Denny's Restaurants customer loyalty was
honored with an award celebrating the 10th Panniversary, marking the ten years
since the restaurant chain first started using Clipper cookware in their
kitchens and commemorating the over 100 million Grand Slam breakfasts created
on the original pan design.
The
2011 Customer Appreciation Award was presented to Denny's Restaurants by
Clipper Corporation, a leading designer, manufacturer and distributor of foodservice
supplies and apparel. "The Denny's
Restaurant commitment to quality extends to every corner of the company and its
restaurants, right down to the cookware", said Ric Quinn Clipper
Corporation's Director of Sales, East.
"Denny's
Restaurants challenged Clipper to create a pan that meets the demands and
budgets of their high-volume kitchens while allowing them to reliably and
consistently provide America with their favorite meals, just right, every time,"
noted Lina Hu, Founder and CEO of Clipper Corp, a company that also provides
foodservice supplies and apparel to other market-leading brands such as Burger
King, Olive Garden, Red Lobster, Chili’s, and Jack in the Box as well as
independent and small chain restaurants.
"We are very honored to play a daily role in the preparation and
service of iconic meals like the Grand Slam breakfast."
At
the presentation ceremony Hu thanked Glenn Cox, Purchasing Manager for Denny's
Restaurants, for the role Denny's has played in Clipper's successful
history. Cox graciously replied with “You
made your own history, we were just a vehicle.”
Denny's
introduced the Grand Slam breakfast in 1977.
It premiered in Atlanta and its name was intended as a nod to baseball
great Hank Aaron. The Grand Slam has
gone on to become Denny's most famous menu item and has been served over 12
million times a year.
Denny's
purchased the first Clipper pan on December 1, 2001, and since has evolved the
relationship into over 60 items, from back of the house steam table pans,
flatware, serving trays, burger presses, pizza cutters, sugar caddy’s and oven
mitts. Clipper's apparel division even designed a shirt for Denny's famous
All-Nighter program in 2009 that was used in the national commercials and won Clipper
a Univator Award for program design and implementation.
About Clipper
Corporation
Founded
in 1994, Clipper Corporation is an award-winning designer, manufacturer and distributer
of foodservice supplies and apparel globally to the hospitality industry. Customers include market-leading brands such
as Burger King, Denny’s, Olive Garden, Red Lobster, Chili’s, and Jack in the
Box as well as independent and small chain restaurants. Headquartered in Carson, California, Clipper
Corporation is an American company certified as a Woman & Minority Owned
Business Enterprise. For more
information, visit www.clippercorp.com.
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