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How Innovation Moves Food Safety Forward
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NSF Wireless Portion Control Scale Delivers Cost Savings to Food Preparation
Strong Partnership Between Sodexo and Carla’s Pasta
Made in the USA Versus Imported Brick Ovens
RDN: How long have you been with Sodexo, and what are your current responsibilities there?
RDN: Made in the USA versus imported brick ovens. Why are restaurateurs finding this to be such a difficult decision?
An interview with Rob Morasco CEC, Senior Director Culinary Development, Culinary Solutions, Sodexo.
SG: In terms of food safety, innovation is critical for two reasons. Firstly, it enhances the ability of a restaurant to find problems and to find problems sooner. That instantly raises the operation’s food safety profile – they serve safer food more reliably and are
Yamato offers the NSF approved AWWPS Wireless Platform Scale, perfect for portion control in the preparation of pizza, baked goods and other food preparations. It consists of a large 14-inch by 14-inch removable stainless steel platform for easy cleanup. The wireless feature of the WPS allows you to mount the display in the most convenient position using the included wall mounting bracket. No cable or wires are needed to
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An interview with Steven Getraer, President, CM Systems LLC. RDN: What is the link between innovation and food safety?
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Damascus Bakeries: Bred to Bread
Vertullo Imports Offers Highest-Quality Specialty Items An interview with Paul Vertullo, Chief Operating Officer, Vertullo Imports.
An interview with David Mafoud, Principal and Third-Generation Baker, Damascus Bakeries.
RDN: You have a new bakery. What is your vision for this new facility?
DM: To start, more of the same. More lavash and flatbreads, and certainly, more of our Brooklyn Bred® Bistro breads, which have been a wonderful growth segment for our company.
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Chicago Sunday, May 19, 2019
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Excel Dryer Expands and Enhances Hand Hygiene
An interview with William Gagnon, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Excel Dryer, Inc.
An interview with Francesco Marra, President and Chief Executive Officer, Marra Forni.
FM: When consumers are not educated about a particular product, they fall for the cheaper price. You might save a little bit of money today, but in the long term, you’re going to spend so much more. If
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Smitty Bee Honey: A Sweet Success Story
PV: Vertullo Imports is a high-end importer and marketer, offering a wide array of specialty products and the highest quality imported items.
RDN: What types of items are you importing?
WG: Excel Dryer is a family-owned, Massachusetts-based company that’s been manufacturing the finest American-made hand dryers for more than 50 years. We revolutionized the industry with the original, patented, high-speed, energy-efficient XLERATOR® Hand Dryer that created
For over 95 years, Smitty Bee has been passionate about producing and packaging high quality honey. That passion has helped create one of the most respected honey packaging businesses in the industry. Louis Henkelman, who always had a love for honey, started producing honey from a single colony hobbyist kit from Sears and Roebuck. In those days, honey could only be obtained by raising your own bees. At this time, honey was a novelty item and not mass
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RDN: Tell our readers a little bit about Vertullo Imports.
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RDN: What is Excel Dryer all about?
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