorybuilt kitchen grease duct in the industry.

Here are the top reasons why you should only choose factory built grease duct.

Superior Safety ZClear is safety tested/listed to strin-

gent UL test requirements (UL 1978, UL 2221) which includes a 30 minute, 2,000 degree Fahrenheit internal grease fire test. Unlike rectangular welded systems, ZClear allows zero clearance to combustibles without the need for additional field wrap insulation. The ZClear’s two-hour fire rating eliminates the need to design and install a separate fire-rated chase. The product’s cylindrical stainless steel construction maintains strength at much higher temperatures than carbon steel, which protects people and property even in the event of a grease fire.

Efficient Energy efficiency and overall performance are greatly improved with round

mounted on the sink deck, providing the ultimate user experience. It is customizable in size, shape and material, allowing designers to completely change and elevate the aesthetic of the restroom.

RDN: What advantages does the system offer?

WG: First would be quiet convenience.

The integration of all three components, each with an auto sensor for a no-touch experience, means hand hygiene has never been simpler. Then, there is the sound reduction; the decorative air outlet is deck mounted, but the motor is underneath, equipped with a sound-suppression air delivery system that significantly reduces decibel levels.

Combined with the adjustable speed and sound options available with every XLERATOR dryer, you’ve got the quietest high-efficiency drying system

available. The drying system also offers superior hygiene, with HEPA filtration that filters bacteria from the air and a reversed airflow that blows the water off the user’s hands into the sink basin instead of on their clothes or the sink deck.

RDN: How would you describe the look of the system?

WG: Like its performance, the system’s aesthetic is unparalleled. We’ve heard it called sleek, modern and beautiful, with a feel of both high-end luxury and understated simplicity. That versatility is by design. We set out to build a sink system that would enhance the look of any establishment’s restroom, and with the D|13 Sink System, that’s just what’s been accomplished.

Visit Excel Dryer at booth #3476. For more information, go to www.excel dryer.com, call 800.255.9235 or email sales@exceldryer.com.

deck allow Marra Forni ovens to cook made-to-order gourmet pizzas that are much healthier than the traditional version. These pies have fewer calories, and the flour used is often better for people with gluten sensitivity. Another asset of this oven is its versatility. It can be used for baking, slow roasting, braising and searing meats. It delivers fire roasted vegetables and seafood in cast-iron pans, and even can be used for preparing fresh baked bread and sandwiches.

“What Marra Forni developed is a product that identifies the need for entry level cooking personnel to produce a highly profitable product, such as pizza,” says Mojica. “Their rotating ovens assist in efficiency and effectiveness in training, labor costs savings and low shrinkage rates. For example, the LCD touchscreen capabilities allow operators to automatically turn the oven off and on, so

there’s no need for an employee to arrive early to warm up the oven. If you calculate two hours every day by the amount of days you are open, times the hourly wage you pay your opening crew, your savings from the automatic on and off function would buy your oven in theory.”

The Marra Forni oven’s integrated eye-brow hood system allows for direct venting to be used, instead of a traditional hood system, which can save operators thousands of dollars. This design also ensures better performance due to proper air flow in and out of the oven, which will result in consistent cooking results.

The appeal of the oven’s custom tile work and crackling open fire create an enticing visual, further raising the bar for non-commercial applications.

grease duct designs due to less flow resistance. In addition, round stainless systems are much easier to clean and reduce grease accumulation compared to rectangular designs.

tems. ZClear features a limited lifetime warranty.

Overall, AMPCO ZClear factory-built grease duct has superior strength at higher temperatures, is fire-rated, energy efficient and more durable when compared to field fabricated products.

Customizable and Attractive The modular concept of factory-built grease duct provides for maximum design flexibility and ease of installation.

The AMPCO engineering staff provides complete design services that takes the guesswork out of installation even for the most complex systems. ZClear can be customized to your unique application requirements and is available in a variety of exterior color and material options.

Limited Lifetime Warranty Factory-built grease duct is higher in quality, durability and has a longer life when compared to field fabricated sys-

Visit Marra Forni at booth #2068. For more information, go to www.marraforni.com.

Lowest Installed Cost Factory-built modular components are easier and quicker to install. AMPCO eliminates the need for on-site welding, and multiple inspections, which saves valuable time and money. The ZClear system minimizes floor space requirements and eliminates the time and expense associated with constructing a separate fire-rated chase.

To learn more, www.ampcostacks.com 800.624.8642.

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Point-of-Sale Sealing Equipment from Wilpack Packaging Wilpack Packaging began by manufacturing high-speed contract packaging equipment. A division of A-American Companies, founded in 1986, Wilpack is a full-service packaging supplier and equipment manufacturer. With years of experience, it became apparent to Wilpack that there was a need for sealing equipment that would allow start-up and point-of-service facilities to provide quality, safe packaging solution to their customers – a solution that would allow entrepreneurs to start using the correct packaging supplies that would transition to a fully automated process once the product line grew. This inspired Wilpack

to invent a tabletop tamper-evident sealing line of equipment. Its patented, UL and NSF certified equipment allows any company the opportunity to grow their product line with branding in safe, spillproof packaging.

The company is known for aiding customers in choosing the correct packaging materials and equipment to fit their needs. Wilpack’s main customers are kitchens, restaurants, startups and large contract packaging facilities. Its packaging materials include a full line of polypropylene cups with tamper-evident seals. Its diverse line of equipment ranges from manual tabletop sealing

Introducing Seviroli Foods’ New Signature Reserve Line Seviroli Foods searches the world for the best spices, herbs and other premium ingredients that make up its delicious filled pastas. The pasta dough is made with whole fresh eggs and enriched semolina flour. Seviroli uses real imported cheese and its fillings are generous. So much so that each Seviroli ravioli is more than twothirds filling. You will never taste empty fillers. The company guarantees that each bite will fill your mouth with a burst of flavor. Seviroli’s new Signature Reserve Line is no exception. It is proud to introduce this new premium line of ravioli that includes the following items.

Porcini Truffle Ravioli These luxurious ravioli are nutty with a strong, earthy flavor and aroma. Toss in a brown butter and sage sauce or white wine, garlic and butter. The options are endless with these delicious, sunflowershaped ravioli.

Burrata Ravioli A twist on traditional, cheese-filled ravioli, Seviroli’s Burrata Ravioli are stuffed with handmade Burrata cheese and Ricotta, creating a unique and flavorful taste with every bite. It uses a double belly die, which creates an extra-large

FMP: Over 100 Years of Providing Customer Solutions

By Kimberly Salesky, Editor, Franklin Machine Products

Customers are our inspiration for creating innovative products. When you have a problem, we want to help you solve it.

Over the past century, we’ve produced many products that you use to facilitate some of the most cumbersome tasks in your restaurants, and we’re still looking to solve some of your most troublesome problems with new solutions.

Our newest products are The Perfect 10 spatula and GrillSharp grill tool sharpener. The Perfect 10 helps you quickly scoop product from a #10 with minimal waste – in as little as 10 seconds. The

GrillSharp is similar to the industry’s staple AccuSharp knife sharpener, except it sharpens grill spatulas, pizza rockers and even S blades. Plus, it’s portable. These products just scratch the surface of problem-solving items FMP has provided over the years.

One of the longest standing innovations is the 4-In-1™ timer (circa 1994). It helps users time multiple products and receive alerts when they’re ready. The 4In-1 was created to help make batch and multi-product cooking simpler, which was then followed by the 8-In-1™ timer (circa 2007) to allow for more product timing flexibility.

Other popular products that still

Tucs Introduces New 500 and 1000 Pound Self-Contained Electric Sous Vide Tanks Tucs Equipment is known as a leader in cook-chill technology, and today that tradition continues with the addition of a new 500 and 1,000 pound (50 and 100 gallons) self-contained electric sous vide tanks.

Designed specifically for small and growing foodservice operators, Tucs Sous Vide tanks have all the benefits of

its larger units in a self-contained, easyto-manage footprint.

The new integrated, microprocessor control panel gives operators full control over their recipes. Users can easily control cook times and temperatures followed by automatic chilling.

Temperatures can be monitored, recorded and downloaded as needed. When con-

equipment through production-ready Rotary Fill and Seal machines with individual capabilities up to 80 cups per minute each. Its turnkey solutions also include conveyors and vacuum pack off devices.

The team at Wilpack is proud to provide its innovative, tamper-evident sealing solutions and to provide customer safety and satisfaction. It knows what it takes to be above the crowd and be seen. Wilpack works with foodservice providers, educational facilities and contract packagers.

By always improving equipment and determining the best methods of delivering a finished product to market in the most economical and reliable ways possible, Wilpack is the best choice for those pocket for the filling.

Artichoke Pesto Ravioli Creamy pesto with bright and tender artichokes make for a perfect pairing.

Seviroli blended these together to create a delicious ravioli with a velvety bite.

Pancetta & Pea Ravioli Seviroli’s pasta is rolled very thin and tender, yet with the perfect al dente texture.

The pancetta and pea filling is an excellent juxtaposition to the delicate pasta, adding a salty, savory and smoky flavor.

Sausage & Broccoli Ravioli Seviroli fills each round ravioli with mild

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seeking positive and costeffective methods for all levels of packaging product.

The company is able to offer solutions to organizations that are ready to take products to market but perhaps do not have the same expertise in packaging those products that Wilpack has been refining and expanding. The company prides itself on its quality service and exceptional customer support.

Wilpack takes enormous pride in its ability to protect each of its customers’ special products by providing the best materials and packaging.

Visit Wilpack at booth #10438. For more information, go to www.wilpack packaging.com or call 815.490.9235.

Italian sausage, fresh broccoli and a rich blend of Parmesan and Ricotta cheese.

With each of Seviroli’s pastas, it uses an advanced IQF (Instantly Quick Frozen) method that locks in freshness, so with its new Signature Reserve Line, you can serve premium ravioli that tastes like it was made from scratch in your kitchen, only in minutes. The company’s commitment to high quality, authentic ingredients is a difference you can taste.

Visit Seviroli Foods at booth #5645. For more information, go to www.seviroli.com, call 516.222.6220 or email customerservice@seviroli.com.

assist in making everyday tasks easier are the Baffle Boss® Hood Filter Lifting Fork, Franklin Filter® Hinged Hood Filter and Gasket Boss® Gasket Installation Tool. Each of these tools were formed to help eliminate common problems customers encountered in the kitchen. The Baffle Boss (circa 2002) came about due to unsafe hood filter removal procedures that often resulted in serious injury. Now users don’t have to climb on ladders or equipment – instead, the Baffle Boss uses its pole to extend to filters safely from the floor. Meanwhile, hood filters need to be cleaned often and are difficult to fully remove grease from, leaving potential for fires. That’s where the Franklin Filter (circa 2007) came in – it’s hinged for bet-

ter cleaning access for thorough grease removal and features slotted baffles to put less strain on your exhaust hood system. On the cold side of the kitchen, installing gaskets is pretty time-consuming and a painful task on the thumbs.

The Gasket Boss was introduced (circa 2015) so you can simply roll it along the gasket and door frame for a quick, seamless and painless installation.

These are just a sample of the solutions you can find from FMP. To learn more, visit our website at www.fmp online.com. We’re proud to continue to serve you and help make your everyday tasks even easier.

figured, the control panel can also provide remote factory diagnostics.

Automatic cooling is provided by an integral chilled water generator. Processed water is maintained at ±1 degree Fahrenheit throughout the tank, and the insulated tank wall is designed to prevent condensation.

The ergonomically friendly design incorporates a tank floor which can be lowered and raised automatically for the easy loading and unloading of product.

Local codes vary, but in most cases a ventilation hood is not required.

Marty Tucs and his Food Process Equipment Team have earned a reputation over 30-plus years for developing very innovative solutions to difficult food processing problems. With an 80,000 square foot production plant located in Princeton, Minnesota, TUCS Equipment Inc. can meet the equipment needs of foodservice operators worldwide.

For more information, go to www.fmp online.com, call 800.257.7737 or email sales@fmponline.com.

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Glastender Introduces Space-Saving Fusion Sink Glastender, Inc., headquartered in Saginaw, Michigan, has created a new product category with the release of its patent-pending, space-saving Fusion sink.

Space behind a bar is almost always at a premium. Despite the fact that space is limited, there are certain pieces of equipment that every bar must have in order to function properly and meet code requirements. Two such products are a hand sink and a wet waste sink.

A hand sink is required to meet code in a foodservice establishment and a wet waste sink is required to meet functionality requirements. A wet waste sink, also known as a dump sink, is the place where the leftover ice, condiments and stir sticks are dumped into a perforated strainer, which allows the ice to melt away while capturing the solid waste.

Once the ice has melted, the solid waste is discarded.

Glastender has turned difficulty into

Brema: Ice-Making Since 1985 Ice making is integral and critical to almost all operations in the hospitality industry. Yet, we rarely give much thought to it. “We need ice,” is often the extent of the thought process involved.

And why not? All ice machines work under the same basic principles: evaporator, condenser, compressor and throttle valve. Add some water, power and voilà!

But not all ice machines are created equal. In fact, not all ice is created equal.

Founded in 1985 by the Maroli family, Brema Ice Makers has been making ice with constant care and attention to detail. Ice-making is its passion. It is also a commitment to customers, who must always be provided with optimal, timely solutions for all their needs.

Brema Ice Makers offers five sizes of ice cube as well as specialty ice such as fast ice, ice finger, ice flakes, ice pebbles and cold flakes. Six types of ice all catered to specific needs and environments.

Brema Ice Makers designs and manufactures machines according to the highest standards. It uses the best materials and the most advanced technologies.

For example, its ice cube units use a horizontal evaporator which allows for the removal of 98 percent of solids present in the water, ensuring a crystal clear cube, always.

Constant effort and research, in order to more fully understand and anticipate the developments of the market, is an integral part of Brema’s business

CDN: Leading the Way in Thermometers and Timers for 35 Years CDN celebrates its 35th anniversary with a focus on the top sellers that have made the company a global category leader in kitchen measurement tools. CDN products are used in over 20,000 commercial locations, including large international coffee and restaurant chains, based on product performance and the brand’s legacy of quality and innovation.

Thermometers and timers have been the core of CDN’s product line from the beginning, and the company now offers more than 120 thermometer and timer options, from basic workhorse models to fully featured upgrades, specialized units and CDN exclusives.

A reliable foodservice top pick, the NSF-certified Thin Tip Pocket

Thermometer (DTT450) stands out for its 1.5mm thin tip, 6-second response time and field calibration adds value for accuracy over time. It comes in yellow, red, green or blue, tying in with the HACCP color code to promote food safety in commercial kitchens. CDN also offers a range of NSF digital thermometers with like features, such as Thin Tip Thermometer (DTQ450X) and the Heavy Duty Thin Tip Thermometer (Q2450X).

The NSF-certified Infrared Gun/Thermocouple Thermometer (INTP662) combines two advanced technologies in one professional tool, with infrared for non-contact surface temperatures and a thermocouple probe for inter-

Unox: Inventive Simplification Unox exhibits excellence in just two words: improve and simplify. It is an excellence you recognize at a glance, made up of the same ingredients that your clients insist on: uncompromised quality, innovative and bold choices, proved and measurable efficiency and reliability.

