Catering Restaurants Consulting • • • a Partnership in Excellence What Lessing's Brings to the Table

A SUCCESSFUL RECIPE FOR 125 YEARS MANAGED SERVICES CATERING RESTAURANTS CONSULTING • • • A PARTNERSHIP IN EXCELLENCE WHAT LESSING'S BRINGS TO THE TabLE Lessing’s has been a major force in the food service industry for well over a century. Since our inception in 1890, six generations of the Lessing family have been managing every aspect of our operations, and continue to do 1 so today. A highly-respected name, Lessing’s has spent 125 years earning its sterling reputation for honesty, 2 trustworthiness, and unsurpassed service. No other food service can claim such longevity of excellence. We have the experience to execute all of your food service demands. Our certified dietician, design and culinary 3 experts are always available to ensure your dining experiences are exemplary. Lessing’s currently operates over 100 dining locations across the Northeast including schools, college campuses, 4 camps and corporations. A PARTNERSHIP IN EXCELLENCE The Company’s top management team will always be available to provide whatever services you require. The team is comprised of: Michael Lessing, President; John S Lessing, Jr., Executive Vice President; Scott McKelvey, CFO; Mark 5 Lessing, Executive Vice President; David Lessing, Director of Business Development; Guy Reuge, Culinary Director; and Kevin Lessing, Billy Johnson and John DiPonzio the Executive Directors of the LFSM Operating Committee. You have our guarantee that we will only use the highest quality food service available. Furthermore our 6 purchasing power and knowledge ensures both quality and price efficiencies. We have an experienced labor pool of over 1,000 trained employees ready to provide first class service to our 7 clients. Our size and scope of operation enables us to meet any food service needs ranging from full service cafés, to a simple breakfast service for 10 in the corporate dining room, or an off-site company picnic for 5,000 people or 8 more. Lessing’s believes that the customer truly comes first and we are accountable to all of our clients concerns. We 9 encourage frequent performance meetings to make sure all of our client’s expectations are being met. -3- A FOUNDATION FOR PARTNERSHIP Founded by Maxwell Lessing in 1890 to provide services Lessing’s was one of the very first companies involved to coffee shops primarily in lower Manhattan, Lessing’s in the food service business when it established an has long been one of the area’s major purveyors of food “in-house” cafeteria for American Cable and Wireless in and refreshment services to business, industry, and the 1928, A substantial portion of Lessing’s current revenue general public through a variety of operations. still comes from contracts with private industry, as well as state and local governments. From 1980 to 2015, we’ve Initially run as a proprietorship, the Company became grown from less than $4 million in sales to more than incorporated in 1917, operating its bake shop, commissary, $70 million. More importantly, led by our experienced and other activities from a downtown location on Jones management team, and supported by a strong organization, Lane, which was situated parallel to Wall Street. Among Lessing’s continues its impressive growth with confidence numerous accomplishments, Lessing’s can boast to being and anticipation of what’s to come in this, our third century the first company to “serve” the sandwich in New York’s in business. food service industry, as well as the one that first served Coca-Cola in the Big Apple. By the late 1920’s, the Lessing’s is organized into three fully-integrated Company was serving meals to New York’s workforce in as operating divisions: many as 20 locations, among them the famous Woolworth Building. 1. Food Service Management • Campus Services Today, Lessing’s continues as a family owned-and- operated business with headquarters at 3500 Sunrise • Corporate Highway, Building 100, Suite 100, Great River, New • Vending York - and draws on an extensive history of providing effective, cost-efficient solutions to every type of food 2. Catering, Special Events and Country Club Operations service situation. This, combined with our commitment 3. Main Street and Fine Dining Restaurants to exceptional quality and personal attention regardless of how many meals we serve, puts us in a unique competitive position. Furthermore, from the standpoints of pricing and performance, Lessing’s is able to boast dependable, regular on-time service without any interruption in the quality or delivery of its food. -5- WE HAVE THE EXPERIENCE In every way, we will not only meet, but substantially exceed the high operating standards expected from a world-class catering operation. Health Department Certification As per county and state law, all necessary health permits for running a food service establishment will be secured prior to operation. Similarly, all Lessing’s food operations management personnel will have attended and successfully completed the required