Month: July 2015

Chobani, maker of America's #1 selling Greek Yogurt brand, announced today that it was selected by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) as the main provider of Greek Yogurt to K-12 school meal programs around the country. The company will offer its delicious, nutritious yogurt made with only natural ingredients at significantly reduced prices as part of its founding mission to provide better food for more people. The USDA program will help make authentic Chobani® Greek Yogurt available for nutrition professionals to put on school menus nationwide – allowing children to have healthy and delicious options for their lunch tray. …

Skip the Dishes expanded to Columbus last month as the first U.S. market for the Canadian business, which is in nine markets north of the border. …

To meet the growing demand for cleaner ingredient lines, Kraft Foodservice recently introduced the PURE Kraft brand – a collection of products made with no artificial colors, flavors or preservatives. Today, Kraft Foodservice is excited to introduce PURE Kraft Mayonnaise, a simple, flavorful mayonnaise containing no artificial colors, no artificial flavors, no artificial preservatives, no EDTA and no high fructose corn syrup. …

Customers are less satisfied with fast food as their discretionary income improves and preferences shift in favor of quality over price, according to new data from the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). Customer satisfaction with full-service restaurants holds steady at 82 on ACSI’s 100-point scale, while fast food restaurants fall 3.8 percent to 77, the lowest score in five years. The gap between fast food and full-service restaurants is the largest since 2010. …