There is no room for error in professional foodservice. Unox knows this, and provides ovens and services that are designed to meet the most ambitious quality and business challenges.

Present in 110 countries and the No. 1 producer for the number of professional ovens sold worldwide each year, Unox operates in the restaurant, patisserie and bakery sectors, and every day it serves professionals throughout the world.

Making decisions without making mistakes is a big part of your work. Your job is to apply these decisions in the kitchen, first hand. Every day you face new challenges, always raising the bar of excellence. Unox is at your side, helping

opportunity with the release of the Fusion sink, which is a combination hand sink and wet waste sink. The unique tiered design of the Fusion sink has the hand sink on top and the wet waste sink offset below. As an added benefit, the hand sink drains into the wet waste sink to help melt ice.

The all stainless steel and welded construction of the Fusion sink ensures the quality and durability of the unit. The upper hand sink includes a hot and cold water faucet, soap dispenser and side splashes. The side walls also serve as side splashes for the lower wet waste

sink, which includes a lift-out perforated plastic wet waste strainer.

To complete the unit, the front skirt also includes an integrated, flush-front C-fold paper towel dispenser. Overall, the 12-inches wide by 24-inches deep Fusion sink provides the functionality of a hand sink and wet waste sink, which normally would take up twice as much space.

“We are excited to release yet another industry first product and we are sure that the space-saving qualities of our new Fusion sink will make a lot of people happy,” stated Todd Hall, President of Glastender.

model.

The machines manufactured by Brema Ice Makers are extremely reliable, functional and safe. Following IMQ (Instituto Italiano del Marchio di Qualità) conformity mark approval, the entire range of ice-makers has received approval from all European and nonEuropean certification bodies. International certification of Brema Ice Makers products includes the UNI EN ISO 9001:2000 standard, NSF, ETL Listed Mark, ETL Sanitation Mark, GOST, KTL, IRAM, the Swiss Safety Mark, HACCP e C-TICK and the CE mark. Attestations also include BSI (OHSAS) 18001:1999 workplace and workforce safety certification.

All Brema models, from concept

through to the finished product, are manufactured for efficiency.

Efficiency criteria include energyand water-saving performance ratings and ease of cleaning and maintenance.

The manufacturing process is carefully monitored. Materials and components are selected in full conformity with project specifications.

The later stages are monitored by means of a computerized system that records the results and frequency of all intermediate machine tests.

The data is included in the control document accompanying the machine right up to the final inspection certification stage.

Brema Ice Makers SPA, a family run business, is distributed by Eurodib Inc, another family run business in North America.

nal temperatures. It features a 1.5mm thin tip, max/min and lock functions for continuous scanning, and a distance:spot ratio of 8:1.

Another similar option is the NSF Infrared/Thermocouple Probe Thermometer (INTP626X).

In addition to NSF-certified digital, infrared and thermocouple thermometers, CDN’s broad range of thermometers includes cooking, beverage/frothing, candy/deep fry, digital probe, oven/grill, refrigerator/freezer/air and dishwasher models. It also offers sanitizing and probe wipes, giving foodservice establishments the tools to keep thermometers clean and ready for use at any time.

CDN’s extensive timer line includes digital and mechanical options for a wide range of applications. Top selling timers

For more information, go to www.cdn kitchen.com, email info@cdnkitchen.com or call 800.338.5594.

you to take on these challenges.

Investing in innovation for Unox means seeing everyday challenges in a whole new light: from giving value to every single gesture to the simplification of the entire production process. For you, this means maximum performance, freedom, ease of use and savings.

“Contributing to the quality, efficiency and simplification of our customers’ cooking processes” is the mis-

sion of Unox, with technology that is not an end in itself. It is an invention to serve simplification. Simplification that serves your business.

Unox’s 25-plus years of research lead to cooking solutions that excel in all areas and guarantee the repeatability of the desired result for any load conditions. Unox provides simple and elegant solutions to the complex problems of the professional food service industry, along with intuitive and reliable technology that has become the benchmark for industry operators.

such as the Multi-Task Timer & Clock (TM8) and the Extra Big Digit Timer (TM15) exemplify innovation as CDN exclusives. The MultiTask Timer & Clock fosters efficiency with dual its functionality and memory. It counts up or down for 24 hours by hours/minutes/seconds, and doubles as a clock.

The Extra Big Digit Timer fills an important category niche with design simplicity and its easy-to-read extra big digit display. It counts up or down for up to 100 minutes by minutes/seconds.

CDN also offers a full line of kitchen scales in addition to its wide variety of thermometers and timers.

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Slush and Juice Dispensers from Cofrimell Cofrimell, located in Pomezia (Rome), Italy, was established in 1981 and has become an international leader in refrigeration. With its core focus on slush and juice dispensers, Cofrimell services clients worldwide – from Europe to the USA, from the Middle East to China, from Australia to New Zealand.

Cofrimell’s focus has always been on continuous evolution in the field of refrigeration. It is eager and constantly investing in its designs and workmanship to seek the highest quality and innovative

products available to the foodservice industry and beyond. Its sophisticated and state of the art manufacturing facility ensures detailed and industry leading production capabilities – essential in order to service worldwide markets – many having different requirements.

The Oasis slush machines are available in three convenient sizes. All tanks have a 2.6-gallon capacity and can be ordered in single, double and triple tank formation. The Oasis series slush machines are environmentally friendly

Blendtec Innovation: Jarless Commercial Blending Blendtec, a world leader in commercial and residential blending innovations, has once again shown the importance of “thinking outside the box,” or shall we say, “jar.” The Blendtec Nitro System is the first to incorporate a commercial jarless design, blending ingredients right in the same disposable cup handed to the customer. It’s engineered to make blended beverage service faster and more efficient than ever before.

The Blendtec Nitro System utilizes every last ounce of product in each and every blend. It is the first commercial blending solution that can eliminate the

waste due to mis-measuring and overfilling, delivering nearly zero percent product waste, which translates to increased cost savings for every serving.

The Blendtec Nitro System blends each serving in as little as 15 seconds, and eliminates the need for the extra steps of pouring and jar washing.

Customers can enjoy their smoothie or other blended beverage right after paying, while employees can immediately turn their focus to serving the next customer.

Tom Dickson, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Blendtec, says the jar-

Damascus Bakeries: Bred with a Brooklyn Accent Since 1930, Damascus Bakeries has been supplying its Brooklyn community – and now many other communities – with authentic, delicious and even award-winning flatbreads, many which are the carriers for America’s most iconic sandwiches and offerings.

As homage to its Brooklyn roots, in 2014 Damascus introduced to market Brooklyn Bred® Bistro breads – a truly artisanal, naturally fermented line of specialty and innovative flatbreads.

“Our bakery was born in Brooklyn in 1930, and we’ve been bred there ever since, so the name Brooklyn Bred was a natural for us,” says David Mafoud, Principal and Third-Generation Baker.

Of course, there’s nothing cheap about Brooklyn, so when it was time to choose a site to become Damascus’

newest and third bakery, Damascus chose Clifton, New Jersey. Says Mafoud, “That’s right, Clifton, New Jersey. We needed space, the kind of space that no longer is available – or certainly not affordable – in Brooklyn. But we needed a neighborhood in New Jersey that felt like home, and most importantly, taps into the same water sources that supply New York City.”

Damascus’ Clifton bakery is 200,000 square feet and will be equipped with the most progressive and flexible flatbread production line in the world. At the helm of the line is an automated Biga system, which will allow the baking team at Damascus to create dough-sponges that could ferment naturally upwards of 24 hours, even 48 hours when needed.

“We’re ready to raise the bar, and

Quality Refrigeration Products from Bally With proven dependability, Bally has been supplying the foodservice marketplace with quality refrigeration products for over 85 years. Whether the application is for a school, hospital, hotel, fine dining or fast food restaurant, Bally has a walk-in cooler or freezer to meet your needs.

Bally’s modular panels are manufactured with environmentally friendly foamed-in-place urethane, which meets the federal energy standards for insulation values with its standard 4-inch thick panels. Five-inch and 6-inch thick panels are also available for those walk-ins with

extreme temperature or structural requirements. These panels are available in a variety of aesthetically pleasing finishes for both indoor and outdoor applications.

Bally is not only your source for insulated panels; it is also a leading supplier of energy efficient refrigeration equipment to both the foodservice and refrigerated building industries. Its line of Bally evaporators ranges from low profile models to medium and high profile refrigerated building coils. Its lowprofile evaporators are furnished standard with two-speed energy saving

and the cooling system is CFC free. The cylindrical evaporator is completely made of stainless steel and is manufactured in one piece – no welds are present which greatly prevents leaks.

For all variations of juice dispensing, Cofrimell offers its clients the choice of single, double, triple and quadruple tank configuration. All bases are made of stainless steel with plastic trim. The polycarbonate bowls are extremely easy to remove for quick and effortless cleaning. High chilling capaci-

less blending solution is what commercial customers have been waiting for. “The Nitro System really is the holy grail of commercial blending,” said Dickson. “There’s zero waste, a super-fast blend time and only minimal cleanup. It’s been a long time coming, and there’s really nothing else like it.”

Innovative solutions, such as the Nitro System, have always been a big part of Blendtec’s explosive growth among smoothie shops, coffee houses and other eateries. In March of 2016, Blendtec became the exclusive blender of Jamba Juice, the world’s largest juice and smoothie chain. The partnership was the result of solution-oriented engineering, producing the Stealth 885 with ergonomic jar and splash free lid.

certainly to raise the dough,” says Mafoud. “The extended fermentation is only part of the story with our new production line. We have worked with our equipment vendors to incorporate other exciting and innovative changes, all aimed to help us bake the quality of breads that are otherwise only found in the corner bakery.”

What’s first? “More pizza crusts!

Besides our traditional crusts, and our thinner Neapolitan crusts, we will be introducing the Pinsa, or Roman-styled, highly fermented thicker crusts, along with authentic, hearth-baked Focaccias, some even topped,” says Mafoud.

Next? “Re-invention of some traditional sandwich carriers into ones that are creative, culinary, convenient and when needed, customized.” According to Mafoud, the re-invention plans include the traditional thin and circular pita pocket – a Damascus heritage – into a thicker, highly

SmartSpeed™ fan motors, which reduce the energy consumption from 60 watts to 13 watts per fan. Bally’s condensing units are available with scroll or semihermetic compressors for coolers and freezers and hermetic for smaller cooler units, utilizing numerous refrigerants including the environmentally safe R448A refrigerant. Additionally, Bally has enhanced its popular adaptive defrost SmartVap™/SmartVap+™ controls. This intuitive technology operates seamlessly with existing manual or newer electronic expansion valves as well as provides the operator a vast array of reporting.

Bally walk-in coolers and freezers are uniquely designed to save you time

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ty and efficient chilling production, even in the hottest weather, is attained. Each bowl has a separately controlled motor so serving is uninterrupted during cleaning.

All Cofrimell products are entirely made in Italy and with Italian materials. Very strict qualitative controls in every phase of production permits all of Cofrimell’s products to acquire many safety certifications (UL and NSF).

Distributed by Eurodib, a North American-based company, and readily available for shipment.

About Blendtec Blendtec manufactures commercial blenders and dispensers for the foodservice industry, as well as commercial-grade blenders and appliances for home use. The award-winning “Will It Blend?®” viral Internet video series (www.willitblend.com) demonstrates the amazing performance of Blendtec’s blender technology and has raised awareness across the globe of the Blendtec brand. Sold in 90 countries, Blendtec products offer solutions for blending needs in both homes and businesses.

For more information, go to www.blendtec.com/commercial or call 801.222.0888.

fermented bistro pocket with a very open structured interior.

Also, the Bialy – truly a Brooklyn favorite – the shape may become tweaked, and its iconic cavity filled and topped with flavors and fillings.

Damascus Bakeries, with its Brooklyn Bred product line, is all about being fresh, authentic and delicious. Says Mafoud, “We are all bakers at heart – doughboys and doughgirls – bred to bread, in a part of the world where bread is a blood type. For almost a century we have been rolling up our sleeves, going back to the basics and creating fresh, outspoken and edgy breads that will speak out to all – preferably with a Brooklyn accent!”

Visit Damascus Bakeries at booth #8129.

For more information, contact David Mafoud at dm@damascusbakery.com, or go to www.damascusbakery.com or www.brooklynbred.com.

and money when you build and to help keep operating costs down for years to come. Bally walk-in coolers and freezers offer more than 10,000 designs to choose from and can be designed to meet the exact sizing required to conform to space constraints. Bally panels are available in a single panel height from 6 feet 2 inches, up to 27 feet 4 inches, which makes it an ideal choice for your refrigerated building needs. Bally’s network of factory authorized distributors and manufacturers’ representatives can assist you with determining the proper walk-in for your particular application.

For more information, go to www .ballyrefboxes.com.

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Superfood Rice with a Mission Launches into American Market

By Lorrie Baumann

Jasberry is introducing the American market to Jasberry® rice, a rice with antioxidant power that’s 40 times higher than brown rice, three times higher than blueberries, four times higher than quinoa and seven times higher than kale and that also has the power to lift Thai farmers out of poverty.

Peetachai (Neil) Dejkraisak cofounded Jasberry with a commitment to helping others that started when he was a boy growing up in Thailand and Australia, where he lived on a farm while attending school. “Growing up, I didn’t want to be rich or famous; I just wanted to make a difference,” he said. “I was really motivated by people like Martin Luther King, Jr. and Nelson Mandela.”

That dream faded a bit as he began a career as an investment banker after he finished school in Australia and returned home to Thailand, but it came roaring back when he got an alumni newsletter that had a photo of one of his high school friends who had shared that dream of helping others as they were youths. In his friend’s case, that dream had expressed itself as a vision of starting a school in Africa. “The newsletter had a picture of him surrounded by his African students,” Dejkraisak said. “The next day I quit my job.”

That started a search for how Dejkraisak was going to make his difference in the world and particularly in

Thailand. He recognized that Thailand is one of the world’s top exporters of rice, exporting about a quarter of the world’s total rice exports, but that Thai farmers were among the poorest in the world. Of the 70 million people in the country, about a quarter of them are farmers who don’t participate in the prosperity that visitors to the country see when they visit Bangkok. “When I started to learn about this issue, I got really curious about it,” Dejkraisak said.

He started looking for ways to change that situation. He learned about Fair Trade. He thought about the premium prices that buyers are willing to pay for organic products. “I realized that the solution had to be more sustainable,” he said. “You have to teach them how to fish. If I just purchased their produce, I’m just giving them fish.”

The Thai farmers already knew how to grow rice, but they were dependent on agricultural chemicals to produce a crop that they could only sell as a commodity.

What they didn’t know was that there could be another way for them to grow rice. “If they converted from chemical farming to organic, that in itself would help them be healthier.... They’d have a better life, and it would be better for the environment,” Dejkraisak said. “Then if they were growing organic rice, they’d get a small premium on their price, but at the same time, it’s still a very competitive market.”

