Retail & FoodService

The Green Bay Packers announced that Delaware North Companies Sportservice has been selected as the new exclusive provider of food and beverage services at Lambeau Field. …

Driven by consumer choice, the U.S. organic industry grew by 9.5 percent overall in 2011 to reach $31.5 billion in sales. Of this, the organic food and beverage sector was valued at $29.22 billion, while the organic non-food sector reached $2.2 billion, according to findings from the Organic Trade Association’s (OTA’s) 2012 Organic Industry Survey. These and other organic-related statistics (see the accompanying info-graphic) are being discussed this week in conjunction with the trade association’s 2012 Policy Conference and Hill Visit Days here in Washington. …

Old Style Sausage, a Denver, Colo. establishment, is recalling approximately 3,000 pounds of sausage products because of misbranding and an undeclared allergen. The sausage products contain egg, a known allergen not declared on the package label.
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Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has joined producers of the Ninth Annual Great American Seafood Cook-Off to pose the following challenge to each state in the Union: Send your chef to New Orleans where the finest seafood chef in America will be crowned. Governor Jindal has sent letters to his 49 fellow governors asking them to appoint a chef to represent their state at the Great American Seafood Cook-Off, set to occur on Saturday, August 11, 2012 in New Orleans. …

D&W Fine Pack LLC, a leader in the foodservice packaging industry and a portfolio company of Mid Oaks Investments LLC, is pleased to announce the acquisition of the equipment and inventory of Jet Plastica Industries.
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