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Restaurant Daily News 6 7 Monday, May 20, 2019 Aardvark Straws Offers Customizable Paper Straws Aardvark ® Straws, the original U.S. pro- ducer of paper straws, offers customizable paper straws for your brand and can include company names and logos. No other paper straws on the market offer the wide variety of printing that Aardvark does, all while remaining earth and marine friendly. Aardvark is also uniquely posi- tioned in the USA to provide lower mini- mum order quantities of four cases and a newly published lead time of four weeks. Foodservice providers, restaurants, businesses and more can advertise their brands on Aardvark Straws through its four-color process print capabilities, which makes for standout logos and designs. Aardvark paper straws are man- ufactured with a proprietary method that creates superior paper straws and are specifically made not to disintegrate, get soggy or fall apart. In addition to its customization capa- bilities, Aardvark patented the one-of-a- kind, bendable Eco-Flex ® paper straw, which can be positioned at an angle that a consumer needs or wants to sip it from. Like all Aardvark paper straws, the Eco- Flex is marine degradable, compostable, elemental chlorine free, and won't break down in your drink. Aardvark Straws can be found in thousands of restaurants around the world. For establishments looking for a sustain- able alternative to plastic straws, Aardvark Paper Straws decompose in just 45-90 days. All materials that make up an Aardvark Straw – adhesive, inks and papers – are also "edible." In 2018, Hoffmaster ® , a leading U.S. manufacturer of premium dispos- able tableware for restaurants, hospitals and the foodservice industry, acquired Aardvark Straws to add to its premium portfolio of environmentally responsi- ble, disposable tabletop products. About Hoffmaster Hoffmaster is a one-stop source offering a complete line of premium disposable paper tableware items for restaurants, hospitals and a wide variety of other service industries. The company, estab- lished in 1947, is the platform company for the Hoffmaster Group, Inc. ® Foodservice Division. About Aardvark Straws Aardvark paper straws were introduced in 2007 in response to a growing anti- plastic movement. Precision Products Group, Inc., creat- ed an environmentally friendly straw based off of the original paper straw invented in 1888 by Marvin Stone. Today, Aardvark offers printed straws, cake pop sticks and Eco-Flex paper straws that are earth and marine friendly, naturally degradable, FDA/EU compliant, compostable and made in the USA. For more information, visit booth #2788, go to www.hoffmaster.com or www .aardvarkstraws.com, email marketing@ hoffmaster.com or call 800.327.9774. US INC: Quality Products at Competitive Prices US INC, a manufacturer of quality com- mercial foodservice products, is located in Beltsville, Maryland, Kowloon, Hong Kong and Vancouver, Canada with distri- bution partners throughout the United States. The company's main objective is to manufacture quality refrigerators, freezers, kitchen cooking equipment and other products for the commercial food- service industry at a competitive price. One of US INC's long-time distribu- tors in Florida, Mark Lauro of Lauro Restaurant Equipment, said, "I am so glad I changed my entire business model around using US INC products to replace many of my other suppliers because of their high quality and competitive pricing. If I have a question and problem, their customer service center is always helpful and available 365 days a year. Is there any possibility of increasing the line to include other foodservice products?" That is exactly what US INC did during its 2018 fiscal year. The company has just received its new LCD glass door display refrigerators and Lauro told the company that they are "Amazing!" US INC distributors work collectively with its product design and development team to continue to add new products, new designs and make adjustments to improve the US product line. Its Operations Department works closely with its factories to assure the highest quality and most durable composition during the manufacturing process. US INC has added two more product lines designed around quality at a competi- tive price: wire shelving products and the new LCD glass door display reach-ins (with in-the-door translucent integrated video screens). Now with the Value series of refrigerator equipment, cooking equipment, stainless steel products and wire shelving, US can offer many ways to save its cus- tomers money without sacrificing quality. For more information, go to www.us- incorporated.com or www.us-refrig.com.