Retail & FoodService

Canadian investors looking for bargains should check out their local grocery stores, whose stocks are trading at an attractive discount due to a looming expansion in Canada by Wal-Mart Stores Inc and Target Corp. …

Wal-Mart is as inescapably American as Ford trucks and apple pie. It's only fitting, then, that the company celebrated its anniversary just two days before our nation's own Independence Day, and that the company's eccentric founder drove a red F-150 long into his status as billionaire. Given all that it's accomplished in 50 short years, it only makes sense to wonder what the next 50 years will bring. …

The Idaho Potato Commission (IPC) recognized three foodservice educators in the 2012 CAFÉ-Idaho Potato Commission Innovation Awards at the 8th-annual Leadership Conference of the Center for the Advancement of Foodservice Education (CAFÉ) at The Culinary Institute of America, San Antonio, Texas, June 21-23, 2012. …

Galbani® Artisan Six Cheese Blend, a new premium cheese blend by Lactalis® Foodservice, is being introduced into restaurants across the country. Galbani® worked to develop a unique, authentic Artisan Six Cheese Blend that is made with both U.S.-produced and imported Italian cheeses to bring a new level of flavor to culinary creators. The six different cheeses take each of their distinctive qualities and combine for a myriad of extraordinary flavors that enhance Italian dishes as never before. …

ARAMARK, the exclusive food and beverage partner of the Kansas City Royals and ten other Major League Baseball teams, is firing up Kauffman Stadium's barbecue grills in anticipation of serving hungry fans attending the 2012 Major League Baseball All-Star Game in Kansas City. …