 | Bloomberg's Next Target: Plastic Foam Containers
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 3, March 2013
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, whose regulatory hammer has come down on fatty foods, supersized sodas and smoking in bars, is taking a swing at plastic foam food packaging...
Author: Emily Jed
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| Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Enters Deal To Buy Heinz For $23 Billion
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 3, March 2013
The world's most famous ketchup maker has agreed to be acquired by an investment partnership formed by billionaire Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and Brazil's 3G Capital...
Author: Emily Jed
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| DS Waters Buys Hillcrest Springs Delivery Business
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 3, March 2013
DS Waters said the acquisition will expand its Alhambra water brand and its coffee and water filtration services in northern California...
Author: Emily Jed
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| Bloomberg Praises Food Makers' Salt-Reduction Progress
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 3, March 2013
Mayor Michael Bloomberg praised 21 packaged food companies and restaurants for meeting their targets in a voluntary campaign led by New York City to cut the salt content in foods...
Author: Emily Jed
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| Bunn Debuts Cloud Technology With Superautomatic Espresso Line
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 3, March 2013
Routine and on-demand maintenance through the new Bunnlink service are coordinated via machine-to-machine (M2M) communication that enables remote equipment management...
Author: Emily Jed
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| DS Waters CEO Dillon Schickli Retires; Tom Harrington To Lead Nationwide Water And OCS Company
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 3, March 2013
DS Waters of America Inc., a water and OCS company, announced that its chief executive, Dillon Schickli, has retired. Tom Harrington has stepped up to fill the top post, effective immediately...
Author: Emily Jed
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| Compass Group Delivers Customers Nutritional Information With MyFitnessPal App
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 2, February 2013
Compass's 7,500-plus menu items are now integrated into MyFitnessPal's existing database of more than two million foods...
Author: Emily Jed
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| NAMA Sets 2013 Coffee, Tea & Water Symposium For Nashville, Nov. 12-14
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 2, February 2013
The collocation of NAMA's CTW symposium and the International Bottled Water Association's annual business conference, with a common trade show, will be repeated in 2013...
Author: Tim Sanford
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| D.E. Master Blenders CEO Steps Down
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 1, January 2013
The Amsterdam-based maker of Douwe Egberts coffee and Senseo single-cup coffee machines said Michiel Harkemij departed last month "by mutual consent"...
Author: Emily Jed
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| Research Links Sweetened Drinks To Depression, Ties Coffee To Lower Risk
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 1, January 2013
New research suggests that drinking sweetened beverages, especially diet drinks, is associated with an increased risk of depression in adults while drinking coffee appears to slightly lower that risk...
Author: Emily Jed
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| NAMA Releases Coffee Research
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 1, January 2013
The National Automatic Merchandising Association is now selling its coffee research originally presented at the Coffee, Tea and Water show...
Author: Emily Jed
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| Aramark Sales Data Illuminates Workplace Coffee-Drinking Habits
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 1, January 2013
People working in the Houston, Los Angeles and Chicago metropolitan areas consumed the most cups of coffee on the job at Aramark sites. Boston and Philadelphia follow...
Author: Emily Jed
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| Lipton Campaign Puts Flagship Black Tea In Spotlight
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 1, January 2013
The "Drink Positive" campaign aims to draw younger consumers to Lipton's black tea bags, which have been overshadowed in recent years by a growing mix of green, white and herbal varieties....
Author: Emily Jed
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| Starbucks Rolls Out $1 Reusable Cup To Reduce Trash
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 1, January 2013
Starbucks already gives customers a dime discount each time they bring in reusable cups for refills, but it's hoping the new cup's low price will encourage more of them to get into the routine...
Author: Emily Jed
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| AdvancePierre Foods Adds 3 Meats To Fast Fixin' Sandwich Bar
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 1, January 2013
AdvancePierre provides operators with fully cooked sandwich meats in a pre-packaged tray that can be heated in a microwave, conventional or convection oven...
Author: Emily Jed
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| Cafe2U Coffee And Foodservice Vans Head Out On The Highways In 5 States
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 1, January 2013
Cafe2U puts a full specialty coffee shop inside a van. The back doors open to reveal a $7,000 espresso machine and $1,000 grinder that produce coffeehouse-quality drinks...
Author: Emily Jed
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| Metroplex Data Systems Enhances Off-Site Backup Service For Route Management Software
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 1, January 2013
MDS's offsite automated backup service allows OCS operators to save business files automatically to safeguard them in the event of a computer system failure, weather-related event or other emergency...
Author: Emily Jed
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| Peet's Owner Buys Caribou Coffee For $340M
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 1, January 2013
German private investment firm Joh. A. Bensiker has agreed to buy Caribou Coffee, the No. 2 coffeehouse chain in the U.S. behind Starbucks, for $340 million...
Author: Emily Jed
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| Marley Coffee Ships 500,000 Real Cups In First Month
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 1, January 2013
Real Cups, compatible with most Keurig machines, are now available both in the U.S. and Canada, and reportedly represent the fastest-moving product in the company's history...
Author: Emily Jed
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| Performance Food Group Acquires Fox River Foods
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 1, January 2013
Parent company of vending and OCS distributor Vistar has entered into an agreement to acquire Fox River Foods Inc., an independently owned broadline foodservice distributor...
Author: Emily Jed
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| Tampa's Community Refreshments Acquires Orlando's CupaCoffee
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 1, January 2013
Marni Frank, owner of Community Refreshments, said purchasing CupaCoffee will allow her company to increase its customer base along the I-4 corridor, where the need for OCS continues to grow...
Author: Emily Jed
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| Keurig Adds Two Café Escapes Flavors, Launches Facebook Promotion
Issue: Vol. 52, No. 12, December 2012
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters has expanded its Café Escapes line of creamy cocoas, chai and mocha beverages for Keurig brewers with two new flavors...
Author: Emily Jed
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| New Wilbur Curtis Digital Indicator Tracks Coffee Freshness
Issue: Vol. 52, No. 12, December 2012
The coffee equipment company has developed a device that ensures decanters are serving coffee at peak of freshness. The FreshTrac digital indicator is available for Curtis Alpha GT brewers...
Author: Emily Jed
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| Dean Foods Sells Morningstar To Canada's Saputo For $1.45 Billion
Issue: Vol. 52, No. 12, December 2012
Morningstar makes dairy and nondairy extended shelf-life products, including creamers widely distributed by workplace refreshment providers...
Author: Emily Jed
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| Mellow Mood Drink Sickens Jersey Middle Schoolers
Issue: Vol. 52, No. 12, December 2012
Chartwells, the school dining service division of Compass Group, said it has removed Marley's Mellow Mood drinks from William R. Satz School and Holmdel High School...
Author: Emily Jed
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