UniPro food serviceprovides Southern Foods with purchasing options from over 700 approved suppliers. Southern Foods’ buyers and purchasing managers also sit down with the distributors several times a year to negotiate terms so that product lines will grow, and therefore result in better prices and solutions for customers.   Everything in its place is the commitment from the Companions® brand team to meet your needs and expectations with superior products. Companions® is a fully branded family of disposable products designed to meet the needs of all foodservice operators. Designed with a classic, inviting look, the Companions® design meets the menu trends (such as the increasing demands for prepared takeout meals) operators are trying to support. Initially launched with a single category of products in the Fall of 2001, Companions® has rapidly expanded to become the fastest growing proprietary brand in the UniPro family. Companions® now has 5 major product categories in its product line. These lines include cups, containers, plates, cutlery, foodservice film, tissue, towels, napkins, waxed delicatessen paper, foam hinged lid containers, foodservice gloves, and more.   The Art of Italian Cusine...Made Easy First developed in 1990 as an import brand, Cortona has been repositioned to focus on Italian style products. Industry studies indicate that Italian specialties consistently rank high among consumer menu preferences. The Cortona® Brand strategy supports this trend and provides the ideal product line to create significant growth opportunities and considerable financial benefits to our customers. Featured under the Cortona® Brand are domestic dry pastas, frozen filled pastas, Italian cheeses, soups, olive oil, sausage, and meatballs that enhance your growth and profit potential. After extensive research and product quality analyses, UniPro partnered with New World Pasta to produce domestic dry pasta under the Cortona® Brand identity. The program was introduced in the spring of 2002.   Mitsui Foods, Inc., our import partner, exclusively imports the World Horizons brand for UniPro Foodservice, Inc. World Horizons offers a fill line of quality imports from around the world, and they have the high quality standards you expect from UniPro. They are continuously inspected for your satisfaction. World Horizon products include tuna, artichokes, pineapple, ripe olives, grapefruits, mandarin oranges, mushrooms, specialty products, and many more. For world class products, use the World Horizons label!   Frozen, Cooler, & Dry Grocery: Our frozen, cooler, and dry grocery inventory can meet the type, size, and quantity that you need.   Fresh Meat: Southern Foods carries USDA choice beef, pork, lamb, and veal products. A variety of fresh cut sizes are available.   Produce: Southern Foods offers a large range of bulk and specialty blended produce.   Chemical & Beverage: In addition to offering quality products, Southern Foods has three in-house specialists that are also focused on the maintenace needs of the customers.   Equipment & Smallwares: As a broad line distributor, we sell more than food. Whether you need walk-in coolers, fine china or a spatula, Southern Foods offers competitive pricing. We are a member of NESA.   Nugget Brands       Within the Nugget Brand products, there are different quality levels from which customers can select.   Nutri-Gold: Product line developed for those requiring specific dietary guidelines.   Black: Nugget's highest quality level product, which exceeds the industry's top grading standards, Grade A Fancy.   Red: Products unique to the food service industry and meet USDA grading Criteria, 93-100.   Green:   Consistency and value that meets or exceeds competitive labels for like economy grades and quality.