Food Industry News® January 2016
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National News Now Buying Quality Trucks, All Brands! ny Meyer’s no-tipping policy gets underway at NYC Restaurant, The Modern. - ChiDel cago Tribune Snap Kitchen announces a 3-star certification from SPE Certified, a NYC-based organization that evaluates F r i s c o ’ s hotels, restaurants and universities around the globe Restaurant on the health and sustainability of food served. Snap G r o u p , Kitchen is the first establishment in Texas and only the Inc. has second in Illinois to become SPE certified. promoted Kim OwDunkin’ Donuts plans to close 100 of its U.S. ens to Vice President, stores. The underper- Operations for Del Frisforming units represent co’s Double Eagle Steak 0.1% of the chain’s U.S. House, Shang Skipper sales. - Technomic, Inc. Portillo’s to Vice President, Opplans to enter Wiscon- erations for Del Frisco’s sin in the second half of Grille, and Chris Rock2016. The chain intends wood to Vice President, to build a restaurant in Operations for Sullivan’s Brookfield at The ShopSteakhouse. Wholesome pes at the Corridor, a Sweeteners, Inc., owner new mixed-use develof Wholesome!, a U.S. opment project. Once completed in Aug. brand of organic, Fair 2016, King of Prussia— Trade and Non-GMO suga Simon Mall in Pennsyl- ars and sweeteners, anvania—will host 50 new nounced its purchase of stores and restaurants, the organic candy comincluding first-to-market pany, TruSweets. Denretailers, luxury brands ver-based salad chain and signature dining Mad Greens will add brands. King of Prussia new stores in Colorado is the 2nd largest shop- and Phoenix and enter ping mall in the United the Austin, Texas, marStates. Hooters restau- ket in 2016. Mad Greens rants have over 430 lo- operates 17 units and cations in 28 countries. plans to open between 32% of Hooters’ manage- 15 and 17 more. - The Denver Post ment team and corporate 2016 Capitol City Food staff are female. Golden Truck Convention Mar. Corral Buffet & Grill 12-13th in Washington, restaurants have served DC welcomes chefs, enover 4.4 million free meals and contributed trepreneurs, innovators leaders.American over $10.2 million to the and Culinary Federation– Disabled American Veterans organization. Tim Chef Connect—Atlanta Hortons has closed 15 Mar. 13-15th. Internaunits in New York and tional Pizza Expo Las six in Maine, according Vegas Convention Cento reports by CNBC. Dan- ter Mar. 8-10th.
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Eat Like a Man Strange LinkedIn If you’d describe a huge hunk of steak as “man food” and rate getting Request? Caution! caught eating “girly food”—like a salad or fish—right up there with, Is someone trying to recruit you on LinkedIn? A new report from Symantec found that the social network is “a prime target for scammers” who pose as business recruiters. Fakes use photos of women that they take from stock image sites or steal from real profiles, as well as copyand-pasted work histories. Because recruiters actually use LinkedIn to contact potential job candidates out of the blue, scammers have an easy time convincing users they’re real. Once they connect with one real professional, they can “establish a sense of credibility among professionals in order to initiate further connections,” according to the Symantec report.
say, having one of your nuts served to you on a skewer, then listen up. Food makers have been peddling their “guys eat this, girls eat that” philosophy for years. Why? Because researchers recently found, we buy it. In the study, 93 subjects tasked with classifying foods as “masculine” or “feminine” labeled less-healthy fare (like fried chicken and potatoes) as manlier, and healthier items (salads, yogurt) as girlier. Worse, after tasting three identical but differently labeled muffins (showing a footballer, a ballerina, or a gender-neutral pic), all chose as “tasting best” the muffin packaged to appeal to their own gender. So dump the stereotypes: Dig into a big, healthy salad—and threaten to break the arm of anyone who tries to stop you. –Mens Health
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