Supplier News
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Maple Leaf Farms Donates Duck Products to Help Feed Furloughed and Frontline Workers LEESBURG, Ind. (April 22, 2020) -- As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect businesses and workers across the U.S., Maple Leaf Farms is partnering with chefs and meal organizations to help feed furloughed employees and frontline healthcare workers. The company has donated thousands of pounds of duck products to give back to its foodservice customers that have been affected by these hard times. Chefs across the country have stepped up to prepare nutritious meals with duck legs, duck breast and roast... Read More
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CHICAGO, IL – APRIL 7, 2020— The two leading providers of authentic Mediterranean and globally- inspired cuisine are coming together to leverage their strengths based on an agreement between Grecian Delight, a Parthenis family business, and Kronos Foods, one of Entrepreneurial Equity Partners’ portfolio companies. The merger will allow Grecian Delight and Kronos to better serve their customers by offering more overall value through enhanced services, expansive product lines and increased capacity to quickly bring new innovations to market. The agreement between Grecian Delight and Kronos... Read More
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Order Delivery or Pick-up Today to Help Support Restaurant Workers Smithfield, Va. – March 24, 2020 –Smithfield Culinary, the leading pork processor with a dedication to culinary arts, announced its support of America’s restaurant industry and its workforce by furthering their partnership with CORE™: CHILDREN OF RESTAURANT EMPLOYEES to aid food and beverage service employee’s affected by COVID-19. During The Great American Takeout, people are encouraged to order at least one delivery or pick-up meal to show support for the struggling restaurant community. For every social post... Read More
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SPRINGDALE, Ark. (January 29, 2020) — Nashville Hot Chicken continues to be a hot product for foodservice operators, and Tyson Foodservice is expanding its Tyson® Nashville Hot Chicken portfolio to include bone-in wings, giving operators more ways to add the popular flavor profile to their menu. This new bone-in wing is the fourth product in the Tyson® Nashville Hot Chicken line, which also includes boneless wings, breast filets and thigh filets. 45% of the population orders chicken wings at restaurants and foodservice outlets1 and 60% of wings served are bone in2. The easy two-step... Read More
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Furmano’s Introduces Fully Cooked Ancient Grain Products for Foodservice. January 7, 2020 (Northumberland, PA) – Sometimes the most wholesome ideas aren’t new. In fact, you might call them ancient. Furmano’s, a leading family-owned producer of superior quality beans, tomatoes and vegetables, is adding a new category of products to its roster: Fully Cooked Ancient Grains in shelf-stable foodservice pouches. Available in popular Quinoa, Farro and Sorghum varieties, these ready-to- serve products are now available to foodservice operators nationwide. Ancient grains are loosely... Read More
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Chef Dan Snowden of Bad Hunter Creates First Series of Craveable Recipes ELMHURST, IL, Dec. 13, 2019 – MorningStar Farms® announced the launch of the “MorningStar Farms® X Chefs Collection,” a chef collaboration that inspires plant-based culinary creations using MorningStar Farms® vast portfolio in unexpected and trend-worthy ways. As the number one plant-based protein in foodservice1, MorningStar Farms® enlisted Executive Chef Dan Snowden of Chicago’s Bad Hunter and Pizza Lobo restaurants. Chef Snowden used his highly respected culinary talents to create the first collection of plant-... Read More