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Legacy is based in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. It also owns the Blakeslee, General Foodservice, Greenfield World Trade, Maxx Cold, Omega Juicers, and Zeroll brands.

Two broadline distributors and the leader of the nation’s largest foodservice distribution cooperative will be honored next month with the BiRite Foodservice, Brisbane, Calif., will receive the IFMA Excellence in Distribution Award. The broadliner is being recognized for demonstrating excellence in management and leadership, customer relations, supplier relations and industry/community contributions. UniPro Foodservice, will receive…

It will come as no surprise to most dealers that many manufacturers are very frustrated by the current market structure, with many dealers almost entirely dependent on back-end buying group rebates for their profitability. “E&S distribution is clearly broken,” one manufacturer told me recently. Of course, it was cocktail hour, but there were also a…

The death toll from an outbreak of listeria first linked to tainted cantaloupes has risen to 21, and a total of 109 people have been sickened across 23 states, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Oct. 7. According to the Wall Street Journal, the death toll from the current outbreak is on…

Academic, private-sector and government forces have jointly created the world’s first global food-safety training facility. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the University of Maryland’s Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, and Waters Corp. opened the

A fatal car crash last month has prompted Amherst, N.Y., to require safety barriers in front of any new restaurants built there. The measure is in response to recent crashes in the area in which motorists drove into buildings, either killing or injuring patrons and employees inside. In the most recent incident, a motorist crashed…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s newly issued