Latest Foodservice Stories
CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Nov. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Food News Media, www.foodnewsmedia.com, publisher of QSR magazine and the newly introduced FSR magazine, which covers the full-service restaurant sector, will roll out its "Year of Women in Foodservice" initiative across both brands in 2013. Ellen Koteff, Special Projects Editor of Food News Media, will serve as ambassador for this program. The new platform will feature women in all aspects of foodservice: executive ranks, middle...
CHICAGO, Oct. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Restaurants may not be incorporating technology into their operations in overwhelming numbers--yet--but that doesn't mean consumers aren't interested in the latest tech amenities when dining out. A majority of consumers expect to use technology to order food at restaurants more often in the coming year, and very few (just 3 percent) expect to use it less than they currently do, signaling opportunity for operators who haven't already integrated...
BOULDER, Colo., Oct. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ChefTec 13x has been released from Culinary Software Services (CSS). A majority of the new features and enhancements in this upgrade were developed as a result of direct feedback received from customers using ChefTec every day in the efficient management of their foodservice operation. Food Waste Tracking and Management has become a much greater concern for foodservice operations in recent years for both environmental and economic...
Brave River Solutions helps SpecPage facilitate the connection between foodservice operators and their local distributors through Anything4Restaurants.com. Warwick, RI (PRWEB) September 28, 2012 SpecPage, the leading source of product marketing information and online catalogs for the foodservice and janitorial/sanitation (jan/san) industries, asked Brave River Solutions to custom program a new website tool, called Find a Distributor, for Anything4Restaurants.com (A4R). Find a Distributor...
National television series Business Update will explore how the Optimax®, developed by Bettcher Industries, delivers true sustainability and innovation to restaurants. Birmingham, OH (PRWEB) August 18, 2012 Bettcher Industries, developer of the Optimax, announced today that they would be featured in an upcoming episode of Business Update. Bettcher Industries, a leader in food service for 30 years, is revolutionizing the food service industry with the Optimax, an automatic breading...
CHICAGO, Aug. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Consumers' positive outlook on the future indicates that they may increase spending on foodservice in the next year. Half of Millennials (50 percent) expect their personal financial situation to improve in the coming year while only a fifth of all consumers surveyed (21 percent), think their financial situation will worsen over the next year. In order to appeal to consumers and win their foodservice dollars, operators and suppliers need to...
KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- When it comes to creating the perfect game plan to execute catering, food and beverage and retail services during the 2012 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, ARAMARK has the winning lineup. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110907/PH63208LOGO ) As the exclusive food and beverage partner at Kauffman Stadium and the Kansas City Convention Center, ARAMARK will cater dozens of events over the course of All-Star weekend,...
LOS ANGELES, June 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Jammin Java Corp. (OTCBB: JAMN), which does business as Marley Coffee, a sustainably grown, ethically farmed and artisan roasted gourmet coffee, today announced a general corporate update to supplement its recently filed first quarter 2012 results. The Company believes a key to its growth is a multichannel distribution and sales strategy and its success in introducing a wide array of coffee products through multiple distribution channels...
ODENTON, Md., June 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- KeyImpact Sales & Systems, Inc. ("KeyImpact"), America's leading independent foodservice sales and marketing agency, announced today that it will acquire Creative Food Service, LLC of Phoenix, Arizona. This is the latest development as KeyImpact expands its national footprint. Covering the entire state of Arizona, Creative Food Service, LLC was founded in 1997 by George Navratil, Jennifer Peterson, Eric Nelson and Bill Donelson....
Kids meals with toys are no longer the draw they once were for the restaurant industry’s youngest customers, according to The NPD Group, a leading market research company. NPD’s foodservice market research reports that restaurant visits that included an order for kids meals with a toy have been declining for the past several years. For year ending December 2011, restaurant visits that included a kids meal with a toy declined by 6 percent compared to the same period year ago. Chicago...
