Two New Employees

We’re happy to announce the addition of two new regional sales people for the Pennsylvania and Southern New Jersey areas.

Tony Cuffari will be involved in regional sales for Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania. He comes to the team with 30+ years of demonstrated history of working in the food equipment & supply industry. He is skilled in negotiation, customer service, sales, strategic planning, and business development.

James Cassidy is our lead equipment trainer as well as our new sales person for Southern New Jersey. James comes to us from the customer service field and has a background in customer service and business development. He’s an expert at kitchen assessments and loves to help customers find the best equipment for their needs.

New Warehouse Space

HP Sales has taken on a new warehouse space for our ever-growing inventory and supplies. This will expand on our capabilities to offer equipment and supplies in a timely manner to our loyal customers by more than doubling our space required to house these products. We can load and unload trailers twice as fast, and we can pick up larger orders because we now have more space to store them.

Earlier this year HP Sales of NJ/NY became the food-service manufacturer’s representative for Technibilt Shelving Systems. We will be taking care of the Mid Atlantic (DE, PA, NJ, NY, CT) region.

Technibilt has recently come out with a shopping cart specifically designed for special needs children. “Caroline’s Cart” provides parents and caregivers the option to transport a child through a store while grocery shopping without simultaneously having to maneuver a wheelchair and a traditional cart.

HP Sales of NJ/NY is the official distributor for Technibilt’s unique line of wire shelving. For more information on these revolutionary shopping carts just look below!

(From News 10 ABC)

COLONIE, N.Y. – A shopping cart designed specifically for special needs children is coming to the ShopRite store in Colonie.

 

Caroline’s Cart provides parents and caregivers the option to transport a child through a store while grocery shopping without simultaneously having to maneuver a wheelchair and a traditional cart.

 

The cart was designed by Drew Ann Long and named after her special needs daughter, Caroline, after realizing Caroline would outgrow a traditional shopping cart. Caroline was born with Rett syndrome, a disorder of the nervous system that prevents Caroline from walking, talking or the use of her hands. Long began the design process for Caroline’s Cart in 2008 and production on the carts began August 1st.

 

Caroline’s Cart is designed to look like a traditional shopping cart, but it has specially made handles that swing away, allowing easy access to the seat, and a platform below the seat to serve as a footrest. It can carry up to 250 pounds and comes equipped with hooks on the side to hold a purse or bag without interfering with capacity.

 

Caroline’s Cart can be used with children who have a range of disabilities including limited mobility, behavioral issues or autism. Adults with dementia or decreased mobility can also use the cart.

 

The ShopRite in Colonie received Caroline’s Cart Wednesday after a local mom called the store and requested that the carts be brought to the Capital Region. Store Director Dominic Ausanio then called the ShopRite home office, put in the request, and Tom Urtz, ShopRite Supermarkets’ Vice President of Human Resources and Community Affairs, was happy to provide the carts.

 

“This state-of-the-art invention gives children with disabilities the freedom to be part of their family shopping outings and it’s often the simple things, like being able to shop together that can make the lives of these children so much better,” Urtz said. “When we learned about this fantastic new product we knew that making Caroline’s Cart available in our stores was the right thing to do.”

 

On September 22nd and 23rd, Buckhead Beef in Edison, NJ will host a special charcuterie class featuring Cured Cuisine and Chef Brian Polcyn. We will be on hand at the event to show off our latest Cookshack competition smoker ovens. We are proud to be involved with Cured Cuisines educational series.

For more information on this class, click here. 

Cured Cuisine was created to bring the craft of charcuterie to chefs and serious foodies by staging charcuterie classes throughout the United States. Their classes are taught by Chef Brian Polcyn, who is nationally recognized as an authority on the technique of charcuterie, and co-author of the book Charcuterie & Salumi, with Michael Ruhlman, one of the most highly regarded food writers today. Chef Brian has been featured in The New York Times, The Detroit News, Atlantic Monthly, Gourmet, Bon Appetite, Playboy, and Wine Spectator.

In 2000, Chef Polcyn was prominently featured in Michael Ruhlman’s widely read book, “The Soul of a Chef: The Journey toward Perfection” that takes the reader through Chef Polcyn’s grueling week-long Certified Master Chef practicum and exam at the Culinary Institute of America. Chef Polcyn and Ruhlman teamed up in 2005 to publish “Charcuterie: The Craft of Salting, Smoking, and Curing.” “Charcuterie” was also nominated for a James Beard Award. His numerous awards include three gold medals and a silver medal from The American Culinary Federation. The Hiram Walker Corporation recognized him as a “Rising Star in American Cuisine.” In 1990, he was first runner-up in the semi-annual American Culinary Gold Cup Bocuse d’Or, which is a competition that seeks America’s top native-born chefs.

Class Includes:

• Whole Hog Butchery
• Both USDA & European Style
• Benefits of the Big 8
• Sausage making techniques
• The all-important pellicle
• Cold & Hot Smoking
• The Art of Salting
• Fermentation
• Whole muscle dry cure
• Ground dry cure
• Pump/wet cure method
• Uses of Salt, Nitrites & Nitrates
• Pork products to take with you
• Wine/Beer Pairing w/charcuterie
• Books Charcuterie or Salumi
• Plus Much More!!!
• Price: $599.00 – $650. After 8/10/13
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