Month: June 2012

An exclusive and intimate gathering of U.S. foodservice seafood buyers— and the suppliers interested in doing business with them—is scheduled for October 16–18, 2012 at the Marriott Coral Springs/Fort Lauderdale. The new hosted-buyer event is the second in a series of highly efficient FirstSource networking events serving vertical seafood industry segments. FirstSource: Foodservice Seafood is limited exclusively to high-volume restaurant chain, foodservice management, GPO, hotel chain, cruise line, and college and university foodservice buyers. …

The Golden Corral restaurant chain celebrated good taste when it added zesty new pork entrees to its Endless Lunch and Dinner Buffets during a recent promotion. …

ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston Boardman and Paterson plants are winners of a 2012 Sustainable Development Award from ConAgra Foods. The plants were recognized for employee efforts to responsibly manage the use of electricity within their operations and reduce greenhouse emissions. …

Different strokes for different folks applies when it comes to morning meal food and beverage choices, according to a study conducted by The NPD Group, a leading market research company.  NPD finds that the motivations driving morning food and beverage choices vary by age and gender. …