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Operators Look for Suppliers and Distributors to Deliver More than Products |
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By Edward R. Tinsley III
This past year has been an eventful one for the restaurant-and-foodservice industry. We are an economic powerhouse and one of the nation’s largest private-sector employers. We serve meals and snacks to 132 million Americans each day, and restaurants are an essential part of the American lifestyle. However, as the industry entered its 16th consecutive year of growth in 2007, with sales reaching $537 billion in 935,000 locations, and with 12.8 million employees, the year has not been without challenges. |
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Sustainable Foodservice Packaging is Focus of Attention |
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Manufacturers Caution Distributors and Operators: Be Careful of What You Wish For
NEW YORK – Sustainability and environmentally friendliness are more than contemporary buzzwords as society, manufacturers, retailers and the foodservice industry not only endeavor to specify products that meet those characteristics but at the same let everyone know that they are doing so. |
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Distributors Hail Establishment of Center for Produce Safety |
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Multimillion-Dollar Facility to Serve as Clearinghouse for Information and Research Facility
NEW YORK – Foodservice distributors are hailing the establishment this week of the Center for Produce Safety at the University of California that was endowed with a $2 million contribution by the Produce Marketing Association. |
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Why Some Systems Decrease Customer Service, Margins, Inventory Profitablity |
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By Dick Friedman
Some distributors have spent a fortune on new systems, only to discover months later that the business performance got worse, not better – or at best, didn’t increase. Other distributors have been using the same systems for many years, but still aren’t getting “the numbers” they want, and wonder why. This article looks at a few functional areas where mistakes and omissions are depressing customer service and profits. |
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Is Your Company’s Plan for Product Recall Up to Par? |
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Experts Offer Questions that Each Distributorship Should Take Time to Answer
By Karen J. Ribler
This last fall E-coli was found in pre-packaged spinach. Late November E-coli was disseminated through lettuce served at Taco Bell. About the same time similar outbreaks of E-coli induced illness were traced to lettuce served in Taco John restaurants in Iowa and Minnesota. Most recently there have been recalls of ground beef (E-coli), chicken breast strips (Listeria monocytogenes), olives (botulism) and peanut butter (Salmonella). |
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