Our history starts with Elias “ Loui “ Dermentzis ( Our Founder ) immigrating to Canada from Greece in 1951 at the age of 19.
His first job was that of busboy at a friend’s restaurant. Honing his cooking skills, he then became the restaurants cook.
Saving his hard earned money, he opened his own restaurant in the late 1950’s, a difficult time in the industry. Loui saw this period for what it was and resolved to form Metro Wholesale Grocery Distributors in 1960, whose mandate was to provide efficient goods and services to the restaurant industry.
Relocating the business to be more centralized, he moved underneath the St.Lawrence Market near Toronto’s waterfront and operated there until 1972.
In 1983, he formed a subsidiary company, Demenz Hotel & Restaurant Supplies to expand product offerings to include equipment and supply to the foodservice industry.
During his tenure he helped develop new and innovative products for the industry which included cutting edge types of packaging and cost-effective private label brands.
THE PRESENT
The next generation, Chris, Tom, Julia and brother-in-law Zoran are actively running the company’s day to day operations with the same passion as our founder,
“Sell the right products, give the best service and find solutions to the customers challenges”
Hence our company mantra: Products ~ Services ~ Solutions
THE FUTURE
The company continues to evolve form being strictly wholesale distribution to one that innovates and leads in product development.
We seek to create, inspire, and market products and services to the customer’s solution.
That is our company’s future philosophy.
Our Own Brands
National Brands
Products
We stock an assorted product offering that encompasses many mainstream cost effective brands. Our product categories include dry, frozen and refridgerated foodservice items.
Services
We have over 50 years expertise in the creation of custom private label brands. If you are a franchise we can produce small product runs that are cost effective.
Solutions
Our company has a long history in creating products under our own brand labels. We have created these brands to bring value, quality and cost effectiveness to product groups we feel have been under serviced by the national brands.
Category | Description | Brand | Item # | Package Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Bags - Paper |
6 X 3 1/2 X 16 BROWN BREAD BAGS-1M |
GENERAL |
800 |
|
|
Bags - Paper |
9 X 6 X 16#DD25 BREAD BAGS-500 |
GENERAL |
801 |
|
|
Bags - Paper |
BAGS – PAPER H. DOG -1000 |
GENERAL |
844 |
|
|
Bags - Paper |
BAGS – SAND – GIANT – 1 X 1000 |
GENERAL |
855 |
|
|
Bags - Paper |
BAGS – SANDWICH – 1 X 1000 |
GENERAL |
849 |
|
|
Bags - Paper |
BAGS – SUBMARINE – 1 X 1000 |
GENERAL |
850 |
|
|
Bags - Paper |
BROWN BAGS 10LB – 1 X 500 |
GENERAL |
812 |
|
|
Bags - Paper |
BROWN BAGS 12LB – 1 X 500 |
GENERAL |
814 |
|
|
Bags - Paper |
BROWN BAGS 14LB – 1 X 500 |
GENERAL |
816 |
|
|
Bags - Paper |
BROWN BAGS 20 LB – 1 X 500 |
GENERAL |
820 |
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We stock an assorted product offering that encompasses many mainstream cost effective brands.
Our product categories include dry, frozen and refridgerated foodservice items.