Last updated on January 18th, 2016 at 01:02 pm
Foodservice News In Brief…
General Electric, in a major economic benefit to Boston and its restaurants, has selected Boston’s Seaport District for its corporate headquarters location. Employees will move to a temporary location in Boston starting this summer, with a full move completed in several steps by 2018. In Boston, GE will have about 800 employees; 200 from corporate staff and 600 digital industrial product managers, designers and developers split between GE Digital, Robotics and Life Sciences. A GE Digital Foundry will be created for co-creation, incubation and product development with customers, startups and partners…
Chipotle will close all its restaurants for a few hours on Feb. 8 to train its staff on food safety…
The New England Ice Cream Restaurant Association will host its annual winter seminar alongside the Taylor Freezer of New England Show from 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 23, at The Lantana in Randolph, Massachusetts. Educational topics will include social media and supplementing sales with ice cream cake-making in the offseason and working with suppliers in the offseason…
The Rhode Island Hospitality Association is forming a “Kitchen Cabinet” of industry leaders to represent the industry on wages, overtime, healthcare, scheduling mandates and paid leave. The first meeting is Jan. 21 at POSItouch in Warwick. For more information, email Sarah Bratko of RIHA at [email protected].
