CRFA partners with MediaEDGE to launch new industry magazine
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Dec. 7, 2009
TORONTO – The Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association (CRFA) has partnered with MediaEDGE Communications Inc. to produce a new magazine for CRFA members and the Canadian foodservice industry at large.
Premiering in March 2010, Canadian Restaurant and Foodservice News represents the union between CRFA and MediaEDGE’s existing publication, Foodservice News.
With timely and in-depth feature articles, unparalleled industry data and statistical information, regional news and CRFA updates on legislative issues, member services and industry events, the bi-monthly magazine will reach over 60,000 foodservice professionals across Canada.
“Canadian Restaurant and Foodservice News will help us to improve communication with our members as well as highlight the people, places and products that make up our incredible industry,” says Garth Whyte, CRFA’s President and CEO. “Foodservice operators are an important part of every Canadian community, and we look forward to celebrating that fact through this exciting new venture.”
MediaEDGE Vice President Chuck Nervick is also looking forward to collaborating with CRFA.
“MediaEDGE is pleased to be partnering with an organization that has the reach and credibility of CRFA,” says Nervick. “We’re excited to take Foodservice News in a new direction, opening it up to more content and more possibilities as Canadian Restaurant and Foodservice News, the official publication of the CRFA.”
CRFA is one of Canada's largest business associations, with 33,000 members representing restaurants, bars, caterers, institutions and other food service providers. CRFA works to create an environment that allows food service operators in communities across Canada to grow and prosper.
For more than 20 years MediaEDGE has launched, managed and produced well-recognized publishing, digital, conference and trade show products within a variety of industry-specific sectors, positioning MediaEDGE among the most respected organizations in this field.
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MediaEDGE Contact: Clare Tattersall, Editor-in-Chief, Canadian Restaurant and Foodservice News, 416-512-8186 x 249 or claret@mediaedge.ca
CRFA Contact: Jill Holroyd, Senior VP Marketing and Communications, 416-649-4217 or jholroyd@crfa.ca