CHICAGO —For a growing number of restaurant operators, the blast chiller is a vital tool for swiftly cooling cooked foods below the temperatures at which microbes flourish, helping prevent foodborne...
The foodservice industry spent 2009 slogging through the worst economy in living memory, facing customers whose most frugal moods in previous years seemed downright extravagant compared with their attitude over the past 12 months. Consequently...
For the first time ever, celebrity chef Tyler Florence plans to open his own restaurant. In fact he says he’s opening three restaurants—two in the San Francisco area and one in Napa, Calif. He’s also in the process of expanding his line of retail...
The newest piece of creative for Pretzelmaker is a four-minute music video starring an unsigned musician, a 16-year-old hip-hop artist named Goofy Boi. There’s no way a commercial that long could hold a viewer’s attention or be cost...
You don’t need me to tell you that 2009 was a bad year. Even when positive news broke through the doom and gloom this year, it had the Great Recession-era gallows humor that doesn’t make us chuckle or even pause anymore. We could all go a long...
NEW YORK —Nation’s Restaurant News and Robert N. Grimes of Accuvia have released FSTEC version 3.0, featuring a foodservice industry-leading education program developed in conjunction with new...
Bill Taylor is a San Francisco chef who is facing a dramatically increased demand for his services as a result of the recession.But that’s not necessarily good news.Taylor is program manager for a vocational cooking program that helps homeless...
CYPRESS Calif. Franchisees in Montana are planning to open the first co-branded unit of Baja Fresh Mexican Grill with Canyons Burger Company in May 2010, officials said Thursday. Cypress, Calif.-based Baja Fresh acquired the Atlanta...
SPARTANBURG S.C. Denny’s Corp. has let go of its chief marketing and innovation officer, Mark Chmiel, chief operating officer, Janis Emplit, and senior director of product innovation, Andy Dismore. Replacements have yet to be named. Acompany...
