The Association for Healthcare Foodservice has honored Julie Jones as the winner of its 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award for her innovative career-spanning contributions to the foodservice industry. Maureen Leugers, MBA, RD is the winner of the group’s 2016 Making A Difference Award. Both awards were presented at the AHF 2016 Annual Conference in Dallas earlier…

Now in year two of a multimillion-dollar rebrand, HX: The Hotel Experience has formed a partnership with the New York City Hospitality Alliance under which the Alliance will produce restaurant and foodservice content for the show. This year’s HX: The Hotel Experience is November 13-15, at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York.…

The Golden, Colo., chain is taking its version of homestyle cooking into the Middle East. An area development agreement with Al-Ghunaim Trading Co. will see dozens of Boston Market restaurants in Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Qatar, and Jordan. It’s all part of a plan to open 25-30 restaurants across the region in the…

The same week it debuted only its fourth Midwest location, at Minnesota’s Mall of America, the New York chain announced it would open its first store in South Korea. That unit will start operating in one of Seoul’s largest communities, Gangnam Avenue, later this summer, but until then, Shake Shack has built an illuminated art…

Ray Soucie, FCSI, LEED AP, has joined Webb Foodservice Design after 25 years as Principal of RSA Inc. in Portland, Ore. Soucie assumes the title of Senior Project Manager and will focus exclusively on design and project management for Anaheim, Calif.-based Webb.  He’ll remain in Portland, heading a design studio while maintaining personal contact with…

The country’s first capital has become its first major city to approve a tax on soft drinks. Last week, the Philadelphia City Council approved a 1.5-cent-per-ounce tax that will affect sodas and other sugary drinks, including teas, sports drinks and energy drinks. Drinks exempt from the tax are those that are more than 50% fruit juice, vegetable…

Small businesses are still struggling to get the money they need and to comply with government regulations, according to a survey by Babson College. Company owners who took part in the survey said they’ve been able to get only about 40% of the money they requested from all sources, including loans and investor funding. The…

Overall restaurant traffic was flat in the first quarter 2016 in the U.S., according to the latest CREST data from The NPD Group. And the Rosemont, Ill.-based research group expects more of the same. “All in all, the restaurant industry has been conducting business in a 1% world since 2010 and will continue at the…

Wholesale food prices rose in May for only the second time in eight months, according to Producer Price Index data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Prices at the final stage of demand rose 0.3% versus the month prior, while processed food prices rose 1.1% at the intermediate stage and unprocessed foods 0.1%. While, NRA…