Getting them more than the small

Chocolette Confectionary LLC Launches RED Delight Chocolate in the USA Chocolette Distribution LLC, the U.S. sales and marketing division of the Swiss-owned Chocolette Confectionary LLC, has launched its new “guilt free” RED Delight chocolate collection in the USA. RED Delight was developed using patented technology and is one of the world’s lowest calorie chocolates. RED Delight has only 16 calories per piece,

which is 50 percent less than competing brands, or the caloric equivalent to an apple slice. In addition, RED Delight has less fat and no added sugar.

The RED Delight Chocolate collection was created by leading chocolatiers from France and Switzerland. To achieve the delicious taste, RED Delight is created using only natural high quality ingre-

Food Entrepreneur Creates Line of Wine-Based Seasonings After more than a year of product and brand development, Ken Medei of Melbourne, Florida, has officially launched a line of wine-based seasonings and rubs under his brand, Wine It®.

Medei has been in the specialty food business since 1990, when he launched a line of premium pasta sauces, Medei Cuisine, in Schenectady, New York.

After selling the brand in 1994, he has worked with a variety of specialty food companies to assist them in packaging, new product development, distribution and even celebrity licensing, which included the launch of the Emeril’s brand of consumer food products in 2000.

But, deep down, Medei always wanted to create another line of specialty food products as long as they were not

me-too items. Says Medei, “For example, in 1990, premium pasta sauces were rare in the marketplace so I had a niche back then.”

Today, of course, there are many excellent pasta sauces in the marketplace, and there’s also a wealth of other specialty food products. Medei wasn’t interested in a product that wasn’t unique and relevant as well as high-quality. “I would joke that the only way I would do another sauce or other food product is if it cured baldness or had a Viagra effect,” he said.

He started thinking about the possibility of creating a seasoning mix. But, there was still the rub that the marketplace is crowded. “With so many seasonings and rubs available to shoppers, many of which are outstanding, how

premium they could get for organic rice would mean finding a new kind of rice that would be something better than a commodity, so Dejkraisak went looking for a scientist who knew how to breed a better rice.

He found that scientist at a University in Thailand, and the result of his experiments on the problem was a non-GMO rice, naturally produced by cross-breeding existing varieties, that had the characteristics of a superfood, a delicious flavor and a glycemic index that was similar to basmati rice. “It was something in the lab, and we had to bring it to the real world,” Dejkraisak said.

The next step was to introduce the rice to Thai farmers, who had to be persuaded to take a risk with a new crop.

Dejkraisak asked them to pilot test the new rice on a small part of their land and offered to give them the seed and organic fertilizer for free, to train them in organic farming methods and to buy the crop from them at double the price they were getting for their commodity rice. “I said, ‘Hey, let me take the risk. If I cannot sell it, I’ll buy it from you, and that’s my problem,’” he said.

That first year’s crop was small, but the results were encouraging enough for Dejkraisak and the farmers to continue on their path, particularly because part of Dejkraisak’s deal with the farmers was that they kept a quarter of their crop for their families’ consumption, and they’d noticed that they were healthier than usual. “The next year they were able to grow it better, so the yield was much better,” Dejkraisak said. “They decided to

believe that this rice was like a medicine. Other farmers joined the program because they wanted to eat the rice.”

Seven years ago, the Jasberry project started with 25 farmers families; now the program has grown to 2,500 families, a total of more than 10,000 people. The farmers are certified organic growers, and Jasberry is now set up as Thailand’s first food-producing B Corporation with a product that’s ready for the American market. “You can run a business that has a social mission at its core but that is still sustainable,” Dejkraisak said. “We’re also trying to show the business world that you can do business this way and still make a living.

If you support this kind of business, you can make a real difference in the world; you can make a change.”

Now Dejkraisak’s mission is to educate American consumers about the value of the rice. “What we are trying to do in the U.S. market is to change the perception of the consumer,” Dejkraisak said.

“The superfood concept is something that consumers are familiar with.”

“A lot of people have the perception that rice is just carbohydrates, but Jasberry rice has the antioxidants and vitamins and minerals that provide a nutritional benefit for the consumer.

More and more consumers are going to benefit from this product,” Dejkraisak said. “If more and more consumers eat Jasberry rice and benefit from this, more farmers will benefit.”

dients without any cocoa oil substitutes, artificial colorants or preservatives. All products in the RED Delight collection are certified kosher, non-GMO, gluten free, vegan where noted and have no added sugar. The quality and safety of the products are guaranteed by the BRC Global Standards.

RED Delight’s taste has been recognized by the experts – in 2018, RED received the Great Taste Award in the UK. The unique diamond shape of RED Delight Chocolate allows receptors to sense the perfectly opened taste of choco-

late. RED Delight is currently sold in the U.K., Scandinavia, central and eastern Europe and is launching soon in Germany.

Varieties of the 3.5-ounce bars of the RED Delight collection entering the U.S. marketplace in December include Extra Dark, Dark, and Dark Chocolate with Orange and Almond, Milk Chocolate with Hazelnut & Macadamia as well as several varieties of Milk Chocolate Nutfilled praline boxes. RED Delight will be available nationwide in the USA through all channels via key distribution partners.

The product will be competitively priced.

could I stand out among such a crowded field?” he said.

Enter wine.

When Medei came across wine powders during his ingredient research he experienced the proverbial light-bulb moment and immediately knew where he was going with this venture, he said. He references the continued growth and popularity of wine over the last 20 years. “Since so many of us drink wine, gift wine, dine with wine and, yes, cook with wine, I simply felt that this has the potential to be quite exciting,” said Medei.

He likes the way that red wine’s complex flavors and subtle acidity brighten up and enhance the flavors of food. By using a high-quality wine powder from Europe along with other ingre-

For more information, visit www .jasberry.net.

dients such as porcini powder, garlic, butter and many other ingredients he came up with his first four Wine It products: T.A.P., an all-purpose blend, Savory Steer for beef, Here Chicky Chicky for poultry and Sooey! for pork. He is currently creating new blends to be launched later this year along with another line of pasta sauces and other products.

“I am so excited for my customers to use Wine It and to simply have fun in the kitchen with their family and friends,” he said.

His marketing plan for Wine It Foods involves both online sales to consumers and direct to specialty food retailers around the country.

For more information about Wine It Foods, visit www.iwineit.com.

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How Innovation Moves Food Safety Forward An interview with Steven Getraer, President, CM Systems LLC.

RDN: What is the link between innovation and food safety?

SG: In terms of food safety, innovation is critical for two reasons. Firstly, it enhances the ability of a restaurant to find problems and to find problems sooner. That instantly raises the operation’s food safety profile – they serve safer food more reliably and are protected against the financial, reputational and health consequences of a food safety incident.

Secondly, it improves efficiency and effectiveness in operations, enhancing the operator’s economic profile. Kitchens and restaurants are very hectic, frenetic places, and by having a more innovative food safety system in place, cooks can spend more time focusing on the creativity and proper preparation of food for

customers, while managers can spend more time in the front of the house and executives can spend more time on revenue-generating activities instead of housekeeping tasks.

RDN: How is food safety being innovated upon today?

SG: LoRaWAN-based sensors are a great example of an innovation beginning to influence food safety. LoRa is a brandnew communication technology, like Bluetooth. ComplianceMate’s own old sensors were Bluetooth-based, and they were very stable, solid devices that served us and our customers well.

However, we decided to see what more we could do to improve performance and reduce costs. We found this in the new LoRa technology, which is only a few years old, and we discovered that it costs less, works longer, provides a more reli-

Collections from RAK Porcelain RAK Porcelain acts as a partner to leaders in all hospitality categories in search of excellence with those that are convinced that tableware adds value to their table and to their guest experience.

Using cutting-edge technology, RAK Porcelain’s collections are designed to withstand intensive use as well as mechanical and thermal shocks inherent in the profession. By selecting raw materials of the highest quality, its products stand up over time to the heat of traditional or microwave ovens, while retaining the brilliance of their enamel and the fineness of their decorations.

Linked to a solid worldwide distribution structure, RAK Porcelain relies on a network of experts and operators specializing in tableware to serve you wherever and whenever you desire. RAK Porcelain USA organizes and manages the distribution for the North American

market from its headquarters in New York City and logistic facility in Weirton, West Virginia. RAK Porcelain’s other major logistic centers are located in Europe and the United Arab Emirates.

Ivoris Collection Ivoris porcelain sets the table in warm white. With a shade close to ivory, this porcelain provides ultimate resistance against the inevitable knocks in the kitchen or dining room, and to chemical aggression due to maintenance and contact with food products.

This spring highlight will be “Suggestions” designed by Gemma Bernal.

This extensive series (114 items) is not just about shapes; it helps chefs to express and create by fusing shapes with gastronomic ideas in each piece. The range proposes presentation and service

Faster Heating with Panasonic’s New High Speed Oven For 100 years, Panasonic has been the name to know in highest-quality, newest technology for everyone. Today that legacy of quality, trust and innovation is here in its new NE-SCV2N Commercial High Speed Oven. New to the U.S. market, but successfully launched and proven in Japan and globally, this ventless compact high speed oven is more than ideal for those who want great food cooked fast without sacrificing taste or texture, and with a wide range of menu items using three cooking techniques and six heating patterns.

Big News for Small Spaces This flexible 1200W high speed oven is designed for kitchens where space is at a premium. Even in the tightest working kitchens, the oven’s space-saving footprint and Cool Touch surfaces make it

quick, safe and easy to stack multiple units on top of one another to maximize available cooking space.

3 Cooking Techniques Unlike many other high speed ovens, the Panasonic NE-SCV2N is equipped with a convection cooking option that provides some noticeable benefits when compared to other cooking technologies.

This is particularly evident when toasting sandwiches, as the bread comes out with a uniform color instead of the spotting so common with competing technologies.

The presence of two other cooking techniques – Grill and Inverter Microwave – add up to optimal flexibility for any kitchen setting.

6 Heating Patterns Combine the convection cooking with the

able signal, maintains better data integrity and protects data security better than anything else in the marketplace. We worked with a world-class engineering company, Laird, to build a better sensor incorporating LoRa technology.

RDN: Is innovation in food safety mostly about ‘building a better mousetrap’?

SG: If you can legitimately build a better mousetrap, you can design entirely new approaches to trapping mice. Think about the Internet of Things (IoT). Many organizations don’t realize what’s possible once you have a better device available to really make use of their own IoT. You can take these superior sensors, connect them across an organization, and suddenly, executives can ask questions that were impossible to even imagine just a few years ago. You can see if this refrigeration unit has been fluctuating and needs maintenance, if stores in Region X are not doing as well in completing tasks and needs investigating, or if a single specific employee needs more training. It starts innovative solutions for each moment of the dinners.

Epic Collection With Epic, a high-end tableware collection, RAK Porcelain offers a completely new product segment to customers looking for extravagant and exquisite dinnerware.

Epic features incredible product ranges designed by some of the most talented designers in the industry. RAK Porcelain presents Epic during the NRA show, showcasing four exceptional series: Sensation, Hide, Sketches and Roks.

Fusion Collection Welcome to an era in which inspiration has no borders, where chefs blend East with West, traditional and avant-garde recipes. RAK Porcelain presents its Fusion collection – a declaration of love to the creativity of chefs everywhere. oven’s grill and microwave functions for six versatile heating patterns – microwave, grill, convection, grill and microwave, convection and microwave, convection and grill – to heat speedy, virtually unlimited menus of fast, flavorful, customer-satisfying results from frozen, refrigerated and room temperature foods. Typical time-saving applications for the NE-SCV2N Commercial High Speed Oven include: breakfast sandwich (refrigerated, 1m 10s), croissant (room temp, 23s), muffin (room temp, 25s), chicken fingers (frozen, 1m 30s), pizza (frozen, 3m), (mozzarella sticks (frozen, 40s), quiche (frozen, 2m 15s).

7 Heating Accessories To optimize heating for a full range of menu applications, the NE-SCV2N includes 7 accessories for optimal cooking applications. They include a base plate liner, ceramic tray, wire rack, pizza and white ceramic plates, an oven sheet and aluminum paddle.

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with building a better mousetrap, but it ends up building a better business.

RDN: What can restaurants do to foster more innovation themselves?

SG: The easiest way is to work with partners who focus on innovation and continuous improvement. But don’t just take their word for it: try out their solutions before committing to them. Just by testing their solution, many restaurants will discover which of their current food safety processes are unnecessary or inefficient, and that will uncover opportunities for internal innovation. Ultimately, innovation isn’t really optional when moving at the speed of today’s markets; doing what it takes to stay ahead of the curve is the only way to avoid getting left behind.

For more information, visit booth #9442, go to www.compliancemate.com, call 678.526.4628 or email info@compliance mate.com.

Fusion is a collection that regroups all its porcelain reminiscent of sandstone, earthenware, slate, wood or minerals.

The 2019 novelties are Fire, Trinidad, Kintzoo and Wild.

Polaris Collection RAK Porcelain combines the finest raw materials with the expertise of the Research and Development department to make porcelain that is gleaming white.

Every crucial detail has been taken into account in the production of this new material in order to comply with constraints relating to use in the hospitality industry, with high levels of alumina oxides that give strength of a superior quality. As a novelty for the Polaris Collection, RAK Porcelain presents three banqueting series: Helm, Charm and Soul.

Visit RAK Porcelain at booth #6237.

Panasonic Ease and Dependability Designed and built for ease of use and total reliability, the oven has a durable stainless steel body and lightweight, 400,000 times open/closed-tested pulldown door. In addition to its convenient stackability, the oven simplifies operation with an easy to see color LCD panel, 1,000 recipe memory and the ability to edit and store menus from either the product itself or PC.

Quick, Easy Set Up Set up is just as quick and painless.

Cooking is ventless with a catalytic converter to eliminate odors and emissions.

Automatic voltage detection includes (208/240V), 20A, Single Phase, NEMA 6-20P, plus an auto power off function for more economical operation.

For more information, go to www .panasonic.com/cmo.

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Take Order Pick-Up from Awkward to Awesome With digital dining predicted to be a $300 billion opportunity by 2025, foodservice operators are scrambling to meet the demand and make the experience fast, fun and efficient for their operations.

So far, results have been mixed. While digital ordering is usually fast and simple, all bets are off when the customer comes in to pick up that order. Often, it’s an awkward dance in the entrance as they make their way past dine-in customers, bump into employees rushing to take togo orders to a pick-up shelf or counter, and maneuver past customer lines at the registers.

Meanwhile, restaurant staff are juggling orders for eat-in customers while

keeping an eye on all those takeout orders, making sure the right order goes to the right customer. All this inefficiency means orders take too long to pick up, and a convenient option becomes an inconvenient hassle. That’s the kind of aggravation and anxiety that can drive away customers who don’t have the time or patience to deal with it.

It’s this less-than-perfect scenario that inspired the development of 2019’s Kitchen Innovations Award recipient, the AXCESS 2000.H Pick-Up Station from Apex Supply Chain Technologies®. The industry’s first heated, self-serve order pick-up station was specifically designed to make the “last inch” handoff of digital

Behind Every Great Chef, There are Great Knives ZWILLING J.A. Henckels is the cutlery of choice for chefs across the globe. It equips professionals with 278 years of knife expertise – so that you can cook remarkably.

