Retail & FoodService

For years, the slider trend has hit menu boards across the world, tempting folks with a smaller burger option compared to the full-size meal-deal. But after dining on these cute little samples, many were left looking for more beef and less bun. Snake River Farms is excited to introduce their American Kobe Beef Gourmet Hamburger Thick Slider Patty – the perfect addition to any appetizer menu or bar food fare. …

Football fans this season will find plenty of tasty and innovative menu items, including many with local flavors, at stadium concessions operated by Delaware North Companies Sportservice. …

Fishery Products International, the leading US broad line foodservice seafood provider, today announced that it has expanded its ground-breaking FireRoasters line of flame-seared fillets to include two new Alaska Pollock versions featuring highly popular flavor profiles. …

The Martin-Brower Company, L.L.C. announced it has signed a letter of intent with Marfrig Alimentos S.A. to acquire Keystone Foods distribution and logistics businesses in North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia Pacific. Serving McDonald’s since 1956, distribution is Martin-Browers core competency. The company is currently McDonald’s largest distributor in the United States, Canada, Ireland and Latin America. …

Officials with the United Food and Commercial Workers confirmed Monday that they had reached a three-year labor contract with Ralphs, Vons and Albertsons, averting a grocery strike that would have idled more than 54,000 workers across Southern California. …