Retail & FoodService

NPD: Health-Conscious Consumers Seek Quality, Not Fewer Calories

February 8, 2011 Kim McLynn, NPD Group Inc.

Americans are looking for more healthful options at restaurants and other foodservice outlets but define healthy eating based on quality features rather than fewer calories, according to The NPD Group. …

Sysco Corp. Reports Second Quarter Net Earnings Of $258M

February 8, 2011 Neil Russell, Sysco Corp.

Sysco Corporation measured food cost inflation at 3.9 percent for the first half of its fiscal year. …

Whole Foods Consumers Can Now Order Straight From Growers

February 8, 2011 Elaine Walker, The Miami Herald

Whole Foods offers help to Community Supported Agriculture programs. …

Mann Packing Hires Foodservice Region Sales Manager

February 8, 2011 Elena Hernandez, Mann Packing Co., Inc.

Mann Packing is expanding its foodservice sales team with the addition of Chip Callahan as the new, foodservice region sales manager for the eastern United States. …

Wegmans’ Pilot Program Tests Wine-Pouring Dispenser

February 7, 2011 The Morning Call

A Wegmans store in Allentown, PA, installed a vending machine that dispenses wine by the glass, and other Wegmans stores might follow. …