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This week’s update focuses on the planned foodservice upgrades coming to the country’s largest convenience retailer.
A roundup of regulatory developments affecting the food-away-from-home business, including policy changes that are part of the Administration’s Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) initiative.
From the time he was 6, the scion of the famed family has strived to leave his mark on the U.S. hospitality industry through smarts and hard work.
Chains including Pokeworks, Bojangles, Panera Bread and more are jumping on the latest trends to meet consumer desire for high-protein snacks around the clock.
The family dining chain said it intends to make further MAHA-driven changes to its recipes and menu later this year.
Considerable color is added to the event by its adherence to traditions, one of them being a token bet on who’ll win the Gold Plate award. Here’s how to engage in that time-honored custom.
The 72nd edition of the Gold & Silver Plate Awards are coming up soon. Test your knowledge of the FAFH industry's biggest night and see how you stack up.
The European nation is updating its student nutrition standards for the first time in more than 10 years, with significant departures from the approach planned for U.S. schools.
Welcome to a new feature recapping the latest FAFH developments at convenience and grocery stores.
Orders of the products from broadline distributors fell in 2024 after years of growth, the report found.
The former manager of Microsoft’s foodservice operations wants to air solutions to common problems across the six siloed sectors of “everyday foodservice.”
The Supply Chain Resiliency Hub will help U.S. manufacturers find new and alternative suppliers while flagging disruption risks, according to the University of New Haven.
The annual unofficial celebration of cannabis culture is kicking into high gear, with chains like Jimmy John’s, Wingstop, Insomnia Cookies and more joining with punny marketing and menu items.
The surcharges, imposed after the Supreme Court rejected the Administration’s first round of duties, have been challenged by 24 states.
Welcome to a new feature recapping the latest food-away-from-home-related developments at convenience and grocery stores.
The dynamics widened the expense gap between cooking at home and frequenting a food-away-from-home establishment.
Kevin Hourican said the added buying power will provide the purchasing leverage to hold the line. That’s not such good news for suppliers.
In The country’s largest convenience-store owner cited ongoing consumer uncertainty in its decision to stall its go-public effort by a year “at the earliest.”
The latest Consumer & Operator Research Group report offers insight into the demographic groups most likely to change the way they eat based on new nutritional information.
Here’s a roundup of food-away-from-home news that might have slipped past even avid media watchers.
Patterned after a 2-year-old program in Kentucky, the initiative obliges participating facilities to spend 5% of their food budgets on supplies from local farms.
The once-vertically-integrated chain is closing three more of its dough manufacturing facilities and increasing its reliance on outside suppliers.
Brands roll out pickle cookies, cheddar Pop-Tarts, name changes and more. Just be sure to double-check the date.
Once approved, the $45 billion transaction would bring together brands including McCormick spices and flavorings, Knorr, Hellmann’s and Cholula.
The Silver Plate winner has brought new success to his theater chain by having it function more as a restaurant.
Procurement policies and practices will need to be brought in line with the nutritional guidelines set out in the new DGAs for hospitals to continue receiving federal funding, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announced.
Sodexo and The Princeton Review plan to canvass school administrators about the correlation between foodservices and school loyalty.
The broadliner said the deal will instantly make it the largest player in the cash-and-carry market.
A new study says half of consumers aged 18 to 34 are considering what’s in fryers when choosing a restaurant.
Jeff Palmer, exec director of dining at UC San Diego and this year's College & University Silver Plate winner, is using data, sustainability, and a passion for culinary authenticity to redefine what campus dining can be.
Leisa Bryant, executive director of Food and Nutrition Services at MD Anderson Cancer Center and this year's Healthcare Silver Plate winner, is redefining hospital food — one act of compassionate leadership at a time.
15 books by Silver Plate award winners, the food-away-from-home industry's elite. Learn their secrets to success, from building iconic brands like Wendy's and Popeyes to pioneering hospitality, offering invaluable insights for aspiring leaders.
Danielle Bock, director of nutrition services for Greeley-Evans School District and this year's K-12 Silver Plate winner, has spent her career fighting for students and staff — and she's not done yet.
