McDonald’s Started Using Fresh Meat. Here’s What Happened to Sales

Last year, the burger chain switched to fresh beef quarter-pound burgers from frozen at most of its stores in the contiguous United States. That change has led to a 30% spike in sales of quarter pounders on average over the past 12 months, the company said Monday.

US Foods Scholars Announces Nine New Scholarship Recipients

June 26, 2019 US Foods

US Foods Holding Corp. (NYSE: USFD) today announced the newest group of culinary arts students chosen to receive US Foods Scholars scholarships. A total of nine students from the Arizona, Chicago and New York City markets were selected to receive $20,000 each to support their continued education in the culinary arts.

Santa Monica Seafood Hires Levitt Foods as National Retail Broker

June 26, 2019 Santa Monica Seafood

Roger O’Brien, President and CEO of Santa Monica Seafood, announced that Levitt Foods has been hired, effective July 1st, as the Company’s national retail broker.

This Discovery Could be the Key to Managing New England’s Cod Population

Although the species is managed as a single population, cod in the Gulf of Maine can be divided into two genetically-distinct groups. And according to a new study, understanding the unique behavior and lifecycles of these two groups may be the key to creating a better management strategy.

100% of Greenland Halibut Caught in the EU Now MSC Certified

Following a 13-month assessment, Doggerbank Seefischerei GmbH halibut fishery, off the west coast of Greenland has been certified to Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) sustainable fishing standards. The assessment was carried out by a four-member evaluation team headed by Control Union Pesca Ltd. All the fisheries catching Greenland halibut in the EU are now MSC-certified and are fishing sustainably.