Month: April 2018

With mushroom popularity increasing nationwide as a functional, versatile and sustainable ingredient, restaurants can tap into consumers’ “fungi frenzy” by signing up for the James Beard Foundation’s annual Blended Burger Project™ (BBP). The summer-long competition challenges chefs to create and menu a better burger by blending finely chopped mushrooms with meat. As part of this year’s program, JBF is also offering greater opportunities for participating restaurants to earn top honors. …

More than 200 supermarket retailers, wholesalers, and food industry state association executives from across the nation convened in Washington, DC today for the annual “Day in Washington” Supermarket Industry fly-in. …

Walmart today announced it expects to spend an estimated $200 million over the next year in Florida through the opening and remodeling of 43 stores as well as the rollout of several in-store and online innovations designed to help busy customers save time and money. The spend is part of Walmart’s total capital expenditures guidance of approximately $11.0 billion for Fiscal Year 2019, which was outlined last October at the company’s annual meeting for the investment community and reiterated in February 2018. …