Retail & FoodService

The United States Healthful Food Council (USHFC) recognized the first restaurants in the nation to achieve REAL Certification at a recent event in Washington, DC.  REAL (Responsible Epicurean and Agricultural Leadership) Certification is a program created by the USHFC to help connect people who want healthful and sustainable food and beverages with the restaurants and other foodservice operations that provide them. …

The International Association of Refrigerated Warehouses (IARW) has released its annual IARW Global Top 25 List of the public refrigerated warehouses (PRWs) with the greatest capacity of warehouse space in the world. Accompanying the Global Top 25 is the IARW North American Top 25 List. …

Stater Bros. is pleased to announce the construction of the Company's newest and most modern supermarket in the Redlands Village Shopping Center, which is being developed by Lewis Retail Centers. …

The Midwest Food Processors Association (MWFPA), in conjunction with a coalition of nine other food industry groups, have registered their opposition to a bill that would restrict what recipients of the federal food stamp program, now known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), can buy with that assistance. …

Officials with Kansas Speedway and Hy-Vee, Inc. announced a partnership agreement that makes Hy-Vee the Official Grocer and Tailgate Pit Stop of the Kansas Speedway. …