Articles Tagged with ''foodservice''

Back when V8 engines ruled the road, movie theaters had ashtrays, and terms like "Google" and "Twitter" meant nothing, there was one Asian cuisine that found a place on the plates of American consumers – Chinese food.

Performance Food Group, Richmond, Va., said it will add 35,000 square feet to its 80,000-square-foot multi-temp foodservice distribution center  in Springfield, Mo.

Foodservice distributor Jake’s Finer Foods, Houston, said it expects by April  to purchase certain assets of Gourmet Ranch.

I scream. You scream. We all scream for ice cream. Foodservice trends researcher Technomic Inc., Chicago, says a love affair with ice cream is perhaps just as American as apple pie.

Having spurned offers from Brazil's JBS and others, global food and beverage giant Sara Lee Corp., Downers Grove, Ill., announced last week that it would spin off the company's two major business units into separate public businesses.

JTM Food Group says foodservice trends directed the company's latest new products.

A day after its general announcement, frozen seafood processor High Liner Foods Incorporated, Lunenburg, N.S., said it has plans to acquire Viking Seafoods, Inc.

What's hot when it comes to restaurant menu trends? The National Restaurant Association (NRA) says it put that question directly to more than 1,500 professional chefs.

As lawmakers move to legislate healthier eating in the U.S., it appears that Americans are beating them to the punch, says The NPD Group, Chicago.

Already a leader in the U.S. retail refrigerated yogurt category, Danone, Paris, said it agreed to purchase foodservice frozen yogurt mix supplier YoCream International Inc., Portland, Ore., for $103 million.