Pear Bureau Northwest Releases How-to Videos for School Foodservice

July 31, 2019 Pear Bureau Northwest

With the 2019-20 pear season season just around the corner, Pear Bureau Northwest (PBNW) is ramping up its outreach to foodservice professionals. One of the newest initiatives is a series of tutorial videos aimed at providing pear ripening, serving, and nutritional tips to professionals in schools.

PMA Foodservice Conference À la carte! Sessions to Grow Appetites for Produce

PMA’s brand-new À la carte! education and engagement stations will offer a veritable amuse bouche of useful information for foodservice providers, suppliers, menu developers, chefs and more. This is a can’t-miss stop on PMA’s Foodservice Conference & Expo produce culinary tour.

Beef Remains Foodservice Mainstay

To better understand beef trends at foodservice, Beef. It’s What’s For Dinner., on behalf of the beef checkoff, completes an annual foodservice volumetric study to measure operator purchases and distributor sales of beef and other proteins across all foodservice operator segments.1

United Fresh to Offer School Foodservice Membership Category

“Schools are legitimate volume foodservice buyers that collectively serve fresh produce to 30 million children who participate in the National School Lunch Program each day,” said Andrew Marshall, Director of Foodservice & Foundation Partnerships, United Fresh Produce Association. “They are often the ‘largest restaurant in town,’ and through breakfast, lunch, and other child nutrition programs, school foodservice plays an important role in introducing fresh produce to children starting from an early age.”

National Chicken Council Launches New Website Designed Exclusively for Foodservice Professionals

December 18, 2018 National Chicken Council

The new Chicken Check In Foodservice website provides information on how broiler chickens (chickens raised for meat) are raised and produced in the U.S., including frequently asked questions, a glossary of chicken labeling terms, and additional resources.