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» 1 I Local Shoppers Invited to Design New Food Products The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, Wednesday, November 3,1993 15 New Slate of Officers Installed for Bowmanville Optimist Club Local shoppers in die Bowman- villc and Newcastle area will be. asked for their opinions on a host of new Our Compiemcnts premium quality grocery products and invited to submit their own suggestions for more items when the second wave of products in the popular new line arrives arrives here this week. The James Publishing staff was pleased to participate in testing a number of products from Graham's IGA in Bowmanville. Local consumers will join shoppers shoppers from across Ontario in an unprecedented unprecedented sampling program designed designed to give grocery buyers a real say in the products they purchase. Special sampling sessions will be held at participating IGA, Kncchlcl, Food City, Price Chopper, Food Town, L&M, Valley Foods and Dutch Boy stores beginning October 28. Consumer sampling and évaluais évaluais PP Answers Letter Writer's Concerns About Health Policies Dear Editor: I would like to respond to the letter letter in your newspaper of last week from the Private Health Care Operators, Operators, Oshawa, under the heading, "Objections to NDP Health Care Policy." Policy." First off, I would like to comment about the statement that the government government spent millions of dollars setting up consultation groups that pretend to listen to the needs of the people. There were thirty-eight community advisory groups across the province that assisted the Long Term Care Consultation team in planning and coordinating the local consultation. The "millions of dollars" referred to was limited funding to five groups to provide for consultations geared specifically to their members. The groups funded were, The Senior Citizen's Citizen's Consumer Alliance for Long Term Care Reform. The Ontario Community Support Association, an amalgamation of 3 former provincial (Meals-on-Whccls Ontario, Ontario Visiting Homemaking Association and the Ontario Home Support Association) Association) who represented over 500 community agencies. And, The Consumer Consumer Coalition of People with Disabilities. Disabilities. The participants in the consultation consultation process leading up to the policy framework for reform of the system, which the letter writers so abhor, suggested suggested a preference for not-for-profit in long term care beds, as well as not- for-profit multi-service agencies. In addition, the United Senior Citizens of Ontario, with a membership exceeding exceeding 430,000, demanded that the Ontario Government takes steps to make all for profit nursing homes . non-profit facilities. They also expressed expressed concern that privately owned nursing homes which arc for profit have a potential for corruption, exploitation exploitation and inadequate care for the chronically ill and aged. If the letter writers are being honest honest in that their level of profit is alleged alleged to be, between one to two per cent, and most of that is rc-invcstcd to provide continuous staff training and upgrading, it begs the question - the level of profit appears to be nil or almost nil, what is holding them back from becoming not-for-profit? The present reform of Long Term Care and multi-service agencies is not some half baked NDP ideology, rather, those that receive the services have spoken and demanded the changes from for-profit to not-for- profit services. Our tax dollars arc precious and we need to get a full dollars worth of service for each dollar dollar spent. We don't need a system whereby we get 80 cents worth of service for each dollar spent with the balance going to a company bent upon making a profit in the provision of health care services to the most vulnerable of our society. Sincerely, Gordon L. Mills, C.D..M.P.P. Durham East If you are new to Bowmanville., would like to call on you with Housewarming Gifts and Information about your now location. Call Your Hi Neighbour Hostess Rhoda Holt «it 623-7070 tion plays an important part in developing developing new products for the Our Compliments Compliments line, an executive of the company that designs and distributes the products says. "If you like the first Our Compliments Compliments products introduced two months ago, you probably have your neighbours to thank for it," suggests Jay Peters, vice president of marketing marketing for Oshawa Foods. "The company decided that customers' customers' tastes would influence every critical decision in the development of these new products," explains Peters. Peters. "We asked food shoppers about every aspect of the products: appearance, appearance, taste, texture, consistency, packaging - everything." "With the information we got from our customers, we were able to give them back what they asked for: the highest quality food and beverage items at affordable prices," continues Peters. "Sales just took off." The latest consumer sampling program program is a continuation of the development development process. It starts with three of the newest Our Compliments products products - pasta sauce, Italian-stylc flat bread and fruit juice cocktail. Other tests will follow. The program will continue until December 11. The second wave of Our Compliments Compliments products includes four pasta sauces, a pizza sauce, a variety of fresh pasta, versions of a traditional Italian-stylc flat bread, a selection of fruit juice cocktails and sparkling water water beverages, a dc-alcoholized beer, multi-grain chips, kettle-style potato chips, crackers and three flavors of cheesecake. Local shoppers will be invited to sample the products and give their opinions on a survey form provided in participating stores. Suggestions Suggestions for new products will also be collected. Consumers testing was the key to the success of the first wave of products, products, linking shoppers' tastes and preferences directly to the development development of products. Each item in the line was tested with consumers using focus groups, blind taste tests or in - laboratory taste panels to determine every aspect of consumer preference. Then field sampling in local communities communities is conducted to help the company company stay close to consumer tastes. "Our research doesn't stop when the product hits the shelves," Peters adds. The Bowmanville Optimist Club installed a new slate of officers for the upcoming year at a meeting on Wednesday, October 27. Shown above are: (front row, from left) Marianne Yeatman, vice president; Jeff Peirce, president; and Bill Whaley, vice president. In the back row, from left, are: Jim Wintonyk, Lt. Governor; George Clarke, director; Ron Bull, director; Hal Schuldt, director; Clare Howse, past president president and secretary; Ron Landry, director; and Laurie Jones, director. ■■■■■ m "r..: . ' ! I j. J, jû x- LI | * 'y",' - " - v. "j 2728 C0URTICE ROAD TEL. 436-2222 FAX: (905) 436-2028 GG0 C0URTICE TORONTO LINE: 427-4444 Cliemlet 93 SAFARI VAN Loaded. Stock #940055A $' 93 SAFARI EXT. VAN Loaded. Stock # 94007A >5 00 92 CAVALIER RS V6, loaded. 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