local food certification course, enabling them to maintain our Company’s strict policies regarding sanitation and cleanliness. Menu and Food Preparation The impressive qualifications and diverse background of Culinary Director Guy Reuge enable our Company to continually monitor social and industry trends, create new, often personalized menus, and improve our overall culinary presentation at every Lessing’s location. After a successful 25-year run in St. James, Lessing’s Hospitality invited Reuge in 2009 to bring the Mirabelle Restaurant to the Three Village Inn in Stony Brook, New York. Guy Reuge is currently the Culinary Director for Lessing’s, responsible for all on-premises training, and evaluation of culinary personnel. Chef Rouge is also directly involved with catering and café menu design and implementation for our clients on a continuing basis. Chef Guy Reuge About Our Nutritionist Lisa Suriano is a certified nutritionist holding a Master’s degree in Nutrition and Food Science and specializing in school food service. As a nutrition expert, Lisa is on the board of directors of the New York Coalition for Healthy School Food, a non-profit that works in partnership with New York City’s Department of SchoolFood to improve the health of New York state students. Additionally, Lisa has been featured in a selection of national and regional media, including traditional print and broadcast as well as online news and social media outlets. Featured broadcast segments include New York City news programs, such as NBC Weekend Today in New York and WPIX Morning News, where Lisa shared with viewers healthy, vegetarian recipes and discussed how viewers can incorporate healthy food choices into their diets. Lisa has also made broadcast appearances on The Wendy Williams Show, News 12 Brooklyn and News 12 New Jersey. Additionally, Lisa founded a national nutrition education program, Veggiecation that introduces 1000s of American children to the delicious world of vegetables. Lisa Suriano, MS -6- -7- FOOD SERVICE MANAGEMENT Corporate Services As stated earlier, Lessing’s has been serving the unique culinary needs of business and industry for well over a century. Our involvement in the specialized field of cafeteria services was initiated when companies became overwhelmed in running their own in-house food service facility. It is always our pleasure to serve great food in every corporate setting. With our team of chefs, Lessing’s keeps ahead of the culinary trends in the industry. We routinely streamline and improve our menus to the taste of the times as well as to our customers. It is important to us that everyone we serve walks in excited to eat our food, and this has made our corporate dinning program a success. From cafeterias that feed more than 2,000 people daily to coffee stands, snack bars, vending machines, and custom-catered functions, Lessing’s provides the complete range of food services to satisfy every client’s specific needs. Our cafeteria facilities are operated on either a profit-and-loss, management fee or subsidy basis, depending upon specific client requirements. We provide on-premises dining and vending, in addition to food management consulting. Through our reliable on-time performance and consistent quality, we’ve been able to maintain continuously high levels of customer satisfaction. -8--8- Corporate Catering Lessing’s can provide a full service high quality catering program that will offer both cutting edge culinary options and timely and efficient service. Lessing’s onsite catering is a direct offshoot of our world class event catering, and as such provides the experience of a private function in an corporate setting. Whether a continental breakfast for 10 or a first class executive dinner of any size. We realize our catering services can range anywhere from staff meetings in the conference rooms, to executive quality boardroom meetings and all levels and qualities in between. We will work hard to introduce our service to potential end users, making sure that we understand the points of service that are important to each and every customer. We will offer continuous open lines of communication so that the exact needs of our customers are met on a consistent basis. In addition, Lessing’s has a pool of “on-call” catering experts that are only a phone call away. Whether an Executive Chef, Maitre D, or experienced bartender, well trained catering professionals are available to provide support to your onsite foodservice team. -9- Campus Services Lessing’s has been proud to be serving the academic community for over 50 years. We recognize that students dining preferences are always evolving. We believe in partnering with the faculty, staff and students so that we can deliver creative, healthy and well balanced daily dining choices. We also know that every educational institution has specific dietary needs and concerns. Our on staff chefs and nutritionist are available to customize menus to ensure that we meet all of your dining goals.

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