"Allied Capital remains committed to Hot Stuff Foods/Lettieri's and its future growth," said Ilaria, "and we are poised for even greater growth with key members of the executive team who remain at the helm."
December 1, 2008
Hot Stuff Foods Honored for "The Wow! Factor"
New Orleans, LA, Hot Stuff Foods® garnered the highest honor in the newest category at the 2008 Packaging awards, sponsored by the Foodservice Packaging Institute - an international trade association headquartered in Fairfax, VA (www.fpi.org). Hot Stuff Foods® new Big Stuff™ Crowd Pleaser Pizza container captured first place in the newly created category - "The Wow! Factor." FPI notes 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 good physical design, great graphics, and/or technological enhancements."
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October 27, 2008
Hot Stuff Foods Unveils "Store of the Future" SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- Hot Stuff Foods unveiled its "Store of the Future," a new food solutions initiative designed to provide multiple food solutions or "touch points" for increased convenience and store profitability, according to Neal Hollingsworth, Hot Stuff's executive vice president of marketing.
"The six point system maximizes retailers' response to the customers' impulse and convenience buying habits with six branded touch points. In addition, these touch points are designed to exceed the operator's expectations of margins and profitability. Simply put, we're placing our highest quality made-fresh-for-you products within immediate reach of the customer to give top-of-mind awareness and ease of access right where the customer needs it," Hollingsworth said in a recently released statement.
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April 20, 2008
To Franchise or Not?
Retailers are intimately familiar with the constant demands of their business - juggling inventory, scheduling labor, marketing and merchandising their stores, and minding a million other details. Understandably, the last thing they want to do is to invite more work? But when it comes to adding foodservice, more work can translate into significantly more profits.
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With gas margins in the gutter and operating costs nearly doubling over the past five years, the 35% margin foodservice offers has been a savior of sorts for Mike Harrell, president of Jernigan Oil Co. Inc., a fourth-generation marketer in Ahoskie, N.C. that operates 25 Duck Thru convenience stores.
Read More... More than a century ago, Italian peddlers would walk up and down the cobblestones street of New York, Chicago and Philadelphia selling pizza from metal drums they carried on their backs. Then pizzerias started opening in and around major cities in the 1900s. Eventually chain pizza deliveries like Little Caesars, Pizza Hut and Domino's began to dominate the market.
Read More... PHOENIX -- Hot Stuff Foods recently honored its top franchisees during the company's annual President's Club meeting held at the Pointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs Resort here. Retailers, representing more than 600 c-stores, were recognized for their outstanding service and customer commitment.
Hot Stuff chief executive officer John Fontana said President's Club membership recognizes them as the "best of the best," and "is our way of expressing gratitude to our outstanding franchise partners."
In addition to being honored for their accomplishments, President's Club members were also provided with insights and trend information from Scott Seltz, vice president and publishing director for Convenience Store News, who presented the publication's 2007 Industry Report.
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February 7, 2008
Biggest Pizza, Biggest Pizza Day GRAFTON, N.D. -- Grafton Square convenience store owner Mike Beaudoin is celebrating his own version of "giant" success on Super Bowl Sunday. Beaudoin partnered with franchisor Hot Stuff Foods of Sioux Falls, S.D., to offer the largest pizza in the nation on the biggest pizza sales day of the year.
"This is the biggest Super Bowl I've ever had", said Beaudoin, whose Grafton Square store sold 21 Big Stuff Crowd Pleaser Pizzas for Super Bowl parties throughout the town of Grafton, N.D.
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