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SUBWAY® Restaurants Purchasing Cooperative Presents Lineage Logistics With
Innovation and Customer Service Awards
IRVINE, CA – November 8, 2016 – Lineage Logistics, LLC ("Lineage"), a warehousing and logistics
company backed by Bay Grove, received the Innovation Award and Excellence in Customer Service
Award from the SUBWAY® restaurant chain and its franchisee-owned purchasing group, the
Independent Purchasing Cooperative (“IPC”) at the group’s Annual Convention earlier this year.
The Innovation Award is presented to companies that demonstrate commitment, great strategic vision,
and the ability to develop and implement innovative new programs for the benefit of SUBWAY®
franchisees. The Excellence in Customer Service Award recognizes organizations for being proactive,
creative and responsive to the needs of SUBWAY® franchisees.
“We are very pleased to honor Lineage with our Innovation Award and Excellence in Customer Service
Award this year,” said Dennis Clabby, Executive Vice President at IPC. “Lineage is on the leading edge
of product development, technology deployment and process improvement. IPC is repeatedly
impressed by Lineage’s attention to detail as well as their willingness to take on difficult projects or
proposals and see them to successful completion.”

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Over the past year, Lineage helped SUBWAY® restaurants to create a series of new breads for its
operators and launched several initiatives to improve the safe throughput of SUBWAY® product to its
destination. Lineage has also invested heavily in training customer service personnel so shippers
quickly get the answers they need to enhance the performance of their operations.
“Innovation coupled with customer service is a cornerstone to how Lineage differentiates itself in the
market, so we are grateful to receive these awards from IPC,” said Tim Smith, Executive Vice President
of Sales & Business Development at Lineage. “While our goal is always to create new solutions and
efficiencies within our customers’ supply chains, preserving the human element in our partnership is
the key to success.”
Independent Purchasing Cooperative IPC is an independent SUBWAY® franchisee-owned and operated
purchasing cooperative. IPC negotiates the lowest cost for goods and services, while improving quality,
enhancing competitiveness and ensuring the best value to SUBWAY® restaurants and their customers.
Moreover, IPC is committed to delivering returns to its members year after year. By organizing as a cooperative,
the business initiatives are set by the owner members and is benchmarked by the active participation of an
elected Board of Directors.
About Lineage Logistics, LLC: Lineage Logistics is one of the largest temperature-controlled warehousing and
logistics companies in the world. The company was founded through the combination of premier, temperature-
controlled warehousing companies, some of whose roots date back to the early 1900s. Today, all its companies
are unified with a shared vision of being the leading global supply chain company serving the world’s food,
retail, agriculture and distribution companies. (www.lineagelogistics.com)
About Bay Grove, LLC: Bay Grove is a principal investment firm dedicated to partnering with strong
management teams to invest in and build long-term platform investments. Over the last six years, Bay Grove has
built Lineage Logistics through acquisitions and investments completed in partnership with entrepreneurs,
managers and employees. The firm has deep experience in the warehousing and logistics industry and also seeks
to make investments in other attractive sectors. Bay Grove is based in San Francisco. (www.bay-grove.com)
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