Episode 17 - Routines, Marrow as a Condiment, It's Test-Kitchen Time, New Products and More!

It's Thursday, June 8th, and this is Episode 17 of the Dennis Knows Food Podcast! 

Here we are with another Thursday edition of our Podcast; the last few episodes have been recorded on Thursdays rather than our usual Wednesday schedule. This made me reflect on how, even with schedules and planning, the unexpected can cause a hiccup in our regular routines. In this episode I've got some advice to help you overcome unforeseen changes and challenges to your routines. 

This week we have 8 new items to share with you which were just added to our inventory including an ABF honey ham from McKenzie Deli, French baguettes, new salad dressings and more. There's something "marrowvelous" in the world of burger condiments that fits perfectly with our discussion from last week's episode about signature burgers. We cap that off with some recent burger statistics from industry data firm Technomic. Our new test kitchen gets its first use on Friday and Stouffer's will be there with a new premium mac and cheese that everyone is looking forward to trying. We're hitting the road with Social Media and there's an update on our upcoming Summer Buying Brochure. All that and more in this episode of Dennis Knows Food!

Links and product information mentioned in this episode include our website at www.DennisExpress.com. The article about Chef Stevens' marrownaise at http://www.foodrepublic.com/2017/05/25/derek-stevens-marrownaise-makes-killer-burger/. The registration for our New Hampshire Social Media Round Table at https://www.dennisexpress.com/socialroundtable/. Lastly, here's the website for the fine folks at R.M. Flagg - http://www.rmflagg.com.

Note: This week's episode is slightly longer than our usual, and due to file size requirements it needed to be compressed down more than normal. So, if you perceive a loss in audio quality, that's not on your end, it's just the MP3 compression. Hopefully it's not too noticeable. A high quality version of our podcast is also uploaded to SoundCloud each week.

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Episode 16 - New Products, Signature Burgers and the Popularity of Pork!

It's Thursday, June 1st, and this is Episode 16 of the Dennis Knows Food Podcast! 

Our podcast is protein packed this week as we put the spotlight on creating new opportunities and dishes for your menu. Burgers are big and getting bigger, we discuss the customer-keeping-power of crafting unique signature burgers. The record breaking popularity of bacon means customers are hungry for more pork menu options. And, we share the 8 new products that were added to our inventory this week; one of these new items is a first of it's kind compostable hot/cold food container. 

Links and product information mentioned in this episode include our website at www.DennisExpress.com.

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Episode 15 - New Items, Arcadia Harvest Plus-Size, Maine Seafood, Beef Products, Custom Labeling and More!

It's Thursday, May 25th, and this is Episode 15 of the Dennis Knows Food Podcast! 

In this weeks episode we share 10 new products that were just added to our inventory; including a larger size of our extremely popular Arcadian Harvest lettuce mix. We talk about the return of a fresh seafood favorite, and cover some recent Maine-seafood headlines. We're big on beef, and we're setting up a future "all beef" episode of Dennis Knows Food. We've also got a great device for kitchens that you're going to want to hear about!

Links and product information mentioned in this episode include our website at www.DennisExpress.com. The Portland Press Herald article about Maine clamming at http://www.pressherald.com/2017/05/22/clammers-feeling-the-pinch-as-green-crabs-threaten-another-harvest/. You can learn more about the Date Code Genie on our website at https://www.dennisexpress.com/introducing-date-code-genie/

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This weeks podcast photo comes from Filipe Fortes.

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Episode 14 - A Fish Story, New Products, Social Media, UniPro Soups and More

It's Thursday, May 18th, and this is Episode 14 of the Dennis Knows Food Podcast! 

We hope you had an opportunity to get outside for at least a few minutes today and enjoy a taste of this early Summeresque weather. I was able to spend all weekend outside while fishing in Northern Maine. In this episode of Dennis Knows Food I've got a fishing/cooking story to share with you. Also in this episode we talk about the latest items added to our inventory, discuss new soups from UniPro, spend a few minutes highlighting the value of utilizing your expertise, and more! We've also got an update on our expansion... Spoiler alert! It's nearly complete!

Links and product information mentioned in this episode include our website at www.DennisExpress.com and access to all of our social media accounts on www.DennisKnowsFood.com.

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Episode 13 - New Products, Safety Programs, Foodservice Headlines and More

It's Thursday, May 11th, and this is Episode 13 of the Dennis Knows Food Podcast! 

It's been an interesting couple of days trying to record audio for our Podcast, you'll hear why in the episode. This week we've added 14 new items to our inventory spanning several delicious categories. We’ve added liquid coffee concentrate, cereal, almond milk, yogurt, soups, a 4.5oz beef and bean burrito and more. Keith Durrah our Director of Risk Management drops in to talk safety. We cover some of this weeks food industry headlines. Don't forget Mother's Day is this coming Sunday. Visit our website for great Mother's Day menu ideas!

Links and product information mentioned in this episode include our website at www.DennisExpress.com and FoodNavigator.com's white paper on "Developing a Culture of Food Safety" available here: http://www.foodnavigator.com/Product-innovations/White-paper-Developing-a-culture-of-food-safety-in-your-business/

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More about this week's Podcast photo: 
The U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) recommends an internal cooked temperature of 165 to 180 degrees for poultry. The food thermometer depicted here is thermistor-style food thermometer, which uses a resistor (a ceramic semiconductor bonded in the tip with temperature-sensitive epoxy) to measure temperature. The thickness of the probe is approximately 1/8 of an inch and takes roughly 10 seconds to register the temperature on the digital display. Since the semiconductor is in the tip, thermistors can measure temperature in thin foods, as well as thick foods. Because the center of a food is usually cooler than the outer surface, place the tip in the center of the thickest part of the food. This type of thermometer does not remain in the food while it is cooking but should be used near the end of the cooking process. USDA Photo.