Looking for some of the week’s top information? Check out these five stories from the foodservice industry for July 2-6. Also, everyone at Central hopes you had a great fourth of July!
Complete Guide on New Standards for School Meals: July 1 Changes
From Central Restaurant Products
On July 1, the first phase of the new school nutrition guidelines was implemented. Some of the changes include more servings of fruits and vegetables, minimum ranges for meat/meat alternatives, more whole grains and fat-free (unflavored/flavored) milk or 1% unflavored low fat milk.
Read full breakdown of July 1 guidelines on Central’s blog.
And The Winner of Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest Is…
From HuffPost Food
It’s no surprise that Joey Chestnut has won the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest for the sixth year in a row. According to HuffPost Food, Chestnut ate 68 hot dogs (with buns) in 10 minutes. So what do you get for being the winner of the contest? $10,000. Tim Janus of New York placed second with 52 hot dogs, winning $5,000 and Patrick Bertoletti of Chicago placed third with 51 hot dogs, winning $2,500. Sonya Thomas from Alexandria, Va. was the winner of the women’s competition, with 45 hot dogs.
Read full article atHuffPost Food.
National Restaurant Association’s New Branding Initiative
From the National Restaurant Association
The National Restaurant Association announced their new branding initiative on Monday July 2. “The fresh, new visual identity will help build cohesiveness in the NRA’s brand structure and is a step in its multi-year strategic plan to strengthen the connection and message to core constituents,” they said.
Read full article, view new logo and videos on the NRA’s website.
History of American Food Trucks
From Mobile Cuisine
While American food trucks have seemed to reach a whole new level of popularity over the last couple years, they actually date back all the way to the late 17th century. Mobile Cuisine has compiled a historical timeline and journey of “the food truck.” According to their timeline, it began around 1691 in New York City (then known as New Amsterdam) with street vendors using push carts to sell food.
Read full article and view timeline on Mobile Cuisine News.
Taco Bell Hoax Ends Up With Free Food for Small Alaskan Town
From Time News Feed
The town of Bethel, Alaska, located in the southwest part of the state with just over 6,000 residents, doesn’t have many restaurants– especially fast-food restaurants. And unfortunately for them, it isn’t easy to just travel to a different city for more dining options as their next closest city is Anchorage, approximately 400 miles away. So one could only imagine how excited residents were when they started to see signage around the town announcing Bethel was getting it’s own Taco Bell. Sadly, it was all a hoax. According to a Time article, it was a prank between two residents that blew out of porportion. However, once Taco Bell got wind of the situation, they knew they couldn’t leave the town hanging and flew in all the ingredients for 10,000 Doritos Locos Tacos.
Read full article and watch videos on Time’s website.