http://www.foodservice.com Latest News en-us Copyright 2010 Foodservice.com Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT http://www.foodservice.com/images/foodservice_home.jpg http://www.foodservice.com Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:00:00 EST The next time you go to a bar or restaurant, you may be sitting next to someone with a gun, if two Ohio senators, Tim Schaffer and Shannon Jones, have their way.nThey want to change the state's concealed carry law to make that perfectly legal. People have the right to self defense and our constitution says so, said Chad Baus of the Buckeye Firearms Assoc. Our constitution doesn't... http://www.foodservice.com/news/show.cfm?contentid=12073 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:00:00 EST According to insight from a recent e-focus group conducted by Chicago-based research and consulting firm Y-Pulse LLC, school foodservice professionals who handle vending operations for their respective institutions believe that youths are very concerned about product freshness, availability, and variety, similar to interests and demands of the broader consumer marketplace. Operators who participated... http://www.foodservice.com/news/show.cfm?contentid=12072 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:00:00 EST More than 70 people from the Sonoma Valley who ate at a popular pizzeria said identity thieves have racked up bogus charges on their credit cards. Mary's Pizza Shack on Sonoma Square claimed an international hacker broke in to their computer system and stole the numbers. Lorna Todeschini recently learned that a pizza night in Sonoma last November was why she got an unexplained charge on... http://www.foodservice.com/news/show.cfm?contentid=12071 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:00:00 EST The number of confirmed victims in a Lombard, Ill., outbreak of shigellosis has grown to 50, as two additional lawsuits have been filed against a Subway restaurant linked to the foodborne illness, according to Chicago's WGN TV News. The Subway location in Lombard remains closed as the DuPage County Health Department investigates the matter.... http://www.foodservice.com/news/show.cfm?contentid=12070 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:00:00 EST Walking into a Deerfield Beach Tex-Mex restaurant last week, I noticed a handwritten sign on the door. It read, Due to tomato shortage, customers are limited to one bowl of salsa per table. Tex-Mex without salsa? That's like pizza without cheese. Or sauce. After one of the coldest winters in the past 30 years, more than 70 percent of Florida's tomato crop has been destroyed.... http://www.foodservice.com/news/show.cfm?contentid=12069 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:00:00 EST The National Restaurant Association praised the Senate passage of legislation that will help many small business owners in the restaurant industry create jobs. The Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act (H.R. 2847) extends the temporary increase in expensing for small businesses and includes a payroll tax holiday and tax credit for employers who hire and retain certain employees. The bill will... http://www.foodservice.com/news/show.cfm?contentid=12068 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:00:00 EST Oliver has worked with the Edexcel exam board to draw up the Home Cooking Skills course, which will be available for all UK secondary schools and colleges. The course is designed to teach youngsters how to feed themselves and their families in a healthy and cheap way. The second will teach pupils to plan and prepare nutritious meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner as well as snacks, plus how to... http://www.foodservice.com/news/show.cfm?contentid=12067 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:00:00 EST Employees of five Hooters restaurants in the Sacramento area, Fresno and Bakersfield have filed a lawsuit seeking class-action status against the business owners, charging that employees are treated unfairly under California labor laws. In a complaint filed in Sacramento Superior Court this week, employees claim they paid for their own uniforms, worked through breaks, worked off the clock without... http://www.foodservice.com/news/show.cfm?contentid=12028 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:00:00 EST Denny's Corporation (Nasdaq:DENN) today announced that it has been selected as the full-service restaurant operator of choice for Pilot Travel Centers LLC (Pilot), one of the nation's largest retail operators of travel centers catering to the professional driver and traveling motorist in 41 states with over 300 retail interstate properties. Pilot is in the process of merging with... http://www.foodservice.com/news/show.cfm?contentid=12027 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:00:00 EST Restaurants and retailers are hoping to cash in on the madness from this years NCAA mens basketball tournament. Pizza places, chili parlors and even suppliers of ice cream are looking to boost sales as a result of the popular tournament, which kicks off March 18. E-mail alerts to customers offering Bracket Busting deals and specials have been bouncing around cyberspace all week.... http://www.foodservice.com/news/show.cfm?contentid=12026