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McDonald’s Corp. is boosting capital expenditures to $2.9 billion next year, opening 1,325 outlets and continuing the revamp of existing locations. The

The National Restaurant Association has formed an executive study group to focus on complex supply chain issues, including food costs, sourcing and traceability. The Supply Chain Management Executive Study Group will focus on and facilitate best-practice exchanges on complex issues such as increasing commodity and wholesale food prices, sourcing of ingredients, and traceability of products.…

The sixth biennial Multiunit Foodservice Equipment Symposium, created by FER to bring together multiunit chain specifiers and industry experts, is only two months away. MUFES 2012, set for Jan. 28-30 at the Barton Creek Resort & Spa in Austin, Texas, will include a full slate of equipment and supplies oriented educational programs and breakout discussions.…

Bio-Microbics is the first company to earn NSF/ANSI 350 certification. NSF Int’l. is an independent global organization based in Ann Arbor, Mich., which certifies products and writes public health standards for food, water and consumer goods.

It’s a colorful tale: Yellow grease sold on the black market for the green biofuel industry. Say what? Well, in yet another sign of the myriad ways the world of foodservice is changing, the California Department of Food and Agriculture has teamed up with law enforcement to stop thefts of used cooking oil. The dirty…

As we get closer to the end of the year, we like to keep an even closer eye on the macroeconomic forecasts for the U.S. and major economies worldwide. We are always watching them, but just don’t always report them, figuring most of you pay attention anyway. Blue Chip Economic Indicators reports in its November…