October 14, 2020

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Welcome!

Housekeeping Items

• This webinar is being recorded

• Questions can be submitted via the chat and will be addressed during Q&A time at the end of today’s webinar

• After the webinar• Short Survey

• Email with links to slides & CEU certificates

• Slides & Recording will be available on www.generalmillscf.com

Megan Kelbel, Moderator

Healthcare Channel Manager

General Mills

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Meet Becca Picha

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Speaker: Becca Picha

Non Commercial Marketing, General Mills Foodservice

Becca Picha is a marketer focused on the non-commercial

segment of Foodservice. She brings over 7 years of experience

within food marketing, across retail and foodservice, with a

focus on product categories including cereal, yogurt and

baked goods.

Becca holds a bachelor’s degree in Strategic Communication

from the University of Minnesota.

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Meet Lauren Grant & Christine Tasca

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Speakers:

Lauren Grant Christine Tasca

National Account Manager, Pactiv National Sales Manager, Pactiv

Lauren Grant and Christine Tasca have a combined 12 years of experience within the Foodservice/Food

Packaging industry. They specialize in packaging solutions for operators across every segment of

foodservice. With their packaging expertise, Lauren and Christine help customers find the right products for

their foodservice needs.

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Meet Mike Earle

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Speaker: Mike Earle

Sales, Edward Don & Company

Mike Earle is a dedicated and enthusiastic sales representative

for Edward Don Company. He brings 25 years of experience

from the operations side of the hospitality and restaurant

industry. This prior experience allows him to have a firm grasp

on industry needs and the knowledge to solve customer

problems.

Speakers: Mike Earle

Sales, Edward Don Company

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Meet Chef Gilles Stassart

Speaker: Chef Gilles Stassart, CEC, CCA

Sr. Corporate Chef, General Mills Foodservice

At General Mills Foodservice, Chef Gilles puts his extensive background

in healthcare foodservice, banquets, hotels, fine dining and in-home

catering to task. Since joining the company in 2013, he has offered

support, training and inspiration to major food management companies

as well as operators within hospitals and senior living facilities.

Gilles has held various positions at Michelin recognized fine dining

restaurants and hotels in Belgium, worked for the prestigious

Minneapolis Club, The Marquette Hotel, and later joined the French

food management company Sodexo as an Executive Chef for a large

network of healthcare facilities.

Gilles has a Bachelor’s degree in Culinary Arts and Hotel/Restaurant

Management from EHPN in Namur, Belgium. He is a Certified Culinary

Administrator, a Certified Executive Chef, an Approve Certification

Evaluator and is a Supervisory Manager in nutrition, food

safety/sanitation continuing education certificates.

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Today’s Agenda

• Grab & Go Trends

• Packaging Solutions

• Ideal Products & Attributes for Grab & Go

• Culinary Inspiration with Chef Gilles• Biscuits

• Cinnamon Rolls

• Yogurt

• Available Resources

• Q&A

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Grab & Go Trends

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Snacking through the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Packaging Solutions

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Starting Point for Packaging Solutions

1. Asking the right questions!

• Will this be for Hot applications or Cold applications?

• Do you need your food to be visible to your customer? Is having a clear lid important to you?

• Are you searching for packaging that keep saucy foods from leaking or soaking through?

• Does this need to be microwavable?

• Do you need solutions to keep your foods crispy until they reach your customer?

• Is having sustainable packaging important to you?

Clear Containers – Cold Applications

✓ Made with a minimum of 25% Post Consumer Recycled Content (*PCR)

✓ Smooth, glass like finish, and stackable✓ Provides shatter and crack resistance

and adds to overall strength✓ Allows for pricing, nutrition and

preparation labels.

✓ Made with a minimum of 25% Post Consumer Recycled Content (*PCR)

✓ Available in a variety of sizes✓ Provides excellent clarity ✓ Stackable✓ Prevents messy leaks and spills.✓ Available with juice trap✓ Allows for pricing, nutrition and

preparation labels.

Great for Parfaits, Acai Bowls

& Salads!

Swirl Bowls Tamper Evident

120° 120°

✓ Made with a minimum of 25% Post Consumer Recycled Content (*PCR)

✓ Available in a variety of sizes✓ Provides excellent clarity ✓ Leak resistant lids✓ Outstanding strength for heavy, thick

beverages✓ Great for Grab & Go Parfaits

Parfait Set Up

120°

NEW YouTube Item Videos

Search for “Pactiv Foodservice Marketing” on YouTube or click here to check out our channel!

