Foodservice News In Brief… Panera Bread’s entire U.S. bakery-cafe soup menu no longer contains artificial colors, flavors, sweeteners and preservatives. Common commercial soup ingredients—such as hydrolyzed soy and corn protein, maltodextrin and sodium phosphate—no longer appear in any of the company’s bakery-cafe soups. Panera says its chefs also took the opportunity to focus on improving […]
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Wegmans Begins Installing Hearing Loops To Aid Customers, And More…
New Channels News In Brief… Wegmans Food Markets has begun to install induction hearing loop stations in its stores at pharmacy counters, customer service desks and designated checkout lanes. Sixteen Wegmans stores currently have these hearing assistance systems—at least one store in each of the six states where Wegmans operates. More will be added in […]
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Burtons Grill & Bar To Open Seven New Locations
Burtons Grill & Bar, a Massachusetts-based company dating back to 2005, has now grown into a hospitality destination with 10 full-service restaurant locations in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Virginia. Burtons currently has aggressive growth plans, with seven more locations set to open in the next two years, including in three additional states. Burtons […]
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General Mills Acquires Epic Meat Snacks Company
General Mills has acquired Epic Provisions, a premium natural meat snacks company based in Austin, Texas. It will operate under General Mills’ Annie’s business, which itself has experienced strong sales growth since General Mills acquired the company more than a year ago, according to General Mills. “The acquisition of Epic positions General Mills for exciting […]
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Roche Bros. To Close Sudbury Farms Store Jan. 16, And More…
Supermarket News In Brief… As previously announced, Roche Bros.’ will close Sudbury Farms store at 300 North Main Street in Randolph, Massachusetts, by no later than Jan. 16. Beginning Jan. 8, all existing store inventory is 20 percent off with the exclusion of lottery tickets and cigarettes. Randolph store associates have been offered positions in […]
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CST Brands Plans Real Estate Venture To Aid Expansion, And More…
Convenience Store News In Brief… CST Brands of San Antonio, Texas, owner of Nice N Easy convenience stores in New York and one of the largest independent retailers of motor fuels and convenience merchandise in North America, says its board of directors has authorized management to pursue a potential real estate venture. Through sale/leaseback leverage, […]
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Government Probes Chipotle Norovirus Case At California Location, And More…
Foodservice News In Brief… The federal government has launched an investigation into an outbreak of foodborne illness linked to one Chipotle Mexican Grill in Simi Valley, California, in which 80 customers and 18 workers fell ill. The FDA and Department of Justice have launched a joint investigation into the outbreak at the location… Cosi Inc. […]
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New Dietary Guidelines Stress Less Sugar And Salt In Diet, And More…
News Channels News In Brief… The USDA and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released the 2015-2020 nutritional guidelines, which recommended that no more than 10 percent of a person’s daily calories should be attributable to added sugar and that adults consume no more than 2,300mg of sodium daily… United Natural Foods […]