Retail & FoodService

More than 160 people from Sysco Foods, including administrators, chefs and salesmen came to BCA farm to learn more about beef and specifically CAB. They were educated on production chains of the beef industry from seedstock, cow/calf, stocker and feeder. …

Susan Notter, CEPC®, pastry arts program director at The Pennsylvania School of Culinary Arts, Lancaster, Pa., was recently named 2014 American Culinary Federation (ACF) Northeast Region Pastry Chef of the Year. Notter received the award after winning a competition at the 2014 ACF Northeast Regional Conference held in Warwick, R.I., April 11–14. …

And just like that, after a 70-year prohibition on wild Mexican clams, the almeja chocolata, or chocolate clam (named after the color of the shell) and the pata de mula, or blood clam (the shell contains hemoglobin), were approved for import into the U.S. from nearby Baja California. …

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Foodservice Breakfast Trends in the U.S., 2nd Edition" report to their offering. …

Vulcan and ITW Food Equipment Group (ITW FEG) announce three new appointments. Tim Welsh is now serving as sales director and Stacey Turek has been hired as business development manager for the chain cooking business unit. Cedric Stinson has been hired as business development manager for the steam cooking business unit for the foodservice division. …