Month: January 2016

Georgia’s oysters are prized for their intensely salty flavor, but you won’t often find them served on the half shell. That’s because oysters don’t like to be by themselves here. Instead, they clump together, making them perfect for traditional oyster roasts but not so suitable for the restaurant market. …

Premium toast has quickly become a popular item on menus across the country. In fact, Flavor & The Menu included it as one of their top ten flavor trends for 2015. Foodservice operators can take advantage of this rising trend with artisan bread recipes in the new Top Toast program from Euro-Bake®. …

Gordon Food Service celebrated the grand opening of its 300,000-square-foot distribution center in Kannapolis, North Carolina, 27 miles northeast of Charlotte. Attending the event were North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory, Kannapolis Mayor Darrell Hinnant, Gordon Food Service CEO Jim Gordon, Gordon Food Service Carolinas Division General Manager Mike Sprenger, and Gordon Food Service President of U.S. Distribution Scott Nicholson. …

The United States Potato Board (USPB) announces the hiring of Travis Howard as the Executive Chef of the recently launched Spud Nation Food Truck program. Spud Nation is the first food truck owned by farmers to inspire consumers with a field-to-fork potato adventure. This innovative new approach to potato marketing was unveiled to an excited audience by USPB CEO Blair Richardson during POTATO EXPO 2016 in Las Vegas. …

Perdue Foodservice is proud to launch PERDUE® HARVESTLAND® USDA Certified Organic Fresh and Frozen Chicken. Since introducing NO ANTIBIOTICS EVER™ products, Perdue has been leading the way in powerful advantage-driven poultry claims, such as “no antibiotics ever” and “all-vegetarian-fed,” while earning praise from consumer and public interest groups across the country. Following the recent announcement that the company is now raising more than half of its chicken with no antibiotics of any kind, Perdue continues to lead the way by offering free-range, USDA Certified Organic chicken in the foodservice channel. …