Month: November 2018

Improving Business Efficiency By 20% For A Gourmet Food Store: SpendEdge's New Cost Analysis Engagement

November 30, 2018 SpendEdge

SpendEdge, a well-known procurement intelligence solution provider, has announced the completion of their cost analysis study for a food industry client. The client is a leading player in the gourmet food industry, specializing in the manufacture of freshly made and prepared foods, marinates, and home meal solutions. Based out of Boston, Massachusetts, the client generates an annual revenue of over USD 20 billion. …

Murray's Cheese Turns Its Old Cheese Caves Into A Subterranean Event Space

November 30, 2018 Abigail Abesamis, Forbes

At 3 Leroy Street there’s a plain storefront simply marked with a logo made up of the letters L and R. A small placard instructs visitors to “ring for laundry,” and once buzzed in guests are led through a long, narrow and dimly-lit hallway lined with textured wallpaper featuring vibrant gold and deep, earthy tones. It quickly becomes clear that this is no laundromat. …

Illinois Dairy Farmer Participates In McDonald’s Sustainability Experience

November 30, 2018 Dairy Management Inc.

McDonald’s hosted a McCafé Sustainability Journey Experience in downtown Chicago on Nov. 29. The event was designed to bring consumers to a Columbian coffee farm and show how McDonald’s is committed to making McCafé beverages sustainable, from the coffee to the milk to the cream made possible thanks to America’s dairy farmers. Illinois dairy farmer Amy Hildebrandt was on site with two coffee farmers from Columbia to talk about the sustainable practices on her dairy. Attendees were able to enjoy a McCafé latte or specialty coffee with milk. Dairy Management Inc., which manages the national dairy checkoff, has had a partnership with McDonald’s since 2009. …

Global Dairy Associations Call On G20 Leaders To Support The WTO

November 30, 2018 IDFA, NMPF, U.S. DEC

The International Dairy Foods Association, the National Milk Producers Federation and the U.S. Dairy Export Council joined their global counterparts in issuing the following statement. The dairy groups urged the G20 ministers meeting this week in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to prioritize maintaining, reforming and reinvigorating the World Trade Organization (WTO), which is the multilateral rules-based trading system. …

Dairy CEO Calls Signing USMCA Without Lifting Section 232 Tariffs A ‘Hollow Victory’

November 30, 2018 The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA)

The International Dairy Foods Association issued the following statement by Michael Dykes, D.V.M., IDFA president and CEO, regarding the signing today of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) during the G20 Summit Meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina. …