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11/19/2012
VANCOUVER, B.C.—Vancouver’s newest lounge at Hyatt Regency Vancouver is a unique gastro bar and urban retreat for foodies and fun lovers. Grain Tasting Bar offers a warm, open atmosphere inspired by a window wall of glass panes that gives an all-season view of the downtown streetscape and can be removed so the inside and outside are a seamless experience.
11/14/2012
OSHKOSH, WIS.—Continental Girbau Inc. recently released the Compact 5-in-One Ironing System. A space-saving ironer/folder, the Compact processes up to 82 feet of linen per minute and works seamlessly with an optional feeder, stacker and small-piece accumulator to quickly accomplish feeding, ironing, folding, stacking and accumulating.
10/31/2012
OSHKOSH, WIS.—Continental Girbau’s E-Series 55-pound capacity washer-extractor now offers a single-phase option to meet the needs of most laundry applications. “The single-phase option allows for high-performance machines to be installed at locations with limited utilities—the type of power typically available in older construction or light commercial buildings,” said Continental vice president Joel Jorgensen.
10/29/2012
VANCOUVER, B.C.—Vancouver’s newest lounge at Hyatt Regency Vancouver is a unique gastro bar and urban retreat for foodies and fun lovers. Grain Tasting Bar offers a warm, open atmosphere inspired by a window wall of glass panes that gives an all-season view of the downtown streetscape and can be removed so the inside and outside are a seamless experience.
10/25/2012
NEW YORK—The InterContinental New York Barclay debuts its 45-bottle strong 100 percent USDA approved organic wine and spirits menu. The menu and organic cocktail selection is available at The Barclay Bar, on hotel room service menus and for private banquet events.
10/24/2012
TUCSON, ARIZ.—The Holiday Inn Express in Tucson Ariz., installed EZ-Efficiency’s BiO-Therm in an effort to reduce energy expenses and minimize their carbon footprint. This successfully reduced natural gas consumption by 42 percent, and decreased laundry drying time by 20 percent.
10/24/2012
NEW ORLEANS—In honor of National Food Day, a time to champion affordable, healthy and sustainable food, the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center announced a partnership with the Recirculating Farms Coalition and the New Orleans Food and Farm Network to create an urban food and farming center on 2.5 acres of land owned by the Convention Center, at the corner of Melpomene Street and Tchoupitoulas. The new center, named Growing Local NOLA, will be a hub for research, education, training, and community interaction on growing, marketing, and preparing healthy, fresh food. “We are thrilled to host the new food and farm center on our site,” said Bob Johnson, president/general manager of the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. “This is an incredibly meaningful project that will showcase cutting edge urban farming methods and provide unique classes and activities for our community, as well as convention attendees and others visiting from all around the world.” The core of the new center is to be an innovative water-based recirculating farm.
10/23/2012
TORRANCE, CALIF.—Farmer Brothers has launched Artisan Collection by Farmer Brothers, the company’s first specialty line of world-class coffees that are available through its nationwide direct-store-delivery (DSD) network. The line includes unique single origins as well as traditional coffeehouse favorites. Further, every bag of Artisan Collection coffees comes in innovative, one-way valved packaging to maintain a peak level of freshness and flavor. This unique line is one of the very few sustainably produced coffees sold at this scale through nationwide DSD distribution.
10/18/2012
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The National Restaurant Association (NRA) and the Foodservice Packaging Institute (FPI) announced their alliance to help raise awareness of foodservice packaging recovery among restaurant operators and consumers. As part of this new effort, the groups are hosting a first-of-its-kind, industrywide Foodservice Packaging Recovery Summit November 7 to 8 in Austin, Texas, that will bring stakeholders together to collaborate on industry-driven solutions that increase the recovery of valuable resources and landfill diversion.
10/17/2012
ST. JOSEPH, MICH.—Maytag Commercial Laundry has unveiled its new industrial line of soft-mount washer/extractors. Available in 180-, 230- and 275-pound models, the washer/extractors are designed to help industrial launderers meet the most demanding requests for large hotels and linen-service laundry operations.
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