House Republicans are proposing a one-year delay on new FDA menu labeling rules that require restaurants, convenience stores, pizza chains and grocery stores to display the calorie counts of their food items. Without a delay, the requirements are scheduled to take effect in December. The proposed delay was included in an agriculture spending bill. Earlier […]
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Institute Of Culinary Education Moves To Lower Manhattan
The Institute of Culinary Education (ICE) has opened its new location at Brookfield Place in Lower Manhattan. The historic move marks the school’s 40th anniversary and follows record-high career student enrollment. It also is the largest culinary education facility built in a major American city in more than a decade. The new 74,000-s.f. facility is considerably […]
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Specialty Food Association Launches Consumer-Retail Ad Campaign
The Specialty Food Association is launching its first-ever ad campaign and retail test designed to build consumer awareness and engagement with specialty food. The theme is “Celebrate Specialty Food. Craft. Care. Joy.” The campaign is built around the upcoming 2015 Summer Fancy Food Show, June 28-30 at the Javits Center in New York City. The consumer […]
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Massachusetts Retail Liquor License Limit Increases By Two, And More…
Supermarket News In Brief… According to the Massachusetts Food Association (MFA), on Jan. 1, 2016, the Massachusetts limit on the number of liquor licenses an entity can hold increases from the current limit of five stores to seven stores. The limit of three licenses per entity increased to the current limit of five on Jan. […]
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Eby-Brown Wins CargoNet ‘Best In Security’ Award, And More…
Convenience Store News In Brief… Eastern USA convenience store distributor Eby-Brown Co. of Naperville, Illinois, recently was recognized by CargoNet with the 2014 “Best in Cargo Security Award.” The award recognizes CargoNet members that have demonstrated best practices in cargo security through the use of the CargoNet program in addition to their own security protocols. […]
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Starbucks Closing La Boulange Cafes, And More…
Food Service News In Brief… Three years after acquiring San Francisco-based La Boulange, Starbucks plans to close all 23 of the bakery cafés, noting that the stores were not “sustainable for the company’s long-term growth.” The stores are closing, but branded La Boulange foods will remain on the menu at Starbucks locations in the U.S. […]
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GMA Cites Costs And Challenges In Vermont Labeling Law, And More…
New Channels News In Brief… The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) says the enormous costs, complexities and challenges for food manufacturers to comply with Vermont’s food labeling mandate show the critical need for Congress to pass federal legislation setting a uniform national food labeling standard. Vermont’s state labeling mandate on foods with genetically modified organisms (GMOs) […]
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CST Brands And CrossAmerica Announce Dropdown Transactions, Acquisition Of One Stop Stores
CST Brands Inc. and CrossAmerica Partners LP have announced two dropdown transactions totaling approximately $261.5 million between CST Brands and CrossAmerica. The transactions are expected to close in the third quarter of 2015. In addition, CrossAmerica has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the One Stop convenience store network, based in Charleston, West Virginia, that […]