Food & Beverage News

Ice cream sales in no danger of melting away

June 16, 2021

Ice cream sales after Memorial Day Weekend were up 74% over the same period in 2020, according to Paytronix Systems Inc., which found that the weekend's daily…

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Now serving: Pollo Tropical creates ready-to-drink Rum Mojito

June 15, 2021

Florida-based Pollo Tropical is helping customers get their summer parties on with its first proprietary cocktail — Rum Mojito. The ready-to-drink cocktail…

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Congress to refund Restaurant Revitalization Fund

June 10, 2021

Congress tomorrow will unveil the Restaurant Revitalization Fund Replenishment Act of 2021 to provide $60 billion in additional funding for the Restaurant…

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Restaurant shipments of plant-based foods up 60%

June 9, 2021

Plant-based proteins are appearing on restaurant menus more than ever. The NPD Group found that shipments of plant-based proteins from foodservice distributors…

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Restaurant distribution member network adds PFG to rolls

June 8, 2021

Foodservice distribution member network, the Independent Marketing Alliance (IMA), has added Performance Food Group (PFG) to its buying and marketing group…

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Garbanzo taking customers on 'Falafel Quest'

June 4, 2021

Garbanzo Mediterranean Fresh launched a Falafel Quest Tuesday, which features four limited-time only menu items celebrating tastes and ingredients of different…

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Main Squeeze hosting Watermelon Wars

June 4, 2021

Main Squeeze Juice Co., a Louisiana-based juice and smoothie bar franchise, is bringing back its watermelon juice until Aug. 31 in a campaign — "Hydrate vs.

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Gabby Douglas, Smoothie King pushing watermelon sugar high

June 3, 2021

Smoothie King is celebrating warmer weather with two watermelon smoothies: the Watermelon X-Treme and the Hydration Watermelon, which feature a blend of…

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Blaze names former Sonic VP to head development

June 3, 2021

Los Angeles-based Blaze Pizza has named a former Sonic Drive In real estate executive, Johnny Jones, as senior vice president of Development, a news release…

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World's biggest meatpacker reopening after ransomware attack

June 2, 2021

Slightly more than a day after the world's biggest meatpacker, JBS, closed U.S. and Australian operations due to a cyberattack, operations are slowly coming…

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Coca-Cola sends restaurants love poems in form of free drinks

June 2, 2021

Coca-Cola is waxing poetic as the warmer weather moves us into prime soft drink-sipping weather. The beverage company is not only engraving rhymes across…

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Freshii giving fans 'something to taco-bout'

June 2, 2021

Canada-based Freshii is now serving tacos using healthy ingredients for which the brand is known, according to a company press release. Each recipe is served…

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Cyberattack shuts down world's biggest meat processor

June 1, 2021

The world's largest meat processor, JBS, said it was the target of an organized cybersecurity attack that affected some of its servers supporting its North…

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Lemonade Mtn Dew making debut at Which Wich

May 24, 2021

Just in time for summer, Which Wich Superior Sandwiches and Mtn Dew are giving customers the chance to try Mtn Dew Vibe, a fountain drink combining classic…

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Noodles & Co adds tortelloni

May 20, 2021

Noodles & Company has launched three tortelloni dishes in restaurants nationwide. Tortelloni is a stuffed pasta with a shape similar to tortellini but…

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Blaze drizzles a little sweet heat on its Canadian store pies

May 14, 2021

Blaze Pizza has launched an LTO pizza topping, Hot Maple Drizzle, created exclusively for its Canadian restaurants, a news release said.

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Foo Fighters inspire former fine-dining chef to open barbecue joint

May 10, 2021

Leaving fine dining Italian cuisine for American BBQ, James Beard-nominated and Bravo Top Chef Chef Bruce Kalman is opening his first fast casual restaurant…

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Pure Green teams with Foodgod on partnership, new menu

May 7, 2021

Juice and smoothie chain Pure Green is partnering with television personality and food influencer, Jonathan Cheban, known in the culinary world as Foodgod.

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Wolfnights expands NYC footprint

May 7, 2021

Wolfnights, a fast casual serving up gourmet wraps, has signed a lease for another New York store at a location in Midtown Manhattan.

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Chicken shortage sends prices upward

May 6, 2021

Chicken prices have more than doubled year to date, and wing prices have set new records on account of a shortage, according to Urner Barry, a market research…

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