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18p The Canadian Statesman. Bowmanville, Wednesday, May 20,1992 Lioness Club Donation to Benefit Memoffa/topfe/Fbündafon VVGIldy'S and M&M M63tS COITlbinG To Offer Chicken Filets and Sauces On Friday, May 8th, the Bowmanville Lioness Club presented this $2,790.61cheque to the Memorial Hospital Foundation for the purpose of furnishings for the hairdressing equipment to be installed on the 1st floor. Seen here presenting thè cheque are Lioness Club President Ann Hilbom (left), and Past- President Elizabeth Anderson. Thanking the ladies for their support is Memorial Hospital board member, member, Joan Appleton at right. Reaction to Canada Post Plan Wendy's Restaurants of Canada Inc. and Kitchener-based M&M Shops has . announced a groundbreaking groundbreaking marketing agreement in which Wendy's will provide its hottest hottest new menu items for sale exclusively exclusively at M&M Meal Shops, Canada s largest specialty frozen food chain. M&M Meat Shops will be selling Wendy's fully-cooked, skinless, boneless, boneless, grilled chicken and the fully cooked, lightly seasoned breaded chicken. Both products come in a 10 portion, individually quick-frozen, co- branded box. M&M Meat Shops will also be offering four of Wendy 's famous famous sauces: the piquant tcriyaki, tangy honey mustard, Wendy's special special mayonnaise and their zesty Salsa. With these products, the consumer can now make all of "Dave's Favourites" Favourites" at home. Launched this past year, "Dave's Favourites" is Wendy's new line of gourmet sandwiches. They arc proving to be extremely successful successful menu items making up over 30% of restaurant sales. The gounnet sandwiches include: Tcriyaki Grilled Chicken, Chicken Santc Fc, Chicken Cordon Bleu and the Chicken Club. "Consumer demand for our product product is fast outstripping our ability to deliver", says Wendy's Vice President of Operations, Chris Park. "Recognizing "Recognizing the opportunity to enter into retail, our new arrangement with M&M Meat Shops will provide quality and value conscious customers with Wendy's famous value and great taste at home. M&M Meat Shops caught our eye last year with their remarkable growth, marketing ability and unique retailing concept. We found our business business philosophies and markets to be a perfect match." Says M&M Meat Shops founder and President, Mac Voisin, "The marketing marketing agreement is a natural one. M&M Meat Shops were chosen because because we arc the only food retailer that can market and maintain the products' products' standards." "It is very possible that the retailing retailing of convenience food may be the next trend in the quick-service industry", industry", says Chris Park. "Wendy's has a proven track record in identifying and setting industry trends. Wendy's was -the first quick-service restaurant to identify the market for healthier foods and to offer the salad bar "to the health-conscious consumer." Wendy's has more than 150 company company and franchised stores nationwide. nationwide. It is the world's third largest hamburger chain, with about 3,800 restaurants and annual sales of 3 billion billion dollars. M&M Meat Shops have 100 franchisees, with 98 in Ontario and 2 in Winnipeg. M&M Meat Shops have plans to further expand nationally nationally this year. Wendy's gourmet chicken and four sauces will be on M&M Meat Shops' shelves as of May 10, 1992. Wendy's Restaurants of Canada and M&M Meat Shops have just signed an agreement whereby Wendy's sauces and chicken filets will be sold exclusively at M&M Meat Shops. Shown here from left are: Chris Parie, Vice President of Operations for Wendy's Restaurants Restaurants of Canada, "Wendy" and Mac Voisin, President and Founder of M&M Meat Shops. Dear Editor: "better service" than postmasters) you The Hon. Harvie Andre claimed can understand our reluctance to ac- last week on announcing an employee cept Mr. André's statement as the shareholders plan for Canada Post that whole truth. "This is not in any way a first step to- We fear Canadians will wake up to wards privatization." Since this is the the reality that our national postal ser- same person who claims we rural Ca- vice is being privatized only when the nadians don't mind having our post auctioneer's mallet hits the block, sig- offices closed (because we apparently nailing Canada Post is sold, sold, believe frozen superboxes provide so ld! s Statesman Carrier of the Month M "'fllir \ Vj ; ' >■/' •, i -.. ■ v i- v I ** ... I Meet Judd Woods, a committed Canadian Statesman carrier who *as named 'Carrier of the Month' for April. Judd was presented with 20 Statesman bucks. He has been delivering to thé 60 homes on Route #10 since March of '89. . For those who have not followed the federal government's pursuit of postal privatizations, here is a summary: summary: - over 1,200 rural ' post offices closed, retail services privatized in gas stations, garages, beauty parlours and grocery stores - several hundred urban and rural post offices sold off to become offices, offices, pizza parlours, homes - urban wicket services privatized in drug stores and stationery supply shops - the "Canada" taken out of. Canada Canada Post as the maple leaf and/or government government emblems arc removed from the logo, street boxes, trucks, employee employee uniforms and cheques of this agency agency of the crown - Canada Post ordered by the feder al government to aim for 14 -15% return return on equity i; '. - service standards seriously down-graded down-graded while profits climb to $149 million If Canadians allow Canada Post to be sold, we will be the only country in the world to have a privatized postal service. It's a distinction we don't want. A privatized postal service will have no guarantees for an equitable, affordable, secure and accountable mail service for Canadians in all parts of this vast country; Should the government government undertake to set up a regulatory regulatory agency to provide these service guarantees, we tax payers will end up paying for the watch dog, having sold off the money-making part of the system. system. Canada Post employees, like other Canadians, are already shareholders of the crown corporation by virtue of being being taxpayers. Why buy something they already own? If Mr. Andre and Mr. Lander really want to encourage their employees, how about stopping the service cutbacks and providing them with such basic supplies as elastics, elastics, pens and receipt books? 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