Upper West Side is keeping a close eye on food trucks
The line at Frites 'N' Meats. Photo by Julia Shapiro of http://www.dnainfo.com.
New York City’s Community Board 7 plans to closely monitor the activity of food trucks.
Since the recent enforcement of laws to move food trucks out of the Upper East Side and Midtown area, the Upper West Side is now experiencing more complaints due to parked trucks
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City Harvest creates new app for participating restaurants that
help fight hunger
City Harvest releases an app that allows people to look up city restaurants that donate to the organization.
Next week Tuesday, October 18th, City Harvest launches an app called “Great Food, Good Hearts” that will allow patrons to look up restaurants and make reservations via OpenTable to combat hunger
in New York City
Specialty Food Magazine October 2011 Food Trends
Men are the big shoppers, seaweed is the new secret “sauce”, attention to portion sizes and more…
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Hugh Jackman gives us a little coffee and something to “laugh” about
Hugh Jackman opening up a coffeeshop in New York City.
In an interview with Grub Street New York, Hugh Jack Jackman highlighted his newest venture, Laughing Man Coffee, which will open next week on Duane Street
Check out official website here
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Subway introduces paying without contact in 7,000+ U.S. locations.
Expected to be released at the end of 2012’s first quarter, Subway teamed up with Mastercard Worldwide to set up their PayPass system at various locations
Event: 2nd Annual Havemeyer Sugar Sweets Festival on Saturday, October 15th
Time: 11am – 4pm
Bake sale and competition. Proceeds from the event will support the City Reliquary, which is a not-for-profit community museum and civic organization
Steve Jobs and his influence on day-to-day operations
Could you name a device that transformed today’s dining experience & created a new way to manage operational efficiencies?
The iPod and iTouch allowed people to receive mobile coupons, host apps to maximize the dining experience and with the addition of the iPad, Steve Jobs has created a platform where operators are able to manage operations and efficiencies, both, in front and back of the house
Farmers looking forward to upcoming year for New York City Department of Education contracts
With many food distribution contracts for New York City’s Department Of Education (DOE) expiring August 2012, many local farmers are looking to get in on a piece of the action.
With current contracts totaling $142 million, farmers seek to get into business with large purchasing companies such as DOE’s SchoolFund Program which purchases 900,000 meals a day
New program for food sustainability
Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan announced that The Specialty Crop Block Grant Program will fund 740 initiatives that will be used for sustainable food production practices.
All 50 states, including the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands, received grants from the USDA to strengthen specialty farms
and create jobs
Grains exceeded expectations this week compared to last week’s reports as corn-belt harvest picks up and heavy rain in dry areas helped with wheat.
The USDA Dept of Agriculture in Missouri reports that grains have dropped: wheat is 31-42 cents lower, corn is 24-36 cents lower, and soybeans are 51 – 78 cents lower
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