Hormel Foods supply chain EVP to retire; company promotes 2

February 2, 2021

Glenn Leitch, executive vice president of supply chain at Hormel Foods Corp., will retire in the second calendar quarter of 2021, according to a press release.

COVID-19 hammers Sysco’s 2021 Q2 sales and earnings

February 2, 2021

Sysco Corp.'s sales fell 23.1% from $23.3 billion in last year's second quarter to $11.6 billion for the 2021 second quarter ending Dec. 26, 2020, according to…

Parlevel introduces checkout solution for campus foodservice, restaurants

February 2, 2021

Parlevel has released Cater, a checkout solution that enables campus and restaurant food providers to create a convenient ordering experience for customers…

United Natural Foods taps Walmart veteran as SVP/produce

February 1, 2021

Don Wenninger United Natural Foods Inc. has named Dorn Wenninger senior vice president of produce, according to a press release.

Conagra Brands to close Milwaukee sandwich plant

February 1, 2021

Conagra Brands Inc. will close the Sandwich Bros. of Wisconsin plant in Milwaukee, idling 190 employees, three years after acquiring the business from Kangaroo…

Sodexo acquires Nourish commissary, upgrades US food solutions

February 1, 2021

Sodexo has expanded its workplace dining solution featuring locally sourced food solutions, Good Eating Co., to North America and completed the acquisition of…

Mondelez International posts Q4 2020 sales, earnings gains despite COVID-19

January 29, 2021

Mondelez International reported 5.6% revenue growth from $6.91 billion in 2019's fourth quarter to $7.29 billion for the quarter ending Dec. 31, 2020, driven…

Cargill acquires ProPortion Foods

January 28, 2021

Cargill has acquired ProPortion Foods, a food manufacturer of fully cooked products, portion control steaks and ready-to-grill meats, for an undisclosed sum…

Post Holdings teams with Hungry Planet on plant-based meat

January 27, 2021

Post Holdings Inc., a consumer packaged goods holding company, is teaming up with Hungry Planet Inc., a plant-based meat company, on a distribution strategy…

PepsiCo teams with Beyond Meat on plant-based protein snacks and beverages

January 27, 2021

PepsiCo Inc. and Beyond Meat Inc. have formed The PLANeT Partnership, LLC, a joint venture to develop, produce and market snack and beverage products made from…

NRA calls Raise the Wage Act 'impossible challenge'

The National Restaurant Association spoke out Tuesdayon the reintroduced legislation to raise the hourly minimum wage to $15 over the next five years.

Restaurant industry down 2.5 M jobs, what's next?

January 26, 2021

The restaurant industry is still limping along, according to the National Restaurant Association, which Tuesday released its annual State of the Restaurant…

Utz to discontinue century-old Husman potato chips

January 25, 2021

Utz Quality Foods will discontinue Husman's potato chips, according to a Cincinnati Enquirer report.

Sugar Foods CEO Donald Tober dies in apparent suicide

January 25, 2021

Donald Tober, CEO and co-owner of Sugar Foods Corp., leapt to his death from his Park Avenue apartment in New York City on Jan. 15, according to a New York…

Sodexo taps Delaware North’s Matthew Wagner as SVP/sports and leisure

January 22, 2021

Matthew Wagner Sodexo, a Paris-based global provider of foodservice and facilities management, has named Matthew Wagner to the role of senior vice…

Self-checkout technology provider Zippin taps Aramark veteran Gary Jacobus as SVP

January 21, 2021

Gary Jacobus Zippin, a provider of checkout-free technologies for brick-and-mortar retail, has named veteran business development executive, Gary…

SBA approves 60,000 loans in first week

January 21, 2021

The U.S. Small Business Administration has already approved approximately 60,000 Paycheck Protection Program loan applications submitted by nearly 3,00…

A&G Foodservice taps Mastin as managing partner and VP

January 21, 2021

Richi Mastin Jr. A&G Foodservice, a broadline foodservice distributor in Rochester, New York, has named Richi Mastin Jr. as managing partner and…

Why a Brooklyn QSR adopts the Automat concept

by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group

Can a tiny bite-sized pasta package known as the humble dumpling make it in the brutal restaurant world of the Big Apple and beyond? One veteran New York City…

GS Foods acquires Fresno Produce

January 20, 2021

GS Foods Group, Inc., a foodservice distributor owned by affiliates of Highview Capital, LLC and A&M Capital Partners, acquired produce supplier Fresno…