Grocery shoppers hoping food prices would finally stabilize may not be out of the woods just yet. One of the world's largest food and beverage companies is warning that cost pressures are building, raising concerns that consumers could soon feel the impact at checkout. Expected price increases PepsiCo is warning that shoppers could face renewed pricing pressure later this year as the food and beverage giant [...]
The most beloved celebrity-owned Montana restaurant that closed in recent weeks
Montana's most notable recent restaurant goodbye came in downtown Bozeman, where a well-known steakhouse closed without much public warning. The shutdown joins the restaurant closures that have surprised diners across America, but this one stands out because of how quietly it happened, and because of who had been running it. Open Range is no longer operating in its downtown Bozeman space. Open Range in Bozeman Open [...]
How to tell whether a store-brand salad was actually made by Taylor Farms
A supermarket’s name on the front of a salad bag does not necessarily identify the company that grew, processed or packaged what is inside. Taylor Farms makes some products carrying other companies’ labels, one reason its footprint is considerably larger than the brands listed in this guide to Taylor Farms’ known customers. Unfortunately, there is no single code shoppers can enter to reveal who made every store-brand [...]
Why won’t Taylor Farms name every restaurant that received its recalled lettuce?
Taylor Farms knows which businesses purchased its recalled lettuce directly. However, its public notice does not identify every restaurant, cafeteria or institution that may have ultimately received it—even though the company’s enormous reach is evident from its documented customers and distribution relationships. Instead, the notice lists bulk foodservice products under abbreviations such as CV, JB, MARK, PK, SUB, SY and [...]
Taco Bell faces challenge of rebuilding customer trust after parasite outbreak
Taco Bell is working to reassure customers after a multistate cyclospora outbreak linked to contaminated shredded lettuce prompted the company to remove the affected ingredient from restaurants nationwide. While the chain acted quickly, history shows that recovering from a food safety crisis takes more than pulling a single ingredient from menus. Other restaurant chains have recovered Several major restaurant brands have [...]
Why aren’t Taylor Farms salad kits included in the Taylor Farms recall?
Taylor Farms recalled iceberg lettuce distributed to Walmart, restaurants and foodservice businesses, but its familiar salad kits remain on store shelves. That apparent contradiction has added to the confusion surrounding the Taylor Farms lettuce recall. The simple explanation is that recalls apply to particular ingredients, farms, facilities and production lots—not every product made by the company named in the [...]
