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Study: Restaurant industry, foodservice operators express fear of rising food, labor costs

Restaurants and other foodservice establishments plan to fight back by updating their menu offerings, negotiating better terms with suppliers and creating digital services like online ordering, the study says.
May 18, 2017
The restaurant industry and other foodservice operators are on a tear, with sales growth outpacing retail for a decade and revenues surpassing retail for the first time in 2015, according to a new study by L.E.K. Consulting, Boston.
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J&J Family of Farms forms partnership with Little River Produce

Little River Produce expanded to almost 1,000 acres of annual production to grow high-quality bell peppers, green zucchini squash, yellow squash, eggplant, cucumbers, specialty peppers and sweet potatoes.
May 17, 2017
J&J Family of Farms, Loxahatchee, Fla., formed a new partnership with Little River Produce, Lake Park, Ga.
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Crown Equipment dealer opens new facility in Washington

The facility will provide customers with a complete selection of material handling technologies, products and services.
May 16, 2017
NorthWest Handling Systems, Inc., a Seattle, Wash.-based lift truck dealer for Crown Equipment Corp., New Bremen, Ohio, opened a new facility in Union Gap, Wash.
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NPD Group: Market for plant-based meat alternatives still evolving

The 27 million consumers claiming to follow a plant-based diet aren’t necessarily consuming plant-based dairy and meat alternatives.
May 16, 2017
According to The NPD Group, Chicago, the market for plant-based alternatives is still evolving, as consumers begin to leverage these items due to food allergies or the search for more healthful options.
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Survey: Consumers still seek nutrition information, but many doubt food choices

The vast majority of consumers—eight in 10 (78%)—say that they encounter a lot of conflicting information about what to eat/avoid.
May 16, 2017
Americans are consuming food information from more sources than ever before, yet their nutritional literacy is sorely lacking, according to the 12th Annual Food and Health Survey, released by the International Food Information Council Foundation (IFIC), Washington, D.C.
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Butterball expands Warsaw, NC cold storage facility

The state-of-the-art facility, which serves as Butterball’s southeast distribution center, will handle more than 600 million pounds of product annually.
May 16, 2017
Butterball, LLC, Garner, N.C., expanded its United States Cold Storage facility in Warsaw, N.C.
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