Month: August 2012

Gourmet Food Trucks in Walnut Creek?

Here is a post from Russ: Each Saturday for the past couple of weeks Rosemary and I have noticed a catering truck at a gas station on the corner of Ygnacio Valley Rd. and Civic in Walnut Creek, CA. As we drove by, we noticed a long line of customers!! As a recent adventurer into…
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SPI Gives Back to our Community

As part of our sales team meeting this summer, SPI Group spent time working at our local food bank. We were happy to help Alameda County Community Food Bank in their mission to alleviate hunger by providing nutritious food and nutrition education to people in need, educating the public, and promoting public policies that address…
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New Requirements for Whole Grains in Schools: What it means to school food service providers

There have been some questions around what the changes are in School Food Service in regards to whole grain and how we as food manufacturers are supposed to be in compliance. Below are a few highlights and some links courtesy of the Whole Grains Council. Changes to nutrition requirements for school operators: • July 1,…
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July Field Trip – Food Truck Trend Research

If you are a regular with the SPI Group Scoop, then you know I posted about food trucks and trends in March. That was based on someone, smart and into the trend thing, else’s digested information put into powerpoint. The Scoop Group at SPI has made our inaugural food truck tour for our own primary…
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