World Wide Gourmet Foods, Inc Completes Asset Acquisition of Christopher Brookes Distinctive Foods, Inc.  

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World Wide Gourmet Foods, Inc Completes Asset Acquisition of Christopher Brookes Distinctive Foods, Inc.

Woodinville Specialty Food Manufacture adds sixth brand and over 50 products to its gourmet line up.

Woodinville, WA – August 12, 2008 – World Wide Gourmet Foods™, Inc. announces the acquisition of Christopher Brookes Distinctive Foods’ assets. Christopher Brookes Distinctive Foods is a privately held company with over thirty years of providing premium gourmet products to the US market.

The asset purchase included the Elizabethan Pantry® name, customer lists and inventory. The Elizabethan Pantry line of English preserves, curds, condiments and marmalades will compliment the existing World Wide Gourmet Foods brands.

Jack Praino, owner and President of World Wide Gourmet Foods commented, “We are excited about the possibilities this acquisition brings to our company. Elizabethan Pantry allows us to offer our retailers a broader range of products and continues to grow our rapidly expanding market in the specialty food trade.”

This acquisition adds another product category to World Wide Gourmet Foods’ expanding line. Already the home of shelf stable smoked salmon, dessert, soup, gourmet salts, and coffees, Elizabethan Pantry will add specialty preserves, curds, and condiment categories for the company.

World Wide Gourmet Foods, Inc. is a premier gourmet food manufacturer that offers superior variety and quality gourmet food products. World Wide Gourmet Foods manufactures and markets Alaska Smokehouse®, The Famous Pacific Dessert Company®, Sleepless in Seattle Coffee®, Leila Bay Trading Company™ and Smokehouse Soups and Spices™. World Wide Gourmet Foods has won numerous awards with their Alaska Smokehouse naturally wild Alaskan smoked salmon products and The Famous Pacific Dessert Company gained national recognition with gourmet cocoa mixes.

About World Wide Gourmet Foods, Inc.

World Wide Gourmet Foods™, Inc. established in 1982, is a premier gourmet food manufacturer that offers superior variety and quality in shelf stable gourmet food products. World Wide Gourmet Foods manufactures five high-end gourmet food product lines: Alaska Smokehouse®, The Famous Pacific Dessert Company®, Sleepless in Seattle Coffee®, Smokehouse Soups & Spices™ and Leila Bay Trading Company™. Our products are sold worldwide throughout self-branded retail locations and catalogs, department stores, supermarkets, specialty gourmet retailers, gift basket companies, catalog companies, and through e-commerce.

About Christopher Brooks Distinctive Foods, Inc.

For more than 30 years Christopher Brookes Distinctive Foods has imported specialty British food and gifts. Christopher Brookes Distinctive Foods products are unique and represent the best from the UK. Often they are traditional, with recipes and designs handed down over the generations. They maintain our own warehouse in New York and another, with our office, in the Seattle area. This means that orders get to the clients faster and at the best shipping rate.

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