Clipper Corporation wins two Univator Awards in Product Implementation for the design and roll-out of Mimi’s Café and Chinese Gourmet Express, the only company to win two awards in 2012!


Chinese Gourmet Express Uniform Program
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LOS ANGELES (November 2011) – ClipperDirect.com has launched allowing independent restaurants and small chains to shop for foodservice supplies while saving like a billion dollar mega-chain. For the first time ever, smaller foodservice companies now have access to common and custom foodservice solutions originally designed and manufactured by Clipper Corporation to meet the demands and budgets of their high-volume market-leading customers including Burger King, Denny's, and Chili's. Restaurateurs save money by eliminating the middle man and avoiding unnecessary high volumes while saving time though Clipper Direct's online shopping innovations.

Clipper Direct (www.clipperdirect.com) features nearly 1,000 high-quality items from Clipper Corporation, an innovative and award-winning designer, manufacturer and distributor of foodservice supplies and uniforms for global brands in the foodservice and hospitality industries. More items are being continuously added for foodservice needs of any size.

"Clipper Direct allows any restaurant or foodservice chain to order directly from the company that supplies the pan which has prepared over 100 million Grand Slam breakfasts for Denny's," notes Melissa Zellner, General Manager of Clipper Direct. "Clipper Direct offers independent restaurants the money-saving buying power of a billion-dollar chain through a website designed with the restaurant owner and small restaurant chain in mind."

A complete lineup of cookware, storage, dining room, fryer, service and menu supplies are all on hand alongside a full range of kitchen apparel, disposable items and other foodservice accessories with free ground shipping on orders over $200.

ClipperDirect.com's unique, innovative and intuitive shopping and ordering platform applies many common sense touches which help busy restaurant owners and purchasing executives save time. Ordering single or multiple units of a specific item takes place on the same page with price differentiations clearly displayed for smarter shopping. Shoppers can order one case plus a few more single units of the same item, or even multiple sizes of the same apparel item, with one click. Detailed photography and descriptions that communicate useful information such as material content and gauge accompany each item as well.

“Clipper products are engineered to perform better and cost less. This website unlocks tremendous potential for the broader restaurant market to buy better products at great prices at any volume,” said award-winning Executive Chef, Peter Carroll, former Chef of the Rainbow Room at the Rockefeller.  Read more...

LOS ANGELES (November 2011) – The Secretary of Commerce and the United States Trade Representative have jointly named Lina Hu, Chairman/CEO of Clipper Corporation to represent the foodservice and hospitality sectors on the government’s Industry Trade Advisory Committee on Small and Minority Business. Clipper is a leading global designer, manufacturer and distributor of restaurant supplies and uniforms to market-leading foodservice and retail companies.

Hu arrived in America in 1992 with no contacts and unable to speak English yet went on to start Clipper and build it into a successful company with numerous clients including Burger King Corporation, Denny’s Restaurants, Darden (Capital Grille, Red Lobster, Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse), UPS and Target Stores. Now with this new appointment, she will provide knowledge to be used by the U.S. government to pursue trade objectives that reflect the concerns and interests of the private sector.

The Industry Trade Advisory Committees (ITACs) are unique public-private partnerships, jointly managed by the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Office of United States Trade Representative, that engage business leaders in formulating U.S. trade policy which impacts the international economy. The ITACs provide detailed policy and technical advice, information, and recommendations regarding trade barriers, negotiation of trade agreements, and implementation of existing trade agreements affecting industry sectors; and perform other advisory functions relevant to U.S. trade policy matters.

The ITACs’ efforts assist the United States in putting forward unified positions when it negotiates trade agreements. The ITACs address market-access problems; barriers to trade; tariff levels; discriminatory foreign procurement practices; and information, marketing, and advocacy needs of their industry sectors. Specific factors Hu will advise on include patterns of actual and potential competition between United States industry and foreign enterprise in international trade along with the character of the nontariff barriers and other distortions affecting such competition.

One of Hu’s first responsibilities in this new role will be to represent the Unites States along with U.S. Trade Representatives and other council members this December at the World Trade Organization's 8th Ministerial Conference in Geneva, Switzerland. The World Trade Organization (WTO) deals with the global rules of trade between nations and had a primary function of ensuring that trade flows as smoothly, predictably and freely as possible.

"As a foreign-born, female, business-owning American, it is a great honor to be asked to provide my insight to help our government build a competitive landscape for current and future entrepreneurs," states Clipper Chairman/CEO and Founder Lina Hu, the only member on the committee from the foodservice and hospitality industries.

Hu’s role on the Committee will not interfere with her role as Chairman/CEO of Clipper. The Committee meets in Washington DC throughout the year at the call of the Secretary of Commerce and the United States Trade Representative, currently Rebecca M. Blank and Ron Kirk, respectively. Blank promotes job creation, economic growth, sustainable development and improved standards of living for all Americans while overseeing nearly 47,000 employees worldwide. Kirk serves as America's chief trade negotiator and is a principal advisor to the President of the United States of America.

Visit http://trade.gov/itac/committees/itac11.asp to learn more about the Industry Trade Advisory Committee on Small and Minority Business. More information about Clipper can be found online at http://www.clippercorp.com. Read more...

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     World Journal, a prominent Chinese news entity, profiles Lina Hu and Clipper in their October Issue.  The article illustrates Lina's journey from her humble beginnings in America to the first Burger King purchase order.  Lina credits hard work and determination to fulfilling her dreams.  Her entreprenurial spirit can be best described by Hu herself, "If you try, you have a 50% chance to succeed and a 50% chance to fail.  If you do not try, you fail 100%.  Do not give up on your 50% chance of success."


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 Automating Intelligent Merchandising Decisions

Clipper Corporation President & COO, Lawrence Snapp, has been awarded a patent for a technology system that automates intelligent merchandising decisions when multiple demand channels & cost considerations exist. Read more...

CLIPPER FOUNDER & CEO MEETS THE PRESIDENT AT HAMPTON UNIVERSITY'S COMMENCEMENT

Los Angeles (May 27th, 2010) Lina Hu, Clipper Corporation's Founder and CEO, joined the other members of Hampton University's Board of Trustees for their annual Commencement in Virginia on May 9th, 2010.  What was unique and meaningful about the Commencement this year was its guest speaker, President Barack Obama, whom Hu was honored and overjoyed to meet. Read more...