Milky Way kicks off summer season with ice cream bars for retailers and fans. This summer, the Milky Way brand introduced Milky Way Chocolate Ice Cream Bars, and plans to celebrate by featuring a special edition Milky Way chocolate ice cream truck. “The ice cream truck tour will help us bring the popular Milky Way…
Rutter’s Opens 57th Store
New location brings 35 jobs to Loganville, Pa. The 57th store in Rutter’s Farm Stores expanding chain of local convenience stores opened its doors this week at the intersection of Reynolds Mill Rd. and Susquehanna Trail in Loganville, Pa. The 5,700 square foot store, located just off Route 83 in southern York County, Pa. has…
Boiled Side Dishes
Champs Chicken offers a variety of side dishes that will let consumers customize meals better: mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese, seasoned green beans, seasoned corn, cinnamon candied apples, chicken gravy, white pepper gravy and sausage gravy. All of these items are packaged in small portion “boil in bags” that can be prepared on a stove…
Chicken Prep Table
Champs Chicken designed a new, manual breading table that can help retailers get their foodservice prep work done faster. The table has a handle attached to a gear box that makes it almost like an auto sift breading table. Retailers can easily sift breading, breaking down the dough balls while removing unwanted items and dispensing…
NYC Mayor Expects To Restrict Soda Sales
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg proposes to ban the sale of large sugary drinks. New York City residents might be in for a shock if Mayor Michael Bloomberg follows through on his proposed ban of sugary drinks with more than 16-ounces in eateries. The ban will affect restaurants, delis, food trucks, sports stadiums and movie…
Sara Lee Corp. Announces Name Change
Sara Lee Corp. splits to form two companies: D.E. MASTER BLENDERS 1753 and Hillshire Brands Co. Sara Lee Corp. has selected Hillshire Brands Co. as the new name for its North American business. Sara Lee is set to become two independent pure-play, publicly-traded companies on June 28, 2012. D.E MASTER BLENDERS 1753 will focus on…
Surging Demand for Pizza
With so many national brands already well established in the marketplace, c-store retailers have to create a niche of their own by combining quality products and personal service. By Marilyn Odesser-Torpey, Associate Editor. Before the CENEX convenience store opened in Killdeer, N.D., the only pizzas readily available to the town’s residents were the ones in…
Embracing the Changing Retail Environment
Back in 1997 I had the opportunity to sit down with Dave Thomas, the founder of the Wendy’s chain to interview him about his retail strategy. One of the first things he said to me was, “You know why our hamburgers are square? Because we don’t cut corners.” Over the past decade many things have…
Doing Deli the Right Way
Convenience store operators have plenty of help when it comes to investing in a foodservice program. By Jim Callahan. I recently read that China’s convenience stores are experiencing double-digit growth in deli sales primarily driven by hot dog sales. But let’s be frank, nobody does hot dogs better than Americans. From the quality of the…
Preparing Sandwiches The Ways Consumers Want Them
Technomic Inc. reports that sandwiches prove to be more successful items on lunch and dinner menus for the past two years. Sandwiches are a staple food item for both lunch and dinner menus at limited- and full-service restaurants, and more consumers report purchasing sandwiches away from home today compared to two years ago. “Today’s consumer…