Convenience stores are getting more strategic with bundle deals to compete with QSRs.
Jerry Morgan, CEO of Texas Roadhouse and this year’s Silver Plate winner in the Chain Full Service category, is widely known as Kent Taylor’s successor. But that doesn’t reflect all he’s doing for the company and brand.
Regional grocer Stop & Shop this week announced a major upgrade of its in-store hot bars. The refreshed self-serve dinners and sides feature comfort food options and globally inspired proteins, which will be served from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. daily.
A name like Clementine Paddleford isn’t easy to forget. Nor is a long professional life of piloting her own Piper Cub from one backwater location to another, looking for local dishes that were as enticing as anything the swells of New York City.
Starbucks on Tuesday announced a major reorganization of its licensed business.
It’s clear that the way customers make their dining choices is changing. How they decide whether a brand has earned their next visit, or their next dollar, can be complicated. As an industry, we need to understand, and anticipate, our consumers like
Longtime attendees of the annual Gold and Silver Plate Awards ceremony will see some familiar faces accompanying the 2026 winners at this year’s gala. It’s now a tradition for the current honorees to be escorted to the dais by a mentor of their choos
Leah Chase, longtime chef-proprietor of New Orleans’ Dooky Chase
Moving with court-ordered haste, the Trump Administration has drafted a detailed plan for dispersing more than $165 billion it collected under the protective tariffs that were struck down last month by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Anyone in chef’s whites might feel at home inside the buzzing kitchens that landed a Silver Plate this year for Brad Haga, SVP of Prepared Foods and Dispensed Beverages for the Casey’s General Store convenience-store chain.
If Scott Murphy’s business card listed all the roles he fills for Dunkin’ and its multi-brand parent, it’d have to be some sort of fold-out model to fit everything.
The Trump Administration plans to release its first stab next month at a definition of ultra-processed foods (UPFs). The release would mark a major step toward codifying tenets of the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement into a new ...
Running a company while its founder is still actively involved can be a challenge. If that founder happens to be Danny Meyer, the Yoda of fine dining, a successor would have to be dumber than a rock to shun the input. And Chip Wade, CEO of Meyer’s U
Without the daily involvement of Alice “Allie” Marriott, Willard’s wife and Bill’s mom, there might never have been the hospitality behemoth every traveler knows today.
Jane Street, a young investment firm, had to wait a year before Sally Minier agreed to be interviewed for the facilities management position it was struggling to fill. Even then, Minier recalls, she said yes largely to see if a newcomer to the starch
A federal judge has ordered the Trump Administration to refund the estimated $175 billion it collected under President Donald Trump’s protectionist tariffs, but the food-away-from-home industry may have to wait years before seeing any of the money.
Her work for the KFC brand and franchise system elevated her to industrywide prominence.
The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the President doesn’t have the authority to set the nation’s tariff policies. “Oh, yes I do,” retorts a livid President Trump, who immediately imposes a new duty on imports and declares he could halt all incoming go
Blasting the U.S. Supreme Court’s disallowance of his tariffs as “ridiculous” and possibly traitorous, President Trump said he will keep the surcharges in place and raise them an additional 10% under his authority as the ultimate defender of national
The U.S. Supreme Court has struck down President Trump’s protectionist tariffs, easing fears within the food-away-from-home business that food and beverage costs would soar as the steep import duties took full effect.
An underprivileged youngster lands the humblest of restaurant jobs at an age that would make his employment a crime today. The kid has a special spark and plenty of ambition, enabling him to navigate past one obstacle after another until he’s the own
If the public embraces the new GLP-1 weight-loss pill as eagerly as many experts predict, McDonald’s intends to be ready. In a little-noticed aside during a call last week with financial analysts ...
Enter the barber who ran a busy shop down the street. Herman Petty saw the potential of the Golden Arches and came forward with an overture to become the store’s franchisee. He was sure he could turn the store into a standout operation and a positive
At least 24 of the nation’s restaurant chains are located in Atlanta. A sizeable portion of the rest will be joining them in a few weeks when COEX returns to the southern capital for the first time since 1978.
