Delaware North Companies Announces Key Leadership Changes

October 19, 2012 Delaware North Companies

Delaware North Companies, a global leader in hospitality and food service, today announced strategic leadership changes as part of the company's overall strategy for growth in North America and around the world.

Food & Farm Economic Plan Shows Progress In VT

More than a year and half after Vermont launched a plan to boost the state’s food and farm economy, organizers are celebrating its progress. The achievements include a mobile farmers’ market that reaches low-income housing sites in northern Vermont and an increase in the number of colleges offering local foods in their dining halls.

Olympus Serves Up Centerplate Acquisition

October 19, 2012 Olympus Partners

Stamford, Connecticut-based Olympus Partners has acquired Centerplate, Inc. ("Centerplate") in partnership with Centerplate's management team.  Centerplate, North America's leading event hospitality provider to the top sports venues, convention centers and entertainment venues, serves approximately 250 unique venues and 100 million guests annually.  Centerplate has provided event hospitality services to 15 official U.S. Presidential Inaugural Balls, 13 Super Bowls, 20 World Series, the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, and the largest plated dinner in history.    

ChefTec 13x Offers Greater Flexibility & Customization

October 19, 2012 Culinary Software Services

ChefTec 13x has been released from Culinary Software Services (CSS). A majority of the new features and enhancements in this upgrade were developed as a result of direct feedback received from customers using ChefTec every day in the efficient management of their foodservice operation.

35,000 New Reasons To Stock Vidalia Onions Following Nationwide Promotion

October 19, 2012 Vidalia Onion Committee

Fans of Georgia’s sweet onion printed almost fifty thousand Vidalia coupons this summer with a whopping 26 percent of those consumers redeeming them to cash in on Vidalias. Having more than a quarter of shoppers coast to coast take the coupons to the store is a boon for Vidalia growers and retailers alike; the couponing company reports eight percent would be typical for online redemption.