Florida State Florist Association Names Florida Floral Designer Of The Year

Josh McWilliams, floral designer from Crevasse's Florist in Thornebrook Village started with a bridal boutonniere to make sure he gave himself enough time for the small, intricate work involved.

1-800-Flowers.com, Inc. Sues Small Florist, Flowers.ms

July 28, 2011 Flowers, LLC

Flowers, LLC and manager Hur Guler have been sued by 1-800-Flowers.com, Inc. for alleged trademark infringement. (case number 2:2011cv01038 filed in New York Eastern District Court) 1-800-Flowers claims that the defendant has engaged in trademark infringement by bidding on various keywords and purchasing sponsored ads using various search engines, Google, Yahoo and Bing.

Carl Buddig & Company Selects Datalliance For Vendor Managed Inventory Program

July 28, 2011 Carl Buddig & Company

Datalliance announced today that Carl Buddig & Company has selected the Datalliance VMI service as the foundation technology for their Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) program. Buddig is a leading manufacturer of branded and private label sliced lunch meats which are available at retail food outlets such as Walmart, Kroger, Aldi, Supervalu/Albertson's, Safeway, Food Lion, Meijer, Publix, HEB, Giant Eagle, Roundy's, and many others.

Cheese Expert Will Visit Five St. Louis Shnucks This Weekend

Renowned cheese expert Max McCalman will be in town this week to lead cheese tastings and sign books, but don't be surprised if he slips in some evangelism for raw-milk cheeses.

Cheeseworks To Be Renamed CWI Specialty Foods, Inc.

Cheeseworks, Inc. announced today it will be changing its name on August 1st to CWI Specialty Foods, Inc. Cheeseworks President and CEO Robert A. Sigel said: “Our new name reflects our new ownership, as well as a new beginning for a company with a long history of being a leader in importing, distributing and marketing quality cheese and other fine food products.”