Kay Segal

From March 2013 through November 2013, our industry, through the CARRE Foundation, raised more than $300,000 for TGen (Translational Genomics Research Institute) and the MSA Coalition to commence much-needed research into MSA.

Foodservice has in some ways evolved a great deal in the past 20 years I have been in the convenience industry. However, in other ways, foodservice has moved at a snail’s pace.

There is a new playing field in foodservice. And CSP, via our FARE conference, is responding with the information, technology and insight that allow all foodservice operators the opportunity to thrive.

As you may have read in Paul Reuter’s column earlier this year, or an online story about Huck’s fundraising efforts in May, two members of our convenience retailing community are battling MSA: Rex Griswold of Nestle Waters North America; and Tom Gillard, formerly of Tropicana, QTG and MET-Rx.