EarthChoice® Recycled PET Cups & Lids

Hinged Containers – Hot Applications

✓ Tear-away lid to improve eating experience

✓ Microwavable and heat lamp safe for To-Go waiting areas

✓ Optional SmartVents™ keep hot foods and crispy

✓ Features a Zip Seal™ closure providing leak resistance

✓ Top rack dishwasher safe & reusable

OneBox®

✓ Available in kraft, black, white and a variety of sizes

✓ Easy to close one piece paper container with secure front latch closure

✓ Optional SmartVents™ keep hot foods and crispy

✓ Large area to add sticker/label which is great for operators to identify what's inside and create a tamper evident seal

✓ Manufactured using 50% less plastic✓ Microwavable and heat lamp safe for

To-Go waiting areas allowing versatility in food prep

✓ Optional SmartVents™ keep hot foods and crispy

✓ Top rack dishwasher safe & reusable

✓ **MFPP (Mineral Filled Polypropylene)

Great for Biscuits & Gravy,

Cinnamon Rolls or Sandwiches!

MFPP Dual Color

250° 250°180°

NEW YouTube Item Videos

Search for “Pactiv Foodservice Marketing” on YouTube or click here to check out our channel!

Mineral Filled Polypropylene (MFPP) Containers

Hinged Containers – Hot Applications

✓ Great for delivery✓ Variety of sizes and shapes✓ Plastic dome and paper lids available✓ Recyclable bases (Check locally: May

not be recyclable in your area)

Another great optionfor Cinnamon Rolls or

Biscuits & Gravy!

Aluminum

Ovenable

Search for “Pactiv Foodservice Marketing” on YouTube or click here to check out our channel!

Aluminum Delivery and Takeout Containers

Virtual Packaging Assistant (VPA)

To download our FREE app, search “Virtual Packaging Assistant” in

the App Store or Scan Below!

The VPA is designed to guide you towards the perfect

packaging solutions for your needs!

Search for “Pactiv Foodservice Marketing” on YouTube or click here to check out our channel!

Virtual Packaging Assistant (VPA)

Eco-Takeouts® Reusable To-Go Containers: Save

Significant Waste & Money + New Products

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Top 3 Eco-Takeouts® Benefits:

• Operators WILL save money over disposables

• Eco-Takeouts® are just as sanitary, if not more than disposables

• Eco-Takeouts® provide an equal or better guest experience when compared to disposables

Senior Living Colleges & Universities Business & Industry/Hospital Restaurants/Delivery

Portfolio of Eco-Takeouts® Resusable

To-Go Containers

New sizes & configurations coming

+ Container Receptacle

New Products Coming Soon

Half-Sized

Clam Shell -

Small

6 oz & 12 oz

Side Dish/

Sauce Cup

Dine-in

Boat/Tray

Eco-

Takeouts®

Container

Receptacle

Bento Box

Pizza Slice &

Whole Pizza

Kisco Senior Living

● 20 communities across six states

Major Problems With Disposables

● Monthly disposables spend $170,000

● Daily waste 3,000 cubic feet, equal to 4,000 bathtubs

● Poor transport Food could not stay hot during delivery

Eco-Takeouts® Provided Solutions

● Initial investment $100,000, break-even reached in 2 weeks

● Annual savings $2,000,000 for the first year

● Excess waste eliminated 1,000,000 cubic feet of waste in the first year

(waste cost money!!!)

● Excellent transport Hot food stays hot

Case Study:

Powerful Story From Kisco Senior Living

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Ideal Products & Attributes for Grab & Go

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Ideal Product Attributes

• Usage versatility (stand-alone, recipe integration, menu occasions)

• Size versatility (minis, single serving, family size, customizable)

• Shelf Life

• Hold time

• Consumer demand

• Craveability

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Featured Products: Biscuits

Why Biscuits? Keys Attributes for Grab & Go

• Usage & Size Versatility

• Great side bread

• Excellent sandwich carrier

• Integrate into recipes

• Biscuits are consumers’ #1 preferred sandwich carrier1

• Biscuits are among consumers’ most-loved breakfast breads1

• Breakfast sandwiches are the #1 breakfast order, and fastest-growing, at QSRs2. Non-Commercial operators who menu them can keep consumers orders, and dollars, onsite.

• Exceptional hold time

• Higher fat content → biscuits hold up well in sealed containers

• Easily reheated to fresh baked

• To reheat, just microwave for 10 seconds

• Can be packaged alone in a paper bag or foil container or with other hot items and maintains good texture.

