Foodservice

Hot Stuff Foods Wins 'Wow'

Big Stuff Crowd Pleaser Pizza honored with packaging award
NEW ORLEANS -- Hot Stuff Foods garnered the highest honor in the newest category at the 2008 Packaging Awards, sponsored by the Foodservice Packaging Institute (FPI). Hot Stuff Foods new 52-inch Big Stuff Crowd Pleaser Pizza container captured first place in the newly created category, "The Wow! Factor."

FPI noted that "The Wow! Factor" is to honor foodservice packaging that increases sales because it makes consumers say, "Wow!" In addition, FPI reported that "the foodservice packaging should be creative, and specifically designed to get consumers' attention. It marries [image-nocss] good physical design, great graphics, and/or technological enhancements."

Hot Stuffs' CEO, John Fontana (pictured, right, with Neal Hollingsworth, Hot Stuff's executive vice president of marketing), accepted the honor at a dinner reception and awards ceremony held at the Windsor Court Hotel in New Orleans. "I accept this award on behalf of the entire Hot Stuff Foods team and our innovative supply and design partners," said Fontana, "To receive the highest honor in 'The Wow! Factor' category supports our objective to achieve 'Wow!' in every dimension that we provide our franchisees."

Hot Stuff Foods franchises and licenses its branded food concepts including Hot Stuff Foods, SmashHits Deli and Hot Stuff Food On the Go in more than 1,400 locations throughout the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia. Hot Stuff Foods also offers Lettieri's Food To Go through distributors across the United States.

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