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Associated Food Dealers BULK RATE 18470 W. 10 Mile Rd. U.S. Postage Southfield, Ml 48075 PAID I / " 1 y / ASSOCIATED FOOD DEALERS OF MICHIGAN Permit No. 36 Address Correction Requested Detroit, Ml tit t / and its affiliate: PACKAGE LIQUOR DEALERS ASSOCIATION FOOD & BEVERAGEREPORT An official publication of the Associated Food Dealers of Michigan VOL. 5, NO. 10 and its affiliate, Package Liquor Dealers Association OCTOBER 1994 AFD cuts deal with Cellular Inside One to cut your costs Made in Michigan In today’s fast-paced busi coverage area exceeding ness climate, every minute 33,000 square miles in Michi Crime Alert Isn’t it “Erie” that Brighten your counts. And when you're gan and Ohio. This means Mayor Archer and the Michigan products talking on a cellular phone, you can be reached more eas “Unbeatable Team.” displays those minutes can count up to ily over far greater distances Page 4 are “Superior?” with Michigan big phone bills. even when callers do not know That’s why AFD and - your exact location. by Shannon Swanson Taylor products Cellular One® have According to Joe Sarafa, Legislative Profile formed an alliance to AFD executive director, “Busy Senator Steil, a successful From pump by Wendy G. Waldrep offer a special savings people have found cellular politician and businessman. kins to pickles and package for technology in- maple syrup to mush Michigan products AFD mem valuable for rooms, we all know that 'are all around us. bers. increasing the food products that are Cherries... Apples... You can drive Bottles & Bytes grown and processed in Navy Beans... and now save 10- time to 20-percent caters to the lunch crowd Michigan are great, but not Blueberries to name a few. produc on local air Page 12 everyone is familiar with all Michigan abounds with tivity. time. Plus, the products and what makes agriculture that will delight By uti the access fee them so good. and tempt your tastebuds. lizing a is just $21.95 According to Dr. Gordon What better way to encour cellular Made In Michigan Guyer, Director o f the Depart per month age and sell your products phone, P ro files. ment of Agriculture, the di and includes than to group them with a many versity of Michigan-made detailed bill Page 25 recipe for easy access. have vir products make agriculture one ing, voice mail, call waiting, tually created an office on the An example would be our o f the top industries in the call forwarding and three-way road.” Sarafa adds that there recipe for Pancakes with state. conference calling. is also the security factor that The Snowflake Apple or Blueberries. Next to “Agriculture is the glue Rates start at just 26.5 cents cellular phones afford. “Cel the recipe you could place per minute at peak time and go Ball is coming to that holds our state together,” lular phones provide the peace Michigan sugar, Michigan Guyer said. as low as 17.5 cents. Off-peak Penna’s Hall maple syrup, blueberries, and Guyer also said that Michi rates are only 13 cents a apples, plus any other Michi gan farmers and manufactur minute See Cellular One Attention Trade Dinner gan product that the recipe ers are increasingly providing Cellular One offers a large page 20. Sponsors: calls for. us with a terrific variety of Take your best shot! All Look on page 10 and you sponsors will be featured in a See Michigan products will find various recipes which professionally edited slide pre page 20. showcase Michigan products. sentation that will be pre Copying the recipes and ar sented on center stage at the ranging them with the prod Snowflake Ball at Penna’s on Gem Theater to ucts will not only create a vi January 20, 1995. Picture “Buzz” on sual but also a productive dis your company, employees and play. products as part o f the pro October 27 Your customers will be gram. Join us at The Gem Theater pleased at the convenience and Sponsorship packages are as we acknowledge the food ease that you have put at their the same as last year except industry’s generosity toward fingertips. that in place o f speeches a pro the City of Detroit. Be creative, and let Michi fessional slide show off pic For just $35 per couple, in gan products work for you. tures, selected by you, will be cluding wine and cheese, you presented on center stage. can attend the 60 ’s musical Start now to collect the “Beehive” on Thursday, Oc photos you want to be seen by tober 27, 1994. Don’t be left the over 1,000 industry leaders out! Join your fellow retailers John Loussia o f Value Wholesale and Ray Khemmoro of attending the ball. Remember, and wholesalers for an enter Seven Star Food Center pause for a quick photo before going back a picture is worth a thousand taining evening. to