About Kostuch

Kostuch Publications Limited, host of FoodserviceWorld.com, is Canada's leading publisher serving the foodservice and hospitality markets in Canada. Established in 1974, Kostuch publishes Foodservice and Hospitality magazine, Hotelier magazine, the What's On Report electronic news service, and a variety of trade show guides and special reports. Electronic services include Supplier.e.Source international buyer's guide, CD ROMs, Product Showcase, and complete issues of its magazines available on the Internet.

Two related companies provide additional services, TrainCan Inc and DineAid.com, see below.

Published 12 times a year, Foodservice and Hospitality's objective is to provide operators with the tools they need to compete more effectively and to grow their businesses successfully. Hotelier magazine is published eight times annually reaching executives, owners and operators of multi unit and significant independent hotel and lodging operations across Canada.

the What's On Report electronic news service, is distributed weekly on Monday mornings, 51 times per year, by email or fax. It provides timely business news for executives in both the foodservice and hospitality industry.

Founded by president and group publisher Mitch Kostuch, the company's key employees represent decades of experience and success in both publishing and the hospitality industry. Long-term, 10-or-more year employees include: Rosanna Caira, publisher and editor; Wendy Gilchrist, director of Business Development; Rosetta Austin, Circulation manager; and Jim Kostuch, vice president and CEO, TrainCan Inc and DineAid.com.

TrainCan Inc, is the leading private sector provider of the essential food safety training tools that will help to reduce the risk of foodborne illness in restaurants, foodservice and retail. Key employee level and manager level programs, written in English or French, offer certification. Professional programs such as Train-the-Trainer and HACCP are also available. Employee level training is also available on the Internet.

DineAid.com provides both consumer and restaurant operator Internet services. For the consumer it provides a comprehensive list of more than 60,000 restaurants in all regions of Canada, backed up with detailed postings of key information for selected restaurants, linked to the restaurant's customized web pages. For the restaurant operator, DineAid.com builds low cost, informative Web pages promoted through on line and in-store contests and activities, as well as a Foodservice Industry Resource Center with essential product, operations and promotional information.

Alliances

As the national voice of the foodservice and hospitality industry in Canada, Kostuch Publications Limited has consistently maintained co-operative working relationships with many industry organizations, associations and groups in Canada, and since the introduction of NAFTA, in the United States and internationally.

• The Educational Foundation of the National Restaurant Association, based in Chicago, Ilinois.
• ServSafe Safe Food Handling Certification and other Educational Foundation products through TrainCan Inc..
• Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association (CRFA) with whom Kostuch co-publishes the official Show Guides for Canada's three leading industry trade shows: HostEx, held annually in Toronto, Canadian Food and Beverage Show, held annually in Toronto, ON in February, and ApEx, held annually in March in Halifax, NS.