Bill would limit the menu-labeling rules to food retailers that derive 50% or more of their total revenue from the sale of food. The National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) called the Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act (H.R. 1249), bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), a thoughtful approach to providing the [...]
Customers can enjoy a corn dog and Pepsi deal this Saturday. This March 23, National Corndog Day gets off to a strong start at participating ampm convenience stores with an exclusive coupon offer for corn dog-loving customers. In collaboration with sponsors Pepsi and Foster Farms, participating ampm locations are offering a coupon, available in participating [...]
Young Americans and those with children like to spice things up in the kitchen, according to new research from Mintel on the ethnic foods market. Some nine in 10 adults aged 25-to-34-years-old say they prepared ethnic food at home in the past month versus only 68% of those 65+. In addition, 91% of Americans with [...]
Bunn-O-Matic Corp. (BUNN) has announced a new chapter in its equipment support services unit that was formed to help customers manage the lifetime costs of owning premium commercial beverage equipment. Beginning with this year’s new product launch in the BUNN Espress superautomatic espresso series, the company’s BUNNlink service program will begin utilizing a progressive, cloud-based [...]
Vitamix, a global supplier of high-performance blending equipment for home and commercial-use, offers the Automatic Mix’n Machine, a hands-free, fully programmable commercial-grade mixer that incorporates candies, syrups, cookies and hard-to-mix ingredients into hard or soft serve ice cream or yogurt. Specifically created for convenience retailers, it’s ideal for “self-serve” and “operator-serve” milkshake and mix-in dessert [...]
Mondelēz International Inc. has launched of belVita Breakfast biscuits in foodservice and vending. Made with 18-20 grams of whole grain, each individual package of four biscuits is portioned to provide nutritious and sustained energy all morning long. Each package provides three grams of fiber and is a good source of B Vitamins and Iron. The [...]
Customers have more than 25 healthy options to choose from. With consumers increasingly having healthy eating on their minds, Tedeschi Food Shops unveils their new “400 Calories or Less” menu. The menu seeks to accommodate a new wave of healthy eaters who are trying to eat better, but not sacrifice taste. By adding sandwiches, such [...]
Store now serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. Parker’s recently added a hot deli at the Parker’s location at 469 Buckwalter Parkway in Bluffton, S.C. The new Parker’s hot deli serves breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Highlights include a full Breakfast Bar as well as Southern Fried Chicken, old-fashioned mac ‘n’ cheese and other tasty favorites [...]
Today, people are less willing to give up quality for convenience, notes 7-Eleven spokesperson. After introducing several new better-for-you salads, snacks and mini-versions of consumer favorites, 7-Eleven Inc. is turning its attention to heartier fare with the addition of two new premium sandwiches: the Steakhouse Roast Beef and Bistro Deluxe. During March, consumers have an [...]
In anticipation of warm spring days approaching, Dannon Foodservice will launch three new low-fat flavors from its popular frozen yogurt brand, YoCream, on March 18. New flavors include Salted Caramel Corn, Birthday Cake and Chocolate Caramel Turtle. Salted Caramel Corn delivers the taste of the real country fair favorite while Birthday Cake makes every day [...]
Brakebush Brothers has turned a hot food trend into a hot food with the introduction of their Sriracha Chicken Bites. Sriracha, a Thai chili-based flavor, delivers a slow, steady heat with slightly sweet overtones. Brakebush, widely known as the industry’s breading expert, has infused Panko coated whole muscle chicken breast with on-trend Sriracha and dusted [...]
“We are going to have a little fun by introducing an animated character that is part buffalo and part chicken on our Facebook page,” says vice president of marketing. Hunt Brothers Pizza is offering Buffalo Chicken Pizza during the month of March. Buffalo Chicken Pizza includes 100% all natural white meat chicken topped with a [...]
Bipartisan legislation would require disclosure of genetically altered ingredients currently found in most processed foods. A large crowd of consumer, environmental, labor, health, farming, faith and business activists packed a hearing of the State Senate Health Committee today where a bill to require the labeling of genetically engineered (GE) foods was being discussed. The legislation, [...]
Open up more profitable counter space with the Curtis Primo Cappuccino Specialty Drink Dispenser. With its new, space saving open “UP” access door there’s no need to leave a gap between equipment, freeing up valuable and profitable counter space.Beautifully styled, digitally advanced and financially rewarding, the Curtis’ G3 Concept Series Primo Cappuccino (PCGT) Machine is [...]
A new line of two-ounce pumps specifically designed to dispense larger portions of condiments and ingredients has recently been introduced by Server Products. Perfect for back-of-house dispensing, these pumps deliver portions up to two-ounce per stroke to help speed prep time and improve operational efficiency. They come with ½-ounce and ¼-ounce portion-reducing gauging collars to [...]