Last updated on August 17th, 2015 at 03:43 pm
Food Service News In Brief…
The Rhode Island Hospitality Association will host an Economic Outlook Breakfast on Wednesday, Sept. 9, from 8-10:30 a.m. at the Rhode Island Convention Center. Breakfast speakers include Rachel Roginsky, principal of the Pinnacle Advisory Group, and Hudson Riehle, SVP of research and knowledge for the National Restaurant Association. Following their talks, an “Ask the Expert” session will be held with officials from the U.S. Department of Labor, Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training, URS and Rhode Island Division of Taxation…
F.A.B. Inc. (Frosty Acres Brands), the national food service marketing and purchasing cooperative for independent distributors, has added Black River Produce of North Springfield, Vermont, as the newest member of the cooperative. In the late 1970s, Steve Birge and Mark Curran started Black River Produce with $600 and a used VW bus with the slogan “Give Peas a Chance” painted on the side, making deliveries of local and organic produce in Vermont. Today, Black River Produce services more than 2,000 customers, including schools, restaurants, clubs, camps, ski areas, hospitals, nursing homes and farm stands throughout Vermont, New Hampshire and parts of New York and Massachusetts. Over the years Black River Produce has expanded its produce offerings to include meats, seafood and dairy…
Jersey Mike’s Subs founder and CEO Peter Cancro made and sliced a $100,000 sub for No Kid Hungry, an organization committed to ending childhood hunger. Cancro fulfilled a pledge he made in March while speaking at an industry conference. There, Cancro announced on stage in front of thousands of attendees that he would donate $100,000 to the charity if Tom Nelson, president of No Kid Hungry/Share Our Strength, and David Jobe, president of Winsight Events, joined him at the company’s Jersey Shore home to make subs. After a sub-making lesson, Cancro presented the check. The donation will provide one million healthy meals for children in the U.S.
