Contributing to the global effort to help those affected by the 8.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Chile on Saturday, February 27, 2010, Southern Wine & Spirits (SWS) recognizes the important part Chilean vineyards and winemakers will play as the community rebuilds and is proud to be leading the effort to assist this targeted group. - More
The International Food, Wine & Travel Writers Association (IFWTWA) is pleased to announce that it will award its second Annual WiFTy (wine, food, travel writing) scholarship to a writer who aspires to enter the field of food, wine and/or travel writing and who is not already a writer in any of those fields and earned over $500 from those fields ... - More
The Quaker Steak & Lube board of directors named John H. Longstreet president and CEO, effective April 1, 2010. He succeeds Ken Cole, who stepped down at the end of February to focus on opening Quaker Steak & Lube franchise restaurants and other business opportunities. - More
Caruso Affiliated CEO and Founder Rick J. Caruso today announced the creation of a new business venture to pursue airport retail opportunities and the appointment of John Cugasi as the company’s first Vice President for Airports to lead the effort. Cugasi served most recently as the Director of Concessions at Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta Inte... - More
Banfi Vintners, America’s largest importer of wines from Chile and Argentina, confirms that effective Thursday, March 11, shipments will resume from the port of San Antonio, Chile. - More
Three employees who worked as suite attendants at New York's marquee tennis tournament, the US Open, filed a class and collective action lawsuit on behalf of suite attendants. The case was filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Case No. 10 Civ. 0935) on behalf of persons who worked as suite attendants at... - More
Fishermen and women alike are heading out to the fishing grounds with marked anticipation as the 2010 wild Alaska halibut and black cod (sablefish) season opens March 6, 2010. Catch limits for Alaska halibut and black cod are set at 40.3 million pounds and 24.9 million pounds, respectively. - More
