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Participating in the IFMA Distributor Awards program is one of the best ways for members to maximize participation at one of IFMA’s largest events.

It is with deep sadness that we share with you the passing of our friend and business partner Jeff Schroeder this past weekend.

Continuing the series of Best Practices to help you recruit students with the “best fit” for your organization, the IFMA Education Foundation, through the PEOPLE FUTURE 2025 initiative, found that students are deciding earlier which industry they want to pursue and the companies they would like to work for.

At IFMA's 65th Gold & Silver Plate Awards Celebration we honored the industry's most innovative operators in 9 categories. Watch the videos shared at the Celebration, and learn about the stories that make the 2019 Silver Plate Class truly legendary.

It’s not easy to make money. That obvious statement is even truer for the foodservice operator that works on thin margins with little room for increases in cost of goods. To help manufacturers utilize a pricing strategy in a standard selling and buying market, IFMA’s Consumer Planning Program Committee commissioned Datassential to execute research with 588 foodservice operators.

Regynald G. Washington, President of Paradies Lagardère Dining Division, was named the 2019 Gold Plate Award recipient by the International Foodservice Manufacturers Association (IFMA). Regynald was nominated by The Coca-Cola Company and was selected from an impressive slate of this year’s Silver Plate Winners. Regynald represented the Retail & Specialty Foodservice category.

In honor of his dedication to the foodservice industry and his service on the IFMA Board of Directors, The International Foodservice Manufacturers Association (IFMA) awarded its Distinguished Foodservice Executive Award to Daniel Manning  of The Coca-Cola Company.

Jamie Burroughs is a 2018 IFMA Education Foundation scholarship recipient. She attends University of Illinois Champaign Urbana and is majoring in Food Science with a minor in chemistry. Find out what she had to say when we asked her a few questions about her foodservice scholarship and future career.

Many foodservice manufacturers have come to believe that the foodservice operator makes their purchasing decisions based on myriad factors they contemplate every time they place an order. While this is true for a number of operators, find out about the preferences for the majority of foodservice operators.