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Balsamic vinegar: Jump start the salivary glands

The words balsamic vinegar are enough to jump-start the salivary glands, as the brain recalls this intense ingredient hitting the tongue's sweet and sour spots to create a lively, but mellow, impression.

ID NEWS: USF employees not impacted by Ahold stock woes, distributor points out

U.S. Foodservice (USF) employees will not be hurt monetarily by Ahold's current difficulties on the stock market, notes Rob Dillison, USF treasurer...

ID NEWS: USF to focus on 'doing everything right,' as public scrutiny intensifies

Beleaguered Royal Ahold's woes continue to mount: Both the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the U.S. Attorney General have announced they...

ID NEWS: Ahold says USF promo allowances overstated; investigation launched; Ahold ceo, cfo resign

Royal Ahold, Zaandam, The Netherlands, has announced it has discovered overstatements of income related to promotional allowance programs at U.S...

ID NEWS UPDATE: Ahold acting ceo says company won't sell USF; accounting irregularities do not impac

Royal Ahold has no plans to sell U.S. Foodservice (USF), Columbia, MD, according to acting ceo Henny de Ruiter. "Selling foodservice? No, we are very...

Madeline Triffon: Master sommelier

The way Madeline Triffon sees it, "I'm just a high falutin bus person."

The Upper East Side: The Handler sisters

When restaurateur Jennifer Handler decided she wanted to open a restaurant, she excitedly took her father to visit the storefront on New York's Upper East Side she'd just leased. His exact words were: "You're kidding, right?"

When the boss plays santa

How many cooks and cashiers in a franchisee's system have gotten Christmas presents from the big corporate boss?

ID NEWS: EFS announces new investors, product development

EFS Network, Chicago, a major supply chain solutions provider to the foodservice industry, has announced three new supplier investors and a product under...

ID NEWS: Shamrock joins IMA

Independent Marketing Alliance (IMA), Houston, has announced a new member: Shamrock Foods Co., Phoenix, a regional broadliner ringing up more than $1 billion...

ID NEWS: More than 50 percent of distributor SKUs are unprofitable, say consultants

More than 50 percent of items carried by broadliners are unprofitable for them, according to a landmark study on item level profitability in the foodservice...

ID NEWS: USF wins $27.5-million DSC contract option in Carolinas

Among federal contracts awarded in North and South Carolina, U.S. Foodservice, Lexington, SC, branch, has won a $27.5-million contract option from the...

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