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Wholesale food prices fell for the second consecutive month in December, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the National Restaurant Association, while menu…

It’s conventional wisdom that when gasoline prices come down, foodservice sales—at least at commercial operations—go up. It’s conventional wisdom because there is a huge body…

The improving jobs market and falling gasoline prices are among the factors underlying an upward revision of Technomic Inc.’s 2015 forecast of foodservice operator sales,…

Potbelly Sandwich Works has signed up franchisees to open 10 shops in London over the next five years. Those would be the Chicago sandwich chain’s…

As of this month, one can count only16

Meiko USA has promoted Danielle Mason to oversee strategic sales and business development. Mason, formerly Meiko’s sales and customer service operations manager, will work closely…

T&S Brass and Bronze Works has been singled out by IndustryWeek magazine as having one of the best manufacturing plants in North America. The publication…

Edlund Co., the Burlington, Vt., company celebrating its 90th anniversary this year, has named B.C. Roberts as its director of chain accounts. Formerly the director…

I hope you all had a fulfilling and restful holidays with friends and family. We did. Jan, the kids and I even got out of…

The more than 600 employees of Henny Penny are now owners of the company. The Eaton, Ohio, manufacturer became employee-owned through the sale of its…