1) Datassential Keynote Report; July 2019, 2) Technomic 2017 Breakfast Consumer Trend Report; Grab & Go Webinar: Packaging Is the New Plating

Flavor Variety

• Southern Style

• Golden Buttermilk

• Whole Grain

• Garlic & Cheddar

• Sweet Potato

Size Variety (1.2oz-4.5oz)

• Mini

• Side

• Sandwich

Unique Benefits

• Baked or Unbaked

• Reduced Sodium

• Easy Split

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Featured Products: Cinnamon Rolls

Why Cinnamon Rolls? Keys Attributes for Grab & Go

1) NPDSupplyTrack 12 months ending 5/2019, $ Vol; 3) Technomic Away From Home Bakery Products Category, 5/2019

• Can serve iced/frosted, or allow consumers to DIY

• Easily reheated

• Ideal temperature: 130°F

• Warm enough to soften roll; cool enough to not burn your mouth or fully melt frosting

• Higher fat & moisture content allows uniced or unfrosted Cinnamon Rolls to hold up better than other breads & sides in high-moisture carry out containers

• Glazing & Frosting will increase after-bake shelf life

• Ideal packaging: separated from high moisture items.

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• Usage & Size Versatility

• Stand-alone item or recipe integration

• Small indulgences or multiples to take home

• Spans dayparts – beyond breakfast

• Consumers are driven to purchase based on impulse, which is impacted by appearance & aroma

• Cinnamon Rolls are a large and growing segment in the Breakfast Bakery Category1

• 76% of operators rate Cinnamon Rolls as Extremely Important/Important to their operation2

Flavor Variety

• Classic Cinnamon

• Caramel

• Orange

• Whole Grain

Size Variety (0.9oz-6.5oz)

• Mini

• Core

• Large

Unique Benefits

• Thaw, Proof & Bake

• Freezer to Oven

• Twist

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Featured Products: Yogurt

Why Yogurt? Key Attributes for Grab & Go

• Versatility

• Standalone item

• Parfait & Smoothie Applications

• Great for snack batching

• Customizable BOH or by consumers

• Yogurt delivers on three key benefits consumers are seeking: Taste, Health & Convenience

• Consumers gravitate toward yogurt when seeking healthier snacking options

• Morning meal accounts for 47% of yogurt servings, but there is appeal across lunch, PM snack, and dinner occasions as well

• Convenient & portable

• Easy to package & seal

• Great BOH hold time after opening

• Parfaits have excellent refrigerated hold time

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Flavor Variety

• Vanilla

• Strawberry

• Blueberry

• Plain

Customizable

• Amounts

• Applications

Style

• Low Fat Original Style

• Greek

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Culinary Inspiration with Chef Gilles

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Available Resources

• www.don.com

• earlem@don.com

• Virtual Packaging Assistance App

• Pactiv YouTube Channel

• Earth Choice Product Catalogue

• Dual-Color Vented Microwaveable Hinged Containers

• The OneBox® - Vented To-Go Packaging

• Vented MFPP Microwaveable Hinged Lid Container

EDWARD DON & COMPANY RESOURCES

PACTIV RESOURCES

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• Grab & Go Recipe Collection

• Versatility Inspiration & Recipe Book

• Fresh Bar - Transform your Salad Bar Space

• In-Room Dining Recipe Book

• Pop-Up Grocery Stores Implementation Guide

• Shelf Stable & Portable Single Serve Products

• Individually Wrapped Hot Breakfast Items

Click here for rebates!

LEVERAGING SINGLE SERVE RESOURCES

MONEY-SAVING REBATES!

GRAB & GO RESOURCES

General Mills also has many resources to help

you get back to business

Visit www.generalmillscf.com/covid. Reach out to your General

Mills sales rep or visit www.generalmillscf.com/contact-us

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Recipes Featured Today

• Sausage, Egg & Cheese Breakfast Sandwich

• Biscuits & Gravy

• Open-Faced Avocado Toast Panini

• Biscuit Bread Pudding

Biscuits Cinnamon Rolls Yogurt

• Cinnamon Roll French Toast

• Cinnamon Roll Waffle

• Yogurt Parfait

• Peanut Butter Mousse

• Apple Cinnamon Blenderless Smoothie

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Q&A

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Thank you!

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www.generalmillscf.com www.don.com www.pactiv.com