Media Advisory: CRFA President to Address N.S. Municipalities
| Who: | Garth Whyte, President and CEO of the Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association, will give a keynote speech at the annual meeting of the Union of Nova Scotia Municipalities (UNSM). |
| Topic: | Garth Whyte will address Nova Scotia’s political leaders on the challenges facing small businesses and the role municipalities play. He will discuss the importance of small businesses – many of which belong to Nova Scotia’s $1.6-billion restaurant industry employing more than 30,000 people – to communities across the province. |
| Date: | Wednesday, October 27, 2010 |
| Time: | 9:45 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. (Garth Whyte will be available for comment after this time.) |
| Location: | Membertou Convention Centre, Sydney, Nova Scotia |
CRFA is one of Canada’s largest business associations, with more than 30,000 members representing restaurants, bars, caterers, institutions and other foodservice providers. Canada’s $60-billion foodservice industry employs more than one million people in communities across the country.
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