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South Carolina Plans First Update To Food Code Since 1995
The Palmetto State is getting serious about food safety. South Carolina’s Department of Health and Environmental Control is updating the state’s food-safety regulations for the first time in 17 years. The new rules are likely to require some restaurants to upgrade equipment. They will certainly impact public health directly, by requiring cold holding temperatures be…
Updated ADA Standards Take Effect
The American Disabilities Act standards from 1991 officially expired March 15 and were supplanted by the updated
Macroeconomic Five-Year Forecasts Improve Slightly
Yes, the 50 major economic forecasting groups polled monthly by Blue Chip Economic Indicators still predict a painfully slow recovery from The Great Recession. But their long-range consensus forecasts, reported in the March newsletter, for growth of real gross domestic product for the years ’14 through’17 improved slightly from their forecasts last October. GDP growth…
Nearly All Metals Prices Begin To Move Higher
Prices for nearly all metals used widely in foodservice equipment and supplies have begun to move higher, after a brief decline in prices late last year. Stainless steel prices are moving higher after bottoming out in December and January. The MEPS Int’l. North American All Products Stainless Steel Index rose to 171.9 in February, a…
Wholesale Food Prices Falling, Slowing Menu-Price Increases
Wholesale food prices fell again in February, the third consecutive month prices have moved lower. This trend, in turn, apparently slowed the pace of menu-price increases in February from those seen in recent months. Average wholesale food prices fell 0.3% in February, compared to January, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the National…
NPD’s Unit Census Details Independent Restaurant Losses
Independent restaurants continued to shed units last year—a net decline of 6,863 units—even as the Great Foodservice Recession began to moderate. The tally is part of the latest data from The NPD Group’s biannual ReCount census of restaurants in the United States. Chains, meanwhile, managed a slight increase of 380 net units in the same…
Technomic’s Top 500 Chains Grew Sales 3.4% Last Year
The 500 largest restaurant-chain concepts grew nearly twice as fast in 2011 as in ’10, according to Technomic Inc., the Chicago foodservice research firm. The 500 chains rang up sales of $242 billion last year, up $8 billion from the prior year. “It is certainly encouraging to see overall industry growth rates nearly double in…
NAFEM Introduces On-Line CFSP Overview Course
The here. NAFEM is a trade association of more than 550 foodservice equipment and supplies manufacturers providing products for food preparation, cooking, storage and table service.
Industry Personnel Moves:
Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association. Dooher will head a volunteer board of 30 restaurant industry leaders; CRFA has 30,000 members. The $63-billion restaurant industry is the fourth-largest employer in Canada, providing more than 1.1 million jobs. Atlanta-based Del Taco has appointed David Pear, formerly of Domino’s Pizza and Yum! Brands, as senior v.p.- operations. He…
Consultants CFG, FCS Form Strategic Partnership
The Cornyn Fasano Group and Foodservice Consultants Studio have joined forces in a strategic partnership. Their alliance enables the consultants to offer management advisory and design solutions and broaden the scope of services available to the firms’ clients. Foodservice Consultants Studio specializes in K-12, higher education, corrections, military, and business and industry. Amy Hegarty, Doug…
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