Manitoba restaurateurs meet with MP Joy Smith

OTTAWA, Nov. 5, 2012 /CNW/ - Manitoba business leaders Diana Coutu, Joe Grande, Leo Groumoutis, Brad Kramble and Doug Stephen were part of a delegation that met with Joy Smith, Member of Parliament for Kildonan-St. Paul earlier this week. Coutu - who owns Diana's Gourmet Pizzeria in Winnipeg and sits on the Board of Directors for the Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association (CRFA) - along with fellow Winnipeg restaurateurs Grande (Mona Lisa Ristorante Italiano), Groumoutis (Bailey's Restaurant), Kramble (Salisbury House) and Stephen (WOW! Hospitality) discussed the province's restaurant industry with MP Smith at CRFA's second Restaurant Industry Summit on Parliament Hill, Oct. 29 - 30.

About CRFA's Restaurant Industry Summit
CRFA's Summit brings together prominent leaders from many of Canada's largest restaurant and foodservice companies with federal Members of Parliament. The two-day event aims to raise the profile of CRFA and Canada's restaurant industry in Ottawa.

About Manitoba's restaurant industry
With 2,216 units across Manitoba, the restaurant industry injects $2 billion into the provincial economy and offers 42,000 jobs.

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Caption: Manitoba restaurateurs Joe Grande and Leo Groumoutis met with MP Joy Smith to discuss the province's foodservice industry at CRFA's second Restaurant Industry Summit. Pictured left to right: MP Smith, Groumoutis and Grande.

CRFA is one of Canada's largest business associations, with more than 30,000 members representing restaurants, bars, caterers, institutions and other foodservice providers. Canada's $65-billion restaurant industry employs more than 1.1 million people in communities across the country.

SOURCE: Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association

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