Bargain Restaurant Supplies

Sysco does sound a lot like Cisco, the high tech company specializing in Internet networking software and hardware.

However, the Sysco in this post relates to a Texas (Houston-based) food distribution company, will annually ships over  21.5 million tons of produce, meats, prepared meals, and other food-related products, is pretty technologically savvy too.

Talk about market share – Sysco currently supplies goods to one in three U.S. restaurants, cafeterias, and sports stadiums – anyplace that serves food. To get all that food safely to the right venue at the right time, Sysco maintains a complex web of software, databases, scanning systems, and robotics that surely would impress even the most sophisticated technology user.

The company is playing an important part in the service value chain of the restaurant supplies business and industry. Read more about the services from this company & how it goes about serving its customers  in this article from CNN.

In these days of environmental consciousness & global warming, it is important that your commercial kitchen is considered ‘green’ and eco friendly.

Here is a good resource with 10 tips to saving enery (and your money) in your commercial kitchen.

These tips range from:

1. Reviewing your lighting

2. Reducing your water consumption

3. Making your menu more efficient

4. Maintaining your commercial kitchen equipment

5. Keeping your restaurant equipment clean

to 5 other great tips.

You can find the complete article here.

A hip new restaurant has opened in London. Food critics appear to be giving it the thumbs up. Richard Vines from Bloomberg says “London’s best new restaurant of the year has just opened its doors. Hibiscus is likely to be showered with awards and stars, so now is a good time to make bookings before the place is jammed and prices start to rise.”Hmmm, pretty high praise indeed. But may be well warranted, as the restaurant is owned by Claude & Claire Bosi, who have trained under some renowned French chefs.

You can find a sampling of their menu here

Also a full review of by Richard Vines is available here.

Bon apetit!

It has been a strong quarter for McDonald. It marks the 7th consecutive quarter that McDonalds have posted positive compare sales across all segments.CEO Jim Skinner mentioned that the growth was drivien by “offering menu innovations and everyday conveniences that address the needs of our on-the-go customers, we are keeping our brand relevant and in demand”.

Key highlights for the quarter include:

* Global comparable sales increased 6.9%

* Growth in consolidated Company-operated and franchised restaurant margins for the seventh consecutive quarter

* Consolidated operating income increased 18% (13% in constant currencies)

* Earnings per share increased 31% to $0.89. This includes $0.83 per share from continuing operations (a 22% increase compared with the prior year) and an after-tax gain in discontinued operations of $0.06 per share from the sale of Boston Market

* The Company repurchased $927 million of its stock

To read the full story of the results click here.

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