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US Organic Market Growth Steady and Healthy
WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 17, 2012)—Driven by consumer choice, the U.S. organic industry grew by 9.5 percent overall in 2011 to reach $31.5 billion...
Fast Casual Continues to Lead Chain Restaurant Growth
CHICAGO (May 15, 2012 - PRNewswire)—Fast-casual chains strengthened their gains on the overall restaurant industry, with the top 150 fast-...
Alabama-Based Produce Distributor Files for Bankruptcy, Closes
BIRMINGHAM, AL (May 9, 2012)—Adams Produce Co. LLC, a Birmingham-based distributor more than a century old, has filed for bankruptcy. Adams...
Dunkin' Donuts Franchisee-owned Co-op To Open Distribution Center
(May 8, 2012)—A franchisee-owned distribution and purchasing cooperative for Dunkin’ Donuts has signed an agreement to lease a...
Clover Hill Foods Looking to the Future, and More Acquisitions
PITTSBURGH (May 7, 2012)—After acquiring Steubenville Fruit Co., an Ohio-based foodservice distributor, earlier this year, and Seafood Direct,...
Ice Cream Sales Picking Up Steam
ROCKVILLE, MD (May 4, 2012)—According to Packaged Facts, ice cream sales topped $25.1 billion in 2011, up 2.4% over the previous year --...
Markon Launches New Website and Social Media
(May 1, 2012)—Markon Cooperative, Inc., the produce source of nine independently owned foodservice companies, has unveiled its redesigned...
New Haven Provision Joins Legacy Foodservice Alliance
GLENN ALLEN, VA (May 1, 2012)—Legacy Foodservice Alliance announced that New Haven Provision Co. in East Haven, CT has become a...

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Consultative Selling

How to build a franchisee advisory board
Bottom line: If you’ve got a growing franchisor as a client, they need to know the benefits of a franchisee advisory board and how to put one together. It can help them grow smarter and faster, while increasing communication and giving more ownership in the brand to franchisees. If a franchisor wants to streamline operations, grow business or…

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Consumers welcome increased menu transparency
A majority of diners approve of the new healthcare bill requiring all restaurants with 20 or more locations to include calorie counts on menus, according to new research from Mintel.   The latest survey…

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Keck's Food Service
Deadly restaurant sins. Keck’s Food Service Millerton, PA Accounts: 1,000 in Pennsylvania and New York 2007 sales: Under $40 million Brian H. Keck, president and ceo, Keck’s Food Service,…

Top 50

Pocono Produce Co., Inc.
Stroudsburg, PA Year founded: 1940 Chairman: Rosemary Driebe Olofsson President: Terrence B. Snyder Website: www.poconoproduce.com 2 distribution centers 1,700 accounts 100% commercial 7,000 SKUs 75% national brands 5%…