operations

Predestination Transportation Chooses XATA for Fleet Management

By Restaurant Business Staff on Apr. 08, 2010

MINNEAPOLIS (April 8, 2010 - PR NewsWire)—XATA Corporation, a fleet optimization software and services provider, announced that Predestination...

Harvill's Produce Joins PRO*ACT

By Restaurant Business Staff on Aug. 12, 2010

MONTEREY, CA (August 5, 2010)—PRO*ACT, America's leading fresh produce supplier to the foodservice industry, has announced that Harvill’s Produce,...

SEED selects Taunton distribution co. as 'Small Business of Year'

By Restaurant Business Staff on Nov. 29, 2010

TAUNTON, Mass. (November 24, 2010)—Food distributor, Rich's Transportation Services Inc. of Taunton, has been selected as the South Eastern Economic...

U.S. Foodservice Acquires Waste Vegetable Oil Processing Company

By Restaurant Business Staff on Apr. 07, 2011

ROSEMONT, IL (April 6, 2011 - Marketwire)—U.S. Foodservice has purchased the assets of WVO Industries of Bluffton, S.C. WVO collects and removes water,...

It's report card time!

By Bill Main on Jun. 20, 1999

Here's a list of foodservice and restaurant management terms that every manager should know because it is important to apply the underlying concepts. If you don't know them, then start studying!

Operations

The broiling point

By Tom O'Brien on Sep. 14, 2011

Steak, chicken, fish, burgers—all of these are menu staples, and all of them reach flavor perfection when broiled. That’s why the broiler has become an indispensable piece of equipment.

Dumb and dumber

By Bill Main on Nov. 16, 2000

"What part of your job is the most unnecessary, dissatisfying, unproductive, or just plain dumb?" Ask that question of your employees and get ready for some fantastic feedback.

Pate Dawson Company Announces New Distribution Center in Statesville, N.C.

By Restaurant Business Staff on Dec. 20, 2011

STATESVILLE, N.C. (December 20, 2011)—Foodservice distributor Pate Dawson Company announced today with North Carolina officials the construction of a new...

Distributors, operators to save $1.1 billion through data synchronization, according to preliminary

By Restaurant Business Staff on Dec. 27, 2001

Data synchronization will save U.S. foodservice distributors and operators more than $1.1 billion a year through improved supply chain efficiency, according...

2012 Produce Excellence in Foodservice Award Winners Announced

By Restaurant Business Staff on Apr. 04, 2012

MONTEREY, CA (April 4, 2012)—Six chefs and foodservice professionals have won United Fresh 2012 Produce Excellence in Foodservice Awards, a program...

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