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Revenue Growth

4 Menu Changes to Boost Foodservice Income

Making these updates to your menu during tough economic times could improve your margins. Until ...

September 2nd, 2020
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Quick tips

Engage Your Community Through Social Media

Inform and respond to your customers. A well-oiled social media machine is a great way to build ...

August 20th, 2020
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Quick tips

Rebuild Customer Trust

Best practices to attract customers during the COVID age. Recent consumer surveys found that diners ...

August 10th, 2020
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Safety tips

Safety in the Walk-In

Make your food deliveries, storage and prep safer in the COVID age. Food safety has always been ...

July 1st, 2020
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Safety tips

Know the Differences: Clean, Disinfect and Sanitize

Cleaning, disinfecting and sanitizing are not all the same thing. Cleaning removes dirt and ...

June 18th, 2020
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Quick tips

Restart Your Engines!

How to make sure your foodservice equipment is ready for reopening. Manufacturers vary in their ...

June 10th, 2020
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Industry Trends

Menu Transformations: New Challenges

Entegra brought together Executive Chefs from our suppliers for tips on the best ways to design ...

June 8th, 2020
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Quick tips

Best Practices for Safe and Appetizing Takeout

Tips to minimize touchpoints, create a great customer experience and keep your carbon footprint in ...

June 5th, 2020
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Quick tips

Visible Sanitation Practices

To safely open for business, protect your community, bring back customers and attract new ones ...

May 28th, 2020
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Industry Trends

Sysco and Gordon Eliminates Delivery Fuel Surcharges

Effective May 25, 2020 Sysco and Gordon’s Food Service will eliminate their $2 per drop fuel ...

May 25th, 2020
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Quick tips

Sysco Centralized Customer Care Center

Sysco is transitioning all U. S. Broadline operations to a Centralized Customer Care center. ...

May 11th, 2020
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Quick tips

Show Appreciation for Employees and Essential Workers with a Care Package

There’s no doubt that during this time of social distancing and a drastic change in routine, we’re ...

April 16th, 2020
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Industry Trends

Grocery 2GO PopUp Shops!

Create a new revenue stream with a mini grocery store in your lobby or dining area. We have all ...

April 15th, 2020
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Quick tips

3 Tips When Offering Grab'n'Go Solutions

Weeks into the COVID-19 pandemic, many establishments are relying on Grab'n'Go orders to keep ...

April 10th, 2020
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Get to know us

Attracting customers with sustainable business practices

Q&A with Sodexo’s Head of Responsible Sourcing for North America, Sévrine BethyHow can you ...

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Get to know us

Ensuring Kitchen Safety: Indispensable Role of Entegra Performance Kitchen

The kitchen is far more than a place where delectable meals are born; it's a bustling epicenter of ...

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Hospitality/lodging

The Hospitality Show interviews

Highlights from Sonesta, Wyndham, Indigo and Curator Hotel and Resort leadershipThe Entegra ...

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Quick tips

9 questions to ask when choosing a GPO

To help you evaluate and select a GPO, Entegra put together this quick guide on the ...

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Industry Trends

The Entegra Cost Outlook: Second Edition

In an inflationary environment, the power of data remains paramount. In our second ...

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Industry Trends

3 top trends in procurement technology you need from a GPO

If you are a procurement pro or operator overseeing a hospitality-driven business, you need ...

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Seniors

Procurement strategies for senior living: A case study

Senior living communities strive to provide exceptional care for their residents, but the ...

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Seniors

Elevate senior living dining with Entegra Culinary Consulting

The senior living industry is undergoing a transformation, and culinary excellence is at the ...

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Industry Trends

Making sustainability profitable for business

Discover the latest insights and strategies to drive sustainability initiatives in your business ...

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Quick tips

Food safety: How a GPO helps ensure safe, gluten-free products

With November being the official month for gluten-free awareness, ensuring food safety in ...

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Quick tips

Energy solution strategies for environmental concerns

During the last several years, there has been a growing awareness of the environmental impact that ...

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Industry Trends

Smithfield Announces Pork Processing Plant Closures

Smithfield Foods, Inc. has announced the closure of three of their pork processing plants. The ...

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Leisure/golf

Navigating labor shortages and employee retention in the golf industry

Strategies for successIn 2023, an estimated 26. 6 million Americans engaged in on-course golfing ...

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Industry Trends

Brand consistency matters. The right GPO can help.

Hotel guests are savvier than ever with access to hundreds of traveler reviews, countless images ...