flipping hot dogs. They were part of a volunteer group that words. For further information, helped plan the 1994 Senior Citizen Appreciation Day. For more information call contact Danielle MacDonald, Sponsored by the AFD, Chaldean Merchants and Council Danielle MacDonald at AFD Special Events Director, man Gil Hil, over 4,000 senior citizens were treated to a free lunch (810)557-9600. at (810) 557-9600. and entertainment on Belle Isle on August 18, 1994. FOOD & BEVERAGE REPORT, OCTOBER 1994 Big C hief. Big Business At Monitor Sugar Company. we m ind our own business so that we can help build yours. We are dedicated to producing pure, high-quality Big Chief brand sugars And that means we re dedicated to helping make your sugar sales "big business." By stocking Big Chief brand sugars, you offer your custom ers superior products and choice. That's because Monitor Sugar Company is.. Big On O u alitv — Big Chief brand products are grown and produced locally with care to m eet M o n ito r's high standards fo r quality and goodness. B ig On V a rie ty — Big Chief sugars com e in a full line o f granulated, brown and powdered sugars. Your customers' needs are met with choice and variety. Your business can always count on Monitor Sugar Company fo r service, quality and variety So when you're thinking big. th in k B ig C h ie f sugars. BIG W CHIEF SUGAR Monitor Sugar Company 2600 S. Euclid Avenue Bay City, Michigan 48706 517-686-0161 Big Chief Sugars. T h in k B ig ! EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS Executive Director’s Report Nabby Yono, Chairman XTRA Foods, Region 1 Mark Karmo Vice Chairman, Legislation Royal Food Center Terry Farida 4th Annual Senior Citizen Picnic a success Vice Chairman, Membership Value Center Market Joe Sarafa nized this wonderful day. Two other Alan Stotsky, Secretary Food Stamp Fraud Concord Drugs AFD Executive Director wholesalers, Steve Yaldo of Union Bill Viviano, Treasurer Ice and Anthony George of Melody The state police, secret service and The Fourth Marks Sales & Marketing Farms, deserve special recognition the USDA are stepping up their inves Annual Se EMERITUS DIRECTORS for their assistance. But most of all, tigations into food stamp fraud. The nior Picnic Frank Arcorl we want to thank the retailers who food stamp program is intended to V.O.S. Buying group held on Belle actually came out to work that day: help those who are less fortunate. Ex Am ir Al-Nalm! Isle was an Sean Tommina, Pioneer Supermar Thrifty Scot immense suc changing food stamps for money or S a m Y o n o ket; Ray Khemmora, Seven Star; other goods is illegal and should not Palace Plaza cess. Over Paul George, Mayfair; Rick Farida, be tolerated. Tom Simaan 4,000 senior Greenfield Supermarket; and David The AFD is currently producing a Lafayette Towers Supermarket citizens en Jerry Yono Loussia of Homepride. food stamp training video. This will joyed the D & L Market I want to encourage more retailers be an excellent tool for teaching the food and en RETAIL DIRECTORS to com e out next year to be a part o f rules of food stamp purchases to your tertainment Raad Ayar the senior citizen appreciation day employers. It will be available for use provided by the Associated Food Harvest Foods picnic. The theme for this year’s pic Dealers, its Chaldean Merchants in by AFD members before the end of S a m D allo nic was “Business and Community In 'N' Out Foods Detroit and Councilman Gil Hill. the year. In the meantime, if you have Together.” The community showed Fred Dally Like any event, the senior picnic any food stamp compliance questions, Medicine Chest up. Next year we need more business please call the United States Depart Stephen Doud could not have been successful with people there, too. I hope we can ment of Agriculture at (313) 226-4930. Doud Mercantile Co., Region 6 out the time and effort of a great count on you. Jim G arm o many people. Through their hard Galaxy Foods, Region 2 Richard George work, all markets in the city ben Wine Barrel Plus efited. W e ow e a debt o f gratitude to John Gianotto. Ron Paradoski of Coca-Cola, Chair October 2-5 Retail Store Development Conference J & J Food Centers, Region 5 Atlanta, Georgia Ronnie Jamil man of AFD’s Charitable Activities Mug & Jug Liquor Store Committee. A special thank you goes o d October 2-5 Consumer Affairs Conference Raad Kathawa to John Loussia of Value Wholesale San Antonio, Texas Ryan’s Foods who, for four straight years, has orga T h o m a s W e lch Octobcr 9-12 National Frozen Food Convention Hollywood Super Markets a Orlando, Florida SUPPLIER DIRECTORS <D October 16-19 FMI Risk Management Conference G a ry D avis Statement of Ownership St.

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