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Study: Convenience store design impacts consumer perceptions, purchases of foodservice items

This study helps readers to understand how evolving consumer demands and preferences for prepared foods and beverages can be met through convenience store design, décor and layout.
June 14, 2016
Store design plays a crucial role in attracting customers and driving foodservice sales in convenience stores, according to “Food-Forward C-store Design,” a study produced by Chicago-based Technomic and Chute Gerdeman, a retail branding and design agency based in Columbus, Ohio.
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Study: Private label, healthy foods are top growth drivers

Respondents attributed this growth prediction to secular industry trends currently favoring private label and healthy/nutritious foods.
June 14, 2016
Most food and beverage companies anticipate a significant increase in sales this year, according to the 2016 annual U.S. Food & Beverage Industry Study, released by WeiserMazars LLP.
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Cushman & Wakefield’s industrial research team launches update on U.S. food manufacturing

In the period of 2011-2015, 1,691 food processing projects were announced, of which 1,033 were expansions and 658 were new projects.
June 13, 2016
The first installment of “Good Eats & More Treats: Food Manufacturing and the Changing American Table” takes a critical look at several significant components of this vital industry, which is a significant employer and a major user of industrial space.
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McDonald's to move headquarters to downtown Chicago

The new headquarters will also house Hamburger University, providing a state-of-the-art learning center for the company's future leaders and employees.
June 13, 2016
McDonald's Corp., Oak Brook, Ill., announced plans to move of its corporate headquarters to downtown Chicago by the spring of 2018.
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TriMark acquires Adams-Burch

Adams-Burch is a wholesale distributor of foodservice equipment and supplies headquartered in Landover, Md.
June 13, 2016
TriMark USA, LLC, South Attleboro, Mass., acquired Adams-Burch, a wholesale distributor of foodservice equipment and supplies headquartered in Landover, Md.
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Farmer-owned cooperatives to explore joint ownership of Michigan cheese plant

The plant is expected to process 6 million pounds of milk a day and make 220 million pounds of American-style cheese annually.
June 10, 2016
Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), Kansas City, Mo., Foremost Farms USA, Baraboo, Wis., and Michigan Milk Producers Association (MMPA), Novi, Mich., committed to exploring joint ownership and operation of a major cheese processing plant in the Michigan.
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Fortune Fish & Gourmet acquires Coastal Seafoods

The acquisition will expand Fortune Fish’s service footprint to Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and areas of Northern Iowa and Northern Wisconsin.
June 10, 2016
Fortune Fish & Gourmet, Bensenville, Ill., announced plans to acquire Coastal Seafoods, a Minneapolis-based seafood purveyor and retailer.
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Canadian consumers opt for frozen foods amid rising produce prices

The average Canadian household will spend $8,631 on food, $2,416 of which will be outside the household (at restaurants), meaning that Canadian consumers will spend $345 more on food in 2016.
June 9, 2016
For 2016, the Food Institute is forecasting food inflation rates across Canada to be anywhere between 2-4%.
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Swisslog creates new regional software and controls hub for the Americas

The consolidation of these resources into one software and controls hub will permit Swisslog to provide region-specific functionality and market insight to the software team at a worldwide level.
June 9, 2016
Swisslog, Newport News, Va., formed a new software and controls hub, designed to strengthen its offerings by integrating FORTE’s software while also constructing a common platform for its customers.
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