McLane Co. Inc. has bought the former building of an oil field manufacturing company in Alice, Texas, to use as a dispatch center for its distribution services. Trucks coming in from the distributor’s Temple, Texas headquarters already loaded will arrive at the dispatch center where 10 drivers will deliver the products to their destinations in [...]
McDonald’s is riding high, enjoying a resurgence fueled by new snacks and longer restaurant hours. But is it about to put the whole thing at risk by trying to take on Starbucks? The burger chain plans to install specialty coffee stations in all its restaurants over the next 18 months. The stations, which are a [...]
The beverage and retail industries took a stand today for their already over-taxed customers by filing a lawsuit seeking to invalidate the city of Chicago’s new 5-cent-per-bottle tax on bottled water, which amounts to an astounding 30 percent tax on a case of safe, healthy bottled water. The first-of-its-kind tax, which took effect Jan. 1, [...]
More than 20 retailers, including several convenience store owners in Houston County, Georgia, were cited during the past three months for the sale and distribution of counterfeit merchandise, a Houston County sheriff’s investigator said Tuesday. Counterfeit merchandise valued at $623,718, plus $11,612.25 in cash, were seized during a sting operation from Oct. 1 to Jan. [...]
Philip Morris USA filed two lawsuits in federal court yesterday in the Eastern District of New York against importers, C.H. Rhodes of Flushing, N.Y., and U.S. Sun Star Trading Inc. of Brooklyn, N.Y. The lawsuits are aimed at stopping the importation, distribution, and sale of counterfeit cigarettes and the unauthorized use of Philip Morris USA’s [...]
The SUBWAY restaurant chain is proud to announce that it now offers online ServSafe Food Safety Training and Certification courses for its franchisees and their staff. ServSafe, developed by the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation (NRAEF), is the premier source for food safety training, recognized by more jurisdictions than any other food safety program in [...]
"German manufacturers have once again prevailed on the difficult U.S. market with excellent results. In 2007 they grew against the general trend and have boosted their sales by 3 percent to 948,000 light vehicles. We are confident that we will be able to continue to increase our U.S. market share even further this year and [...]
The number one brand of smokeless chewing tobacco is leveraging more than 100 years of experience producing the highest quality tobacco products to delight consumers with something new–a line of premium moist snuff. Made from premium quality tobacco, Red Man Moist Snuff is available in Long Cut Wintergreen, Fine Cut Natural and Long Cut Straight. [...]
In a bold move to take the Chardonnay category by storm, Beringer Vineyards has launched its vintage 2006 California Collection Chardonnay. Priced at $6 suggested retail, it is a fruit-forward, easy-drinking wine that will be a part of the California Collection tier, which includes America’s No. 1 top-selling White Zinfandel, domestic Pinot Grigio, White Merlot [...]
Cadbury Schweppes Americas Beverages (CSAB) is rolling out Cherry Chocolate Diet Dr Pepper, the third flavor extension in the brand’s history. There’s nothing diet about this unique beverage treat, which combines the great taste of Diet Dr Pepper with a sweet cherry dipped in luscious chocolate. “Cherry Chocolate Diet Dr Pepper is the perfect indulgence…zero [...]
Pillar Rock USA Corp. has introduced Hangover Buster, an effervescent tablet specially formulated to prevent hangover symptoms such as nausea, headache, excessive thirst, fatigue, muscle ache and sensitivity to light and noise. Arriving in select convenience stores, drug stores and supermarkets nationwide, a package of Hangover Buster includes three individually foil-wrapped tablets, to be dissolved [...]
Chopstix USA Chinese takeout started as a small community restaurant in Teaneck N.J. in 1996. In just 11 years, Chopstix became much more. By 2000, the company first began shipping frozen meals around the country, franchising and opening new units, launching a catering division and offering direct-store distribution to convenience stores and gas stations. The [...]
MARS Snackfood US is extending its popular M&M’s brand with two new limited edition products: M&M’S Mint Crisp and M&M’S Wildly Cherry Chocolate Candies. Mint Crisp will be available in limited edition with the release of “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,” coming to theaters in the spring. M&M’s Wildly Cherry Chocolate [...]
SolMaya Brands, a registered brand of Presto Food & Beverage Inc. successfully launched a new line of Latin Flavored ready-to-drink dairy beverages in four flavors: Mexican Style Horchata, Horchata Sabor de Morro, Morir Sonando/Orange Jubilee and Avena Oatmeal Shake. SolMaya Brands is extraordinarily unique in that it is the only brand, both in the U.S. [...]
Italian stone and tile manufacturer GranitiFiandre is launching its GeoStyle Collection to the U.S. market. GeoStyle, which premiered at the 2007 Cersaie Exhibition in Italy, is a collection of porcelain surfacing products that highlights the company’s most innovative design concepts and expansive R&D efforts. GeoStyle is a vanguard collection of the company’s most creative and [...]