Last updated on April 22nd, 2015 at 04:00 pm
Food Service News In Brief
The New Hampshire Lodging and Restaurant Association (NHLRA) has notified its members that the New Hampshire House of Representatives has chosen to suspend the law that establishes the Division of Travel and Tourism Development (DTTD) budget and cut $3.77 million from DTTD’s tourism development fund. That is roughly a 75 percent cut from the current year. According to the NHLRA, “Make no mistake about it, this will dramatically impact New Hampshire’s ability to drive tourists to our state and to your business.” A public hearing is scheduled from 3-5 p.m. May 5…
Noted Chef Mario Batali and partners are close to signing a new agreement to open “Eataly,” a retail and restaurant hybrid of fresh produce, grocery stands, food counters and restaurants at the Boston Prudential Center. Boston would be Eataly’s fourth U.S. location and would feature some 15,000 products…
Compass Group USA recently was named to Forbes 2015 America’s Best Employers list as the highest ranked food service and support services company. Compass Group is among the top 20 business services and supplies companies on the list and ranked 458th overall. Based in Charlotte, North Carolina, Compass Group is a food service management and support services company with $13.6 billion in revenues in 2014 and has more than 500,000 associates worldwide.
