Foodservice News & Media
Amcon Distribution boosts sales and earnings in Q1 2021
January 20, 2021
Amcon Distributing Co., a food and consumer product wholesaler, reported sales of $404.7 million in the 2021 first quarter ended Dec. 31, 2020 compared to…
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Sodexo deploys AI-enabled automated cafeteria management tool
January 19, 2021
Sodexo, one of the world's largest catering service providers, is partnering with Huawei France to provide a cafeteria management tool that eliminates the need…
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PPP program opens to all lenders
January 19, 2021
After re-opening the Paycheck Protection Program to small lenders on Friday, the U.S. Small Business Administration is now opening the program to all lenders.
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Brady Industries names Mark Allen to new vp/ procurement role
January 18, 2021
Mark Allen Brady Industries, a foodservice, equipment and janitorial supply distributor, named Mark Allen to the newly-created position of vice…
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Virginia convenience services operation launches ghost kitchen
January 15, 2021
Trolley House Refreshments, a Richmond, Virginia-based provider of breakroom and vending services, has launched Trolley Eats, a ghost kitchen that operates six…
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Aramark launches ‘Chef Spotlight’ to highlight menu innovators
January 14, 2021
Aramark Corp., has launched "Chef Spotlight," a program that spotlights the chefs who have had an impact on the organization and its guests. These tastemakers…
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Innovative Foodservice Group hires operations director
January 14, 2021
Innovative Foodservice Group, a Tampa-based foodservice equipment and supplies provider, has named Bobby Hui as director of operations, according to a company…
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Campbell closing oldest manufacturing plant, impacting 326 workers
January 14, 2021
Campbell Soup Co. will close a 94-year-old manufacturing facility in Columbus, Georgia by Spring 2022, according to a press release. The plant, the company's…
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Top 2 US chicken suppliers settle antitrust actions
January 12, 2021
The largest and second-largest US chicken suppliers — Tyson Foods and Pilgrim's Pride, respectively — agreed Monday to settle civil litigation with restaurants…
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GS Foods acquires Hayes Distributing in northern California
January 11, 2021
GS Foods Group Inc., a family of specialized food distribution companies owned by affiliates of Highview Capital, LLC and A&M Capital Partners, has…
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New SBA PPP loans now available from community banks
January 11, 2021
U.S. businesses can apply for new Paycheck Protection Program loans beginning today as the Small Business Administration has opened a new round of funding…
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Sodexo suffers Q1 2021 double digit sales drop
January 8, 2021
Sodexo, the Paris based, global foodservice contractor, suffered a 27.1% revenue decline from 6.07 billion euros ($7.43 billion) in Q1 2020 to 4.43 billion…
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ConAgra Brands Q2 2021 sales and earnings beat expectations, boosted by divestitures, retail gains
January 7, 2021
ConAgra Brands Inc.'s net sales increased 6.2%, from $2.8 billion in the prior year's second quarter to $3.0 billion in the 2021 second quarter ending Nov. 29…
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Hormel opens Nebraska sausage making plant, will hire 350
January 6, 2021
Hormel Foods Corp. has opened its newest production facility, Papillion Foods, in Papillion, Nebraska, which will make dry sausage products, according to a…
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Birmingham convention and sports entity extends contract with Centerplate, Sodexo
January 6, 2021
Centerplate and parent company Sodexo will continue serving guests at the Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex and Legacy Arena under an exclusive contract…
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Five Star Food Service acquires 4 operating companies in Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio
January 5, 2021
Five Star Food Service Inc., based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, has acquired an Owensboro, Kentucky-based franchise group comprised of four operating companies…
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Nestle expanding Arkansas plant to produce Hot Pockets, will add 100 jobs
January 4, 2021
Nestle will invest more than $100 million to expand its Jonesboro, Arkansas facility, bringing at least 100 jobs in the next two years, according to…
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Aramark Northern Europe names managing director
December 30, 2020
Helen Milligan-Smith Aramark Northern Europe has named Helen Milligan-Smith as managing director of Aramark UK Onshore, beginning on Jan. 4, taking…
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US dietary guidelines offer new guidance for infants, toddlers
December 30, 2020
The U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services have jointly published the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2020-2025. The guidelines…
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Tyson Foods names investor relations VP
December 28, 2020
Megan Britt Tyson Foods, Inc. has named Megan Britt as the company's vice president of investor relations, according to a press release. She begins…
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