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Nestlé Nesquik announced that they’ve reformulated their classic powder to deliver strongly on its heritage of delicious taste. After much anticipation and excitement, consumers can again enjoy the nostalgic taste of the classic Nesquik that they know and love. With an expanded product lineup, Nesquik is giving consumers the option to choose the recipe that best meets their family’s needs and tastes—leaning on their 70-plus years of fueling kids and adults alike with a wide variety of nutritious options and irresistible flavors. A cluttered desktop can seriously slow down your Mac, according to Lifehacker. The files and folders on your desk top take up a lot more system resources than you may realize due to the way OS X’s graphical system works. Fact: an overused desktop can se riously slow down your Mac! Captain D’s, headquartered in Nashville, Tenn., owns, op erates and franchises 532 restaurants in 22 states. Captain D’s restaurants serve a wide variety of fish and seafood, including freshly prepared entrees, and the company’s signature hand-battered fish fillets, which are prepared to order. Expedia.com is one of the world’s largest full-service travel sites, helping millions of travelers per month easily plan and book travel. Expedia. com aims to provide the lat est technology and the widest selection of top vacation destinations, affordable airfare, hotel deals, car rentals, destination weddings, cruise deals and in-destination ac tivities, attractions, services and travel apps. For the 23rd consecutive year, Publix has been named one of Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For, ranking No. 39. They are one of only 8 companies to have made the list every year since its inception in 1998. Make s’mores at home this summer or anytime. Place one graham cracker half on pa per towel, top with half of a Hershey’s chocolate bar and marshmallow puff. Micro wave at medium (50%) in 10 second intervals until marshmallow puffs. Immediately top with remaining graham cracker half; gently press to gether. Place a fresh, open box of Arm & Hammer Baking Soda or an Arm & Hammer Baking Soda Fridge-nFreezer Odor Absorber Box in your refrigerator. Sodium bicarbonate absorbs linger ing odors and stops flavor transfer, which helps to keep foods tasting fresher longer. The Iowa 80 Truckstop, now the world’s largest truck stop, established its home in 1964. Iowa 80 Truckstop features eight restaurant choices, a convenience store, gift store, Super Truck Showroom, bar ber shop, chiropractor, dentist, movie theater, workout room, laundry facilities, gas islands, diesel fuel center, truck service center, Truck omat truck wash, Dogomat pet wash, CAT Scale, 24 private showers, trucking museum and more. Tornado: Get in, Get Down, Cover Up! A tornado watch means that tornadoes are possible. A tornado warning means that a tornado has been sighted and to seek shelter in a sturdy building immediately. If you’re caught outside, lie flat on the ground. Do not attempt to outrun a tornado. Wear disposable gloves or use a paper towel to protect your hands from germs when handling the gas pump. Disinfect the inside of your vehicle. Wipe down the door handles, seat belts, steering wheels, buttons and anything else you touch. With
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Jollibee’s First Cloud Kitchen Makes Delivery Available for Chicago Area
Popular fast-food chain Jollibee opened its first-ever cloud kitchen in metro Chicago in June. Situated in Chicago’s bustling River North neighborhood, Jollibee Chicago River North Cloud Kitchen is a fully equipped kitchen focused exclusively on fulfilling delivery and pick-up orders. The inPhoto credit: Jollibee novative new format allows the brand to reach consumers in high-density metro areas quickly and efficiently. The cloud kitchen is at the heart of Jollibee’s new delivery capability in the area, enabling the brand to deliver its world-famous Chickenjoy to the homes of metro Chicagoans staying safe at home.
The store adds to the brand’s existing Chicagoarea locations in Skokie and on Elston Avenue and expands accessibility to major metro Chicago neighborhoods, including River North, Lincoln Park, the Loop and Chinatown, giving metro-area residents an easy, convenient and safe way to get their Jollibee fix.
“We are very excited for the milestone launch of Jollibee’s first-ever cloud kitchen in a prime Chicago location,” said Maribeth Dela Cruz, president of Jollibee Foods Corporation North America, Philippine Brands. “Thanks to the unique cloud kitchen format of this new location, we are able to adapt to the current difficult environment of the pandemic while still growing our delivery capability and our off-premise business in a key market. Now, metro Chicagoans will be able to experience the joy of our signature offerings from the comfort and safety of their own homes.”
Jollibee Chicago River North Cloud Kitchen operates out of the Kitchen United outpost in River North, 831 N. Sedgwick St. in Chicago. Kitchen United is a leading innovator in the cloud kitchen space in cities throughout the U.S. providing space designed to help restaurant partners like Jollibee create the best possible experiences for their offpremise customers.
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Food Industry News® August 2020 Push for Rosé to be Offi cial Wine in Ill.
The Illinois Grape Growers and Vintners Alliance is pushing to make rose the state’s official wine in an effort that includes virtual Zoom tastings complete with food pairing suggestions. Illinois-grown grapes “make amazing rose wine,” and the number of wineries in the state has doubled over the last 10 to 15 years to today’s figure of about 165 tasting rooms, said IGGVA enologist Brad Beam. -Adapted from The Southern Illinoisan.
The Playing Field Has Changed By Cary Miller, vice president, Food Industry News
The COVID-19 crisis has affected every business. Six months ago, an owner may have chatted with a supplier who could deliver proven-hard dollar savings, and the owner would not budge. The $2,000 to $5,000 savings was not enough to make a real difference and switching vendors had been seen as an inconvenience.
Now that the new food-service world reflects lower sales and less or barely generating profits, it makes sense to revisit those conversations. There is no need to be embarrassed about contacting vendors who previously offered you savings, because now, the circumstances require certain moves to stay in business. Any supplier would be ecstatic to hear from a prospect who is again interested in buying.
In my many years of serving the finest vendors in the industry, I've had feedback that buyers “would not move even if they could save as much as $5,000 per year.” What we don't think about is that these real savings are only for the first year. Future years could bring more savings, and if you saved $5,000 per year for 5 years, it would add up to $25,000. How much of a difference would $5,000 in profit mean to your business this year?
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