Products

Menu produces approximately 3,500 stock keeping units and produces a variety of loaf and chunk and gravy products, in aluminum, steel, plastic and pouch containers in sizes including 85g, 100g, 150g, 156g, 170g, 374g, 396g and 624g and 652g. Menu’s packaging includes high cone, 6-pack, 12-pack, mixed variety and 24 and 36- pack formats.

Menu categorizes the foregoing containers into cans, pouches and plastic cups. For the year ended December 31, 2008, can volume (where volume is expressed in cases of 24 units) represented 87.2% (2007 – 85.6%) of Menu’s volume, pouch volume represented 12.7% (2007 – 14.4%), while plastic cup volume represented 0.1% (2007 – 0.0%).  

With respect to private-label, Menu strives to execute a “quick-to-follow” strategy whereby once a leading brand establishes a popular product format or formulation, Menu offers an analogous product to its customers. Menu’s manufacturing and product development capabilities often permit it to introduce analogous products for its retail customers within a matter of months following the introduction of the new product by a branded manufacturer. Menu also develops proprietary and innovative products in support of its contract-manufacturing customers.