Bill Marler

MARCH 5, 2024

A former raw milk cheese manufacturer and the company he owned and managed pleaded guilty today to charges related to cheese that was linked to a 2016-2017 outbreak of listeriosis, the disease caused by the pathogen Listeria monocytogenes. Johannes Vulto and his company, Vulto Creamery LLC, each pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of causing the introduction of adulterated food into interstate commerce.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 5, 2024

Things began to change for the restaurant industry in 2023 as the script flipped from cutbacks to a growth mindset. Data from the National Restaurant Association’s 2023 State of the Restaurant Industry report revealed that nearly three in four operators were focused on sustaining growth. While the change in mindset is good news for the industry, expansion in this sector is hampered by staff turnover with a majority ( 62 percent ) of restaurant owners reporting being understaffed.

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Sculpture Hospitality

MARCH 5, 2024

Technology, technology, technology. Finding the right balance between investing in too much technology and not enough is a perpetual challenge that restaurant owners manage within their businesses.

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Food Safety News

MARCH 5, 2024

The movement to ban certain additives in food or beverages that started last year in California and spread this year first to Illinois has now reached as far as the Empire State. Two New York State lawmakers introduced related bills to protect consumers from dangerous known and unknown additives used in foods and beverages. The first bill, A6424A/S6055B , would prohibit the use of seven dangerous and unnecessary additives in foods or drinks sold in New York state: azodicarbonamide, brominated ve

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Food Safety Magazine

MARCH 5, 2024

States like California have been active in the past few years passing laws to regulate PFAS in products. So far, 12 states have enacted laws that ban or impose reporting or disclosure requirements for PFAS in products. As states continue to move forward with emerging PFAS product restrictions, those who manufacture, distribute, and sell such products must prepare for the changing legal landscape.

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FoodService Director

MARCH 5, 2024

The 70th annual awards from the International Foodservice Manufacturers Association recognize leaders who have made lasting contributions to advance the foodservice industry.

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Hospitality Net

MARCH 5, 2024

Hilton (NYSE: HLT) and NABNI Developments, the visionary real estate developer behind the most sought-after residential and commercial properties in Dubai, have announced plans for Waldorf Astoria Residences Dubai Downtown, set for completion in 2028. Located in the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates, Waldorf Astoria Residences Dubai Downtown will heighten the prestigious hospitality brand’s global presence as the first-ever standalone Waldorf Astoria residential address outside of t

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Food Safety Magazine

MARCH 5, 2024

The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) is launching an educational campaign to address widespread misconceptions about what “vegan” versus “free-from” labels and raise awareness about precautionary allergen labeling.

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Foodservice Equipment Reports

MARCH 5, 2024

The International Foodservice Manufacturers Association announced winners of the 70th annual IFMA Silver Plate Award today, March 5. This year’s recipients represent eight food-away-from-home categories. “This is the 70th year IFMA has presented Gold & Silver Plate Awards and it’s more important than ever that we celebrate the wide range of operations providing people with food-away-from-home.

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FoodService Director

MARCH 5, 2024

Forty-two public school districts and charter schools in the state will receive financial assistance to implement alternative school breakfast models such as breakfast in the classroom.

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Bon Appetit Management Company

MARCH 5, 2024

Pickle pride at Oxford College at Emory University As Bon Appétit Fellows, part of our job is to travel to the different campuses we serve and collaborate with our culinary teams, along with university staff and student clubs, to engage students and inspire the next generation of sustainable food lovers and advocates. It’s always fun to get hands-on, of course, which is why we designed our quick pickling demo.

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Food Safety Magazine

MARCH 5, 2024

The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) recently appointed 20 new independent experts to its Scientific Advisory Committees.

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Hospitality Net

MARCH 5, 2024

Centara Hotels & Resorts, Thailand’s leading hotel operator, returns to ITB Berlin this week to reveal its latest news, developments and expansion plans to the world’s travel trade. Having celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2023, the company is now embarking on a sustainable strategy that will introduce its unique style of family-centric hospitality to multiple new markets, as it strives to become one of the planet’s top 100 hotel operators by 2027.

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Food Safety Magazine

MARCH 5, 2024

States like California have been active in the past few years passing laws to regulate PFAS in products. So far, 12 states have enacted laws that ban or impose reporting or disclosure requirements for PFAS in products. As states continue to move forward with emerging PFAS product restrictions, those who manufacture, distribute, and sell such products must prepare for the changing legal landscape.

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Hospitality Net

MARCH 5, 2024

Thai-owned Amora Group has revealed its latest acquisition Amora Brisbane, transformed into a five-star leisure and business hotel after a AU$30 million (USD20 million) remodelling. The CBD hotel joins the group’s expanding portfolio of six owned and operated hotels and resorts under the Amora brand in Australia and Thailand. Previously the Novotel Brisbane, Amora purchased the property from CDL Hospitality Trusts in 2020.

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Food Safety Tech

MARCH 5, 2024

Terry Levee is the new senior director of food safety and quality assurance at McLane Company. Levee brings more than 35 years of experience in food safety, quality assurance and regulatory affairs to the position. He most recently served as senior director of food safety and regulatory compliance for Giant Eagle. In his new position, Levee will lead McLane’s food safety team and support the company’s newest retail foodservice endeavor, McLane Fresh, as well as its established restaurant d

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Hospitality Net

MARCH 5, 2024

ITB Booth #110 Hall 8.1 (Messe Berlin) IDeaS, a SAS company, the world’s leading provider of hospitality revenue management software and services, announced today the release of G3 RMS Portfolio Navigator, the next innovation in multi-property revenue management. Portfolio Navigator provides powerful automation to identify, prioritize, and act on the most important revenue-impacting decisions.

