http://www.foodservice.com/news/ Foodservice.com Daily Buzz en-us Copyright 2009 Foodservice.com. http://www.foodservice.com.com/rss/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:00:00 EST http://www.foodservice.com/images/foodservice_home.jpg http://www.foodservice.com An underwater billboard hoax helped a restaurant on the Puget Sound increase chowder sales by a factor of four. Ivar’s Seafood Restaurant placed billboards underneath the Puget Sound, then told the media that the boards had been placed there in the 50s by Ivar’s founder who, as the story goes, thought people would one day travel beneath the Sound in submarines. The founder wanted to make sure his advertising message was there for all to see, reported the Denver Egoist (via Adrants). http://www.foodservice.com/news/news_detail.cfm?news_id=8177 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:41:13 EST o celebrate the conclusion of its first Qmmunity program, Qdoba Mexican Grill announced that Emily DuBois, a 20-year-old native of St. Louis attending Regis University in Denver, is the winner of the inaugural contest. DuBois has battled ulcerative colitis, a chronic digestive disease, for the past two years and gained strength from the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA). In return, she led fundraising and awareness efforts for the organization, serves on its National Youth Leadership Council that helps build awareness across the country, and volunteered many hours of her time providing hope, comfort, and inspiration to patients battling the same disease. http://www.foodservice.com/news/news_detail.cfm?news_id=8176 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:40:08 EST The sister of former Houston Oilers quarterback Warren Moon has sued the La Madeleine restaurant chain alleging that an employee burned her leg with hot soup and coffee. Patsy Moon sued the Dallas-based chain in Harris County court this month because of a June incident in which an employee at the Rice Village location spilled a tray on her with scalding soup and coffee that burned her thigh. http://www.foodservice.com/news/news_detail.cfm?news_id=8175 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:38:34 EST We've already talked about the abundance of dance shows on TV, but there's another genre that seems to be taking over the networks — competitive cooking. NBC just picked up United Plates of America, a new series by the producers of Top Chef which will pit hopeful restaurateurs against each other for the ultimate prize of starting their own chain. The winner gets to open four locations on the night of the finale. That's a pretty cool gift package, but it has me thinking — don't we have enough of this programming on TV already? http://www.foodservice.com/news/news_detail.cfm?news_id=8174 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:37:36 EST The music and restaurant businesses in Austin are tough, to say the least. But singer-songwriter and restaurant manager Nano Whitman is managing to excel at both in the Live Music Capital of the World. For the last four years, Whitman has been working as a general manager for the popular Home Slice Pizza eatery on South Congress Avenue. What little free time Whitman has had has been dedicated to building his career as singer-songwriter. While a managerial role in the restaurant industry may be a roundabout way of getting a foothold in the music biz, Whitman has made it work for him. http://www.foodservice.com/news/news_detail.cfm?news_id=8173 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:37:01 EST You never consume trans fats, have reduced caffeine, and rarely eat cheese. What's next to banish from the menu? Salt, if consumer trend tracker Mintel is right. Mintel has released its predictions for consumer packaged goods in 2010, saying next year's new products will tend to recreate the familiar, sticking to the current trends of health, wellness, convenience and sustainability. http://www.foodservice.com/news/news_detail.cfm?news_id=8172 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:36:16 EST Citing public concern that meat companies and federal regulators are not doing enough to make ground beef safe, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Democrat of New York, has introduced legislation that would require companies to test for a deadly E. coli strain. The bill, the E. Coli Eradication Act of 2009, is focused on the slaughterhouse trimmings and other meat components commonly used to make ground beef. http://www.foodservice.com/news/news_detail.cfm?news_id=8171 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:35:38 EST NBC has ordered an ambitious culinary competition series with a prize that is among the biggest in reality show history. The network has green-lighted a program from 'Top Chef' production company Magical Elves in which the grand prize winner will launch his or her own chain of restaurants. The show's working title is 'United Plates of America.' http://www.foodservice.com/news/news_detail.cfm?news_id=8170 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:41:18 EST Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. Tuesday announced plans to open a London store, its first in the European Union. The Denver-based chain of burrito restaurants said its has secured a location in London — 114-116 Charing Cross Road — and is finishing design http://www.foodservice.com/news/news_detail.cfm?news_id=8169 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:40:16 EST he Food and Drug Administration has released its updated 2009 Food Code containing several recommendations that could impact the way restaurants operate. The Food Code, released every four years, serves as a model code and reference document for regulating the retail and foodservice segments of the food industry. While state and local governments do not have to follow the Food Code to the letter, many use it as a guide and some adopt it in toto. The new recommendations include time and temperature control for cut leafy greens; no longer serving undercooked hamburgers and other ground meats on a children’s menu, even upon request; and curbing noncontinuous cooking of foods comprised of raw animal products. http://www.foodservice.com/news/news_detail.cfm?news_id=8168 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:38:39 EST