Foodservice Equipment & Restaurant Supply Blog

We’re back from another fabulous trip to the 26th Annual International Pizza Expo.  Just like last year, we had a great time meeting our wonderful customers in person!
If you couldn’t make it out to the show, Central’s Director of Sales, Don Hogan, put together a list of the highlights from the 2010 expo:

Larger crowd than [...]

National School Breakfast Week (sponsored by @SchoolLunch) starts today! Are you ready? http://tinyurl.com/yb6g27z #
Chilean earthquakes expected to cause shortage of top exports: salmon, fruit, wine & more. Higher prices for US? http://tinyurl.com/ydecaqh #
Is it fair for restaurants to refuse service to bad tippers? http://tinyurl.com/y93ues8 #
We're back from the Int'l Pizza Expo in Vegas…see a [...]

The 22nd annual National School Breakfast Week will be March 8-12, 2010.   Sponsored in part by the School Nutrition Association, the program helps to raise awareness of the availability of the School Breakfast Program to all children by celebrating a fun theme. For 2010, the theme is “School Breakfast…Ready, Set, Go!”
The SNA offers [...]

Only 4 days until the Pizza Expo in Vegas! Come visit Central at Booth #1036. http://bit.ly/cQ4Nbz #
Hey restaurant owners! Enter to win a $20,000 makeover sponsored by Dawn Professional @PGNewsUS. More info: http://tinyurl.com/yzoakgs #

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Here’s a list of links to some fun, food-related articles I’ve found over the week…a great mix of trivia, recipes and fun photos!  Enjoy!
Check out this list of Top 10 Food Songs…bet you can’t guess all ten!
Art that gives “playing with your food” a whole new meaning.
What they’re eating at the 2010 Winter Olympics in [...]

Attention all US restaurant owners—enter for your chance to win a $20,000 restaurant makeover from Dawn Professional.
If you are an American citizen and own a restaurant in any one of the 50 states or District of Columbia, enter Dawn Professional’s “It’s Your Time to Shine” contest before April 12, 2010 to win:

a $20,000 [...]

We had so much fun going to the International Pizza Expo in 2009 that we’re going again this year!
The 2010 International Pizza Expo will be in Las Vegas, NV on March 2-4, 2010.  Central will be at Booth #1036.  Stop by our booth to view a live product demonstration of the Easy Chopper II (a [...]

Did your school get part of the $100 million in school lunch equipment grants given by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) in 2009?  If not, you’re still in luck!
The USDA announced in January 2010 that $25 million in additional funds will be available this year for school foodservice authorities to obtain lunch equipment.  [...]

Central Restaurant Products’ 2010 Master Catalog will be in mailboxes this week, featuring 24 new pages and 1,922 new items from the industry’s top vendors. Central provides expert solutions and personal service with a team of experienced in-house product consultants.
The 2010 catalog will also offer new brands such as BarMaid, Leer, Saniserv, Radiance and Centaur.
“While [...]

In this climate of fierce competition in the food service industry, even schools have to work hard to maximize profits, increase meal participation and eliminate waste. With that in mind, here are the leading school menu items of 2009…
1. Milk is the number one school-prepared menu item—consumed by 77% of children according to a study [...]