Primo Water acquires Arkansas spring water source

February 3, 2023

Primo Water Corp., a provider of sustainable drinking water solutions in North America and Europe, has acquired an additional spring water source adjacent to…

China pulls down Starbucks earnings

by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com

February 3, 2023

Although Starbucks reported Thursday that Q1 same-store sales grew in the U.S. by 10%, China's lower-than-expected performance left the coffee giant 2 cents…

US Foods to offer foodservice clients hospitality robots, more

February 1, 2023

US Foods Holding Corp., a wholesale foodservice distributor, has added Bear Robotics and 7shifts technology to its CHECK Business Tools program, according to a…

Expanding into new services: Nuts and bolts

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Convenience services operators got a crash course on pivoting the business during COVID. Those lessons served them well when looking at new services to add in…

Smart Soda introduces countertop healthy beverage solution

February 1, 2023

Smart Soda Holdings Inc., a wellness beverage technology provider, has introduced its JuLi Connect countertop beverage solution for offices, convenience stores…

Sysco lifts Q2 2023 sales, earnings slide

January 31, 2023

Sysco Corp. reported higher sales and an earnings decline for Q2 2023, according to an earnings release. Highlights include:

Westrock Coffee to build Arkansas distribution center

January 31, 2023

Westrock Coffee Co., which acquired S&D Coffee & Tea from Cott Corp. in 2020, will develop a 530,000-square-foot distribution center with Tempus Realty…

Groupe SEB reports ‘stable’ 2022 sales

January 30, 2023

Groupe SEB, a France-based manufacturer that owns Wilbur Curtis Co. in the U.S. in addition to other coffee equipment brands, generated 2022 sales of €7.9…

Nestle SA to invest $100M in Colombia

January 30, 2023

Nestle SA will invest $100 million over the next three years in its operations in Colombia, President Gustavo Petro said Friday, according to a Reuters report.

Second Nature Brands taps Welch Foods’ Chris Caswell as CFO

January 30, 2023

Chris Caswell Second Nature Brands, which owns Kar's Nuts, Sanders and Brownie Brittle brands, has named Chris Caswell as chief financial officer…

Danone considers divesting Horizon Organic, Wallaby brands

January 27, 2023

Danone is considering selling its Horizon Organic and Wallaby businesses in the U.S. as part of its portfolio review announced in March 2022, according to a…

India regulator fines Coffee Day Enterprises $3.2M for diverting funds

January 24, 2023

India's capital markets regulator has slapped Coffee Day Enterprises Ltd., which operates a café chain as well as a coffee vending business in India, with a…

Danone announces leadership changes

January 20, 2023

Danone has announced several leadership changes, according to a press release.

Coffee consumption linked to Type 2 diabetes prevention in women

January 13, 2023

Coffee consumption has been linked to the prevention of Type 2 diabetes in women with a history of gestational diabetes mellitus, known as GDM, according to a…

Vend-All, Elite Cuisine merge, plan Missouri expansion

January 11, 2023

Two Missouri convenience services companies — St. Louis-based Elite Cuisine and Kansas City and Sedalia-based Superior Vend-All — have merged into a new…

Illycaffè partners with Reliant Coffee Services

January 10, 2023

Illycaffè, a Trieste, Italy-based provider of coffee and coffee serving equipment, has teamed with South Florida-based Reliant Coffee Services LLC to serve…

Sodexo Live! announces inaugural accelerator partners

January 10, 2023

Sodexo Live!, the hospitality arm of Paris-based Sodexo, has selected four startups to join the first North American cohort of its accelerator program…

Sodexo Live! taps Chartwells’ Belinda Oakley as CEO North America

January 9, 2023

Belinda Oakley Sodexo Live!, the hospitality partner of Sodexo, a Paris-based foodservice provider, has named Belinda Oakley to CEO for North…

Advocates sue Danone over plastic use

January 9, 2023

Environmental organizations have sued Danone over its plastic use, accusing it of failing to account sufficiently for the plastic used along its production…

Last day to file claims against Keurig over pod packaging language

January 9, 2023

Consumers who purchased Keurig K-cup coffee pods in recent years have until today to claim cash from a court settlement, according to an abc7.com report.