Retail & FoodService

SUPERVALU® announced the launch of a custom-built mobile application that gives customers the tools they need to be efficient while shopping our stores. The company tested the mobile app at its Cub Food stores this past November 2011, and formally launched the app to the rest of the company’s traditional banners during the month of February 2012. …

Mike Zakowski, a 1994 graduate of The Kendall College School of Culinary Arts, will compete in the Coupe du Monde de la Boulangerie, or World Cup of Baking, in Paris, France, March 3-7. …

TigerChef, the leading online source for restaurant equipment and supplies, announced today the winner of their “Hot Stock Pot” Sweepstakes. The winner, Allyson Bossie, is a married mother of four from Hurdle Mills, North Carolina. The sweepstakes prize–a Vollrath 60 Quart Stock Pot–is chosen from TigerChef’s extensive collection of kitchen supplies. …

Kurt Brockhaus, buyer and product manager of protein and seafood for Sysco Lincoln, accepts the Certified Angus Beef ® brand’s “Specialist of the Year” award from Mark Polzer (left), Certified Angus Beef LLC’s vice president of business development. …

Kelly Hoppmann, merchandising specialist for Sysco Columbia (S.C.), accepts the Certified Angus Beef ® brand’s “New Performer of the Year” award from Mark Polzer (left), Certified Angus Beef LLC’s vice president of business development. …