Category: Northeast

The Mass. Restaurant Assn. is reminding members that Form 8027 used by establishments to make annual reports to the IRS on receipts from food or beverage operations and tips reported by employees is due by March 2 for manual forms and electronic forms are due by March 31. Two conditions apply for using the form: […]

TGI Fridays Inc., in relationship with Microsoft Corp., is equipping servers with 8-inch tablets so they can quickly and accurately process orders and payments while at the table. Oracle’s MICROS RES 5.4 allows TGI Fridays to manage the various aspects of running a restaurant, from tableside ordering to traffic and queue management, all from one […]

Golbon, a national food service buying group based in Boise, Idaho, announced the addition of Arnold’s & Eddie’s Foods of Chicopee, Mass., known as Arnie’s Meats Inc., to its buying group. Arnie’s Meats has grown dramatically since 1974. Four small trucks have increased to 10 large trucks making deliveries five days a week from Nyak, […]

Merchant Cash & Capital, an alternative finance company, has formed a partnership with the New York State Restaurant Association (NYSRA), the largest trade association in New York and the official voice of the more than 50,000 restaurants in New York. “Restaurants have funding needs that are often not met by traditional funders,” says Stephen Sheinbaum, […]

Giant Food Stores in Carlisle, Pa., announced a partnership with its sister company Peapod to provide online grocery shopping services to more than 60 communities in greater Harrisburg and York, Pa. A new fulfillment facility in Camp Hill will service these communities. Approximately 50 new jobs have been created, which include personal shoppers and delivery […]

Stop & Shop has launched its exclusive brand of new World Menu products. These internationally inspired items feature quality ingredients and bold flavors, including many Italian and Asian favorites. The 50-item line is found throughout the store, with a large variety in the frozen department. Some items are ricotta and spinach tortellini paired with broccoli […]

Haddon House of Medford, N.J., has joined the IX-ONE product data and image exchange as a charter member. The goal of IX-ONE is to provide clean, accurate and standardized product data and images to the trade. Haddon House will work closely with IX-ONE to help grow the exchange and strongly encourage the participation of its […]

Stew Leonard’s will open its fifth store and first grocery store location on Long Island in Farmingdale, N.Y., in early 2016. The family-owned and -operated store, nicknamed the “Disneyland of Dairy Stores” by The New York Times, was founded as a dairy store in 1969 in Norwalk, Conn., and has grown to include three other […]