Month: August 2018

The 2018 Florida Restaurant & Lodging Show will be offering two exciting competitions for chefs and bartenders to enter and have the chance to win $1,000, bragging rights and gain exposure to over 100 media outlets as well as 8,000 industry peers. Both competitions, Hip Sip: Battle of the Modern Bartender and The Rapid Fire Challenge: Chicken, Honey and Beer Edition are looking for leading bartenders and chefs to compete at the Expo taking place at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, September 6-8, 2018. …

The top 10 companies in the Power 50 ranking continued to grow market share in 2017, adding another percentage point of sales share and now accounting for 90.5% of the Power 50’s total sales volume of $128 billion. While major players may still have interest in acquiring direct competitors, companies are also motivated to complete smaller acquisitions to create efficiencies. These findings and more can be found in Technomic’s recently released Power 50 U.S. Broadline Distributor Report, now available for purchase. …

New Orleans resident Liz Williams can recall her earliest memory of Creole cream cheese: her grandmother would bring it in from the milkman while Williams foraged in the backyard for fresh figs and berries to sprinkle on top. …

Tastemakers from across the country joined James Beard Foundation (JBF) CEO Clare Reichenbach last night at the James Beard House to kick off the Foundation’s 2018 Taste America. Spanning six weeks from September 28 to November 17, the sixth annual traveling series will bring unique dining and educational programs to ten culinary destinations across the country. …

Sysco Corporation announced it will host a groundbreaking ceremony for government officials, associates and other members of the community at its FreshPoint Dallas facility on August 6, 2018, at 9:30 a.m. CT. FreshPoint, Sysco’s specialty produce company, is North America’s leading produce distributor. The facility will have a FreshCuts processing and production room for fresh cut produce, and a Reyco system that takes waste (core, seeds, skin, etc.) and grinds it for compost, saving fuel and energy and reducing the Company’s carbon footprint. …