Right Recipe For Rural Business: Minnesota Baker Honored For Lifetime Achievement

April 5, 2017 Duluth News Tribune

Benson Bakery's second-generation patriarch Jerry Johannessen was inducted March 4 into the Upper Midwest Bakery Association Hall of Fame. The association honored Jerry in the lifetime achievement category during its annual convention in St. Cloud.

McDonald's USA Unveils Next Big Change: Fresh Beef Quarter Pounders

April 5, 2017 McDonald's

McDonald's USA announced that by mid-2018, it will serve fresh beef, prepared when ordered, in all Quarter Pounder burgers across the majority of its restaurants. The fresh beef burgers, cooked right when ordered, are the latest step the company has made to meet customers' changing expectations. All McDonald's burgers use 100 percent pure beef with absolutely no fillers, additives or preservatives.

Meet Sally, The Robot Who Makes Perfect Salads

April 5, 2017 Kate Krader, Bloomberg

Sally will make you the most perfectly proportioned salad you’ve ever eaten: through science. Sally is a green-and-brown robot, a brand-new creation from Chowbotics Inc. (that’s a real name) and a major new player in a potential multi-billion market for food-service robots.

JAB To Buy Bakery Chain Panera Bread In $7.5B Deal

April 5, 2017 Reuters

JAB, the owner of Caribou Coffee and Peet’s Coffee & Tea, said on Wednesday it would buy U.S. bakery chain Panera Bread in a deal valued at about $7.5 billion, including debt, as it expands its coffee and breakfast empire.

SupHerb Farms Redesigns Website To Optimize Customer Experience

April 5, 2017 SupHerb Farms®

In launching its redesigned website, SupHerb Farms, a leading innovator and supplier of fresh tasting IQF ingredient solutions for the foodservice and food manufacturing industries, moves into a new era in customer service. Among the goals for the new site: dynamic visuals, improved content, user-friendly navigation, and easy mobile access.