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Watermark has launched Gaggia’s new Deco Black Line espresso machine into the UK. It is designed to make the best coffee, to be easy to live with and to look stunning – from both the front and the back.

A new Texas location in San Antonio allows fresh produce marketer Amerifresh to supply produce to retailers in the East Coast, the Midwest and Eastern Canada.

Without the influence of Hispanic spending and population patterns restaurant industry sales would have declined during 2008 through 2010

Calorie labeling may help diners make healthier choices when eating out, or it may help them realize that they should consume fewer calories at other meals throughout the day to compensate for high-calorie meals away from home.

The Benson Mills Group (BMG), a food safety firm which provides food safety training, consulting and commercial cleaning throughout Metro Atlanta, asserts that frequent hand-washing every day can keep the doctor away!

The Restaurant Show proved to be the industry trade event of the year, being hailed as the best yet - exciting cook-offs, highly coveted culinary titles to fight for, astute commercial advice and some of the most innovative products being launched.

The new Indigo ice makers, available in the UK through FEM, constantly monitor all aspects of ice production, highlighting machine status and any problems on a clear display screen, to ensure the utmost purity of the ice with the minimum energy use.

Moffat’s radical new meals on wheels system, Van Gen, developed with Monmouthshire County Council, has won the NACC Innovation Award for 2011.

Foodservice Equipment Marketing (FEM) now supply Alto-Shaam heated banquet carts which are designed to keep pre-plated food hot, fresh and ready to serve to waiting guests.

New promotion highlights 25 of the company’s popular food service products, offers a trip to Hawaii and other great prizes for food service operators

The Restaurant Show is the event of choice to launch new products and concepts to the restaurant & foodservice sectors. Reaching decision makers in the HORECA sector, our 300-strong exhibitors will showcase impressive new products & innovations.

Call Systems Technology now supplies Boomerang pagers coated with TouchClean for foodservice applications.

Vice President of Strategy and Category Effectiveness John Mulcahy to Provide Insight on Recycling Challenges and Opportunities in the Foodservice Industry

D&F Marketing, Inc. is pleased to announce they have entered into a new partnership with Colorado Foods to market “Friends Just Wine” genuine French wine in a can to the airline industry.

Foodservice Equipment Marketing’s Alto-Shaam Carving Stations can keep succulent roast meat in peak condition and temperature throughout service

FEM's personalised Cambro trays ensure advertising or branding is delivered directly into a customer’s hands where it can’t be missed. Four coloured artworks can be printed onto a range of tray shapes, colours and designs.

New at The Restaurant Show, Business Bootcamp presented by Livebookings in association with Restaurant magazine, addresses topical hospitality industry issues and features some of the most respected names in the restaurant & foodservice arena .

D&F Marketing, Inc. and Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. are pleased to announce their new partnership to service the airline industry.

Winterhalter offers energy-saving dishwashers to help cut costs, energy and resource consumption, and boost green credentials in Garden Centres and Farm shops foodservice operations.

Convenience store industry foodservice sales growth will outperform the retail and restaurant foodservice industry average through 2013.

GMD Foodservice Marketing was selected by Rubbermaid Commercial Products as the exclusive Sales Representative for MI and IN. The contract is estimated to exceed $5 million in sales, year one, with a projected annual increase of 15% or more.

Best Channel Vendor Now Recognized as Having Best Channel Product

People Report and Black Box Intelligence create research powerhouse in partnership with GuestMetrics and Consumer Edge Research

Foodservice Equipment Marketing (FEM) now supplies an in-counter kit for the super-efficient Hamilton Beach Tempest blender. The high performance Tempest can make a smoothie or cocktail in just 12 seconds

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The hotel industry is experimenting en masse with new menu, design and technology concepts that are reshaping how hotel guests experience hotel food and beverage offerings.

Foodservice Equipment Marketing’s new Vista display cabinets have hot and cold function for dual purpose operation.

Rational has just made its 500,000th combi steamer. This will go to the Berlin TV tower to supplement two existing SelfCooking Centers.

Classeq’s Eau de Vie on-site bottled water system uses an approach that can significantly cut down a site’s carbon footprint.

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Expert banqueting chef Neil Moore-McCarthy of the Royal Armouries, Leeds, is helping chefs at a top Algiers hotel get up to speed with Moffat’s high tech Chillogen banqueting trolleys.

Winterhalter’s VarioPower technology, available in its UC undercounter dishwashers and glasswashers, adjusts water pressure and other variables to maximise cleaning while minimising costs and protecting delicate dishes and glasses.

The Induction Cooking Equipment Forum, organised by CESA with the BHA and Caterer & Hotelkeeper magazine, highlighted that energy savings were only the start of the opportunities the technology offers the foodservice market.

Wincup today announces the launch of Vio™ - the first EPS foam cup and high impact polystyrene (HIPS) lid with EcoPure® . Vio™ cups have shown to biodegrade under conditions that simulate** a biologically active landfill*.

Medium-Weight Cutlery Refill Meets Operators Needs

New Upscale Stock Design Improves Look of Foodservice Disposables

A New Look and Feel to the Innovative Solution

The Unbleached and Sample-Size Trays Are The Newest Addition To The Dixie® EcoSmart® Portfolio

New Paper Plates and Bowls Offer Establishments Economical and Efficient Alternative to Foam

Dixie® PerfecTouch® Insulated Hot Cup Favored Two-to-One Over Foam (1)

Moffat has launched a new version of its Versicarte food servery counter. In line with the 2012 Olympics, the counters’ graphics feature a range of sporting activities such as running, cycling and rowing.

The Catering Equipment Suppliers Association (CESA) has launched the Induction Cooking Forum in collaboration with the British Hospitality Association and Caterer & Hotelkeeper magazine.

Moffat has called for catering equipment suppliers to be transparent about delivery charges, because buyers are getting caught out by unexpected extra costs.

FRIMA, part of the Rational Group, has appointed Vic Brown, formerly MD of Rational UK, as managing director of its UK division. Lee Norton takes over as MD at Rational UK.

Everyday Gourmet's wholesale bakery - offering delicious cookies, muffins, brownies and cakes - is a first choice for retailers nationwide. And now,EDG Cookies campus dining is a part of the mix.

CESA and the BHA called for a rethink of Scotland’s Zero Waste plans. They say food waste disposers and other treatment technologies provide a better, cheaper and more environmentally-sound solution than the proposed kerbside collection system.

The London Coffee Festival is a new cutting edge event for representatives of the coffee and food sector. The London Coffee Festival is very proud to be the flagship event of the inaugural UK Coffee Week, 4-10 April.

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Tim Layman Promoted - VP M4R MILLROCK Counterra “We’re looking for Tim to literally bring his Layman style of management to our Executive Team” Says Shaun Weston, CEO. Layman brings every initiative right to the REAL 2011 economy's frontline.

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