Whitbread tests oven concept
Whitebread is to begin a pilot scheme in the UK to try out the TurboChef C3 oven, a fast cook application for the food service industry.
Archives for June 2, 2002
Farmland Industries files for bankruptcy
Farmland Industries, the largest US farmer-owned cooperative, has filed for bankruptcy protection, unable to meet demands for immediate debt payments amid a slumping farm economy.
Alcoa introduces shrink films
Alocoa, the US packaging solutions provider, has introduced a new line of more heat-tolerant Reynolon PVC shrink films, aimed at the packaged foods market.
Record profits and further expansion for Panera
Panera Bread Company, the US-based bakery franchise, has reached an agreement with a group of investors to open 14 bakery-cafes in northwest Los Angeles county. Adler, Glazer and Wyss will operate under the franchise group name Mariposa Bread and are...
Praxair opens US support centre
Praxair, the US-based provider of gas related services to the food and beverage industry, has opened its North American Specialty Gas Customer Technical Support Center, based at the company's Pennsylvania facility.