Foodservice News & Media

Conagra Brands lifts Q2 2023 results, buoyed by pricing

January 5, 2023

Conagra Brands Inc. lifted its Q2 2023 sales and profits driven largely by improved pricing, according to an earnings report. Highlights include:

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Lazy Gourmet joins Compass Group Canada

January 5, 2023

Lazy Gourmet, a Vancouver, Canada-based catering company, has joined Compass Group Canada, according to a blog the company's website.

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JM Smucker promotes Rebecca Scheidler to SVP/GM consumer foods

January 4, 2023

Rebecca Scheidler The J.M. Smucker Co., which owns Folgers and other consumer product brands, has promoted Rebecca Scheidler to senior vice…

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'Art of Tea': How having a mission drives success

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Steve Schwartz's journey from an impoverished childhood to a tea wholesaler is fascinating in ways that are relevant to everyone in the convenience services…

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Michigan newspaper profiles A.D. Bos Company

January 2, 2023

The A.D. Bos Company, a convenience services business in Holland, Michigan, was recently profiled in The Holland Sentinel.

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Tyson Foods taps Smithfield Foods' Brady Stewart

December 29, 2022

Brady Stewart Tyson Foods Inc. has named Brady Stewart group president, fresh meats, at the start of the new year, reporting to President and Chief…

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Convenience foodservice sales on the rise

December 28, 2022

Visits to convenience stores for foodservice items, like beverages and prepared foods, were up 2% in the three months ending November compared to a year ago…

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McDonald’s tests restaurant delivering orders via conveyor

December 28, 2022

McDonald's has installed a test restaurant located outside Fort Worth, Texas that allows customers to receive orders in their cars from a food and beverage…

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UNFI to distribute Cause Water

December 27, 2022

Golden Grail Technology, a Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based diversified beverage and investment group, has signed distribution agreement with United Natural…

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Trade shows, technology, market opportunities top reader interest in 2022

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Vending Times ranks the 10 best read stories in 2022 based on reader interest.

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Compass Foodbuy acquires UK purchasing group

December 23, 2022

Foodbuy Europe Ltd., a food purchasing group of Compass Group UK and Ireland, has acquired Regency Purchasing Group, a Weston-Super-Mare, U.K. based food…

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United Natural Foods promotes Selders, Barrick

December 22, 2022

Ron Selders United Natural Foods Inc. has named Ron Selders president of fresh, effective Dec. 26, reporting to Steve Dietz, UNFI's chief customer…

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Tyson Foods employees by the hundreds bolt rather than relocate

December 22, 2022

Hundreds of Tyson Foods Inc. employees plan to leave the company as it consolidates its corporate offices to northwest Arkansas, according to a Marketwatch…

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Exhibit floor sizzles with excitement at Self-Service Innovation Summit

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Attendees at the Self-Service Innovation Summit stayed busy between education sessions by visiting the exhibit area where vendors demonstrated advances in…

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Sun-Maid Growers taps TreeHouse Foods’ Steve Loftus as president

December 20, 2022

Steve Loftus Sun-Maid Growers of California has named Steve Loftus as president and CDO, a newly created position, reporting to Harry Overly…

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General Mills boosts Q2, HY 2023 results, raises FY expectations

December 20, 2022

General Mills Inc. lifted its Q2 and HY 2023 sales and earnings over the prior year periods and raised its full year expectations, according to an earnings…

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Middleby acquires Marco Beverage Systems

December 20, 2022

The Middleby Corp. has acquired Marco Beverage Systems, a designer and manufacturer of beverage dispense solutions, for an undisdclosed sum, according to a…

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Research finds soda taxes decrease sugar intake, not regressive

December 20, 2022

Soda taxes help decrease sugar consumption and are not, as some have claimed, regressive (having a disproportionate impact on lower income consumers.)

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B & G Foods to sell Back to Nature brand to Barilla America

December 19, 2022

B&G Foods, Inc. has agreed to sell the Back to Nature snack brand to Barilla America for an undisclosed sum.

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Mondelez to sell gum brands to Perfetti Van Melle for $1.35B

December 19, 2022

Mondelēz International Inc. has agreed to sell its developed-market gum business in the U.S., Canada and Europe to Perfetti Van Melle Group, a European gum and…

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