Twin City Refreshments

About Us

2010 celebrates our 50th year in business!

Our company started with an idea to service the needs of a growing community with mobile food trucks. With the cities of Port Arthur and Fort William growing, the forestry sector booming, and the port moving more grain than any other port on the globe, the Twin Cities of Port Arthur and Fort William was the place to be; and so our company was formed and called what else... 

  Twin City Refreshments.

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Twin City Refreshments Circa 1960


As the city grew so did our company. What started with a few catering trucks, quickly grew to provide full service vending services (coffee, pop, juice, snacks,food and frozen machines) at several sites around the city, to service the needs of the people working 24 hours around the clock.  We then followed up with coffee services for the people working in remote sites unable to get a cup of joe on their breaks. This was so successful that we expanded our coffee services to provide coffee, tea and other beverages to offices, restaurants, schools and other locations. As our abilities grew and the opportunities developed, we expanded into Bag in a Box Juice and Pop Systems,Slush and F.C.B. Systems, JohnsonDiversey Dish and laundry chemical systems, 100% recycled paper products (roll towel, toilet tissue),logo paper products (napkins and coasters), Confectionary, Health & Beauty Products, and Restaurant Equipment & Smallwares.

As the city started to mature, so did our business. Recognizing a need for improved services in a host of areas, we started expanding our product line and the services we offer - to where we now have over 6,500 different items in stock, covering a geographic area from Kenora to White River and all points in between.

We are generally a 'behind the scenes' kind of company, taking care of the various needs of our customers, building relationships, and providing customer service better than anybody else in our region.

Some of the products and services we offer are as follows:

  • Full Line Vending Services - to the City of Thunder Bay
  • Office Coffee Services - to the City of Thunder Bay & area - Kenora to White River
  • Coffee, Cappuccino, Espresso, & complete "Full Circle' Hot Beverage Programs - from the cup to the consumer.
  • Concession Equipment, ie: hot dog, popcorn, Nacho, Slush, Cotton Candy,
  • Restaurant Equipment and smallwares
  • Takeout trays etc, and packaging for food stuffs
  • Janitorial & Sanitation products
  • Confectionary - Chips, Bars, Gum & Mints, etc
  • Health & Beauty Products - everything but the perscription drugs.
  • Bag in Box Juice & Pop
  • JohnsonDiversey, Laundry & Dish systems & Equipment.
  • etc, etc.

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