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USDA Food Box Lessons: The Numbers
The Farmers to Families Food Box Program began in April 2020 with the USDA announcing the plan to exercise its...
USDA Food Box Lessons
During the early onset of the pandemic, businesses large and small were forced to close across the nation. Restaurants, schools,...
Trading Assistance: Reefer Download vs. Portable Recorder
All things considered, fresh produce vendors and carriers work pretty darn well together. Reasonable people with an eye toward future...
The Evolution of Dining: The post-pandemic future
There’s no minimizing the pain the foodservice industry endured for the last year and a half, but the pandemic paved...
The Evolution of Dining: Functional foods and snacks
For many, it’s not enough that food tastes great or provides good nutrition. It must also enhance energy, balance flora...
The Evolution of Dining: Dining at home
For more than a year, many consumers hunkered down at home, relying on whatever culinary skills they had before the...
The Evolution of Dining: Adversity sparks creativity
Like the aftermath of a forest fire, there is regrowth after destruction. When the pandemic is finally behind us, restaurants...
Ghost kitchens don’t work for everyone
While the past 18 months have been brutal for the foodservice industry, one area has been booming. So-called “ghost kitchens”...
The Evolution of Dining: Ghost Kitchens
Well before Covid took the air out of the foodservice industry last spring, operators began turning to ‘ghost kitchens’ to...
The Evolution of Dining: Limited Capacity, Increased Challenges
In the spring of 2021, many restaurants were opening back up, starting with 25-percent capacity. “Here in British Columbia, dining...
The Evolution of Dining: Carryout and menu changes
After the initial shock of lockdowns at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic last spring, operators and their suppliers regrouped....
The Evolution of Dining: New venues, new experiences, and the future of fresh food
Transformations in dining, both inside and outside the home, have been taking place since before the Covid pandemic began in...
Know Your Trade Terms: Protection
Trade terms save us from having to work through boilerplate legalese with each new transaction. They are essentially shorthand versions...
The forgotten second-most important asset
Cash is king. Long live the king. This is the cry, shouted from the rooftops, by business owners and CFOs,...
Inside Longo’s: Looking Ahead
Jon Hauptman, senior director of analytics at Inmar Intelligence, Winston-Salem, NC, identifies two areas where Longo Brothers Fruit Market Inc....
Inside Longo’s: Formats and Expansion
It wasn’t until 1982 that Longo Brothers Fruit Market Inc. BB #:154544 Vaughan, ON, opened its third location, in then-rural...
Inside Longo’s: Sustainable measures
A significant area where Longo Brothers Fruit Market Inc. BB #:154544 Vaughan, ON, has been out in front is sustainability....
Inside Longo’s: Eye on innovation
Longo Brothers Fruit Market Inc. BB #:154544 Vaughan, ON, is known for innovation, often predicting and addressing changes in the...
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