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Food Safety Tech

MARCH 5, 2024

On March 5, the FDA issued the final guidance “ Dietary Supplements: New Dietary Ingredient Notification Procedures and Timeframes: Guidance for Industry.” Under section 413(a)(2) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) (21 U.S.C. 350b(a)(2)), the manufacturer or distributor of a new dietary ingredient (NDI) that has not been present in the food supply as an article used for food, or of a dietary supplement that contains the NDI, must submit a premarket safety notification to

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Hospitality Net

MARCH 5, 2024

IHG Hotels & Resorts, one of the world’s leading hotel companies, has signed a management agreement with the King Abdullah Financial District Management and Development Company (KAFD DMC) to bring two more luxury hotels to Riyadh. In an expansion of the IHG-KAFD partnership, Regent Riyadh KAFD and InterContinental Riyadh KAFD are poised to complement the region’s first Kimpton at KAFD, which is set to debut by the end of 2024 as part of the agreement established last year, bringing its total to

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Fast Casual

MARCH 5, 2024

Three TikTok experts led a panel discussion on using the social media platform at the Restaurant Franchising and Innovation Summit in Kansas City.

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Hospitality Net

MARCH 5, 2024

Hotelbeds, part of HBX Group, consolidates its strategic partnership with H World International, marking an expansion of its preferred portfolio. This distribution agreement offers clients enhanced access to premium lodging options across 21 countries.

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Food Safety Tech

MARCH 5, 2024

Although milk is among the most regulated food products in the nation, microbial contamination remains a long-standing pain point. Milk products can become tainted at every stage in the production process. Microbial contamination renders farmers’ yields worthless, sharply increases production facilities’ financial losses, and backs up production.

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Hospitality Net

MARCH 5, 2024

ITB Berlin, which is taking place from 5 to 7 March 2024 on the Berliner Exhibition Grounds, reports excellent bookings for a total of 150,000 square metres, equivalent to over 90 per cent of the display area. At 87 per cent, international participation in the World’s Leading Travel Trade Show is at a record high. The ITB Buyers Circle with 1,300 senior buyers serves as an industry barometer and underlines the global importance of ITB Berlin.

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Food Safety News

MARCH 5, 2024

The European Commission’s health and safety unit has published two reports looking at controls of fishery products in Spain and Saudi Arabia. An audit in Spain in February and March 2023 by DG Sante made three recommendations. The visit concluded that official controls over vessels freezing tuna provide confidence that they follow EU rules; however, there are inconsistencies in compliance with national regulations on frozen tuna for human consumption.

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Hospitality Net

MARCH 5, 2024

École Ducasse is proud to announce its academic collaboration agreement with the emblematic Instituto Gato Dumas, a pillar of gastronomic education in Latin America. This alliance represents a major step in the expansion of École Ducasse, providing an opening to Latin America and marking the union of two great institutions.

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Food Safety News

MARCH 5, 2024

Singapore is making progress on a revised grading system for assessing the food safety performance of establishments. The Safety Assurance for Food Establishments (SAFE) framework will consider an establishment’s track record and food safety management systems. It will also harmonize the grading systems for retail and non-retail food outlets, which are currently regulated by two frameworks.

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Hospitality Net

MARCH 5, 2024

BirchStreet Systems, a leading global provider of enterprise procure-to- pay solutions to the hospitality sector, today announced the acquisition of ReactorNet Technologies, a provider of business spend management software and related solutions to the hospitality vertical. The acquisition further advances BirchStreet’s leadership position in hospitality through enhancing its presence in the select service segment of hotel management, while also providing for new vertical growth opportunities.

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Food Safety Tech

MARCH 5, 2024

Food packaging is now safer for consumers thanks to the elimination of one of the key dietary sources of Per and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) exposure. On February 28, the FDA announced that grease-proofing substances containing PFAS are no longer being sold by manufacturers for food contact use in the U.S. market following the completion of the voluntary market phase-out of these substances used on food packaging paper and paperboard.

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Hospitality Net

MARCH 5, 2024

Remington Hospitality announces the retirement of President Chris Green, effective April 5, 2024. Serving as President for the last two years, Chris has become an invaluable leader at Remington, acting as a driving force in cultivating strong relationships with owners while ensuring property performance remains at the forefront of decision-making.

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FoodService Director

MARCH 5, 2024

School nutrition professionals traveled to Washington D.C. this week to discuss reimbursement rates, proposed changes to the school nutrition standards and more.

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Hospitality Net

MARCH 5, 2024

SkyStem LLC, a leading provider of automated month-end close and account reconciliation software, is pleased to announce the company’s Marketing Lead, Ally Mason, has been featured in The Sociable’s ‘50 under 50 Marketing Leaders Shaking up the Industry. With the marketing profession on the rise and its newfound necessity to a never-ending array of businesses, we see more and more marketing leaders setting new industry standards with creative and innovative marketing campaigns.

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