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Chef Gerrie Partners With Zidian Specialty Foods To Expand Midwest Distribution To Specialty Retailers & Grocery Stores

Specialty Food Association

Waynesville, OH – August 29, 2022, – Chef Gerrie Slathers is pleased to announce its new partnership with Ohio-based Zidian Specialty Foods who will provide distribution to specialty retailers and grocery stores located in the Midwest.

“We’re very excited to bring aboard Chef Gerrie’s Slathers to help our retailer partners offer a vegan, gluten free, non-GMO, all natural and delicious new flavor-boosting condiment to their customers,” said Doug Koller, Director, Zidian Specialty Foods.

Zidian Specialty Foods’ mission and passion is to produce and distribute food products that exceed consumer quality and taste expectations as well as deliver exemplary dining experiences. Throughout the years, they have brought consistently fresh, flavorful, and healthy specialties to the marketplace.

"I'm so thrilled to have Zidian Specialty Foods represent my brand to liven up store offerings and boost category sales," said Gerrie Bielefeld, Founder of Chef Gerrie Slathers.

Currently, Chef Gerrie Slathers are being sold at Dorothy Lane Markets, Giant Eagle Market District stores, The Hills Market, and Jungle Jim’s International Markets in the Ohio and surrounding area. The partnership with Zidian Specialty Foods will help expand the reach in the Midwest of this woman-owned condiment brand.

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About Chef Gerrie

Based on a working farm in Waynesville, OH near Dayton, Chef Gerrie Bielefeld is a culinary expert, CIA graduate, former Executive Chef at The Four Seasons Hotel and NCR Corporation, Senior Culinary Instructor at The International Culinary School, and hilarious kitchen adventurer. She created her Slathers as a Favor Boosters in 2018 to put "The Sexy Factor" back in food or drink. Her unique vegan, gluten-free, Non-GMO roasted pepper condiment Slathers are available in three flavors, Mediterranean, Caribbean, and Southwestern and can be used in/on cocktails, egg dishes, soups & stews, vinaigrettes, meat, seafood, cheese & vegetarian dishes. Available direct to consumer and in retail stores in the Midwest, Chef Gerrie Slathers are a versatile, fun, and healthy way to enhance foods rather than cover them up. www.chefgerrie.com.