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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...

4 years ago 2 minute read

USDA Food Box Lessons

During the early onset of the pandemic, businesses large and small were forced to close across the nation. Restaurants, schools,...

4 years ago 2 minute read

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...

4 years ago 3 minute read

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...

4 years ago 3 minute read

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...

4 years ago 4 minute read

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...

4 years ago 2 minute read

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...

4 years ago 3 minute read

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”...

4 years ago 5 minute read

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...

4 years ago 3 minute read

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...

4 years ago 2 minute read

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....

4 years ago 3 minute read

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...

4 years ago 2 minute read

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...

4 years ago 3 minute read

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,...

4 years ago 2 minute read

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....

4 years ago 4 minute read

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...

4 years ago 3 minute read

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....

4 years ago 2 minute read

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...

4 years ago 5 minute read

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