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LOOK WHAT'S NEW AT SABLE & ROSENFELD Everyone needs this ENTERTAINING QUARTET Essential for parties and GREAT for every day Remember the Rubschlager Cocktail Breads! RYE | PUMPERNICKEL | WHOLE GRAIN | SOURDOUGH Quality Bakers Since 1913 Rubschlager Baking, a division of Maplehurst Bakeries, LLC 3220 West Grand Ave. Chicago, IL 60651 773/826-1245 www.RubschlagerBaking.com Celebrating 101 Years Winter Fancy Food Show Booth 3409 Winter Fancy Food Show Booth 970 Foah went on to create the Amore brand, showcasing tomato pastes in tubes—phenomena that have become nearly ubiquitous in the U.S. since. He was knighted by the Italian government with the title of Cavaliere for his many years of successful trade promo- tions between Italy and the U.S., and the Italian Trade Commission inducted him into the Foods of Italy Hall of Fame. In 1986, he teamed up with his son, Lou, to form Foah International, LLC, in developing and overseeing the manufactur- ing and distribution of Italian specialty food products, where he still works today. "I honor all those extraordinary and incredible people who worked at the beginning of the association, who gave their energy, time, and their experience," Foah says. "They were successful in mak- ing yesterday's dream of a few become today's reality of so many." ANTHONY "TONY" MATTHEWS Food From Britain To show the world that British food "isn't just boring," Tony Matthews, president of Food From Britain, spent his career focusing on promotion and increased the presence of imported British foods throughout the U.S., Canada, and Mexico by creating partnerships between British manu- facturers and North American retailers. Foray into Food. Matthews spent his early career serving as a combat engineer officer in the 1944 to 1957 wars in India, Myanmar (then Burma), Malaysia, and Indonesia; he was appointed by Queen Elizabeth II as a Member of the Order of the British Empire. His first experience with food distribution came in 1971, when he became director of logistics and food at Sarma Penney, a Belgian supermarket chain with 70 locations and 150 franchise stores that was purchased by J.C. Penney. (At that time, J.C. Penney was No. 3 in the large store/supermarket store category operating throughout the U.S., Matthews says.) Matthews' weekend travels in and around Europe with his wife, Patricia, were spent cultivating relationships with shop owners and getting a "taste appreciation for local fare," he says. "Our travels solidified our interest in food," Matthews recalls. "The U.K. did not exactly rejoice in great food before the war. People also did not have a lot of cash to spend on food—this cer- tainly affected their interest in it." Breaking Boundaries. In 1981, the couple moved to the U.S. to work for a competitor and, following that, made the switch to the marketing organization Food From Britain in 1984. Setting up office FALL 2014 69