QuickChek and Cumberland Farms have new locations on Long Island, New York, that emphasize foodservice and fuel service, according to local newspaper Newsday. The Cumberland Farms store opened Feb. 28 and features a fast-casual restaurant with three self-service ordering kiosks and 12 fuel pumps. In March, QuickChek will debut its fifth “fresh convenience market” concept with […]
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US Foods’ New Chef’Store Brings Wholesale Prices To Texas Shoppers
US Foods Holding Corp. yesterday celebrated the grand opening of its fifth Chef’Store, located in Farmers Branch, Texas. Chef’Store is a wholesale food and restaurant supply store designed as a one-stop shop for chefs, restaurant owners and other food industry professionals, but it is open to the public as well. The store features an assortment […]
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Parker’s Brings ‘Kitchen’ Concept To More Georgia, South Carolina Stores
Parker’s, a c-store chain focused on foodservice, has expanded its Parker’s Kitchen concept—which offers fresh, hot Southern-inspired food made from scratch daily—to 29 stores in Georgia and South Carolina. When Parker’s opens its newest store on Lady’s Island, South Carolina, in April, the company will offer foodservice at 30 locations. In addition, the company has […]
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Whole Foods Market 365 To Open First Long Beach Store April 25
Whole Foods Market 365 will open its first store in Long Beach, California, and eighth store nationwide on Wednesday, April 25. The 28,000-s.f. store at 3881 Lakewood Boulevard will be the third Whole Foods Market 365 in Southern California, joining Santa Monica and Silver Lake locations. All products sold in the store are free of […]
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Blount Fine Foods Promotes Bigelow To Chief Innovation Officer
As part of Blount Fine Foods‘ investment in product innovation, the company recently promoted William Bigelow from a member of the research and development (R&D) department to chief innovation officer. Blount Fine Foods is a Fall River, Massachusetts-based manufacturer of soups, entrées and side dishes for retail and foodservice. According to Todd Blount, president and […]
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Dumac Combines Restaurant, Grocery POS Capabilities In One System
Dumac Business Systems Inc., a point-of-sale (POS) hardware, software and services company, has released a new module for its RORCv6 POS solution that supports the growing trend of grocerants—supermarkets offering in-store eateries. This suite of features, which includes both a kitchen display system and kiosk application, will enable grocers to manage grocery and in-store restaurant […]
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Kroger’s Culinary Innovation Center Now Open In Downtown Cincy
The Kroger Co. has opened its new test kitchen and training facility in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio, called the Culinary Innovation Center. Among the benefits of the new center for Kroger is the ability to grow its Prep+Pared Meal Kits this year, in both flavors and footprint. Daniel Hammer, Kroger’s VP of culinary development and new […]
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7-Eleven Adds Pizza For The Morning Crowd
Participating 7-Eleven stores have added a new choice to their breakfast menus. The new item is a ready-to-eat breakfast pizza made with smoked bacon, breakfast sausage, hickory-smoked ham, scrambled eggs, cheddar and mozzarella cheese, and peppered cream gravy on top of a flaky biscuit crust. The hot breakfast pizza is part of 7-Eleven stores’ two-for-$2 […]