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Editors note: The event was held on December 19th, 2020. READING, PA – December 14th 2020- Sweet Street Desserts, Reading, PA based bakery, announced that a free dessert giveaway for the public will take place Saturday, December 19th from Noon-4pm, or while supplies last. The event will take place at FirstEnergy Stadium, home to the Reading Fightin Phils. “For 41 years, Sweet Street has called Reading, PA home,” said Sandy Solmon, Sweet Streets’ Founder/CEO. “Giving back to our city has always been our passion; through art and educational programs, community projects. While we support hundreds of non-profit organizations locally, this [...]

READING, PA (May 19, 2020) — Sweet Street, the nation’s leading manufacturer of gourmet desserts, announced today its recognition for its Zoe’s Crush Manifesto® Cookie as a 2020 Food and Beverage (FABI) Award recipient. Each year at the National Restaurant Association Show, the FABI Awards highlight products that are breaking new ground in taste, creativity, packaging and profit potential within the foodservice industry. “Zoe’s Crush Manifesto Cookie is sweet with a subtle hint of savory and helps operators deliver an on-trend and flavorful option their customers can feel good about enjoying. We are honored this delicious product has been recognized [...]

Chicago (May 15, 2020) – The National Restaurant Association Show today announced the recipients of the 2020 Food and Beverage (FABI) Awards, recognizing food and beverage products that are breaking new ground in taste, creativity, packaging, and profit potential. These industry-altering products will shape the future of food and beverage with flavorful and marketable items designed to delight diners and drive sales for years to come. “Each year, we are eager to see the new flavors, product creativity, and innovation highlighted by the FABI Awards and this year’s recipients, once again, live up to expectations,” said Tom Cindric, president of [...]

Reading, Pa. (March 15, 2019) – On March 11, Sweet Street founder, CEO and Chief Innovator, Sandy Solmon, was named one of the Women’s Foodservice Forum’s (WFF) Industry Titans at the WFF Annual Leadership Development Conference. According to WFF, Industry Titans are select industry leaders who are publicly committing to prioritizing the advancement of women in their organizations, leveraging their influence to urge their peers to do the same, and creating change that will increase opportunities for women and driving business growth. “I’m honored to be recognized as a WFF Industry Titan,” said Solmon. “At Sweet Street, we believe in [...]

HOUSTON, Nov. 02, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sysco Corporation (NYSE:SYY), the leading global foodservice distribution company, today announced the winners of the 2018 Sysco Supplier Excellence Awards. This program recognizes the commitment, support and partnership of suppliers and brokers who help best deliver Sysco’s vision of being our customers’ most valued and trusted business partner.  The 2018 award recipients were selected based on sales growth and support, operational excellence and other key business performance metrics laid out by Sysco’s merchandising, quality assurance and supply chain departments. Winners are recognized as Gold, Silver or Bronze. “Our customers are at the center [...]

August 22, 2018    READING, PA—Sweet Street, the nation’s leading manufacturer of gourmet desserts, has announced that virtually all of the company’s offerings are now non-GMO. The few exceptions are products that feature “branded candy” from other manufacturers. Sweet Street’s commitment to baking cleaner, more wholesome desserts began over 10 years ago, when the company began to notice hidden preservatives and additives in many of the ingredients it sourced. Sweet Street then decided to take back control of ingredient integrity and quality—while matching taste, texture and function on over 300 desserts featuring 500+ ingredients. A major milestone for Sweet Street came [...]

Kruse/Thorn: NRA Show puts innovative food on display Nancy Kruse 1 , Bret Thorn | May 24, 2018 In a monthly series, menu trend analyst Nancy Kruse and NRN senior food editor Bret Thorn debate current trends in the restaurant industry. For this installment, they discuss food innovations at the NRA Show. Kruse Company president Nancy Kruse says the level of innovation at the NRA Show this year was impressive. “Your eyes are bigger than your stomach.” It was one of my least favorite parental I-told-you-so’s, Bret, which my mother intoned without fail whenever I overindulged. I’m hard pressed to [...]

[Editors note: For the second year in a row, our Manifesto® desserts have received the Food and Beverage award. Last year we won for both our Individually Wrapped Manifesto® Cookies & Bars and  our Manifesto® Bake-off cookies. This year, we are again honored to receive this award for our newest individually wrapped dessert. Our Honduran Chocolate Manifesto® Brownie is Certified Gluten-Free and is baked with only cage-free eggs, our own blend of gluten-free flour, sustainable chocolates and ingredients free of gmo’s and artificial additives–yet the star of these irresistible brownies is the purely dark Honduran chocolate. Sourced from a small [...]

Sysco Corporation Honors 2017 Top Suppliers and Names McCain Foodservice Supplier of the Year October 30, 2017 17:00 ET | Source: Sysco Corporation HOUSTON, Oct. 30, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sysco Corporation (NYSE:SYY), the leading global foodservice distribution company, is honoring supplier partners at its annual Supplier Excellence Awards event, a program that recognizes the commitment, support and partnership of suppliers who best deliver Sysco’s vision of being our customers’ most valued and trusted business partner. The 2017 award recipients were selected based on sales growth, operational excellence and other key business performance metrics as prescribed by the company’s corporate [...]

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 network of 3,500 vendors, coupled with precision logistics, to service more than 100,000 restaurant, hospitality, healthcare and education customers, as well as millions of consumers, in the U.S. and across Canada. The VIP Awards are comprised of five distinct categories of recognition, honoring supplier partners [...]

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 halls at the NRA Show® 2017, held from May 20-23 in Chicago at McCormick Place. This year’s 36 FABI Award recipients were selected based on their positive benefits to restaurant operators and consumers by an independent panel of experts, representing a variety of both commercial and [...]

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 Truck Leasing and Logistics and Sweet Street Desserts are internationally recognized and successful global companies, all started by entrepreneurs in Berks County. Along with the Boscov’s Department Store chain, which is based in Exeter Township, Berks is well represented in the top 12 on the [...]