Food Service Report News In Brief Baristas at all Starbucks stores will be encouraged to talk to patrons about race relations beginning next week… Restaurant sales declined along with other major retail sectors in February. Despite the downtick, the outlook for restaurant sales growth is optimistic for the remainder of 2015, as the underlying fundamentals […]
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Burris Logistics Renews Supply Pact With The Fresh Market
Burris Logistics, a Milford, Delaware-based provider of customized retail distribution services specializing in temperature controlled supply chain solutions, has renewed a supply agreement with The Fresh Market, a North Carolina-based specialty grocery retailer with revenues of more than $1.7 billion and stores in 27 states across the U.S. “When we began to redesign the supply […]
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New York-Based Acme Smoked Fish Opens SE Facility, And More…
New Channels News In Brief… Acme Smoked Fish Corp., manufacturer of Acme, Blue Hill Bay, Ruby Bay and Great American smoked and cured seafood, has opened its largest cold smoked salmon facility in Wilmington, North Carolina. The 100,000-s.f. state-of-the-art facility was built to initially produce 10 million pounds of cold smoked salmon per year. The […]
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Retailer Attendance Is Free For NECSA Trade Show
Attendance to the New England Convenience Store Association (NECSA) 2015 Trade Show, March 18 at the DCU Center in Worcester, Massachusetts, is free for any retailer, and the retailer does not need to be a NECSA member. Lisa Lawinger Brown, director of programs and events for NECSA, says all retail store operators are welcome to […]
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Harvest Hill Buys American Beverage Co., And More…
C-Store News In Brief… Harvest Hill Beverage Co. has signed a purchase agreement to acquire American Beverage Corp. (ABC) from Wessanen for approximately $55 million. Based in Stamford, Connecticut, Harvest Hill was formed in June 2014 to acquire the Juicy Juice brand from Nestlé USA Inc. ABC manufactures and markets fruit drinks, ready-to-drink alcoholic drinks and […]
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Sysco Extends Merger Agreement With US Foods Until May 7
Sysco Corp. has extended its merger agreement with US Foods by 60 days, to May 7—two days after lawsuit hearings on the merger are scheduled to begin. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has sued to block the merger and has requested a preliminary injunction to stay the merger until the lawsuit is heard. Hearings on […]
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NJFC Joins Groups To Overturn Mandatory Paid Sick Leave
The New Jersey Food Council (NJFC) recently joined five other Trenton-based business associations that filed a complaint to overturn a Trenton ordinance providing for mandatory paid sick leave. The NJFC joined the New Jersey Business & Industry Association, New Jersey State Chamber of Commerce, New Jersey Restaurant Association, New Jersey Retail Merchants Association and National Federation […]
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Vail To Succeed Retiring Hannaford President Wise
Brad Wise will retire as president of Hannaford Supermarkets on June 30. Last week Hannaford named Michael Vail, current chief merchant and supply chain officer, to succeed Wise as president. Vail, a 29-year veteran of the company, has served as a retail management trainee, store manager, district manager, category manager and director of deli merchandising. […]