A Cheesy New Promotion for Dairy
A new dairy checkoff growth program with pizza partners is expected to drive an additional 12-plus million pounds of cheese use.
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Discovering and eating at a local mom-and-pop hidden gem restaurant in Kennewick, Pasco, or Richland is fun!
Shipments of Plant-Based Proteins to Pizza Restaurants up 56%
Pizza repeatedly ranks as one of the top foods ordered at U.S. restaurants, and now those ingredients are starting to change. According the NPD Groups, units of plant-based protein and ingredients shipped from foodservice distributors to pizza operators increased by 56% in the second quarter compared to a year ago
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DMI: Growth Opportunities For U.S. Dairy Exists Overseas
As farm country marks June as Dairy Month, Dairy Management Inc. takes a look at dairy export opportunities and area of growth. DMI’s Amy Wagner says the organization started working with the food service industry across the U.S. around a decade ago, and then took that work abroad.
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DMI: 2020 A Better Year For Dairy Than Many Expected
Much to the surprise of many in the industry back in March and April, 2020 has been a good year for the U.S. dairy industry, according to Tom Gallagher, CEO of Dairy Management Incorporated. He said the U.S. dairy industry is on its way to a record year for export volume
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Focus On Fruit for 10/08/20
October is National Pizza Month. How is the Pear Bureau Northwest celebrating? Neil Ferguson has the details.
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Growing Pizza Consumption Benefits Dairy Industry
In the United States we eat about 3 billion pizzas annually. That’s about one-third of global pizza consumption. And an essential pizza ingredient, cheese, gets its start on America’s dairy farms. And according to Domino’s Jimmy Simonte, roughly 25% of all U.S. cheese ends up on a pizza. T...
Gluten-Free Foods Not Always Free of Gluten
Gluten-free foods aren't always gluten-free. Where Food Comes From, Inc., a source verification company for food products, says 32% of gluten-free labeled food in restaurants contained gluten. Recent research published in a scientific journal found the worst offenders were pizza and pasta, with gluten discovered in 53% of pizza samples and 51% of the pasta tested...