President Trump made two moves in rapid succession with the intention of bringing down protein costs. Acknowledging that ground beef prices are at an historic high, the President okayed an 80,000-metric-ton increase in the import ...
About a half-century before Emeril Lagasse exclaimed his first televised “Bam!”, a now largely forgotten New Orleans chef and restaurateur named Lena Richard was showing those fortunate enough to own a tv in 1949 how to prepare the Creole dishes she’
Despite all the chaos and uncertainly in 2025, we are proud of what we were able to accomplish in serving you, our members. Bringing our new branding to life across everything we do, launching a new in-person event, and creating stronger communicatio
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is easing its labeling policies to allow foods made with natural color additives to be tagged as products containing no artificial dyes.
IFMA The Food Away from Home Association announced the nine winners of the 72nd annual Silver Plate Awards today.
Sysco will be focusing in the months to come on expanding the array of value-priced products it can offer restaurants as they hunt for ways to preserve margins, the distribution giant stressed during a call with financial analysts this week.
Even with 40,000 outlets feeding more than 42 million residents and visitors annually, Atlanta's food-away-from-home industry is sometimes denied the recognition it’s due as one of the nation’s foodservice powerhouses.
Amazon is overhauling its strategy for taking a bigger bite of convenience stores’ ready-to-eat food business. The e-commerce giant announced Tuesday that it will close its high-tech Amazon Go c-stores stores to concentrate on a new grab-and-go ...
The leaders of several major food-away-from-home suppliers in Minnesota have teamed up with the CEOs of neighboring businesses to press for an end to the political tensions that have roiled Minneapolis for weeks.
The suggestions put forth in the new guidelines have prompted more head-scratching from food-away-from-home professionals than hurrahs or hisses.
For more than 70 years, superstars of the food-away-from-home business have competed for the industry’s highest honors—a Silver Plate for being the best in their segment, and the grand prize for the best among that elite group, the Gold Plate Award.
The Women’s Foodservice Forum (WFF) has named Kelli Valade, previously the head of Denny’s, as its new CEO and President.
Politics continue to cloud the pricing outlook for imported foods and beverages, but the U.S. food-away-from-home business is about to learn what impact the international trade wars will have on the cost of a widely used form of packaging produced ov
Just like that, President Trump has dropped his threat to jack up the tariffs on food-away-from-home supplies from Europe.
Global politics have plunged the food-away-from-home (FAFH) business back into uncertainty about the effects of President Trump’s aggressive tariffs.
Menu prices rose in December by 0.7%, seven times the rate clocked at the end of the third quarter and more than double the rate of inflation across all categories of U.S. goods and services, according to new data from the federal government.
A nonprofit group representing the nation’s school cafeterias has greeted the Trump Administration’s recommendation to cut their use of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) with a pointed question: Who’ll pick up the check?
HHS Secretary Kennedy, and USDA Secretary Rollins announced the release of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025–2030, representing an update to federal nutrition policy.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation said it has arrested an 18-year-old supporter of ISIS for allegedly plotting to attack customers of a supermarket and quick-service restaurant in North Carolina.
New Year's Day brought good news to U.S. food-away-from-home establishments that use major brands of pasta sourced from Italy: The White House has backed away from a plan to levy tariffs of more than 100% on the imports.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration isn’t satisfied with the way manufacturers and other components of the food pipeline are handling product recalls.
Here’s a look at some of those uncertainties and what they could mean for the food-away-from-home trade.
Performance Food Group (PFG) has tapped current President and COO Scott McPherson to succeed George Holm as CEO as of January 1 as part of what the distribution powerhouse says is a planned leadership transition.
Here’s a look at the people (and one non-human) who continually made headlines for the food-away-from-home industry in 2025.
Several of the largest companies in the food-away-from-home business have announced changes this week in their top management.
Doubt about the freshness of convenience-store food has long been regarded as the key challenge in the sector’s effort to steal business from quick-service restaurants. Now research has revealed a fear of being sickened is prompting ...