Martin Bros. Distributing

11/29/2025

Nearly 50% of Iowa restaurants weren't profitable last year - despite record sales! Jessica Dunker from the Iowa Restaurant Association reveals solutions to turn things around. From smart menu strategies to targeting Gen Z - these tips could save your business.

11/28/2025

Baker Boy continues to roll out labor-saving ideas to make you DOUGH! What did Affinity Group show that caught your eye? 😍

✨ Mini Garlic Toast (MB # 999255) - Big taste! Whole grain goodness ready in minutes
🥐 Brioche Buns (MB # 997990) - Premium sandwich game made easy! Thaw & serve perfection
🥐 Mini Croissant Squares (MB # 980015) - Thaw-and-serve for busy bakeries
🍩 Cinnamon Roll Filled Donuts (MB # 967115) - Filling in EVERY bite! Ready to ice magic
🍩 Mini Donuts + Cinnamon Sugar (MB # 995320) - Microwave for instant warm happiness
🍞 Yeast Dinner Rolls (MB # 908490) - Consistent quality, just thaw and wow

11/27/2025

Our Martin Bros. crew knows how to celebrate! 🥧🏈 These are the incredible people who work hard every day to bring quality food to your tables, and now they're sharing a piece of their hearts with all of you. May your tables be full and your hearts be fuller! Happy Thanksgiving!

11/26/2025

The festive season is about gathering, and they get packed with fun food holidays. December offers fantastic opportunities to boost your menu offerings and drive customer excitement:
Dec. 8** - Brownie Day 🍫
Dec. 9** - Pastry Day 🥐
Dec. 10** - Lager Day 🍺
Dec. 13** - Cocoa Day & Cream Cheese Frosting Day ☕
Dec. 15** - Cupcake Day 🧁
Dec. 17** - Maple Syrup Day 🍁
Dec. 20** - Sangria Day 🍷
Dec. 21** - French Fried Shrimp Day 🍤
Dec. 30** - Bacon Day 🥓

Featured products to help you celebrate:
General Mills Foodservice Puff Pastry Dough Squares (MB # 982760)
Perfect for Pastry Day! These versatile squares can be transformed into sweet treats, savory appetizers or elegant desserts. Easy to work with and consistently delicious.

Kraft Heinz Away From Home US Cream (MB # 903718)**
Essential for Cream Cheese Frosting Day and beyond! Create rich, creamy frostings for cupcakes, enhance your cocoa beverages or add richness to holiday desserts.

11/25/2025

Our school partners are sleighing the holiday spirit! Iowa Falls - Alden High School must be stuffed with gratitude for Lori and her team! They served 800 people for Thanksgiving - and you're seeing just HALF the turkeys! 🦃✨
Our favorite little elf Deb at AGWSR Community School District showed #10 cans possess multipurpose holiday magic! 🎄
'Tis the season to celebrate these incredible teams! We're blessed to support such wonderful work!

11/24/2025

When your new recipe is an instant classic! So many ideas to test in the final months of the 2025-26 school year. Add your own in the comments and come back for ideas!

11/22/2025

Discover how a la carte programs are revolutionizing school nutrition! Schools are leveraging a la carte offerings to boost budgets, hire skilled culinary staff and introduce exciting menu options.
See how College Community (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), Clear Creek Amana (Tiffin, Iowa) and Solon schools are transforming their lunch programs and student satisfaction through smart a la carte strategies.

11/21/2025

Tony Greve's Army career instilled the discipline and reliability that our customers have come to count on, day in and day out. His foodservice career started as a driver. He made his way to Martin Bros., where he has built genuine relationships with customers and truly understood their needs as district sales rep for the past 25 years. Thank you, Tony, for your commitment to excellence and congratulations on the milestone!

11/20/2025

Soup is the perfect comfort option all year! Our fall and winter senior living menu is now available, and you can bet that it includes soup ideas to stay hydrated and add protein. It's an all-year, any-place item that is a fan favorite in restaurants and educational settings!

11/19/2025

The Iowa Restaurant Association's Hospitality Showcase captures the spirit of foodservice with innovation, collaboration, and celebrating excellence together. A special shoutout to the ProStart students from Mrs. Miller’s ProStart and Hospitality / Sioux City Community School District / North High School - SCCSD who brought their energy and skills to the event! These students represent the bright future of our industry. 🌟

Events like this remind us why we're passionate about supporting Iowa's foodservice community. Here's to celebrating our industry's best and brightest - today and every day!

11/18/2025

What a great representative we have in Jasna! Thank you for giving back to an area that supports us all year. We appreciate all she does for Martin Bros. and our community! May the holidays be brighter for more people because of the work you are doing, Jasna!

We want to take another moment to show appreciation for another Bell Ringing volunteer, Jasna Sakanovic! This gal took time out of her busy weekend to Bell Ring and represented Martin Bros. Distributing , one of our amazing partners, who always seems to show up just when we need them!

Jasna also happens to be one of our Advisory Board Members. She decided to join our board as a way to help the community that helped her family when they first arrived. Spending a few hours Bell Ringing is just one of the many ways that she has shown up time after time to support our efforts to help those in need in our community.

A huge THANK YOU goes out to her, and to Martin Bros. for all they do to support us!

Go to www.registertoring.com to sign up to volunteer as a Bell Ringer!

11/17/2025

We love having proof that our employee owners are among the best in the nation! Kyle Rindels earned RefrigiWear Warehouse Hero of the Year Award honors! From THOUSANDS of applications nationwide, Kyle cracked the elite 24 (and a spot in the 2026 calendar). For 8 years, he has been a reliable leader on our nightshift sanitation team. Thank you, Kyle, for your dedication and shout out to John Ronan and RefrigiWear for helping us reward him.