Foodservice News & Media

Global Mondelez poll: Snacking stays important to consumers

January 20, 2023

Snacking remains important to consumers, as the majority (71%) snack at least twice a day, according to the fourth annual Mondelez International Inc. "State of…

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Campbell to consolidate North Carolina, Connecticut snack facilities into NJ headquarters

January 18, 2023

Campbell Soup Co. will consolidate its snacks offices in Charlotte, N.C. and Norwalk, Conn. into its headquarters in Camden, New Jersey, according to a press…

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Partteam & OEMKiosks introduces foodservice software

January 18, 2023

Partteam & OEMKiosks, a kiosk manufacturer based in Portugal, has introduced YCanteen/YSnack software for the foodservice sector to allow users to choose…

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Sargento Foods promotes 6

January 17, 2023

Sargento Foods, a Plymouth, Wisconsin-based provider of snack natural cheese products as well as ingredients, has announced six management promotions…

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Bridgford Foods names new CFO

January 17, 2023

Bridgford Foods Corp. has named Cindy Matthews-Morales chief financial officer effective Oct. 29, 2022 as Raymond F. Lancy, chief financial officer, executive…

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UMass removes self-order food kiosks due to poor performance

January 17, 2023

The University of Massachusetts has removed self-order kiosks from a dining hall in Amherst, Massachusetts after one week due to system failures and mixed…

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Mobile pay and self-service kiosks: Partners or competitors?

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Both mobile pay and kiosks have a role to play in today’s retail environment, but experts offered different views on whether or not the current customer demand…

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Cincinnati distributor recalls sandwiches sold in vending machines, food trucks

January 16, 2023

M&B Distributors Inc., a Cincinnati wholesale foodservice distributor, has recalled sandwiches sold in vending machines and food trucks due to missing…

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Tyson Foods names general counsel/secretary

January 13, 2023

Tyson Foods Inc. has promoted Adam Deckinger from senior vice president and head of law and compliance to general counsel and secretary, effective…

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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…

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Elior North America announces leadership promotions, new hires

January 12, 2023

Elior North America, division of Paris, France-based Elior Group, a provider of contract catering and hospitality services, announced three leadership…

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Pepsi to replace Sierra Mist with new drink ‘Starry’

January 12, 2023

While discontinuing Sierra Mist, Pepsi Cola is not giving up on the lemon-lime soda category dominated by Coca-Cola owned Sprite, according to a CNN report.

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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…

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Tyson expands Illinois plant, to add 400 employees

January 11, 2023

Tyson Foods Inc. announced it is adding about 400 jobs at its prepared foods plant in Caseyville, Illinois as part of a facility expansion, according to a…

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Tyson chief technology officer departs

January 10, 2023

Scott Spradley departed from the role of executive vice president, chief technology and automation officer of Tyson Foods Inc., the company announced in an SEC…

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Feds investigate Coke, Pepsi soda pricing

January 10, 2023

The federal government has begun investigating Coca Cola and Pepsi Cola soda pricing practices for possible pricing discrimination against smaller retailers…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Golden State Foods names VP/chief branding, communications officer

January 6, 2023

Shellie Frey Golden State Foods, an Irvine, California based wholesale food supplier to the foodservice and retail industries, has promoted Shellie…

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