ZWILLING J.A. Henckels started as a small, family-owned German knife company, and has grown to include international heritage brands to bring its customers the best from across the globe.

Respected as an innovator in the industry, ZWILLING remains rooted in the foundation upon which it was built: a tradition of quality, craftsmanship and excellence forged nearly three centuries ago.

Proudly crafted in the City of Blades, Solingen, Germany, its knives continue to be the benchmark for premium cutlery.

Inspired by a passion for cooking, ZWILLING has perfected steel selection, blade sharpening, hardening processes and handle manufacturing. The result: remarkably durable, sharp and balanced knives to help you cut with confidence.

The company’s two centerpiece lines, ZWILLING® Pro and ****FOUR STAR, are used in top professional kitchens worldwide. These high-performance knives are known as the “chef’s best friends.”

Award-Winning Flameless Catering Product Makes Serving Hot Food Safer, Simpler & Faster An interview with David Amirault, Vice President of Marketing, Sterno Products.

RDN: Tell our readers about SpeedHeat®.

DA: SpeedHeat is a flameless, wateractivated system that produces high-heat steam, with zero ramp-up time. It is considered by many in the catering industry to be the most innovative portable heat system since the introduction of Sterno chafing fuel more than a century ago.

We spent time in the field with high volume caterers of all types, including social, corporate, chain restaurants and food management companies, testing prototypes and refining the design to get to the best possible flameless, food warming and serving product. Our num-

ber one takeaway was that our customers wanted a buffet-style flameless food serving option that was quick and easy to set up and made the whole process safer, simpler and faster.

RDN: What was catalyst for the development of this product?

DA: A product like this has been top-ofmind in the catering industry for years.

Up till now, the challenge for caterers has always been how to keep hot food at an ideal serving temperature in an environment or location that isn’t necessarily designed for serving food, or in places that have open-flame restrictions.

RDN: Is Sterno getting out of the

Organic, Full Fat Yogurt from Bellwether Farms Bellwether Farms offers organic, full fat yogurt, made with milk from pastured Jersey cows. Jersey cows have more digestible A2 protein than the Holstein

breed. This higher quality milk produces a richer, creamier yogurt, without straining, added thickeners or added cream.

Naturally creamier. Naturally more pro-

orders more convenient for customers – and more efficient for employees.

The lockers feature a smart, two-sided design, meant to be strategically located so that employees can load orders from the back, while customers pick up in front. More importantly, it’s a fast, self-serve experience for busy people who don’t have time to wait in line.

The real genius of the order pickup station is that it continues the fast, efficient experience that begins with the digital order process. Once an employee places the order in the compartment for pick-up, the customer receives a text or email with a unique code. Then they can skip the line and go straight to the pick-up station,

where they scan or enter their code. The secure compartment holding their order opens, they grab their order and are on their way in seconds.

Just as importantly, the AXCESS 2000.H also makes order pickup less disruptive and more efficient for restaurant operations.

The flow-through design makes it easy for associates to load orders from the back, and they don’t get in the way of customers picking up at the front.

The AXCESS 2000.H is ideal for a variety of hot foods, including chicken and ribs, as well as prepared meals.

You can’t top the durability of ZWILLING’s special formula German stainless steel, a recipe that ZWILLING has been honing since 1731. Precisionforged from a single piece of steel, these SIGMAFORGE® knives have an exceptionally sturdy, balanced and flexible blade.

Thanks to ZWILLING’s signature ice-hardening technique, the FRIODUR® blades start sharper, stay sharper longer and have superior resilience. Along with their compound bevel that enhances strength, these incredibly precise knives stand up to the demands of busy restaurants. Each knife is honed and hand-finished by the most skilled artisans. Their

ergonomic handles promote fatigue free cutting even after long days on the line.

Why not come feel how good they grip firsthand? You can find ZWILLING at booth #5638, where its team of experts will be available to show you the many knife features up close. Both lines are available in 40 different blade shapes and an array of different kits, so you can pick and choose the knives that best suit you and your kitchen.

Be the best chef you can be with ZWILLING J.A. Henckels.

‘canned heat’ business?

DA: Our legacy line of portable warming products is Sterno’s foundation. We will continue to develop and innovate in this arena.

With SpeedHeat, however, we are able to offer our customers a product that allows them to serve high-margin, hot menu items in venues and/or at occasions where up-to-this-point it was just not possible or practical. For example, at a historic landmark with an openflame restriction, or for a quick-serve corporate catering lunch with a 20minute service window.

RDN: How does the the SpeedHeat system work?

DA: With a simple process that involves two water-activated heat packets and an included base and tray that replaces the traditional water chafing pan, SpeedHeat has zero ramp-up time and starts producing high-heat steam right away to keep tein. Naturally more digestible.

This yogurt is the perfect snack.

Bellwether Farms is introducing this delicious snack as a four-pack of 3.75ounce cups. The yogurt is available in plain, vanilla, strawberry, blueberry, blackberry and spiced apple. It looks beautiful on the shelf and customers will love it.

For more information, go to www .apexsupplychain.com/foodservice, email info@apexsupplychain.com or visit booth #5670.

For more information, go to www. zwilling.com or visit booth #5638. food at the ideal temperature for the ideal length of time.

RDN: Is SpeedHeat a ‘single-use’ product?

DA: There are two versions of SpeedHeat. Our Recyclable line is designed for use with disposable aluminum half pans, and can be used up to three times. There are eight complete units to a case. Refill SpeedHeat packets are sold separately. The SpeedHeat base and tray are fully recyclable; the spent heat packets go into everyday trash. The Reusable line, SpeedHeat HD features a durable, universal base and accepts 1/3, 1/2 and full food pan sizes (disposable or durable), and will provide the same durability you’d expect from a traditional chafer. Refill SpeedHeat packets are sold separately.

Visit Sterno Products at booth #6912.

For more information, go to www.sterno pro.com or call 951.682.9600.

Bellwether Farms is a family owned farm and creamery located in western Sonoma County. Since 1990, it has been producing award-winning whole milk dairy products.

For more information, call 707.763.0993, email info@bellwetherfarms.com or go to www.bellwetherfarms.com.

Monday, May 20, 2019

Restaurant Daily News

Karat by Lollicup: New Location and Products

By Kendra Cerbasi, Marketing Coordinator, Karat® by Lollicup™

Karat by Lollicup is expanding its efforts all around, from production to service. A second manufacturing plant opened in Rockwall, Texas, this past year and is almost double the size of the current headquarters in Chino, California.

The thought behind the Texas location was to allow Karat by Lollicup more capabilities and to expand its abilities in production, manufacturing and distribution. This new location will help create

more jobs and boost the economy, along with bringing more manufacturing back to the United States.

Along with its growth location wise, Karat by Lollicup has launched a variety of new products this past year. Brands Karat, Karat Earth® and Tea Zone® have expanded and will continue to do so in 2019. Over the past year, it has focused a lot of attention on its eco-friendly line Karat Earth, launching new products to help customers easily find eco-friendly products they need.

The eco-friendly line welcomed new

TransAct Technologies Introduces BOHA! TransAct® Technologies Incorporated, a global leader in software-driven technology and printing solutions for highgrowth markets, announced the launch of BOHA!™, a comprehensive ecosystem of cloud-based SaaS apps and hardware solutions that will revolutionize how restaurant and food service companies manage their back-of-house operations. BOHA! is the first singlevendor solution to combine applications for inventory management, temperature monitoring of food and equipment, food safety labeling, food recalls, checklists and procedures, equipment service management and delivery management in a single platform. Each BOHA! solution combines

cloud-based SaaS applications with hardware and accessories to deliver superior results for critical back-ofhouse operations. BOHA! offers a onestop solution for restaurants and foodservice companies to address their current back-of-house operating requirements while providing a future-ready platform capable of addressing backof-house operations as they continue to evolve.

Bart C. Shuldman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of TransAct Technologies, said, “The launch of our new BOHA! SaaS-based software and hardware ecosystem marks a significant milestone for TransAct and the restaurant and foodservice industry.

DeBrand: The Easiest Gourmet Dessert Experience DeBrand Fine Chocolate’s irresistible silky, rich truffles are petite, gourmet chocolate desserts, perfect for the table or to go. DeBrand Truffles boast a minimum shelf life of two months at room temperature, with no need for refrigeration or preparation by your staff. All varieties are guaranteed in stock and are available to ship within one to two business days, all year round. DeBrand packaging is also available for purchase, and its truffle wholesale prices are currently set for

resellers to earn a margin over 62 percent.

DeBrand makes it easy to offer a gourmet chocolate experience year-round.

These are the perfect dessert to complement your menu that requires no preparation. DeBrand Truffles are the luxurious sweet conclusion that will entice each and every customer. These 12 incredible variations seem almost too beautiful to eat ... almost! Each oversized piece is individually and artistically designed, but their true beauty lies within.

New York Dairy Farmers Launch Craigs Creamery Craigs Creamery, founded by eight local farm families with support from Dairy Farmers of America, is a new cheese brand with a direct connection to the farm. From fresh milk that goes from cow to creamery within hours, to modern farming that focuses on environmental responsibility, the family-run farms of Craigs Creamery are committed to providing the best, freshest, New York dairy.

Every Craigs Creamery slice, shred, bar and chunk is crafted with high-quality milk, all-natural ingredients and no added hormones.

“With Craigs Creamery, consumers get to know where their food comes from

and can have confidence it was sourced responsibly — features that are highly important to today’s consumer,” said Frank Mariello, General Manager at Craigs Creamery. “Now they can experience farm to table cheese and the goodness of family farming in the convenience of their grocery store.”

Made with only locally sourced milk from the family farms, Craigs Creamery believes the purity and freshness of its milk is critical to producing a higher quality cheese. “Within our close-knit group of family farms, we deliver our cows a special diet of primarily locallysourced feed to ensure they produce only

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paper and PLA straws to help customers find their solution to straw bans; it also launched a variety of PLA take-out containers, allowing customers more eco-friendly disposable options.

Karat launched new take out containers and more supplies to help you get your business up and running. Karat offers stretch wrap film, thermal receipt rolls and even sanitation solutions that goes farther than just foodservice disposables. Karat takes the initiative to satisfy customers by creating products with them in mind.

With Karat’s flexibility, it is allowed to offer customers exactly

what they want. When it comes to operating a business, it hopes to help customers find most of what they would need from takeout containers to warehouse and janitorial supplies.

Tea Zone is the premium beverage ingredient line, and it launched some fun new flavors of popping pearls. It also launched new purees, sweeteners and wafer sticks to help you get creative in the kitchen.

For the first time, operators can deploy a full, single-vendor suite of integrated software applications and hardware solutions to automate their back-of-house operations. Given the priority placed on having employees deliver the best customer experience in an environment with rising food and labor costs, all restaurant and food service companies are focused on adding automation and reducing administrative tasks in their back-of-house operations to increase efficiency and lower costs.

“Over the last several years, we have spent considerable time working with operators across the industry, including in their kitchens, to determine how best to help them address these critical needs.

One of our key learnings was that restau-

rant and foodseroperators vice want to simplify their processes with a single platform, single portal solution that provides the highest level of relevant features and functionality while eliminating the complexity of managing multiple software and hardware products from multiple vendors. The result of our tireless efforts is the development of BOHA!, an innovative range of products that can address what we believe is a large opportunity to offer automated solutions that streamline critical back-of-house processes. With BOHA!, TransAct is uniquely positioned to deliver a comprehensive ecosystem of cloud-based SaaS apps, hardware and accessories.”

Featuring these beautiful truffles on your menu and in a display case is the perfect way to entice your customers. As they arrive, they will be greeted by the promise of a high-quality, gourmet dessert. Even if they decide against indulging immediately after their meal, they can purchase truffles as they leave to be enjoyed later. This is an easy add-on sale and has no need for any preparation, just bag or box and go.

DeBrand is also happy to provide artwork and product descriptions for menus, displays and social media advertising.

DeBrand recommends carrying an

ongoing selection of at least four to six different truffles to provide a wide selection and an eyecatching display. Its four most popular truffles are Dark Chocolate, Caramel, Peanut Butter and Raspberry. In addition to selling truffles by the piece, they are also available in prepackaged assortments, ideal for holidays, events and when guests are in a hurry. DeBrand Truffles deliver a highquality, gourmet chocolate experience that your guests are sure to remember.

For more information, visit booth #10618.

the highest-quality milk, which results in our great-tasting, award-winning cheese,” said Chris Noble seventh generation Farmer at Craigs Creamery farm, Noblehurst Farms. “Fresh milk is picked up from the farms daily and delivered to the creamery, which is located just a few miles from where the cows are milked.”

The farm families maintain the tradition of family farming while incorporating the forward-thinking, innovative practices of modern agriculture. One of the farms features a state-of-the-art biodigester that powers the creamery — it is the only digester in the U.S. that fuels an on-site plant. The digester is powered by animal waste, which is also used to fertilize the fields, and expired food from the local community; in the past five years it has upcycled nearly 20 million pounds of food scraps that otherwise would have

gone to a landfill.

“At Craigs Creamery, we’re focused on the future of farming, which is why we’re constantly seeking new methods to reduce our carbon footprint,” Noble said.

“From the bio-digester to solar panels to recycling water waste, we are investing in sustainable methods and working towards becoming a zero-waste operation.”

Craigs Creamery offers a variety of product options including Whole Milk Mozzarella, Swiss, Mild/Medium/Sharp Cheddar and Muenster cheese, which are available in slices, shreds, chunks and snack bars. Craigs Creamery cheese products are currently available at Giant Landover, Stop & Shop and ShopRite stores in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Washington D.C., Virginia and Maryland.

For more information, visit booth #1257, go to www.karatpackaging.com or www .lollicupusa.com, call 626.965.8882 or email marketing@karatpackaging.com.

For more information, visit booth #6657.

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Wilpack Packaging Provides Cost-Effective Products Wilpack Packaging is a division of AAmerican Companies, which was founded in 1986. Wilpack is a full-service packaging supplier and equipment manufacturer. The company helps customers choose the correct packaging materials and equipment to fit their needs. Its main customers are kitchens, restaurants, startups and large contract packaging facilities. Wilpack’s packaging materials include a full line of polypropylene cups with tamper-evident seals. Its diverse line of equipment ranges from manual tabletop sealing equipment through production-ready Rotary Fill and Seal machines with individual capabilities of up to 80

cups per minute each. Its turnkey solutions also include conveyors and vacuum pack off devices.

Wilpack Packaging began by manufacturing high-speed contract packaging equipment. Through years of experience, it became apparent that there was a need for sealing equipment that would allow start-up and point-of-service facilities to provide those same quality, safe packaging solutions to their customers.

Wilpack’s solution allows entrepreneurs to start using the correct packaging supplies that then transition to a fully automated process once the product line grows. This inspired the company to cre-

Made in the USA Versus Imported Brick Ovens An interview with Francesco Marra, President and Chief Executive Officer, Marra Forni.

