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11-08-2003, 03:18 PM
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Boston Pizza owner-operator Mitch Panciuk says this will be a familiar sight for Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan next Tuesday as more than 2,000 Boston Pizza pies are winging their way to Kabul for Remembrance Day.
In WWII it was ‘fags for the boys,’ today it’s pizza home delivery
By Derek Baldwin, The Intelligencer
Friday, November 07, 2003 - 10:00
Local News - CFB TRENTON — Canadian soldiers serving in Kabul, Afghanistan are in for a welcome surprise come Remembrance Day.
From half-way around the world, more than 2,000 pizzas from home will be served up hot, fresh and free thanks to Canadian restaurant chain Boston Pizza.
Belleville Boston Pizza restaurant owner-operator Mitch Panciuk said Thursday the pizza ingredients are now en route, being flown 10,000 kilometres to the beleaguered country’s capital with the assistance of Department of National Defence.
Panciuk said the frozen ingredients necessary to make 2,200 12-inch pizzas were loaded aboard a military aircraft from CFB Trenton to be assembled and cooked at Camp Julien in Kabul, next Tuesday.
The pizzas will be served to 1,600 Canadian troops at Camp Julien following a Remembrance Day ceremony. A further 330 soldiers hunkered down at Camp Warehouse, nearby, will also be fed with the generous gift of food from back home.
“We believe this is a nice way to say thank you to our troops on a very special day,” said Panciuk. “We’re delighted to be involved at Boston Pizza in Belleville.”
The idea for the history-making venture started when Boston Pizza executive vice-president Michael Cyr was corresponding via e-mail with his brother Cpl. Patrick Cyr who is tasked to the peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan.
The corporal told his brother he missed the comforts of home, such as Canadian fast food, and a plan was quickly hatched to co-ordinate the massive pizza delivery to military kitchens in Kabul.
In a statement, Thursday, Boston Pizza president and chief operating officer Mike Cordoba said this is the company’s way of expressing appreciation to Canadian soldiers on long tours of duty.
“This was a great opportunity for Boston Pizza, on behalf of all our franchisees and staff, to say a simple thank-you to the men and women of Canada’s armed forces serving in Afghanistan.
“We appreciate the opportunity to be able to provide all of the Canadian troops with a taste of home,” said Cordoba.
The ingredients, meanwhile, were shipped to Trenton from food supplier Sysco’s warehouse in Kingston and comprise frozen pizza shells, sauce, and other fixings.
Canadian Forces will have their choice of pepperoni, a combination of cheddar, mozzarella and ham or barbecue chicken pizzas.
Boston Pizza has also shipped 500 pizza boxes so piping hot pizza can be delivered from the camps to the field where Canadians continue to keep the peace and order in the war-ravaged country.
http://www.intelligencer.ca/webapp/sitepages/images/www.intelligencer.caf/newsphotos/file117200390650AM.jpg
Intelligencer photo by Tyler Brownbridge
Boston Pizza owner-operator Mitch Panciuk says this will be a familiar sight for Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan next Tuesday as more than 2,000 Boston Pizza pies are winging their way to Kabul for Remembrance Day.
In WWII it was ‘fags for the boys,’ today it’s pizza home delivery
By Derek Baldwin, The Intelligencer
Friday, November 07, 2003 - 10:00
Local News - CFB TRENTON — Canadian soldiers serving in Kabul, Afghanistan are in for a welcome surprise come Remembrance Day.
From half-way around the world, more than 2,000 pizzas from home will be served up hot, fresh and free thanks to Canadian restaurant chain Boston Pizza.
Belleville Boston Pizza restaurant owner-operator Mitch Panciuk said Thursday the pizza ingredients are now en route, being flown 10,000 kilometres to the beleaguered country’s capital with the assistance of Department of National Defence.
Panciuk said the frozen ingredients necessary to make 2,200 12-inch pizzas were loaded aboard a military aircraft from CFB Trenton to be assembled and cooked at Camp Julien in Kabul, next Tuesday.
The pizzas will be served to 1,600 Canadian troops at Camp Julien following a Remembrance Day ceremony. A further 330 soldiers hunkered down at Camp Warehouse, nearby, will also be fed with the generous gift of food from back home.
“We believe this is a nice way to say thank you to our troops on a very special day,” said Panciuk. “We’re delighted to be involved at Boston Pizza in Belleville.”
The idea for the history-making venture started when Boston Pizza executive vice-president Michael Cyr was corresponding via e-mail with his brother Cpl. Patrick Cyr who is tasked to the peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan.
The corporal told his brother he missed the comforts of home, such as Canadian fast food, and a plan was quickly hatched to co-ordinate the massive pizza delivery to military kitchens in Kabul.
In a statement, Thursday, Boston Pizza president and chief operating officer Mike Cordoba said this is the company’s way of expressing appreciation to Canadian soldiers on long tours of duty.
“This was a great opportunity for Boston Pizza, on behalf of all our franchisees and staff, to say a simple thank-you to the men and women of Canada’s armed forces serving in Afghanistan.
“We appreciate the opportunity to be able to provide all of the Canadian troops with a taste of home,” said Cordoba.
The ingredients, meanwhile, were shipped to Trenton from food supplier Sysco’s warehouse in Kingston and comprise frozen pizza shells, sauce, and other fixings.
Canadian Forces will have their choice of pepperoni, a combination of cheddar, mozzarella and ham or barbecue chicken pizzas.
Boston Pizza has also shipped 500 pizza boxes so piping hot pizza can be delivered from the camps to the field where Canadians continue to keep the peace and order in the war-ravaged country.