The International Franchise Association (IFA) wants to challenge a Seattle law raising the city’s minimum wage to $15 before the U.S. Supreme Court. In June 2014, the Seattle City Council approved a $15 minimum wage, which is structured to rise in increments. Companies with at least 500 workers must have the $15 minimum wage in place by […]
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Schwan Food Co. To Form Chef Collective, And More…
Foodservice News In Brief… The Schwan Food Co. has formed Schwan’s Chef Collective, a team of up-and-coming chefs from across the U.S. who will assist in developing the next generation of Schwan-branded frozen foods. The announcement comes on the heels of the company’s commitment to removing four ingredient groups from foods sold by every subsidiary […]
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Groupon Names Top 10 Cities With The Friendliest Local Businesses
Groupon has unveiled its annual Best of Groupon collection, which celebrates local businesses across the country for outstanding service and the popularity of their Groupon campaigns. In recognition of this distinction, Groupon analyzed customer satisfaction ratings to determine which places had the friendliest local businesses in the nation. “Our annual Best of Groupon collection highlights […]
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NRA Testifies On Washington, D.C., Scheduling Bill
A restrictive new scheduling proposal in Washington, D.C., could reduce job growth for the District’s restaurant industry, National Restaurant Association (NRA) representative said at a recent hearing. The Hours and Scheduling Stability Act of 2015, pending in the D.C. City Council, would apply to restaurant chains with 20 or more stores and retail operations of at least […]
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NACS To Launch Weekly Podcast, And More…
Convenience Stores News In Brief… The National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) will launch a weekly podcast exploring convenience store industry issues. Called “Convenience Matters,” the podcast will feature a NACS representative who will explore an issue and welcome guests to talk about subjects relevant to the convenience store industry. The podcasts will be available […]
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Bipartisan Child Nutrition Bill Passes Committee, And More…
Foodservice News In Brief… The U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee’s has passed the Improving Child Nutrition Integrity and Access Act of 2016, advancing the bill to the full Senate. This bipartisan bill would reauthorize expired child nutrition programs and make it easier to serve meals to children year-round. The bill allows some states to provide summer […]
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Wienerschnitzel Unveils Express Format
Wienerschnitzel, “Home of America’s Favorite Chili Dog,” exhibited at the NACS Show for the first time in 2015 to promote its new Express model. The concept is being tested at a Colorado convenience store and is performing significantly above expectations. The franchisee operating the test location, Tobey Williams, operations director of Rocky Mountain C-Stores, spoke […]
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Arby’s Sets Broad Expansion Plan With U.S. Beef, And More…
Foodservice News In Brief… Arby’s Restaurant Group, parent company of the franchisor of the Arby’s brand, has reached a new development agreement with its largest franchisee, United States Beef Corp., to open 70 new restaurants over the next seven years. This equates to an average of 10 new restaurants per year between 2016 and 2022… […]
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Papa John’s Eliminates Artificial Flavors From Menu
Papa John’s says it is the first national pizza chain to remove artificial flavors and synthetic colors from its entire food menu. This includes all pizza ingredients, pizza toppings, dessert items and sauce selections. “We closed out 2015 announcing our commitment to serve chicken raised without antibiotics and are ringing in the New Year artificial […]
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GE Move To Boost Restaurants In Boston Seaport District, And More…
Foodservice News In Brief… General Electric, in a major economic benefit to Boston and its restaurants, has selected Boston’s Seaport District for its corporate headquarters location. Employees will move to a temporary location in Boston starting this summer, with a full move completed in several steps by 2018. In Boston, GE will have about 800 […]
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Panera Bread To Offer ‘Clean Soup Menu,’ And More…
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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Fast Food Chains Compete In Value Meals, And More…
Foodservice News In Brief… Burger King and Pizza Hut are the latest fast food chains to unveil meal deals. Burger King has unveiled a new, five-item meal for $4. The fast-food chain is competing to catch up with McDonald’s McPick 2 and Wendy’s 4 for $4 deals. Burger King’s promotion provides small fries, a small drink, […]
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C-Stores Optimistic For 2016 With Growth In Food Sales, Low Gas Prices
Convenience store retailers expect the robust sales of 2015 to continue into the first quarter of 2016, according to the results of a survey released by the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS). Retailers said that overall sales in 2015 were strong, with more than three in four (78 percent) reporting an increase in foodservice […]
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Chefs See Locally Sourced Meats And Seafood As Driving Trend In 2016
The National Restaurant Association (NRA) annually explores the top menu trends for the coming year. For this year’s What’s Hot culinary forecast, the NRA surveyed nearly 1,600 professional chefs—members of the American Culinary Federation (ACF)—to find which foods, beverages and culinary themes will be hot on restaurant menus in 2016. The top 20 food trends from the NRA-ACF […]
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Deadline Nears For MRA Annual Awards Nominations, And More…
Foodservice News In Brief… The deadline to nominate candidates for the Massachusetts Restaurant Association (MRA) Awards is Wednesday, Jan. 6. The evening dinner event will be held at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center on Monday, March 14, the second day of the New England Food Show. Nomination categories are Business Partner of the Year, […]
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Dannon Teams Up With Feeding America To Provide 1.6M Meals
Foodservice operators, consumers and The Dannon Co. of White Plains, New York, recently rallied around Dannon’s “Sack Hunger” campaign to support the fight to end hunger in the U.S., raising more than 1.6 million meals in three months. The Sack Hunger program was initiated through a unique partnership between Danone Food Service, the NFL and long-standing partner Feeding […]
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Subway Transitioning To Cage-Free Eggs
Subway has become the latest to commit to serve only eggs from cage-free layer hens across its 30,000 North American locations by 2025, a transition that has already begun in select U.S. and Canadian markets. On Dec. 22, Nestlé said it would transition to using only cage-free eggs in all of its U.S. food products […]
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2016 Flavor Of The Year: Coconut
Firmenich, the world’s largest privately-owned company in the fragrance and flavor business, has revealed that coconut is the Flavor of the Year for 2016. Used for centuries in Southeast Asian cuisine, coconut was only embraced globally in the last decade. Before, in much of the western world, coconut would mainly conjure up images of sugary-sweet […]
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Papa John’s Pizza Moves To Antibiotic-Free Chicken
Papa John’s says that by summer 2016 its grilled chicken pizza toppings and chicken poppers will consist of poultry that is raised without human and animal antibiotics, as well as fed a 100 percent vegetarian diet. Papa John’s is the first national pizza chain to pledge removal of antibiotics from some of its chicken. The […]
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U.S. Le Cordon Bleu Schools To Close In 2017, And More…
Foodservice News In Brief… Sixteen Le Cordon Bleu schools in the U.S., including one in Cambridge, Massachusetts, will close. The last new students will be those enrolled by Jan. 4. The campuses will shutter in January 2017 after all students complete courses… Boston city health officials cleared Chipotle Mexican Grille’s Cleveland Circler location to open […]