Retail & FoodService

Coinciding with the beginning of harvest season, the first store operating under the new Provigo Le Marché banner was inaugurated Thursday morning in Sherbrooke. Local elected officials, growers and vendors as well as enthusiastic customers and members of the Provigo management team were gathered in a festive atmosphere for the occasion. …

UC Davis officials are forging a plan to turn the campus into a nexus for food research, policy and new technology, Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi told the University of California Board of Regents last Thursday. …

Duda Farm Fresh Foods announced that the company will delight and provide a unique experience to attendees of the upcoming PMA Foodservice Conference & Expo by presenting the company’s custom cocktails at several restaurants and bars in Monterey from July 26, 2013 to July 28, 2013. …

Technomic, the foodservice industry's leading research and consulting firm, and UniPro Foodservice, the largest foodservice distributor cooperative, have created a multifaceted strategic alliance designed to enhance the competitive position and effectiveness of UniPro's 650 member companies in North America and abroad. The alliance will focus on developing and executing high-impact programs to demonstrably improve assortment, pricing, operating efficiency, vendor relationships and customer engagement. As part of this alliance, UniPro has joined the Steering Committee of Technomic's Foodservice Category Management Institute. …

Flavorseal, a leading supplier of cook-chill and sous vide equipment, supplies, and services for commercial kitchens, announced the release of its new Foodservice Catalog.  With updated photography and 33% more products, this new catalog shows Flavorseal's complete solutions for their cook-chill, sous vide and seasoning transfer technology product lines, including their new NSF-Certified Water Baths for sous vide and retherming. …