Month: September 2013

Sitting around a u-shaped conference table at the historic Hotel Gavez on Galveston Island, Top Chef Texas winner Chef Paul Qui joined 11 other Gulf chefs and a dozen other seafood industry leaders to quiz and question a local fisherman on how better communications could be established between the water and the plate. …

A&W announced that all of its burgers are now made with beef that has been raised without any added steroids or hormones and contains no added preservatives or additives. A&W is proud to be the first national burger restaurant to serve this better beef. …

With employees, officials and management posing with shovels in photo-op shifts, Gordon Food Service broke ground Monday on what’s expected to be the region’s largest new distribution center in years. …

Large and middle market restaurant companies, as well as franchisees of top-tier brands, have ready access to capital, but franchisees of smaller brands are finding it more challenging to secure debt financing, according to Bob Bielinski, Managing Director of CIT Corporate Finance, Retail and Restaurants at CIT Group Inc. …

The National Fisheries Institute (NFI) and the National Restaurant Association (NRA) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) as part of an effort to join forces in the fight against seafood fraud. …