RDN: Made in the USA versus imported brick ovens. Why are restaurateurs finding this to be such a difficult decision?

FM: When consumers are not educated about a particular product, they fall for the cheaper price. You might save a little bit of money today, but in the long term, you’re going to spend so much more. If you’re looking for equipment that is accompanied by great customer service, logistical assistance, post-delivery support, engineering assistance, a tech service department, the cost of a domestic oven might sound expensive to you but it’s definitely going to get you the best return on your investment in the long

term.

RDN: What are some of the reasons domestically manufactured ovens cost more?

FM: Not everybody understands that quality comes with a price. If one company has a staff of 60 to 70 people, and another only has a tenth of that labor force, that should tell you who the best option is going to be. All the additional value that a company provides is going to add to the cost. Of course, you have to do your research to make sure the company really provides that extra value, but once you do that, the budget should not dictate the decision to buy a good piece of equipment.

RDN: What are the main reasons you

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ate a tabletop tamper-evident sealing line of equipment. Its patented, UL and NSF certified equipment allows any company the opportunity to grow their product line with branding in safe, spill-proof packaging.

Wilpack is able to offer solutions to organizations that are ready to take products to market but perhaps do not have the same expertise in packaging those products that Wilpack has been refining and expanding. The company prides itself on its quality service and exceptional customer support.

The team at Wilpack is proud to provide its innovative, tamper-evident sealing solutions and to provide customer safety and satisfaction to its customers.

Wilpack knows what it takes to be above the crowd and be seen. Wilpack works feel domestic is the best way to go?

FM: When we think of import versus domestic, number one, we’re in the United States. We should support our own companies.

Second, an importer doesn’t necessarily know the American manufacturing standards. We provide ETL and NSF certifications. It takes years to get certified.

It’s too easy for a company that has not gone through the certification process to provide a cheaper product because they didn’t have to put up the upfront investment.

If you were to ever have an issue, you're not dealing with an importer, you're dealing with a manufacturer right here in the United States. Most artisanal ovens are built in Italy. If something goes wrong, you have to call Italy. If something goes wrong with one of our ovens, we can provide much faster service from our warehouse in Maryland.

RDN: What would you say to a restaurateur who is contemplating this big decision?

with foodservice providers, educational facilities and contract packagers.

By always improving equipment and determining the best methods of delivering a finished product to market at the most economical and reliable ways possible, Wilpack is the best choice for those seeking positive and cost-effective methods for all levels of packaging product.

Wilpack takes enormous pride in its ability to protect each of its customers’ special products by providing the best materials and packaging.

Visit Wilpack at booth #10438. For more information, go to www.wilpack packaging.com or call 815.490.9235.

FM: A restaurateur might say, 'Your product is too expensive.' Well, I could say the same thing.

A pizza in Italy is 4 euro, a pizza in the United States is an average of 12 to 20 dollars. I don’t think you’re ripping me off. I’m not comparing the cost of pizza in Italy. I don’t live in Italy or Europe. I live in the United States. So, the cost of doing business is more expensive, the cost of labor is more expensive, the overhead, the liability insurance, everything is more expensive.

RDN: What are some of the additional benefits of working with your company?

FM: We like to think of ourselves as a young company, but very experienced.

We offer countless customization options. You can really choose your own design. We stand by our product. We’re changing the industry and we definitely pride ourselves on being leaders in our industry.

Visit Marra Forni at booth #2068. For more information, go to www.marraforni.com.

Zumex Offers Speed Up Juicers More and more spaces are adding to the trend of healthy food around the world.

To help them in this way, the giant Zumex®, an international leader in the design and development of solutions for the squeezing of fruits and vegetables, presents the Speed Up series. These new professional citrus juicers, with a bolder and fresher point, seek to accelerate the business of those customers who want to start in the juice business.

In this way, Speed Up arrives with its powerful Deep Black concept, which dresses in black and steel the design of the two attractive and powerful models of the series, tabletop and podium, designed by the firm’s team to provide service in retail and foodservice spaces with high consumption rotation and which want to diversify

its offer and thus meet the growing demand for healthy products with freshly squeezed juices.

The professional Speed Up juicers, both in their countertop format and the podium model, are more accessible and simple versions, with great features such as the PulpOut system, the comfortable Up faucet or the drip tray, among others.

In addition to creating the concept and technology more than 30 years ago, Zumex has always led the worldwide installation of citrus juicers in new spaces with models designed to offer the best performance in each scenario, and with the simplest operation in the market.

For more information, go to www.zumex.com, call 305.591.0061 or email zumexusa@zumex.com.

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Aardvark Straws Offers Customizable Paper Straws Aardvark® Straws, the original U.S. producer of paper straws, offers customizable paper straws for your brand and can include company names and logos. No other paper straws on the market offer the wide variety of printing that Aardvark does, all while remaining earth and marine friendly. Aardvark is also uniquely positioned in the USA to provide lower minimum order quantities of four cases and a newly published lead time of four weeks.

Foodservice providers, restaurants, businesses and more can advertise their brands on Aardvark Straws through its four-color process print capabilities, which makes for standout logos and designs. Aardvark paper straws are manufactured with a proprietary method that creates superior paper straws and are specifically made not to disintegrate, get

US INC: Quality Products at Competitive Prices US INC, a manufacturer of quality commercial foodservice products, is located in Beltsville, Maryland, Kowloon, Hong Kong and Vancouver, Canada with distribution partners throughout the United States. The company’s main objective is to manufacture quality refrigerators, freezers, kitchen cooking equipment and other products for the commercial foodservice industry at a competitive price.

One of US INC’s long-time distributors in Florida, Mark Lauro of Lauro Restaurant Equipment, said, “I am so glad I changed my entire business model around using US INC products to replace many of my other suppliers because of their high quality and competitive pricing.

If I have a question and problem, their customer service center is always helpful and available 365 days a year. Is there any possibility of increasing the line to include other foodservice products?”

That is exactly what US INC did during its 2018 fiscal year. The company has just received its new LCD glass door display refrigerators and Lauro told the company that they are “Amazing!” US INC distributors work collectively with its product design and development team to continue to add new products, new designs and make adjustments to improve the US product line. Its Operations Department works closely with its factories to assure the highest quality and most durable composition during the manufacturing process.

US INC has added two more product lines designed around quality at a competitive price: wire shelving products and the new LCD glass door display reach-ins (with in-the-door translucent integrated video screens). Now with the Value series of refrigerator equipment, cooking equipment, stainless steel products and wire shelving, US can offer many ways to save its customers money without sacrificing quality.

For more information, go to www.usincorporated.com or www.us-refrig.com.

soggy or fall apart.

In addition to its customization capabilities, Aardvark patented the one-of-akind, bendable Eco-Flex® paper straw, which can be positioned at an angle that a consumer needs or wants to sip it from.

Like all Aardvark paper straws, the EcoFlex is marine degradable, compostable, elemental chlorine free, and won’t break down in your drink.

Aardvark Straws can be found in thousands of restaurants around the world.

For establishments looking for a sustainable alternative to plastic straws, Aardvark Paper Straws decompose in just 45-90

days. All materials that make up an Aardvark Straw – adhesive, inks and papers – are also “edible.”

In 2018, Hoffmaster®, a leading U.S. manufacturer of premium disposable tableware for restaurants, hospitals and the foodservice industry, acquired Aardvark Straws to add to its premium portfolio of environmentally responsible, disposable tabletop products.

About Hoffmaster Hoffmaster is a one-stop source offering a complete line of premium disposable paper tableware items for restaurants, hospitals and a wide variety of other service industries. The company, established in 1947, is the platform company for the Hoffmaster Group, Inc.® Foodservice Division.

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About Aardvark Straws Aardvark paper straws were introduced in 2007 in response to a growing antiplastic movement. Precision Products Group, Inc., created an environmentally friendly straw based off of the original paper straw invented in 1888 by Marvin Stone. Today, Aardvark offers printed straws, cake pop sticks and Eco-Flex paper straws that are earth and marine friendly, naturally degradable, FDA/EU compliant, compostable and made in the USA.

For more information, visit booth #2788, go to www.hoffmaster.com or www .aardvarkstraws.com, email marketing@ hoffmaster.com or call 800.327.9774.

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COSTA NOVA Unveils Two Signature Collections for the Hospitality Sector The Portuguese brand of fine stoneware, recognized throughout the retail sector for the quality of its tableware and accessories, begins the year 2019 with the aim of increasing its presence in the hospitality industry through the introduction of two exclusive collections for this market.

Developed in partnership with renowned German designer Carsten Gollnick, NÓTOS is a tableware collection designed exclusively for professionals in the hospitality sector, inspired by the remarkable color contrasts and structures of the Portuguese Atlantic coast.

Textured ceramic forms of pure and flowing lines are combined with metallic structures and organic materials such as cork and wood in a palette of light and dark tones that represent the contrasting

colors of the coastal landscape. From this border between the water and the land, the German designer has developed a collection of tableware perfect not only for presenting dishes with this coastal theme, but also for the presentation of gastronomic experiences of various cuisines and cultures.

Born in 1966 in Berlin, Carsten Gollnick is a reference of quality, innovation and aesthetic improvement in the culture of objects. His professional career is guided by numerous collaborations with companies and brands of excellence, museum pieces and a list with more than 80 awards and distinctions.

The NÓTOS collection is the first partnership developed with COSTA NOVA. The RODA collection was created by

Smitty Bee Honey: A Sweet Success Story For over 95 years, Smitty Bee has been passionate about producing and packaging high quality honey. That passion has helped create one of the most respected honey packaging businesses in the industry.

Louis Henkelman, who always had a love for honey, started producing honey from a single colony hobbyist kit from Sears and Roebuck. In those days, honey could only be obtained by raising your own bees. At this time, honey was a novelty item and not mass marketed like it is today. It wasn’t until the 1940s when sugar was rationed to support the war effort, that honey was turned to as an

alternative sweetener. The popularity of honey grew, and the industry was born.

Throughout the next 30 years, Louis grew his family orientated business into one of the most respected honey producers in southwest Iowa. Lavern Schmitz worked for his father-in-law, Louis, after returning from the Korean War. Lavern saw the opportunities with honey early on and started his own producing operation in the mid 1950s. Nicknamed “Smitty” in grade school, he named his new business Smitty Bee Honey. The business grew through the 1960s, ‘70s and ‘80s. Doug Schmitz, Lavern’s son,

Introducing Hammond’s Gourmet Cookies and New Chocolate Bar Flavors Hammond’s Brands, the parent company of Hammond’s Candies and Old Dominion Peanut Company, has announced exciting additions to its product lineup for 2019. Further expanding into the snacking category, it has introduced a collection of rich, buttery, bite-sized tea cookies.

Hammond’s has also added two flavors to its much-loved assortment of gourmet chocolate bars.

Hammond’s cookies will be available in four delicious flavors: Lemon Raspberry, Salted Caramel, Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip and Chocolate Chip. A fifth seasonal flavor, Chocolate Peppermint, will be added to the collection for holiday 2019.

Each flavor comes in a 5 ounce box packed 8 per case with a suggested retail price of $5.99.

Two new chocolate bars will also hit

Once Again Nut Butter Spreads Integrity

By Lorrie Baumann

Once Again Nut Butter has produced its line of nut and seed butters and honeys since 1976, when the company was founded by husband and wife Jeremy Thaler and Connie Potter after a friend suggested that they use the barrel roaster in which they’d been making granola to roast nuts for peanut butter. From there, a local museum in Nunda, New York, asked them to make an old-fashioned peanut butter that included the peanut skins. Thayler liked the result so much that he figured he could sell it.

That thought came naturally to the

couple because they’d already been serial entrepreneurs, which is why they named their new peanut butter company “Once Again,” according to Gael Orr, who is the Marketing, Communications and Public Relations Manager for what’s now an employee-owned enterprise. “Once again, they were in business,” she said.

Thayler and Potter retired from the business in 2006, and it became 100 percent employee-owned at that time. Orr has worked for the company for the past 10 years and says she’ll probably retire from Once Again Nut Butter when it’s time for that to happen. “The company really cares about my family,” she said. “They care

the Portuguese designer Torres Euracini, and is inspired by the “Circle of Friends.” The collection aims to bring everyone together at the table in a circle of friends to share memories and stories as they share a meal.

All the pieces of this collection are produced in the best and most resistant stoneware and have special and organic shapes suitable for demanding hospitality use due to its high level of resistance and performance. The five visual variants of RODA offer a wide range of possibilities to accommodate the best flavors of all seasons, masterfully created by the artists of fine dining and subtle taste. Fish and seafood dishes, meat and vegetables, among others dishes, find in this collection a special support for the irreverent success of the innovation and detail of the great chefs.

Born near the Atlantic, Torres

worked beside his father, learning the trade as well. Doug then started his own operation in the late 1970s, which he grew into a lucrative honey producing business throughout the 1980s and ‘90s. In the early 1990s, commercial agriculture changed the natural landscape and honey production yields decreased every year, as the majority of southwest Iowa was converted to corn and soybeans. To further diversify, Doug and his family turned their attention to packing honey for farmer’s markets and craft shows. The packaging business grew strong through the 1990s, while honey production struggled. Over 20 years, Smitty Bee grew from a small honey producer and packer to one of the nation’s fastest growing honey processors, packshelves. Coconut Cream Pie is a milk chocolate treat with coconut flakes and a rich, creamy ganache, and Sodapop! is a unique, cola-flavored milk chocolate bar featuring fizzy popping candy which replicates the carbonated beverage. Each 2.25 ounce bar is packed 12 retail units per display with a suggested retail price of $2.99.

“We are excited to kick off the new year with these great new products,” said Andrew Whisler, Hammond’s Executive Vice President of Marketing and Business Development. “We’re especially excited to enter the cookie category providing consumers with even more

about employees.

They care about my voice.”

Over the years, the company’s original old-fashioned peanut butter line has expended to include a total of about 30 products in about 80 SKUs comprising salted, unsalted, roasted, unroasted, stabilized and stir-style peanut butters as well as Almond, Hazelnut and Cashew Butters and Organic Seed Butter. The company acquired Dawes Hill Honey in 1992. Milk chocolate products were launched in 2018.

Each of the products bears the image of Rocky Raccoon on its label. Rocky Raccoon was born as the company’s mascot after a family of kit raccoons was

Euracini has decades of experience in the ceramic industry and with numerous achievement (mostly anonymously) accomplished throughout the world.

The RODA collection is his first signature collection.

COSTA NOVA creates its tableware collections with the same passion and motivation as chefs and caterers create their culinary masterpieces. The unique characteristics of its fine stoneware products, combined with its original design, functionality and durability, make the brand a reference in the gastronomy segment, with customers located in over 50 countries around the world. These new collections aim to provide professionals in this industry with an efficient experience of performance and aesthetics at the highest level.

For more information, visit booth #8618 or go to www.costa-nova.com.

aging over 20 million pounds of honey per year.

Smitty Bee Honey packages different types of honey for all industry sectors. These markets include commercial food manufacturing, foodservice and retail.

