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CANADA products in the setting that they have in their everyday restaurants . It also helps elevate us and bring us to the next level when dealing with top grade customers .”
The new Culinary Center is also outfitted with a cutting-edge video and computer system , plus a new projector system and two 72-inch flat screen panels , giving clients options for meeting and presentation space . “ A lot of our customers are always looking for offsite facilities to hold corporate meetings , and this is a great place where they can come in and do Powerpoint presentations or other large presentations to the rest of their team ,” says Albanese . “ They can come here and have a presentation going on one screen , and then pictures and logos on a different screen .”
Improved Production Updated research and development capabilities can only go so far if they are not backed up by improvements at the production level as well . At TMF Foods , rebranding goes hand in hand with updates at every level including production .
One recent important update has been the installation of a new Curruthers shredding machine to improve the strand and definition of pulled pork , plus new TMF products like pulled beef and pulled turkey .
In addition to the New Culinary Centre on the second floor of the new 5000 square ft . expansion , another update takes place on the first floor . TMF has added a brand washing station equipped with an automated rack washing system . “ Before we were washing all of our racks that would go into the cookhouse by hand , which was very cumbersome and time consuming ,” notes Albanese . “ So we ’ ve invested in a wash system not unlike a mini car wash unit which was brought in from Italy . So now all of our racks go through this “ car wash ” which saves us time and allows us to have them back into production as fast as possible .”
Growing and Evolving TMF Foods has grown substantially within the last few years , but it is not finished yet . “ As of right now , we are one of the very few companies that has brand presence right across
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