Retail & FoodService

Each year between 700 and 1,000 significant foodservice purchasing executives report their wholesale beef purchases for the Foodservice Volumetric study. Enough data is collected to allow fairly robust extrapolations to the industry at large. Estimates are also cross-checked with 25 distributors and 5 protein processors focused on the foodservice channel. The time range covered is 12 months through a September month-end. A margin of error of +/- 10% should be assumed when interpreting pound estimates. …

Amidst growing demands from college students for university leadership in sustainable, local food systems, today Sodexo, a leader in Quality of Life Services, and the Real Food Challenge, the largest student food justice organization in the nation, jointly announced an agreement that advances supply chain transparency on Sodexo-contracted campuses. …

The Manitowoc Co. Inc. said Thursday that Michael Kachmer, president of the company's food service segment, has resigned to pursue a chief executive officer role elsewhere. …

Newfoundland and Labrador has secretly imposed close to a million dollars in costs on restaurant and bar owners by introducing new liquor licence fees. Unbeknownst to the industry, the new fees for restaurateurs were included in the recent provincial budget. …

A California legislator wants to require the state's prisons, schools and other public institutions to buy local agriculture products to support California farmers. …