Honeys are carefully selected from specific botanical or geographical areas from around the world and blended to match customer specifications. Exotic and rare varietals such as Washington Raspberry, California Sage and Mexican Avocado honey are just a few of the honeys that can be sourced.

Recent trends show that customers are looking for new and trendy honey items that will stand out from the rest.

Visit Smitty Bee Honey at booth #10023.

great everyday treats with Hammond’s quality. From classic Chocolate Chip to delicious Salted Caramel, there is a flavor to satisfy every sweet tooth.”

“We’re always working on new flavors to expand our chocolate bar assortment,” added Andrew Schuman, President and Chief Executive Officer.

“Customers will love the decadent flavor of Coconut Cream Pie, and Sodapop! is completely unique. The popping candy throughout the bar delivers a fun and sweet surprise in every bite.”

For more information, call 888.226.3999 or go to www.hammondscandies.com.

found on the company’s property in its early days. The company’s employees cared for the raccoons until they were old enough to be released into the wild, and Rocky, named after a Beatles song, remains as a legacy of that time. The products are also gluten free, and all of the nut butters are certified by the Non-GMO Project.

Like the company’s Milk Chocolate Hazelnut and Milk Chocolate Almond spreads, the White Chocolate Hazelnut and White Chocolate Almond spreads will be offered in 12-ounce glass jars retailing for $9.95. All of the products are distributed nationally. “We can’t help it if you put it in your ice cream,” Orr said. “It is so delicious that you can’t stop eating it.”

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Renau Introduces New Generation of ARM Cortex-Powered Touchscreens Renau’s new UCM-2000 Series of nextgeneration ARM Cortex-A7 based PCAP touchscreens designed specifically with the foodservice industry in mind give foodservice equipment operators complete control over their commercial foodservice equipment. Unlike older capacitive touch solutions, these state-ofthe-art capacitive touchscreens can easily be used by while wearing gloves.

Available in 4.3-, 6.8- and 10-inch screen sizes, the UCM-2000 Series offers equipment operators a sophisticated control that can be configured and installed either horizontally or vertically on the front of a controlled appliance. Measuring less than 1.91 inches deep, the UCM-2000 Series is compact and versatile enough to allow equipment manufacturers to mount it

on virtually any available panel space.

Each size also offers the choice of bezel or flush mount models. Using Renau’s Single Wire Communication and wireless Renau.Net Networks, the UCM-2000 Series connects to any of Renau’s compact, powerful hybrid micro process controllers to monitor and control even the most intensive and demanding applications, reducing the need for expensive and complicated harnesses.

With the ability to quickly and easily access and select programs and recipes, as well as full support for safety and compliance processes like HACCP, user manuals, job aids and ingredient level and freshness monitoring, the UCM2000 offers unrivalled labor savings and ease of training. Equipment operators can

Norbec: High Quality, Durable Products Norbec is a North American company founded more than 35 years ago.

Specializing in custom manufacturing, Norbec has earned a solid reputation as a solution finder for the production of cold rooms, freezers and storage lines.

Even though cold storage products are Norbec’s cash cow, the company doesn’t want to limit itself to walk-in coolers and freezers. Over the past few years, the company has been increasingly developing its expertise in insulated metal panels and building envelopes.

Jan Lembregts, President of Norbec, explains, ‘’We thrive on building partnerships with our customers. We strive to offer a complete solution from conception to delivery, including support once the project is completed. We pride ourselves on manufacturing walk in coolers and freezers as well as architectural panels for the building envelope and interior

panels and doors.”

Norbec’s mission is to offer high quality and durable products that provide space optimization, work efficiency and security.

NextGrip, Slip-Resistant Floor Having a safe and secure work environment for employees is of the utmost importance in the foodservice industry.

The quest to find a floor that is both safe for employees and optimal for the work environment is constant, especially with the changes in temperature found in walk-in coolers and freezers.

Norbec is proud to present NextGrip, a new slip-resistant floor made up of an embossed pattern, strategically repeated to increase stability and adherence. The NextGrip is the solution you need to increase safety measures, contributing to a productive and enjoyable work environment.

Enhancing the Customer’s Experience, One Coffee at a Time Satisfaction and experience are pivotal factors behind a customer’s decision to visit a location or use a service again.

When customers are satisfied, not only will they be tempted to revisit a hotel or a restaurant, they will also tend to recommend the place to friends and acquaintances, bringing more business opportunities.

In an effort to make the customer’s experience fully satisfying, some restaurants perform better at providing the best value for money, quality of food and drinks or quality of service. But let’s be honest, most administrators will attempt to bring together all these aspects because they know that customers satisfaction is based upon the overall experience.

Take, for example, the case of a seafood restaurant having the best lobster tail in town accompanied with a splendid Chardonnay from the Russian

River Valley, offering only standard percolator coffee that has been standing for hours. Even though the customer may have enjoyed a great food and wine pairing, he will nevertheless remain bitter because the coffee he always orders after a meal is horrible. This detail, as trivial as it may seem, may affect the client’s experience negatively and cause them to never go back or recommend the place.

If that applies to dining, imagine what bad coffees can do to breakfast restaurants. You are remembered because of the coffee.

Three Innovative Brands Great news! Cafection | Evoca Group enters the North American HoReCa market. From the greatest drip coffee technology available to barista-quality espresso solutions, its HoReCa bean to cup brands will make the competition envious.

quickly and easily read the UCM-2000 Series’ high-resolution color display from across the kitchen, and because the screen is the interface, use is incredibly intuitive and easy and designed to help reduce operator error and food waste. The UCM-2000 Series can even help guide a service technician through troubleshooting and repair with advanced diagnostic functionality.

Easily upgradeable and fully reprogrammable, the UCM-2000 Series allows recipe menus and system configurations to be quickly updated through the mediation of Renau’s USB or Wireless Host Adaptors and smart device or cloud-based programming software, which allows for the creation of custom recipe menus, warning alarms, sound files, instruction manuals, user guides and system configurations that can be stored on an authorized Intelliref V2, Refrigeration Control System Thousands of dollars’ worth of food sits in a walk-in cooler and freezer. Guarding it with energy efficient and reliable products is top priority. Food needs to be maintained at cold temperatures to prevent the growth of bacteria and other microbes that make food spoil. If there is a problem with the refrigeration system, knowing as quickly as possible can prevent food and money loss. The IntellirefV2 allows you to control and monitor temperature to make sure food is kept at the right temperature. Options offered with the IntellirefV2 are a cost effective and worry-free solution to prevent food loss, save on expensive service calls and meet health requirements.

For Norbec, it is important to educate its customers on present and future regulations. It attaches great importance to product compliance and the standards of

Gaggia: Founded in 1948, heralding the modern age of espresso with the invention of steam-free coffee machines, Gaggia represents the true spirit and heritage of Italian espresso, taste and culture.

Saeco: As the first company in the world to develop the bean to cup (a completely automatic and innovative Italian espresso brewing system), Saeco Professional Division specializes in the out of home sector.

Cafection: Pioneer company to launch internet-connected and remotely manageable coffee machines, Cafection uses a unique reverse French press brewing system.

Three Flagship Models With a choice of three NSF 4 certified flagship models, Cafection | Evoca Group will help the food and beverage industry enhance the customer’s experience, one coffee at a time. Already a

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user’s hard drive for future use and reference, or for larger organizations, shared with a remote location using Renau’s powerful Smart Kitchen Manager™ (SKM™) Software Servers. When it comes time to update the system, the desired update file can be downloaded via a flash drive or over the air update.

In order to perform in the most demanding foodservice industry environments, all Renau products are fully encapsulated for outstanding protection from extreme temperatures, humidity and shock. Designed and manufactured in the United States, all Renau products are rigorously tested and come with an industry-leading threeyear warranty.

For more information, visit www .renau.com, stop by booth #4652 or call 818.341.1994.

the food industry, as well as to energy standards. The company’s R&D team is always up-to-date with the latest changes in the industry in order to always ensure appropriate products and compliance with standards.

Norbec has a dedicated history in supporting its partners in the foodservice industry by providing innovative products and creating tailored solutions.

Like Jan Lembregts, President, explains, “I have always thought of measuring the quality of a partner as being able to solve problems. We know how to react quickly and well to solve any kind of complications, and our customers appreciate it. We are very rigorous in delivery times and offer outstanding technical support.”

Visit Norbec at booth #5457. For more information, go to www.norbec.com.

leader in the OCS industry with units in 80 percent of the Fortune 500, the elegant, affordable and reliable brewers capable of dispensing 65 to 75 coffees per hour are about to revolutionize the HoReCa market.

Kalea Plus: The outstanding throughput and speed of the Kalea Plus with fresh milk will satisfy even the most demanding customers, sip after sip.

Idea Restyle Duo: Equipped with a fresh milk module, the Idea Restyle Duo is undoubtedly the best choice for those who want a highly professional machine with an attractive look.

Encore 29: The fully customizable bean to cup Encore 29 prepares the best perfectly ground drip coffee, anywhere, at any time.

For more information, contact Mike Cochrane, Vice President Business Development and Key Accounts, at mcochrane@cafection.evocagroup.com and 800.561.6162, ext. 267.

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Vertullo Imports Offers Highest-Quality Specialty Items An interview with Paul Vertullo, Chief Operating Officer, Vertullo Imports.

RDN: Tell our readers a little bit about Vertullo Imports.

PV: Vertullo Imports is a high-end importer and marketer, offering a wide array of specialty products and the highest quality imported items.

RDN: What types of items are you importing?

PV: We import everything from man-

darin oranges to truffle peelings. Fruits, vegetables, condiments, sauces, IQF frozen vegetables, appetizers and pasta, rice, grains and more. That list is always expanding.

RDN: What’s one thing you want people to know about Vertullo?

PV: I want people to know that we scour the globe in search of the highest-quality imported items. We know that every step is critical, from product development to procurement to delivery. Our staff of culinary trained chefs,

Amoroso’s Is How Great Sandwiches Roll The quality of the bread you offer customers says a lot about the quality of your restaurant, sandwich shop, supermarket, grocery store, sports or entertainment venue or foodservice operation.

That’s why Amoroso’s Hearth-Baked Bread and Rolls will help attract new customers and enhance the reputation of your business.

For more than 115 years, beginning in 1904 in Philadelphia, Amoroso’s Baking Company and its authentic Italian Hearth-Baked Bread and Rolls have been

the stuff legendary Philly cheesesteaks, hoagies, roast beef and roast pork sandwiches made their reputations on. Over the past 40 years, that reputation has spread across the country and around the world. Amoroso’s now offers its extended shelf-life items that have been inspired

by Amoroso’s sandwich rolls in Philadelphia for commissaries and grab and go applications.

Amoroso’s is “Why Philly sandwiches are world-famous.”™ Now the classic Philly sandwich

Vermont Creamery St. Albans Wins Good Food Award Vermont Creamery was once again honored with a Good Food Award this year, this time for St. Albans, a St. Marcellinstyle aged cheese made from cows’ milk.

The awards shine a spotlight on the tastemaking crafters at the forefront of deliciousness and social and environmental excellence. The awards were announced on January 11 at a ceremony held in San Francisco, California.

This is the fourth Good Food Award for Vermont Creamery in the past five years. Previous winners include Bonne Bouche, the Creamery’s flagship aged goats’ cheese in 2014, Coupole in 2015 and Bonne Bouche again in 2017.

“We are proud to earn the recognition of the Good Food Foundation, an organization whose core values so closely align with our own,” said Adeline

quality assurance and marketing and sales teams boast decades of experience successfully importing the highest quality items from around the world. While our brand is still in its infancy, our staff consists of seasoned experts that have been doing this for a very long time.

RDN: What sets Vertullo Imports apart from its competition?

PV: Above all else, we understand the importance of quality, flavor and consistency. Our eyes are on crop sensitivity, currency fluctuations and trade regulations. In addition to our culinary trained, U.S.-based staff, we also have staff overseas headquartered in Europe

to interface directly with suppliers on quality and logistical issues.

RDN: Can you tell our readers about some of the new items you’re currently working on?

PV: We’re currently extending our line of Greek olives to include Sliced Kalamata Olive Rings and a Country Olive Mix. We’ll also be introducing a White Balsamic Vinegar, Rice Wine Vinegars and Sesame Oil in the coming months.

Visit Vertullo Imports at booth #5645.

For more information, go to www .vertulloimports.com, call 516.222.6220 or email customerservice@seviroli.com.

rolls, synonymous with Philadelphia-style sandwiches, are available anywhere in the United States or around the world. So recognizable is the quality of Amoroso’s frozen products, Philadelphia natives immediately recognize Amoroso’s unique taste and high quality.

With the resources and capacity to service both small and large businesses, supply fresh or frozen bread and rolls – even design custom products tailored to specific company needs – Amoroso’s is the local Philly bakery that’s an interna-

Visit Amoroso’s at booth #1835. For more information, call sales at 215.863.8815, email sales@amorosobaking.com or go to www.amorosobaking.com.

Druart, President of Vermont Creamery. “Winning a Good Food Award affirms our commitment to social and environmental excellence and outstanding product quality.”

Further validating the company’s core values, Vermont Creamery became a Certified B Corp in 2014; B Corps are businesses that meet the highest standards of verified social and environmental performance, transparency and accountability, using business as a force for good.

Launched in 2016, St. Albans is the

Creamery’s first 100 percent cows’ milk aged cheese and the first to receive Non-GMO Project certification. The uniquely American take on the French St. Marcellin is packaged in a ceramic crock for easy heating in the oven.

When heated, the cheese becomes silken, like a mini fondue.

Vermont Creamery’s St. Albans was one of two Vermont cheeses to earn this accolade in 2019; Spring Brook Farm’s Reading also took home a Good Food Award.

tional resource. Now the rolls that made Philly sandwiches world-famous are available worldwide.

Amoroso’s also offers a wide array of specialty goods, including, but not limited to, rye breads and other variety sliced breads, bagels, table breads, burger buns and more.

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Your Customers will Love this Level of First-Class Service Customer service is an important part of any business, especially when there is so much competition entering the market every day. How can you stand out? What can you do so your customers remember your business? Do they experience something remarkable enough to tell their friends about it?

Give your customers first class treatment with a pre-moistened, 100 percent cotton terry cloth refreshment towel before, or after, their meal. Served refreshingly chilled or soothingly warmed, your customer will remember

that touch of first-class service they received.

White Towel Services offers a full range of affordable pre-packaged, premoistened, single use, terry cloth towels sized from 8 inches by 8 inches up to 12 inches by 12 inches. Each towel comes scented with lemon or lavender essential oils for the ultimate in a luxury towel.

Also available in peach-mango and unscented.

White Towel Services also has a towel warmer for easy heating. Just add its pre-moistened towels at the beginning

Crema Smart: Intelligent Dairy That Doesn’t Skimp on Flavor

By Colby Scharsch, Lead Designer, JoeFroyo

Dairy innovation company JoeFroyo is on a mission to make dairy that is more thoughtful, more functional and more intelligent. With two functional lactosefree dairy beverages under its belt – Probiotic Cold Brew™ and Clean Label Creamer™ – the company is expanding its dairy philosophy into two other dairy staples with its new Crema Smart™ line: ice cream and powdered half & half.

