The Dish

RFMA is excited to announce our RFMA Gives 2019 project recipient is Mobile Loaves and Fishes (MLF) located in Austin, Texas. We are excited to partner with MLF to help them continue to empower the Austin community into a lifestyle of service with the homeless.

We will have many needs for our upcoming project:

Click here to see Jeff’s blog post, which lists out the needs for our upcoming RFMA Gives project.

Click here to see what our latest issue of the Facilitator says about our upcoming RFMA Gives project.

Save the date for our RFMA 2019 Volunteer Day on Saturday, September 8th. Online registration will open soon!

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Are you wondering how recent changes in tax law will affect your restaurant? Join your fellow RFMA Vendor and Restaurant members to discuss the impact of tax reform on the restaurant industry on May’s Peer to Partner Call.

Moderators: Nate Lee, CRFP, RPM Pizza and Jon Aneson, Sea Hawk Systems

When: Monday, May 21st 12:00 - 1:00 pm CT

Visit http://www.rfmaonline.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1093083&group to view the full article online.

The RFMy Awards are RFMA’s peer-nominated awards presented each year at our Annual Conference. We love to recognize our members for going above and beyond in their fields each year! Watch this video and other RFMA 2018 highlights on our YouTube channel RFMA-TV.

Visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KSP4tmzuNk&feature=youtu.be to view the full article online.

National Restaurant Association
The biggest names in food service are getting ready to honor the industry’s very best at the International Foodservice Manufacturers Association’s 64th annual Gold & Silver Plate Awards.

Visit http://www.restaurant.org/News-Research/News/Industrys-best-to-receive-Gold-Silver-Plates-Leg to view the full article online.

Nation's Restaurant Hospitality
Starbucks is expanding the global distribution of its packaged coffee and single-serve pods under a $7 billion cash deal with Swiss food giant Nestlé, which owns Nespresso and Dolce Gusto coffee systems.

Visit http://www.nrn.com/quick-service/starbucks-expands-retail-reach-7b-deal-nestl to view the full article online.

QSR
It took nearly a decade, but food retailers are being required by federal obligation to include calorie counts on menus and signage. Operators must also provide additional nutritional information to customers upon requests.

Visit https://www.qsrmagazine.com/menu-innovations/menu-labeling-laws-go-effect to view the full article online.

RFMA’s Industry Service Guide has you covered!

Visit http://rfma.industry-guide.com/ to view the full article online.

Nation's Restaurant News
 Blue Apron has begun piloting meal kits at select Costco Wholesale Corp. stores on the West Coast, marking the meal service company’s first retail store distribution.

Visit http://www.nrn.com/grocery-c-store/blue-apron-makes-retail-store-debut-costco to view the full article online.