Month: December 2013

Pizza Pizza, Canada's leading pizza chain, recently launched its "Club 11-11" loyalty program, which is exclusive to Pizza Pizza and offers a hybrid loyalty and gift card all-in-one. Consumers will earn dough for doing something they've been doing consistently, and increasingly, for more than 46 years: enjoying Pizza Pizza's diverse menu. …

Move over, boring, traditional burgers. High Liner Foods, Inc. introduced the Ultimate Salmon Burger™, taking salmon burgers to the next level for the foodservice industry under High Liner’s FPI® brand portfolio. It’s the latest in a long line of seafood innovations introduced in High Liner Foods’ FPI brand. …

The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. (CHEF), a premier distributor of specialty food products in the United States, announced that it has acquired substantially all of the assets of Allen Brothers, Inc. (and its subsidiaries), based in Chicago, IL. Founded in 1893, Allen Brothers is a leading processor and distributor of premium quality meats to nearly 400 of the nation's finest restaurants, hotels, casinos and country clubs. In addition, Allen Brothers supplies many of those same high quality products to over 100,000 consumers through a direct mail and e-commerce platform. …

More than half of all foodborne illness outbreaks in the United States are associated with restaurants, delis, banquet facilities, schools and other institutions according to CDC's Surveillance for Foodborne Disease Outbreaks – United States, 1998-2008. …

Legacy Foodservice Alliance is excited to announce that Shelley's Foodservice, Jersey City, NJ, and Johnson Bros. Bakery Supply, Inc., San Antonio, TX, recently became members. …