Crema Smart Ice Cream I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream – but mostly about the calories.

And the sugar. And the fat. And, yes, the stomach aches afterward. But it’s ice cream, so we’re all willing to forgive a few (okay, a lot of) transgressions in the health and wellness department to get another scoop of the stuff.

Well, not all of us, as it turns out.

Zach Miller, Founder and President of JoeFroyo, wanted to find a way to add more functional benefits to ice cream, and to tone down the stomach acheinducing lactose. After developing a proprietary process for creating a lactose-free cultured dairy base, Miller saw an opportunity to make ice cream even more scream-worthy, and smarter.

Batter Up: Waring Commercial Enhances, Expands Waffle Maker Line Chicken and waffles. Waffle tacos.

Waffle sandwiches. And just good oldfashioned, fluffy waffles. Waring waffle makers easily add excitement to menus with a mix of trending and classic waffle dishes. Designed with heavy-duty diecast base and pillars, an easy-grip nylon handle, high-efficiency heating components, and other innovative features, they set the standard for waffle-making equipment.

Now, the company that pioneered the first waffle maker with a revolutionary rotary feature for even baking and browning, introduces its Waffle X Series with user-serviceable plates.

While Waring waffle makers are renowned for their durable, long-lasting design, 67 percent of the company’s waffle maker returns are due to scratched or damaged plates. As part of its commitment to providing the highest-quality products at the lowest possible price, Waring will equip all its current and future waffle makers with user-serviceable plates, effective Summer 2019. Replaceable plates will spare operators the expense of having to purchase a new unit and will extend the life of their existing one.

In addition, Waring has expanded its lineup with two new waffle makers.

Inspired by the No. 1 ranked most popu-

The Mighty Badge Experience Customer experience is vital to the success of your establishment in today’s market. Guests expect more than just a good meal. The experience includes the décor, welcoming staff and the presentation of the food. Every detail counts when ensuring the experience is social media ready, while genuinely expressing your brand.

A big part of the experience is creating a memorable connection through exceptional customer service, and this starts with knowing the name of the wait-

er or waitress. Creating a great name badge bridges this gap, because it acts as an ice breaker between your staff and their guests.

Create badges that ignite your brand through distinct fonts and colors.

Select fonts that are easily readable or highlight your server’s skills, such as the language they speak, right on the badge! You can even highlight your company’s branded hashtag or Instagram QR code right on the badge.

These details go a long way to ensure

of service and turn the warmer on. Your towels will be hot and ready all day. Each warmer has a 100 percent money back lifetime warranty, and are UL Listed.

Add Your Name and Logo to Each Package Your company has its own unique identity, from your signature products and services to the special relationships you’ve created with your customers.

Now it’s time for you to build your most precious asset – your good name – by creating your own prestige brand.

Design the towel packaging any way you wish. Convey your marketing The result is Crema Smart Ice Cream, a high-protein, lower calorie probiotic frozen treat that may be pintsized but packs a huge nutritional punch – and doesn’t skimp on flavor.

Launching at the 2019 National Restaurant Association Show, Crema Smart Ice Cream will debut a trio of classic flavors – chocolate, vanilla and cold brew latte – with additional flavors coming soon, including caramel macchiato, espresso chip, cookie dough, Moose Tracks® and more.

Crema Smart Powdered Half & Half Now, while people may not be screaming for it yet, Crema Smart lactose-free powdered half & half is perhaps even more exciting. JoeFroyo is the first company to

lar street snack in Hong Kong, the WBW300X Bubble Waffle Maker gives foodservice operators in the United States a quick and easy way to add bubble waffles to the menu. Crisp on the outside, warm on the inside, bubble waffles are a delicious delicacy when filled with ice cream. The plates on this innovative unit are custom-designed to produce the bubble pattern that makes the hot-and-coldcombo treat irresistibly unique.

To accommodate market demand, Waring has also introduced the WMB400X Mini Belgian Waffler.

Engineered to produce four deep-pocketed, mini Belgian waffles at a time, and up to 100 per hour, the unit features tripleyour brand is being represented consistently throughout all locations, while highlighting your staff’s unique personality.

The Mighty Badge is a reusable name badge that is kitted for ease of use, ordering and implementing into your business. Each kit contains components required to design and assemble a badge with only a computer and printer. With on-site production, all your staff members will be brand ready for when they first greet your guests.

message creatively and stand out from your competition. With first customer class service becoming a necessity for any successful business, White Towel Services is confident that its products will bring you higher sales and a loyal customer base.

White Towel Services, Inc. is the original source for hot and cold towel service.

Visit White Towel Services at booth #3878.

For more information, go to www .wtowel.com, email info@wtowel.com or call 817.868.7900.

powderize half & half – a feat which, frankly, the dairy establishment said couldn’t be achieved.

But not only has it created the world’s first powdered half & half, it’s also lactose-free, cutting down on the stomach aches, and probiotic, adding valuable health benefits from live and active cultures.

“It’s such a great on-the-go option,” says Miller. “Perfect to keep in your bag for rushed mornings or to take with you when you’re camping. We like to say this product lets you have the creamy coffee you love, on the countertop or on a mountaintop.”

Visit JoeFroyo at booth #10216. For more information, go to www.joe froyo.com or call 253.682.8586. coated, nonstick plates that make the release of perfectly proportioned waffles and cleanups easy. Ideal for a wide variety of toppings, including berries, syrup, ice cream or even fried chicken, mini Belgian waffles made with this exceptional waffle maker are sure to elevate

any menu.

“At Waring, we’re committed to continuous innovation in all our product lines,” says Waring General Manager, Dan DeBari. “We’re proud of our latest breakthroughs in the waffle maker category which will allow operators to capitalize on popular waffle trends.”

Visit Waring at booth #2616.

Having a badge that your employees are proud to wear, that highlights your social media presence and is consistent with your brand sustainability promise is key. Like plastic straws, ditch the one-time use badges and reduce your carbon footprint with reusable name badges.

For more information, visit booth #9932, go to www.imprintplus.com, call 800.563.2464 or email customerservice @imprintplus.com.

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Strong Partnership Between Sodexo and Carla’s Pasta An interview with Rob Morasco CEC, Senior Director Culinary Development, Culinary Solutions, Sodexo.

RDN: How long have you been with Sodexo, and what are your current responsibilities there?

RM: Twenty-two years in February – I started as an Executive Chef at the University of Mary Washington and the rest, as they say, is history. I now manage all of the culinary development for Sodexo in North America. This covers a lot – core menus for all the various business segments, new service development

and product specifications are the main buckets of activity. I have a team of 18 awesome chefs, dieticians and experts that manage it all for me. Each year, on average, we create over 1,000 new recipes and manage over 60 core menus for 5,000 locations across North America.

RDN: How would you describe your working relationship with Carla’s Pasta?

RM: It’s one of the best. Relationshipwise fantastic; strategic conversations that are also timely from a consumer perspective. Plant-based is a great example;

NSF Wireless Portion Control Scale Delivers Cost Savings to Food Preparation Yamato offers the NSF approved AWWPS Wireless Platform Scale, perfect for portion control in the preparation of pizza, baked goods and other food preparations. It consists of a large 14-inch by 14-inch removable stainless steel platform for easy cleanup. The wireless feature of the WPS allows you to mount the display in the most convenient position using the included wall mounting bracket. No cable or wires are needed to connect the display to the platform. The touch-free tare on the display keeps food

preparation swift and sanitary, allowing taring after each ingredient with only a wave of the hand. The WPS scale provides restaurants with a tool to quickly and accurately measure ingredients while they are preparing meals. This reduces any time spent on individual measurement cups or even loss of money for ingredients that were not being measured at all. The WPS requires less time for cleaning with its touch-free display and removable stainless-steel platform.

The NSF approved WPS scale runs

Introducing Hammond’s Gourmet Cookies and New Chocolate Bar Flavors Hammond’s Brands, the parent company of Hammond’s Candies and Old Dominion Peanut Company, has announced exciting additions to its product lineup for 2019. Further expanding into the snacking category, it has introduced a collection of rich, buttery, bite-sized tea cookies.

Hammond’s has also added two flavors to its much-loved assortment of gourmet chocolate bars.

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of products that it separates into four distinct categories. “As world-renowned specialists in Blend, Prep and Cook, we’re proud to introduce the addition of Brew,” says Samantha Mullins, Waring Marketing Manager. “Our Brew product lineup will soon offer a full range of solutions in the hot beverage category. It will bring us full circle as the complete Solutions Specialist, offering the perfect solution within each category for each customer.”

Blend The original Waring blender was invented over 80 years ago, and the company continues to lead, innovate and elevate the category. Its comprehensive lineup of classic blenders, made in the USA of U.S. and foreign parts, and immersion

Hammond’s cookies will be available in four delicious flavors: Lemon Raspberry, Salted Caramel, Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip and Chocolate Chip. A fifth seasonal flavor, Chocolate Peppermint, will be added to the collection for holiday 2019.

Each flavor comes in a 5 ounce box packed 8 per case with a suggested retail price of $5.99.

Two new chocolate bars will also hit blenders and drink mixers feature efficient design and intuitive controls. Made for maximum output with minimal effort, they’re built to last, with a diversity of options to exceed the expectations of any foodservice operation.

Prep The Prep category includes a vast range of dependable, powerful and durable food prep solutions, designed to meet customers’ demands for optimal speed and reliability. Waring’s selection of Prep solutions includes food processors, grinders, juicers and extractors, chamber vacuum sealers, chocolate melters, stand mixers, ice cream makers and other essentials for the fully equipped professional kitchen.

Cook Waring’s Cook category sets the standard

Carla’s saw the trend and knew we were working on solutions. So they came to us not just with one solution, but several. Product is really the differentiator. Who makes better pasta on a large scale? I’m kind of over doing blind product cuttings in this space; there isn’t really any competition.

RDN: What do you view as the biggest strength between the partnership with Carla’s Pasta and Sodexo?

RM: I always judge a partnership by each side doing what they said they were going to do. Carla’s nails this one, even when we may have had blips on our side.

Yes, we are the customer, but Carla’s makes us better partners.

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aged such a strong partnership for the last 10 years?

RM: Great products, competitive pricing, clean label. Some partners do some of these, some do them all – very few do them all well. Carla’s does!

Plus – innovation (that is able to be acted on and deployed into the business) – and that hard to quantify family feel to the relationship.

RDN: What does the future partnership look like for Carla’s Pasta and Sodexo?

RM: If it’s anything like the last 10 years, it will still be awesome. If it improves somehow, it will be amazing.

RDN: What key attributes have encour-

Visit Carla’s Pasta at booth #707.

on AA batteries (not included) or AC adaptors (included). It features three wireless channels to choose from. Multiple functions are available including Weighing, Hold Function and Unit Toggle. Units consist of pounds-ounces (fractional), pounds-ounces (decimal) and kilograms and can be read easily on the LCD display in 1-inch characters.

mechanical, bench and platform scales. Yamato offers a variety of scales, including wash down, legal-for-trade and NSF listed. Yamato’s automatic division provides combination weighers, checkweighers and depositors addressing virtually any packaging application.

Yamato provides the best support and industry training for your investment with the Genuine Yamato Parts & Service program. Yamato is fully committed to its customers and machines.

About Yamato Corporation Yamato’s commercial division is a global leader in weighing scales for restaurants, food processing, delis, catering and other retail markets. The commercial line consists of a large selection of digital,

For more information, visit booth #3937 or go to www.yamatoamericas.com.

shelves. Coconut Cream Pie is a milk chocolate treat with coconut flakes and a rich, creamy ganache, and Sodapop! is a unique, cola-flavored milk chocolate bar featuring fizzy popping candy which replicates the carbonated beverage. Each 2.25 ounce bar is packed 12 retail units per display with a suggested retail price of $2.99.

“We are excited to kick off the new year with these great new products,” said Andrew Whisler, Hammond’s Executive Vice President of Marketing and Business Development. “We’re especially excited to enter the cookie category providing consumers with even more

great everyday treats with Hammond’s quality. From classic Chocolate Chip to delicious Salted Caramel, there is a flavor to satisfy every sweet tooth.”

“We’re always working on new flavors to expand our chocolate bar assortment,” added Andrew Schuman, President and Chief Executive Officer.

“Customers will love the decadent flavor of Coconut Cream Pie, and Sodapop! is completely unique. The popping candy throughout the bar delivers a fun and sweet surprise in every bite.”

for space-saving solutions that let businesses expand their menus. High powered and low maintenance, the company’s cooking equipment includes a full selection of induction ranges, convection and pizza ovens, panini grills, heavyduty griddles, microwaves, thermal circulators, pasta cookers and more. Its extensive line of essentials helps you build your business.

egory features a product lineup that combines reliability and innovation.

Brew With Brew, Waring continues its legacy of innovation with high-performance, hot beverage solutions from a brand you can trust. Its strong commitment to extensive R&D, thoughtful design and precision manufacturing ensures the company equips its customers with unsurpassed brewing equipment solutions, from coffee urns to hot water dispensers. Like the other categories, Waring’s new Brew cat-

For more information, call 888.226.3999 or go to www.hammondscandies.com.

Waring keeps professional kitchens on trend and presents creative new ways to use its products. “We are committed to introducing new breakthroughs to meet the needs of the market,” Mullins says.

“Our new Mini Belgian Waffle Maker, for example, is engineered to meet high demand, producing up to 100 mini Belgian waffles per hour. Our Bubble Waffle Maker enables operators to add the ice cream-filled bubble waffle, the most popular street snack in Hong Kong, to their dessert menus.”

From small establishments to multiunit chains, foodservice operations everywhere turn to Waring as their onestop solutions specialist.

Visit Waring at booth #2616.

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Alter Eco Evolves to Stay Mostly the Same

By Lorrie Baumann

Alter Eco’s hiring of Mike Forbes as its new Chief Executive Officer late last year sets the company up with executive leadership with experience in growing a brand through timely acquisitions and leadership in environmental issues. The move also frees coFounders Mathieu Senard and Edouard Rollet from day-to-day responsibilities with company management so they can pursue plans for a new foundation that’s under development with funding from Alter Eco’s owner, NextWorld Evergreen, the private equity firm that acquired Alter Eco in 2017. “We want to elevate the livelihoods of the farmers we work with to make sure that they live a good, rich, full life off the cacao they sell.” Forbes said.

Forbes came to Alter Eco from California Olive Ranch, where he played a key role in the company’s 2015 acquisition of Lucini Italia and grew the company past $100 million in sales, expanding its production and reach into the American olive oil mar-

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eco-friendly straws is perfect for those looking to find a solution for their straw problems. Karat Earth carries a variety of sizes and designs of paper and PLA straws.

Karat Earth offers a variety of products made from PLA, a plastic made from renewable resources that are compostable in commercial facilities. These PLA products include straws, disposables and utensils. Karat Accurate Box (Cont’d. from p. 1)

cutting dies, graphics, etc.) and all production is done under one roof. This makes us extremely competitive in the marketplace because we are not moving materials from facility to facility.

