French Fry Vending Pending

French Fry Vending Pending

  Companies have tried for years to create a french fry vending machine with little success, until now. Fry Manufacturing’s co-owners, Mike Ruggiero and Jeff Fuller from Laurel, Del., have succeeded, and the state of Delaware is helping them try to prove it, the Delmarva Media Group reported.    Late in Delaware’s budget process last [...]

New Stuffed Sandwiches

New Stuffed Sandwiches

  Hot Stuff Foods, Sioux Falls, S.D., has rolled out Hot Stuffed Sandwiches for busy on-the-go consumers.      “Our new Hot Stuffed Sandwiches are fully loaded with fresh made ingredients using hand pinched live dough,” said John Barber, chief customer officer for Hot Stuff Foods. “Each Hot Stuffed Sandwich is fully enrobed for convenient [...]

Plastic Bag War

Plastic Bag War

  Environmental enthusiasts in Seattle are urging their fellow residents to vote yes on a referendum to impose a 20-cent fee on disposable bags, The Seattle Times reported.   Seattle residents annually throw away an average of 600 grocery bags per person.   To motivate customers to embrace sustainable practices and move away from using [...]

Tanknology Becomes A Gulf Oil Preferred Vendor

Tanknology Becomes A Gulf Oil Preferred Vendor

  Tanknology Inc., Austin, Texas, the world’s largest Underground Storage Tank (UST) environmental compliance services company, has joined forces with Gulf Oil L.P. as a member of Gulf’s Preferred Vendor Program.   As a Preferred Vendor, Tanknology’s full range of UST environmental compliance services will be made available in a specialized program for Gulf’s 1,800 [...]

Aspen Beverage Group Wins Award

Aspen Beverage Group Wins Award

  Aspen Beverage Group, a San Antonio coffee roasting and beverage manufacturer has been awarded a Silliker Audit Platinum Award, the highest possible rank, for exceptional food safety and quality systems, making it the only beverage company in the U.S. to achieve the honor.   Silliker GMP / Food Safety Systems and Distribution Center Audits [...]

QuikTrip To Pay Back Wages

QuikTrip To Pay Back Wages

  According to an agreement announced Monday by the U.S. Department of Labor, Tulsa-based QuikTrip will pay back wages to 3,819 current and former c-store employees STLToday.com reported.   The settlement, totaling $747,729, will compensate the workers for uncompensated overtime in Arizona, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, Illinois and Missouri, where the company operates [...]

FDA Takes Stand On Electronic Cigarettes



FDA Takes Stand On Electronic Cigarettes



  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has acted to protect public health from electronic cigarettes by seeking to block importation of these products and to inform the public about the potential health risks of these products.    The FDA announced Wednesday during a press briefing that a laboratory analysis of electronic cigarette samples [...]

Cumberland Farms Opens New Store

Cumberland Farms Opens New Store

  Cumberland Farms has opened its newest concept store in Hudson, Mass. The brand new model is designed to make life easier for the community.    For starters, it offers an extensive foodservice menu. From a wide variety of sandwiches that can be toasted on site, to thick chocolate milkshakes, flatbread breakfast sandwiches and even [...]

Sheetz Offers New Leaf Tea

Sheetz Offers New Leaf Tea

  Sheetz now is carrying New Leaf Tea  in all of its c-store locations across six states including Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio and North Carolina, Globe Newswire reported.   “Having been in the beverage industry for over 15 years, I have watched the innovation of Sheetz with making their stores a One Stop [...]

Amstel Unveils Summer Retail Program

Amstel Unveils Summer Retail Program

Amstel Light, a leading imported light beer in the progressive spirit of Amsterdam, announced its summer “Unlock the Taste of Amstel’s Amsterdam” program that will run in retail outlets throughout the country this summer.   “Our ‘Unlock the Taste of Amstel’s Amsterdam’ program is a great way to generate excitement among consumers and drive display [...]