Retail & FoodService

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) revised Model Food Code now requires foodservice institutions, retailers and restaurants to have a certified food protection manager at the unit level, Nations Restaurant News reports. The Model Food Code is a recommendation that states, counties or cities can adopt into law. …

Costco Wholesale Corp. is raising its membership fees 10 percent as the wholesale club operator tries to keep its prices on products low to keep drawing value-focused shoppers. …

Fresh Healthy Vending, the company that has revolutionized the vending machine industry with all-natural, healthy options, announces that they have partnered with Healthy Child Healthy World. By partnering with this mission-driven organization, they are furthering their own commitment to helping America win the war on childhood obesity. …

Renaissance Food Group (RFG) selected Mobishelf, a division of Plastech Specialties Company, to collaborate in the development and implementation of a new mobile marketing initiative for RFG’s Chef Essentials product line. Mobishelf programmers worked with RFG to create customized mobile websites for all 33 products in RFG’s Chef Essentials line. Each of the sites includes recipes, nutritional information as well as video cooking demonstrations. The result is an enhanced Chef Essentials line that generated praise from RFG’s retail customers across the country. …

No matter that First Lady Michelle Obama has been on a crusade for a year and a half to slim down the country. Never mind that some restaurants have started listing calories on their menus. Forget even that we keep saying we want to eat healthy. When Americans eat out, we order burgers and fries anyway. …