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WASHINGTON, June 4 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. Foodservice today answered First Lady Michelle Obama's call to help schools promote healthy eating habits as part of the "Chefs Move to Schools" initiative. The program, run through the U.S. Department of Agriculture, allows chefs to adopt K-12 schools across the United States to help reduce childhood obesity. U.S. Foodservice Corporate Chef Marty Bermpohl joined Mrs. Obama on the South Lawn of The White House this morning to launch the program....

ROSEMONT, Ill., April 29 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. Foodservice is helping its restaurant operator customers combine fresh seasonal produce with the latest trends in healthy eating to make this spring a season of business growth. Restaurant operators can visit foodsight(TM) (www.usfoodsight.com) and Beyond the Plate(TM) (www.beyondtheplate.com) to learn new ways to incorporate fresh, seasonal produce into their menu items through articles, recipes, interactive resources, and a chat room to...

CHICAGO, April 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Yesterday, March 31, 2010, Ideal Media LLC agreed to merge the assets of its foodservice portfolio into CSP Information Group, Inc. Ideal Media's foodservice portfolio includes Restaurant Business, FoodService Director, and Institutional Distribution (ID), the MenuDirections conference, as well as MonkeyDish.com and FoodServiceDirector.com. Ideal Media's Food Group was formed in 2005 to acquire Restaurant Business, FoodService Director, and ID from VNU, now...

WOODBURY, N.Y., March 2 /PRNewswire/ --The first order of business for the newly-named E S Foods, formerly East Side Entrees, is to announce the promotion of Jeff Rowe to Chief Operating Officer and to welcome Bryan Mullen to the company as Managing Director of Meal Programs. Despite its new name and new look, E S Foods is still the same company that for more than a decade has been a major supplier of nutritious "kid-friendly" products to school systems throughout the U.S. (Logo:...

NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla., March 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has named Manitowoc Foodservice as a 2010 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year for its outstanding contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by manufacturing energy-efficient products and helping to educate consumers about those products. Manitowoc Foodservice's accomplishments will be recognized at an awards ceremony in Washington, D.C. on March 18, 2010. Manitowoc Foodservice, an...

ANDOVER, Mass., March 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Exit41, a global market leader of online, mobile and call center ordering solutions for restaurants, today announced the expansion of its Reseller Partner Program, with the addition of MICROS Retail Systems, the largest exclusive MICROS point of sale (POS) dealer, to resell the Exit41 Enterprise Suite of ordering applications and provide local support to restaurants in the New York metro area. "We are continually looking for ways to broaden our...

WOODBURY, N.Y., Feb. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, East Side Entrees of New York announced its name change to E S Foods. Despite its new name, new look, and new website, it's still the same principal-owned company that has been a major supplier of nutritious food products to school systems throughout the U.S. for more than a decade. The company's mission remains unchanged: to provide nutritious, value-added "kid-friendly" foods for America's school children. (Logo:...

ROGERS, Minn., Feb. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Restaurant Association has announced the recipients of this year's prestigious Kitchen Innovations(TM) (KI) Award and the ionator EXP(TM) from Activeion Cleaning Solutions is on the list of standout innovations. The awards program recognizes the most innovative and revolutionary commercial kitchen equipment from around the world. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090519/MN19118LOGO) The ionator EXP is a revolutionary cleaning...

MANITOWOC, Wis., Feb. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Manitowoc Company, Inc. (NYSE: MTW) today reported sales of $838.7 million for the fourth quarter of 2009, down 31.1 percent from $1,216.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2008. The sales decrease was due primarily to a 49.1 percent decline in the Crane segment, partially offset by a 31.3 percent increase in the Foodservice segment. On a GAAP basis, the company reported a loss of $23.5 million, or $0.18 per diluted share, for the...

NEW YORK, Jan. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Representatives from the International Brotherhood of Teamsters attended the Private Equity Conference 2010 today at Columbia Business School to raise awareness of Clayton Dubilier & Rice's (CD&R) unregulated, short-term business model and its effects on U.S. workers. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20100127/IBTLOGO) Teamsters distributed information to attendees detailing racial and gender discrimination, as well as labor...