Archive for foodservice SmartBlogs
Jonathan Zearfoss is a professor of the culinary arts and the lead curriculum developer for the new culinary science program at The Culinary Institute of America, the World’s Premier Culinary College.
What food trends do you see on the horizon for 2013, and what trend from 2012 are you ready to see die?
Well, first, let me say that I feel like the guy in the contact lens commercial, now that my long-term love affair with pork has become almost ubiquitous and commonplace.[…] Continue Reading »
Hoyt Jones is president of Jersey Mike’s Subs, which opened its first store in Point Pleasant, N.J., in 1956. Last year, the company saw record unit growth of 15% and planned to add 100 additional units. Jersey Mike’s currently has 750 locations open or in development in 30 states and the District of Columbia.
What was the greatest challenge for restaurants in 2012?[…] Continue Reading »
Mary Wilson is vice president of standards management for GS1 US. In this guest post, she imagines what life — or an industry — would be like without bar codes and explains how the foodservice industry is seeking same standards used for the retail and grocery industries.
While the bar code’s history dates back to the fifties, it wasn’t until the 1970s that the Universal Product Code became the grocery and retail industry’s standard for product identification.[…] Continue Reading »
This column is excerpted from Jim Sullivan’s new book, “Fundamentals: 9 Ways to Be Brilliant at the Basics of Business.” It’s available exclusively at Amazon or Sullivision.com.
You can’t build a pyramid from the top down. A house without a strong foundation will not stand. And a business without fundamentals firmly entrenched and dutifully executed can wither and shrink as small as the period that ends this sentence.[…] Continue Reading »
Dennis Harrison is a senior vice president of GS1 US, leading the GS1 US foodservice industry engagement group. Harrison brings more than 35 years of industry experience in manufacturing, engineering and quality assurance to GS1 US. The Foodservice GS1 US Standards Initiative was launched in 2009 as an industrywide effort to streamline the supply chain, enhance product information and build a foundation for food safety and traceability.[…] Continue Reading »
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