Year: 2017

ERS’s Updated Food Environment Atlas Shows An Increase In Fast Food Restaurants Between 2009 And 2014

December 27, 2017 Alana Rhone, USDA ERS

ERS’s Food Environment Atlas assembles statistics on over 275 food environment indicators at the county or State level that can influence food choices and diet quality. One set of indicators focuses on store availability by providing a count of supermarkets, supercenters, grocery stores, and other stores that sell food—both in total and on a per capita basis—for each U.S. county. But Americans do not only purchase food from grocery stores and supercenters. Easy-to-access, cheap foods from fast food restaurants can compete with grocery store options. …

MAFSI Releases Commercial Foodservice Market Forecast For 2018

December 27, 2017 Manufacturers’ Agents Association for the Foodservice Industry (MAFSI)

The Manufacturers’ Agents Association for the Foodservice Industry (MAFSI), has released their annual Commercial Foodservice Market Forecast for 2018; a 24-page member-sourced report compiling industry intelligence from the leading sales and marketing agencies in the foodservice equipment and supply industry, in the United States and Canada. …

UK’s Largest Tomato Grower APS Group Secures Investment From Business Growth Fund

December 27, 2017 Chris Price, Kent Online

APS Group, which employs nearly 110 people across 12.5 hectares of glasshouses in Ash, near Canterbury, will be given a cash injection from Business Growth Fund, although the exact figure is not known. …

Palm Beach County Vegetable Crops Back On Track Post-Irma

December 27, 2017 Susan Salisbury, Palm Beach Post

Palm Beach County’s vegetable farming industry is largely recovered from Hurricane Irma, which ripped through the area in September, destroying early plantings and delaying the plantings of sweet corn, green beans and other holiday favorites. …

Prevail With Pink This February Thanks To Stemilt’s Pink Lady Program

December 27, 2017 Stemilt Growers

The day dedicated to candy hearts, Cupid’s Arrow and thornless roses may be a few months away, but that isn’t stopping Stemilt Growers, a family-owned tree fruit grower, packer, and shipper, from getting ahead of the curve with one of shoppers’ most beloved apples. Brianna Shales, communications manager at Stemilt suggests that retailers should be planning big Pink Lady® apple promotions now just in time for the most romantic day of the year. …