AIB Names Ogle Chief Financial Officer & Vice President, Finance & IT
Tom Ogle has been named AIB International’s Chief Financial Officer and Vice President, Finance and IT. He will officially join the company Feb 2, 2015. …
Month: January 2015
US Gluten-Free Food Retail Market Reaches $973 Million
The gluten-free market is cementing its staying power as more than a mere dietary fad and continues to make national headlines, including a recent announcement by popular foodservice chain Pizza Hut that it will begin offering gluten-free pizza. In the retail sector, sales of gluten-free foods posted an impressive compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 34% over the five-year period ended in 2014, when market sales reached $973 million, according to market research publisher Packaged Facts in the recently released report Gluten-Free Foods in the U.S., 5th Edition. …
How The Cronut King Is Changing The Way Bakeries Work
You probably know Dominique Ansel, one of the world’s best pastry chefs, for creating the Cronut. But his newly announced second shop, Dominique Ansel Kitchen, won’t serve the viral croissant-donut hybrid at all when it opens this spring in New York's West Village neighborhood. Instead, he’s moving forward with another, potentially more radical idea in baked goods: Rather than selling pastries that have been sitting in a display case all day, most everything served at the Kitchen will be made-to-order for customers right in front of their eyes. …
LA Schools To Double Number Of Students Served Dinner
Many of the students at Kingsley Elementary School in a low-income neighborhood of Los Angeles eat breakfast and lunch provided by the school. For the nearly 100 enrolled in the afterschool program, another meal is served: supper. …
Restaurants Canada Welcomes Dairy Price Drop
A recent decision by the Canadian Dairy Commission (CDC) to reduce dairy prices by 1.8 per cent is good news for restaurateurs, consumers and producers. After years of exceeding the cost of dairy production, dairy prices are coming down for the first time. …