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Weight Management Makes Big Impression on Increasingly Health Conscious Americans

NEW YORK, NY (April 12, 2010 - Marketwire)—With two-thirds of U.S. adults and almost one-third of children and adolescents overweight or obese, a diverse...

U.S. Foodservice Adopts New GS1 Standards to Improve Food Safety

(July 8, 2010 PRWeb.com)—U.S. Foodservice one of the nation's leading food distributors to restaurants, schools, hotels, healthcare facilities and military...

MANITOWOC, Wis. (November 18, 2010)—As part of U.S. Foodservice's commitment to sustainable business practices, the company is completing a major lighting...

Growth in the restaurant industry will come near-term from grabbing market share from other concepts, said Warren Solochek, vice president of foodservice for The NPD Group.

Table salt was the go-to seasoning, but now chefs (and diners) are using crystals of different sizes, textures, colors and flavors.

Preparation is the key to selecting the candidate who will best meet today’s needs and tomorrow’s strategic opportunities. Ultimately, you want to surround yourself with passionate employees who provide the best products and services for your customers and maximize profits for your business. So in the interviewing process, you want to be on the lookout for people who have the right combination of “can do” and “will do.”

“Back to basics” was the overriding theme at the most recent Natural Products Expo, held in March in Anaheim, California. Here are some of the health, organic and natural food trends spotted at the Expo.

Sysco Corp., Houston, has signed a definitive agreement to purchase for CAD$440 million cash (USD$278 million) substantially all of the assets of Toronto,...

Chia is the new superfood. Yes, that chia, of the “pet” craze in the 1980s. Favored by the Aztecs, this herb is still popular in Mexico, where the whole seeds are mixed with fruit juices to make chia fresca.

When Manuel Costa was thrust into running the successful fresh fruit and produce distributorship that his father had founded, he soon realized that his...

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