FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: (of interest to editors covering: Food, Retail, Acquisitions, Pa. Business) Bookbinder's Soups and Seasonings Division Acquired by Pennsylvania Corporation PHILADELPHIA, Pa., June 26, 2009 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Bookbinder Specialties, a Pennsylvania company, acquired the Bookbinder's Soup and Seasonings Division from the Stephens' Original Foods Company of Huntingdon Valley, PA, on June 23, 2009. The soups and seasonings are based on favorite recipes from the Old Original Bookbinder's restaurant, established in 1865 in Philadelphia's historic Old City. The Media, Pennsylvania-based Bookbinder Specialties Company will be directed by Sean O'Neil. Prior to establishing Bookbinder Specialties, O'Neil held a variety of management positions at DuPont, a science-based product and services company, in Delaware. O'Neil's short-term goals for growing the Bookbinder's Soups & Seasonings brand focus on expanding the product line and strengthening distribution. "We see an increasing demand for healthy, restaurant quality food, ready-to-serve in the convenience of your own home," said O'Neil. "Bookbinder Specialties will merge the tradition and heritage of the old favorites with the expectations and tastes of today's gourmet consumers." The current Bookbinder's product line features fresh seafood from the eastern U.S., and includes bisques (lobster, crab, shrimp, and seafood), snapper soup, New England and Manhattan clam chowders, oyster stew, clam sauces, clam juice, breadcrumbs, and seasonings. Distribution is throughout the U.S., with concentration in the Northeast. *(LOGO 72dpi: Send2Press.com/mediaboom/09-0626-BookBinders_72dpi.jpg) All trademarks and service marks are the property of the respective parties. Send2Press(R) is the originating wire service for this story, Copr. 2009. NEWS SOURCE: Bookbinder Specialties LLC # # # // RELEASE END // MEDIA ONLY CONTACT(S): [ contact info below not for publication online or in print ] Sean O'Neil Bookbinder Specialties +1-215-322-1305 sales @ bookbinderspecialties.com Company address: 601 Beatty Road, Media, PA 19063. //Note to editors: * Print-ready images may be requested from the above media contact. ......... Plain Text Copy, and Story Permalink: http://www.Send2Press.com/mediadrome/2009-06-0626-001S.txt Release PDF: http://www.Send2Press.com/mediadrome/news_2009-06-0626-001S.pdf Get our full-text news via RSS: http://www.Send2Press.com/RSS2/rss.xml RSS feeds by news topic: http://feeds.send2press.com/idx_RSS.shtml Add our news to your blog or Web site automatically: http://feeds.send2press.com/ ......... Text provided by news source (and/or the source's authorized agency), who is solely responsible for accuracy and legality of content transmitted. ......... This news story from Send2Press Newswire may be redistributed and re-posted in part or in whole by members of the media. Copr. (c) Send2Press, a unit of Neotrope(R). For news aggregation sites, blogs, and bureaus, you must retain Send2Press as the original wire service source. You may capture and self-host images linked to in above release, but do NOT stream from our server. ......... The original version of this release was issued on behalf of the above organization (the "news source"), by Send2Press(R) Newswire, a service of Neotrope(R). http://www.Send2Press.com/ ......... JUNE 2009 Press Release / S-IND US=(PA) / pre = / PRT = N / ytv = / agency = /END/