Gordon Food Service Celebrates Supplier Partners with the 2017 North American Vendor Involvement Process (VIP) Awards Press Release 10/03/2017 Gordon Food Service, North America’s largest privately held, family managed broadline foodservice distribution company, today celebrated its supplier partners with the 2017 Vendor Involvement Process (VIP) awards. The 120 year-old, multibillion dollar distributor relies on a […]
2017 Food and Beverage (FABI) Award Recipients Announced
2017 Food and Beverage (FABI) Award Recipients Announced March 8, 2017 Chicago, IL – The National Restaurant Association® today announced the recipients of the 2017 Food and Beverage (FABI) Awards, recognizing innovative food and beverage products that make a significant impact in the restaurant industry. Each award recipient and their product will be showcased throughout the exhibit […]
THREE SHINING EXAMPLES OF BERKS’ ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT
By PAMELA J. SHUPP, August 22, 2016 LVB.com East Penn Manufacturing in Lyon Station is the largest single-site, lead-acid battery manufacturing facility in the world. Berks County is proud to be home to many leading companies on Lehigh Valley Business’ Top 100 list of privately held companies. From concept to execution, East Penn Manufacturing, Penske […]
COMMITMENT TO CLEAN INGREDIENTS REINVENTS AMERICAN COOKIE CULTURE
June 6, 2016 Reading, PA Sweet Street is known worldwide as the leading innovator in the dessert industry, baking for restaurants and cafés in over 60 countries, on every continent. Rooted in Sandy Solmon’s, Founder and CEO of Sweet Street Desserts, longstanding personal commitment to eating naturally, the Company has once again reinvented itself with […]
Dessert company founder still delights in role as innovator
By MELINDA RIZZO, April 4, 2016 LVB.com What began in 1979 as a cottage business operating in a two-car garage has grown to become a globally recognized brand in desserts. The impressive success story makes Sandy Solmon – founder, president and CEO of Sweet Street Desserts Inc. – one of the most influential business people […]
How milk from Berks County farms travels around the world
Wednesday February 10, 2016 12:01 AM- Reading Eagle By Jamie Klein, Reading, PA Sherrie Krick slowly made her way through the milking barn on a foggy February night, softly prodding some of the 40 Holsteins in front of her, which was enough to encourage them into their milking slots. Once the animals settled, Sherrie, her […]
Children’s author delights students with stories and songs
Reading, PA. The laughs, cheers, stomps and claps reverberated throughout the gym at Glenside Elementary School. There, Joe Consiglio sang his unique songs and told stories about sharks, dogs and an “evil, sinister and wicked” ice cream truck driver who just wouldn’t stop for kids on Sweet Street. Consiglio, a children’s author, musician and ninth-grade […]
Sweet Street Desserts Introduces A Bande Of Beauties
Reading, PA, February 17, 2015 – Sweet Street Desserts is known worldwide as the leading innovator in the dessert industry, baking for restaurants and cafés in over 60 countries, on every continent. Rooted in Sandy Solmon’s, Founder and CEO of Sweet Street Desserts, principles that luscious and craveable foods have no bounds, the Company has […]
Female Entrepreneur Earns Honorary Degree from Alvernia University
Posted: Monday, December 1, 2014 11:54 am | Updated: 12:00 pm, Mon Dec 1, 2014. From Alvernia University From humble beginnings in a two-car garage, Sandy Solmon turned her entrepreneurial dream into one of the world’s largest manufacturer of frozen gourmet desserts and the leading innovator in the dessert industry — Sweet Street Desserts, headquartered […]
Sweet Street Desserts to Celebrate the Re-Opening of their Café Concept
Amazed at the power of good food shared, Sweet Street expands to the front of the house. Reading, PA, October 14, 2014 – Sweet Street Desserts is known worldwide as the leading innovator in the dessert industry, baking for restaurants and cafés in over 60 countries, on every continent. Rooted in Sandy Solmon’s, Founder […]