Back to School: K-12 Foodservice Complexities

News outlets in the past few weeks report that some federal pandemic-era provisions allowing primary and secondary schools to serve universal free meals will expire when districts start school this fall. This has left many districts across the country unprepared to...

Sheetz and Discounted Fuel: The Industry Should Take Note

For the July 4th holiday, Sheetz announced it is dropping prices on two types of gas to help drivers save money at the pump. Effective immediately, the convenience store chain is charging $3.99 a gallon for Unleaded 88 and $3.49 a gallon for E85, according to a...

Five Changes to Expect This Summer

The Covid-19 virus still is infecting the globe but there will come a time when we just have to accept it.  Still, Shanghai is in lockdown, and the foodservice supply chain counts on materials from China. So what about inflation? Midterm elections? Rising fuel prices?...

The Appetite for Buffets? It’s All-You-Can-Eat

Like I’ve written many times before, when the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in the United States in March 2020, the foodservice industry had to pivot. While many were able to quickly transform the models to take-out, delivery, or food kits, buffets were in trouble. After...