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Merchants Foodservice Adds 32,000 Square Feet to Miss. Distribution Center

By Restaurant Business Staff on Feb. 03, 2011

HATTIESBURG, MS (December2010)—Out of the nation’s top food distributors, Merchants Foodservice was ranked number one in sales growththis pastyear in our...

Sysco Corporation Plans Norman Expansion

By Restaurant Business Staff on Mar. 03, 2011

NORMAN (March 2, 2011)—Sysco Corporation has approved an expansion of its distribution facility in Norman, Okla.Sysco, Oklahoma president Chris Davis said...

PRO*ACT Adds 7 New Distributors

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jul. 02, 2012

MONTERY, CA (June 29, 2012) PRO*ACT has announced the addition of seven new distributors. These companies bring the buying and marketing group’s...

The week in ideas, August 10, 2012

By Restaurant Business Staff on Aug. 10, 2012

The Week in Ideas goes whole hog with Brooklyn restaurant Northeast Kingdom. We head down to Florida to check in on some racist burritos. And we just can’t help ourselves: one more Chick-Fil-A item.

Financing

Making room at the bar

By Restaurant Business Staff on Aug. 31, 2012

The competition at the bar continues to heat up. Often that translates into a larger and more eclectic inventory—and a larger footprint.

Dot Foods Facility Undergoing Seventh Expansion

By Restaurant Business Staff on Aug. 02, 2013

MT. STERLING, IL (August 2, 2013)—Dot Foods has broken ground on its seventh expansion of its warehouse facilities at its corporate headquarters.A brand...

Food

Global cooking meets traditional American fare

Jan. 20, 2014

Offering a mix of innovative global cooking and traditional American fare is essential for Jennifer Cleveland and Eric Heath, co-owners of Cleveland-Heath, a creative comfort-food restaurant in Edwardsville, Ill. “We have old-school diners who love meat and potatoes and large entrées and other people who follow the food movement and go for small plates,” says Heath. “We really want to please them both.”

Food

A restaurant trend that’s all dried up

By Sara Rush Wirth on Jun. 04, 2014

Jerky is making the move from a lowly gas-station snack to a trendy, gourmet bar bite as chefs across the country create their own variations in-house.

California restaurant chain drinks from KKR’s cup

Oct. 07, 2014

The firm formerly known as Kohlberg Kravis Roberts has purchased an undisclosed minority stake in Lemonade, an eight-unit high-end smorgasboard hatched by fine-dining veteran Alan Jackson. The capital infusion will be used to fuel the concept’s growth.

Record Nominations for United Fresh Produce Excellence in Foodservice Program

By Restaurant Business Staff on Feb. 24, 2011

WASHINGTON, D.C. (February 24, 2011)—The United Fresh Produce Association Foundation has announced record nominations for the 2011 United Fresh Produce...

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