Retail & FoodService

The JTM Food Group, a Harrison, Ohio-based company specializing in menu solutions for the food service industry, has added four new cheese sauces to its Cocina Tejada Mexican Favorites product line. The Sauces Queso, Queso Blanco, Queso with Beef and Reduced Fat Cheese Sauce are ideal for food service operations, including restaurants, healthcare and military operations looking to improve and accentuate their Mexican menus. …

Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan today released the results of a nationwide analysis of food hubs and provided highlights of how Michigan can tap into USDA’s ‘Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food’ initiative, which promotes local and regional food systems by stimulating community economic development and facilitating efforts to expand access to affordable fresh and local food. …

Tens of thousands of Southern California supermarket workers cast their ballots in a vote that if successful would authorize union leaders to call a strike if they can’t reach a contract with Ralphs, Vons and Albertsons. …

Whole Foods Market reveals its wide array of kosher for Passover offerings from organic and whole wheat matzo and gluten-free macaroons to all-natural and antibiotic-free poultry selections just in time for the holiday. …

Sunflower Farmers Market, the full-service natural and organic grocer famous for serious food at silly prices, has announced it will open its first store in the Oklahoma market in September. The new store will be located in Oklahoma City at Northwest 63rd Street and North May Avenue, less than two miles from Penn Square Mall. …