RDN: What makes your company unique?

MS: What makes our company unique is the way we have invested in our business. No company in our category has invested in their equipment and infrastructure like Accurate Box has in the last five years. The combination of our design capabilities and our folding carton mentality bring unusual styles and concepts to the QSR industry. Our manufacturing facility is FSSC 22000 Norbec (Cont’d. from p. 1)

RDN: What differentiates your product offering on the market?

JG: Product flexibility. Multiple configurations of cold rooms are available for our customers such as coolers, freezers, combos, refrigerated or dry storage.

Furthermore, Norbec solutions are tailored to your needs and ensure the highest quality, performance and space optimization.

Also, we offer unparalleled customer

ket. Alter Eco is known primarily as a producer of chocolate, backed by a strong environmental philosophy, and was originally founded in 2005 by Senard and Rollet as a venture into social entrepreneurship with a humanitarian mission in economic and social justice. The company’s first range of products, introduced to the market in 2008, included quinoa, rice, tea and coffee as well as cacao – all sourced from farmer-owned cooperatives practicing sustainable agriculture.

Over time, the company’s product range has evolved away from other products to focus on its chocolate bars, truffles and coconut clusters, all of which are certified non-GMO, organic and Fair Trade. According to Forbes, its environmental and social ethics have remained, even through the company’s acquisition by NextWorld Evergreen,who first met Senard and Rollet through their common membership in OSC2, a San Francisco-based community of sustainability-focused natural products industry executives.

The Climate Collaborative is an offEarth also offers containers and dinnerware made from bagasse, which is a natural fiber made from sugar cane residue that is a great alternative to foam products. These products can easily be used to replace everyday plastic products that are not environmentally friendly.

Karat Earth’s wide selection of ecofriendly products makes it easier for its customers to become more eco-friendly.

All products are responsibly sourced from renewable resources that can be

food safety certified, which is a globally acknowledged benchmark food safety standard stabled by the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI). Also, we just received our G7 Certification, which is an internationally recognized methodology for calibrating printing presses and proofing systems to ensure color consistency and gray balance.

RDN: Why have your sales in the QSR industry grown so rapidly?

MS: We are excited that Accurate Box’s foray into the QSR market has paid off with extreme growth from new customers. We believe our combination of creative structural design and unlimited graphic capabilities has been a major reason for our product to be introduced into

support. Norbec prides itself on being a trusted partner for all types of projects in a variety of sectors, including supermarkets, convenience stores, restaurants, food processing plants, refrigerated warehouses, hospitals and research centers. Our goal is to ensure your complete satisfaction and help you achieve your project goals.

RDN: What’s new at Norbec?

JG: Foodservice industry workers rely on a safe and enjoyable work environ-

shoot of OSC2 in partnership with the Sustainable Food Trade Association that’s specifically focused on leveraging the power of the natural foods industry to reverse climate change. Both Alter Eco and California Olive Ranch are donors to the organization, as well as members, pledging concrete actions within their own companies to address the problem.

In addition to its commitment to environmental sustainability, Alter Eco remains committed to the social values with which it was founded, and that will not be changing under Forbes’ leadership, he said. “We’re not going to waver from that path,” he said. “That is in the DNA of the company.”

Alter Eco does plan to grow its operations, but will continue to focus on chocolate, but NextWorld Evergreen is committed to scaling its growth in a way that stays true to the company’s core values, according to Forbes. “NextWorld is a very patient investor,” he said. “They want to do it the right way.... Having been at California Olive Ranch, I have seen what growth looks like. You want to keep your values the same, but so

biodegradable back into the earth, as opposed to standard plastics derived from fossil fuels that are not biodegradable.

By choosing Karat Earth eco-friendly products, you are making a choice to better our land, our water and our air.

Make the switch today. (Custom printing available on select items.)

Karat Earth is a brand under Karat

by Lollicup USA, Inc., which is a premium manufacturer and supplier of disposable beverage and foodservice disthis category. Our customers have the ability to change the graphics on their packaging as frequently as they would like. We have some customers who change their graphics for every upcoming holiday. Our graphics, tooling and platemaking are all done in-house so these changes are done with little to no cost to our customer.

RDN: What do you attribute to your company’s success?

MS: Our new enhanced plant has improved our workflow and our stateof-the-art equipment has allowed Accurate Box to bring extremely attractive pricing to the marketplace. Our brand new equipment can outproduce our competition and our attention to design helps our customers in this cate-

ment. Kitchen and cold room floors, when subjected to unsanitary conditions, poor cleaning or frost, can be very slippery and potentially dangerous. Norbec is proud to present NextGrip, a new slip resistant floor.

The NextGrip floor is characterized by an enhanced adherence, improved security measures as well as being stable for heavy loads, durable and much more. This new embossed floor by Norbec, in comparison to the traditional diamond tread plate, has superior properties creating a more

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much about how you do business as you scale has to change.”

As the company grows, Alter Eco will be working on how to introduce sustainability to more people; both the consumers who purchase its products and those who are involved in the company’s supply chain, including its cacao farmers in Ecuador who may be urged to think beyond their current organic farming practices. “Organic is much more familiar, but how do we go beyond that? We intend to look at regenerative organic,” Forbes said.

Alter Eco is also pursuing development in its product line, including product innovation in its truffle line, starting with the introduction of a plant-based Superdark Truffle this year. “The new Superdark Truffles will be offered in 10-count and 60-count packages as well as single-count packaging,” Forbes said. “Retailers love to put those by the cash register so customers can pick them up and start eating them while their groceries are being bagged,” he said. “I always buy their truffles at Whole Foods. I am that customer.”

posables.

Karat Earth was established in 2008 under Karat by Lollicup with the thought to become more environmentally conscious. Since then the company, its employees and new products live by being more environmentally friendly.

For more information, visit booth #1257, go to www.karatpackaging.com or www.lollicupusa.com, call 626.965.8882 or email marketing@karatpackaging.com.

gory wow the consumer. Our number one core value is to be customer focused; we cannot succeed unless our customers do.

RDN: What are your delivery turnaround times like?

MS: Accurate Box specializes in vendor managed inventory programs where we can work within various different systems to manage our customer’s inventory. This concept has the ability to reduce lead times to a matter of days and allows our customers to keep their inventories low without the fear of ever running out of product.

Visit Accurate Box at booth #7260. For more information, go to www.accurate box.com or call 973.345.2000.

optimal and secure working environment for its users.

RDN: Will you be showcasing the NextGrip floor at the NRA Show?

JG: Yes. Visit us at booth #5457 to discover and try this new slip-resistant floor, and find out how Norbec solutions can enhance the value of your projects.

Visit Norbec at booth #5457. For more information, go to www.norbec.com.

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give operators ultimate control so they can focus on delivering their best creative work.

The Sous Vide Professional Chef Series sets the standard for sous vide cooking. It was developed to meet the requirements of the world’s best restaurants and adds a whole new dimension of control to your operation. With innovative features and award-winning design, the Chef Series delivers outstanding results under the toughest conditions and demands. Its compact design makes for easy storage.

The Sous Vide Professional Classic Series is the legendary immersion circulator that changed kitchens forever. With its one-touch control it enables you to Lacerta (Cont’d. from p. 1)

added California with thermoforming capabilities and one in Mexico with thermoforming and injection molding capabilities.

RDN: Tell our readers about the facility in California. Any other expansions?

AL: We’re really excited to be opening up a facility on the West Coast. We bought seven machines and moved them to a building with 100,000 square feet, allowing extra space for inventory and whatever comes next. California offers an opportunity to reach more food companies and expand our reach for our customers.

We are constantly adding new equipment to keep up with demand to maintain Lemon & Vine (Cont’d. from p. 1)

– a young woman with her husband and children. Times were hard, but she held her family together with her boundless love and the wonderful food she prepared. She knew that the dinner table was the center of family life. Just serving their favorite meals was her way of saying “I love you” every day.

Today, Mediterranean flavors, especially Greek, are gaining popularity at a rapid rate. Discriminating consumers are looking for Greek food products that are Montague (Cont’d. from p. 1)

dishes, and shifts in their growing business, while enhancing communications between cooks through its versatile unobstructed design. It works perfectly with all of Montague’s batteries, demo counters and island suite configurations.

Modular utility distribution, configurable utility connections and innovative features ensure that this Excalibur Suite Cornerstone (Cont’d. from p. 4)

selections to a wide range of commercial and residential consumers.

About LloydPans®/ Lloyd Industries, LLC LloydPans is an industry leading manufacturer of commercial grade baking, pizza and restaurant equipment made in the USA. The company designs and manufactures commercial pizza pans and pizza tools, commercial bakeware and

quickly set or adjust the cooking temperature. Its selectable high and low pump speeds provide precise liquid circulation control.

The Control °Freak induction cooking system is the first of its kind to accurately measure, set and hold 397 cooking temperatures from 86 degrees to 482 degrees Fahrenheit. The unique real-time sensing system uses a through-glass sensor to directly measure surface temperature. The Probe Control™ remote thermometer precisely controls the temperature of both water and fat-based liquids.

The Intensity function gives incredible control over the heat up speed to the set temperature. A Create function stores frequently used custom temperature profiles for simple one-touch recall.

The Smoking Gun Pro produces cold

our speed to market, cost competitiveness and flexibility. Our Massachusetts campus has been very busy; in 2018 we added five new thermoformers, including a high-speed dedicated K-Cup line for high barrier, polypropylene recyclable cups. We also added another PET extrusion line, a cup sleeving line and an additional 45,000 square feet. 2019 is also going to be a big year for us, adding four more thermoformers, a labeling line and an additional K-Cup line.

RDN: What would you say makes your business unique?

AL: Our ability to help our customers get to market much faster than our competitors, with a lower capital investment.

Customers are often surprised at how amazingly authentic and make the consumer feel good about eating and sharing with family and friends. Lemon & Vine’s soul is based in Mediterranean ingredients and classic recipes as well as a creative modern spin on the traditional.

Lemon & Vine takes great pride in working very closely with our co-packers to ensure that only the best ingredients and time-honored techniques are used in our products. We order custom made pasta and only use fresh Fillo dough made onsite. Every Lemon & Vine product is handmade to ensure the visual of

can empower a chef’s creativity while providing the exceptional return on investment that has made Montague famous. Common gas, electrical and water lines simplify installation, cleaning and maintenance. Smart utility distribution eases strain on appliances. Quarterturn shut-off valves add convenience, and mounted eye bolts facilitate uncluttered cabling.

Plus, this new suite is the only one of

commercial and consumer restaurant equipment in its 80,000-square foot facility in Spokane Valley, Washington.

LloydPans distributes its products around the world through multiple sales channels.

About Spring USA® Spring USA is a foodservice industry leader, first to introduce countertop induction to the United States. Known for the innovation and design of reliable, durable and beautiful products, Spring USA specializes in induction cooking

smoke, which allows it to be used for any kind of food or liquid. As a flexible handheld device, it is easy to use for infusion or finishing with a variety of smoky flavors and aromas. Your selection of combustibles includes wood chips, teas, herbs, spices and more. The limit is your imagination! The all-new Smoking Gun Pro features a large robust housing designed specifically to withstand commercial use.

The Anti-Griddle is a traditional cook top with an amazing twist: instead of heating, the device quickly freezes sauces, purees, vinaigrettes, crèmes, foams, fruits or any type of food.

Instantly create solid or semi-frozen creations with stable, crunchy surfaces and cool, creamy centers. The tantalizing dual-textures create a surprising and quickly we can get their product to shelves. Customer service is core to our culture. Our flexibility and ease of doing business makes us unique. Our customers can be dependent on us. We go to extremes to get things done for them and will do whatever we can if possible.

RDN: Are you introducing any new products this season?

AL: Yes, a lot of new tamper evident containers from our Fresh n’ Sealed line.

We are focused on unique containers with sleek lines. We have added more snacking containers, handheld multicompartment packages and smaller sizes for a quick snack. We’re also adding salad containers and ready meal packages that can be microwaved.

the food you are eating is as beautiful as the taste is amazing. You will think they were made by YaYa herself – they are that good. We accept nothing less and neither should our customer.

We are 100 percent dedicated to making truly great food you will be proud to serve your customers. At Lemon & Vine we are continuing to create new and interesting products to bring to the market.

Today’s diners are more interested in the health, quality and taste of their food than ever before. It is important to

its kind to offer whole-suite UL listing and NSF approval. There’s a GFCI for 15- and 20-amp service with straightblade receptacles, along with many other electrical features that add value and safety.

Just as important, the “bones” of the Excalibur UDC Plug-and-Play Island Suite are pure Montague. Born of 150 years of foodservice equipment design and manufacturing expertise, it’s proudly

and warming equipment, buffetware, mobile cooking stations and custombuilt tables with hidden induction and cooling elements. Spring USA is chosen by industry professionals worldwide for its performance and quality.

About Cornerstone Foodservice Group Cornerstone Foodservice Group is a family of leading and groundbreaking brands trusted by industry professionals worldwide for providing innovative, high quality products and creative

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unique experience for guests. At buffets and catering events, the Anti-Griddle will attract diners when preparing a frozen appetizer or dessert right in front of their eyes.

The PolyScience 400 Series Commercial Chamber Vacuum Sealer offers true HACCP data logging and support. Users have access to HACCPPortal™, allowing them to prepare HACCP plans for vacuum sealing and sous vide cooking with ease. This unit exhibits excellent performance under heavy use and is easily programmable.

Direct temperature logging of sous vide cooking cycles is supported via dual KType Thermocouple Probe Ports.

For more information, visit booth #1840 or go to www.polyscienceculinary.com.

RDN: What products do you see as being hottest this year?

AL: Prepared food options. We think our ultra-clear microwavable tamper evident containers are the perfect fit.

Food security offers peace of mind with improved clarity. Customers trust and enjoy being able to see the product. A container should enhance the customer’s experience and show off the product. We also see grab-and-go containers to continue to grow.

Snacking is very popular and with everyone’s busy schedules, convenience is key.

For more information, visit booth #10539, go to www.lacerta.com, call 508.339.3312 or email sales@lacerta.com.

many of our customers to support family owned businesses whose values in food quality and production equal their own.

More and more new products are coming on the market that are better quality. The frozen food world is changing, and Lemon & Vine will be at the forefront of these changes – the go-to brand for the best Mediterranean food.

For more information, go to www.lemon andvine.com or email info@lemonand vine.com.

made in the USA using heavy-gauge stainless steel metal construction.

From ranges to ovens, fryers and more, Montague has been dedicated to bringing the world premium-quality cooking equipment since 1857.

Visit The Montague Company at booth #2209. For more information, call 800.345.1830 or go to www.montague company.com.

business solutions.

About ShoreView Industries Founded in 2002 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, ShoreView Industries manages three funds totaling $900 million.

ShoreView has partnered with family or entrepreneurial-owned companies across many sectors, including engineered products, distribution, industrial services, business services and niche consumer products.

For more information, visit booth #3212.